WIND
IN THE
P54
hillclimbs, Lettenbichler scaled
them all with ease to take the
race and overall win and the
2023 FIM Hard Enduro World
title for the second consecutive
year.
Roman ended up taking sec
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ond and Bolt third. Young was
fourth, and Canadian Trystan
Hart was fifth.
With one round left to go,
Lettenbichler has an uncatchable
26-point lead in the Champion
-
ship. Bolt is second, just eight
points ahead of Hart.
"There was a bit of pressure
on myself to take the title here,"
Lettenbichler said. "I was ner
-
vous coming into the day, but
managed to settle into the race
and ride like I know I can. Win
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ning the title was in my head, but
also winning my fifth race in a
row was playing on my mind, so
to get it done in this perfect way
is just amazing. It's been a heck
of a year so far, even better than
I could have expected, and I'm
looking forward to my home race
now in Germany. Finally, thank
you so much to my team. They
do an awesome job!"
Roman finished out the week
-
end second overall. "I'm super
stoked on how today went," said
Roman. "The crowd was unreal.
They were cheering me on the
whole time. I did my best to push
Mani, but he's riding so good
right now. We were on the limit
of the riding, especially in the
final climbs, but we made it good
in the end. I'm so happy with this
podium result."
Bolt said, "Overall it was good.
I didn't quite have the pace to
fight for the win today, but it was
still a solid result for the Cham
-
pionship. It would have been
nice to hold off Mani for another
weekend, but he's been having
an incredible season. Congrats
to him on this title!"
CN
OVERALL
1. Manuel Lettenbichler (KTM)
2. Mario Roman (She)
3. Billy Bolt (Hus)
4. Wade Young (She)
5. Trystan Hart (KTM)
6. Alfredo Gomez (Rie)
7. Mitch Brightmore (GG)
8. Teodor Kabakchiev (KTM)
9. Graham Jarvis (Hus)
10. Aston Brightmore (GG)
Husqvarna's Billy Bolt won the
first day of the competition.
Trystan Hart was fifth overall.
