Lettenbichler Wins Fourth
Red Bull Romaniacs
G
ermany's Mani Lettenbichler
became a four-time winner
of the grueling Red Bull Roma-
niacs with his win at the 2023
20th anniversary edition. The
event consists of a downtown
prologue event and four days of
off-road competition. In the end,
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's
Lettenbichler logged 19 hours
and 45 minutes of riding time
over the four off-road days. And
due mostly to dominating the
end of day one when a major
thunderstorm wreaked havoc on
the course and competitors, the
German won the overall by over
an hour ahead of his KTM team
-
mate Trystan Hart.
"What a crazy journey. Fourth
here at Red Bull Romaniacs
definitely meant quite a bit, espe-
cially after last year, so I defi-
nitely wanted to get this win and
we finally made it," Lettenbichler
said at the finish.
Hart finished second overall,
nearly one-hour and ten min
-
utes behind Lettenbichler. The
FMF KTM off-road rider put in a
strong week of racing in Roma
-
nia, setting the fastest segment
times in several of the day-one
sections before losing a lot of
time to his teammate at the end
to finish second on that day. The
Canadian backed up his strong
day-one result with fourth-place
finishes on the second and third
days and a sixth-place finish on
the fourth and final day to secure
second overall for the week.
"This was pretty sick, to be
honest," Hart said about the cra
-
zy final hill climb to end the four
days of racing. "I think this was
pretty good for the fans. They
kind of built some gnarly shit, to
be honest, and I didn't do it that
WIND
IN THE
P42
The KTM duo of Mani Lettenbichler
and Trystan Hart topped the 2023
Red Bull Romaniacs overall results
after four days of racing.
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ATTILA SZABO / RED BULL CONTENT POOL
