behind after recovering from a
big mistake that had opened the
gap, but Bolt ultimately came up
short. Lettenbichler had his own
troubles with a big crash just
before the finish that bent up
his motorcycle but he success
-
fully conquered the challenging
final climbs to take the win, 41
seconds ahead of Bolt.
Hart worked his way into third
place by the finish, one-minute
and 38 seconds behind Lettenbi
-
chler. Roman held on for fourth
place, seven minutes and 33
seconds behind first with his
Sherco teammate four minutes
and 14 seconds back.
Bulgaria's Teodor Kabakchiev
finished sixth on a KTM. South
Africa's Matthew Green was
seventh on another KTM. Will
Riordan, the Australian that now
lives in the US finished eighth on
his RPM KTM. The UK's Walker
finished ninth on a Beta and Aus
-
tria's Michael Walkner rounded
out the top ten on a GasGas.
Lettenbichler said, "We had
to fight hard for this one but we
continue the wins with four out
of four. Was a tough battle with
the boys and I had a huge crash
right before the finish and bent
my handlebars pretty bad so it
wasn't easy to get it into the fin
-
ish, but we made it happen."
Hart was disappointed in his
home race result. "Not the result
I wanted to get here at my home
race, but I have to be happy with
a podium," said Hart. "The pro
-
logue didn't go my way—I made
a few too many mistakes there,
and today was the same. I got
caught up in the mayhem early
on and was chasing the whole
way after that and it really took
everything out of me. It's great
to get onto the podium in front
of all my home fans, I just wish it
was a couple of steps higher."
Lettenbichler expanded his
FIM Hard Enduro World cham
-
pionship points lead while Bolt
overtook Hart for second only by
one point. Two rounds remain
in the championship with the
Hixpania Hard Enduro in Spain
next on the schedule, October
12-15.
CN
Red Bull Outliers Hard Enduro Results
1. Mani Lettenbichler (KTM)
2. Billy Bolt (Hus)
3. Trystan Hart (KTM)
4. Mario Roman (She)
5. Wade Young (She)
6. Teodor Kabakchiev (KTM)
7. Matthew Green (KTM)
8. Will Riordan (KTM)
9. Jonny Walker (Bet)
10. Michael Walkner (Gas)
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Billy Bolt kept
Lettenbichler close
for most of the race
but was unable to
take the lead.
Trystan Hart was
disappointed to
finish third in his
home race.
