Lettenbichler Wins 24MX GetzenRodeo
R
ed Bull KTM Factory Racing
rider Manuel Lettenbichler
won the 24MX GetzenRodeo
event on Saturday to complete
an historic perfect FIM Hard En-
duro World Championship with
six victories out of the six events
on the 2023 calendar.
German Lettenbichler earned
his maiden FIM Hard Enduro
World Championship title in
2022 and he defended it suc-
cessfully at the 24MX Hixpania
Hard Enduro in Spain heading
into the 24MX GetzenRodeo
where he hoped to complete the
first-ever perfect FIM season.
He came out on top in the
Friday prologue and Saturday
morning GetzenRace leaving
Sherco Factory Racing's Mario
Roman four minutes behind in
second and Husqvarna Factory
Racing's Billy Bolt third.
Next up was the 80-minute-
plus-one-lap GetzenChamp race
in the woods with Lettenbichler,
2021 FIM champion Bolt and
Roman, soon joined by GasGas'
Michael Walkner and Bulgarian
rider Teo Kabakchiev.
The front runners had com
-
pleted the mandatory Joker
Loop at the halfway marker and,
with 13 minutes to go, Briton
Bolt overhauled Lettenbichler
for the lead only to get stuck on
a rocky climb which allowed the
German to regain the lead and
hold on for the win.
Bolt and Roman completed
the podium, with Kabakchiev
bringing his KTM home in fourth
and Walkner ending fifth as Brit
-
on Mitch Brightmore edged out
Rigo Racing's Matthew Green for
the FIM Junior title.
The 25-year-old Lettenbichler,
who finished 31 points clear of
Bolt in the 2023 overall stand
-
ings, said, "It feels incredible to
make the perfect season of wins
here in Germany. It's been a hard
race, but this race is unbeliev
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WIND
IN THE
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With the 2023 FIM Hard Enduro World
Championship already in hand, KTM's
Manuel Lettenbichler wrapped up a
perfect season at the GetzenRodeo.
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