time out at Red Bull TKO. Howev-
er, with round seven also serving
as the penultimate stop of the
season, it was crunch time for
both Roman and Lettenbichler in
the championship fight. Separat-
ed by only one point, in Roman's
favor, going into the event both
knew a winning result in Canada
could dramatically turn the tables
heading into round eight.
Hart was quick off the line and
tried to make a break, but Letten-
bichler, and Roman soon after,
had closed the gap. Numerous
times each rider pushed to open
a lead, but every time they were
pulled back in. Back and forth,
the lead changed hands multiple
times.
With the laps closing down,
Lettenbichler made a final break
for it, taking Hart with him, but
Roman unable to respond this
time. The duo was neck and
neck. With the final climb set to
decide the outcome, Lettenbi-
chler put it all on the line. Despite
a mistake in the final 20 yards, he
was quick to remount and took
the win by just six seconds.
Although missing out on the
home win he came to get, Hart
was happy with his efforts for
second. Completing the podium,
Roman finished just three min-
utes behind in third. With the
top three breaking away, Jarvis
Racing Team's Graham Jarvis
took fourth, while GasGas Fac-
tory Racing's Taddy Blazusiak
rounded out the top five.
With one round remaining,
advantage is now on Lettenbi-
chler's side. The German holds a
four-point lead over Roman, with
just the eighth and final round of
the 2022 FIM Hard Enduro World
Championship remaining, the
24MX Hixpania Hard Enduro on
October 7-9.
CN
RED BULL OUTLIERS
HARD ENDURO RESULTS
1. Manuel Lettenbichler (KTM)
2. Trystan Hart (KTM)
3. Mario Roman (She)
4. Graham Jarvis (Hus)
5. Taddy Blazusiak (GG)
IN
THE
WIND
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Trystan Hart was
hoping to get a win
in front of the home
fans but second
was good, too.
Mario Roman, here
competing in Saturday's
prologue in downtown
Calgary, completed the
Outliers podium.
