Lettenbichler Crowned
M
anuel Lettenbichler clinched
the 2023 FIM Hard Enduro
World Championship after win-
ning for the fifth consecutive
time this year. The Red Bull KTM
Factory Racing rider's latest win
came at the 24MX Hixpania Hard
Enduro in Aguilar de Campoo,
Spain, October 13-15. The de
-
fending champ sealed the deal
with one round still left on the
2023 schedule.
The weekend's activities
began Friday but poor weather
canceled the Superencierro pro
-
logue race that was supposed
to determine starting positions
for Saturday's Campoo Xtreme
cross-country race. However, the
riders were allowed to compete
in the Superencierro at each
rider's own discretion and their
results would not be factored
into the weekend's racing.
Husqvarna's Billy Bolt, Lettenbi
-
chler and Rieju's Alfredo Gomez
made up the Superencierro
podium.
Saturday's Campoo X-Treme
race was used as the prologue
points-paying race, and it was
Bolt who came away with the
win around the two-loop, 60-mile
(total) race. Bolt passed Letten
-
bichler early in the first loop and
never looked back.
Sherco's Wade Young also got
around Lettenbichler and tried to
run down Bolt to no avail, taking
the checkers approximately a
minute and a half behind Bolt.
Lettenbichler took third, and Gas
-
Gas rider Michael Walkner and
Sherco-mounted Mario Roman
rounded out the top five.
In Sunday's final, Bolt took
advantage of his good starting
position and grabbed the early
lead over Young and Lettenbi
-
chler, who blitzed the opening
lap and caught and passed both
Young and Bolt to take the lead.
With a seven-minute lead
heading into the final series of
WIND
IN THE
P52
KTM's Manuel Lettenbichler
successfully defended his
number-one plate in the
2023 FIM Hard Enduro World
Championship after winning the
24MX Hixpania Hard Enduro in
Spain.
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