Garcia, Verona Trade Wins
at EnduroGP of Italy
J
osep Garcia and Andrea
Verona traded day victories
at the FIM EnduroGP of Italy,
June 22-23. The race was round
four of the FIM EnduroGP World
Championship.
The opening day of racing saw
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's
Garcia charge to victory. The
Spaniard headed Beta Fac
-
tory Racing's Brad Freeman in
second, with GasGas Factory
Racing's Verona third. The KTM
rider, Garcia, secured a 10-sec
-
ond winning margin in EnduroGP,
along with a very healthy 44-sec-
ond victory in Enduro1.
"It's been a great day, but very
hard," Garcia said. "The Extreme
test was super tough and was
easy to make a mistake on."
"I'm happy with this result,"
Freeman said, "but know there
is still more to come because I
made a few too many mistakes."
After the scorching heat on
day one, day two was a contrast
-
ing mud bath. Heavy overnight
rain ensured the dust of day one
would be a distant memory, as
riders battled slippery special
tests littered with mudholes.
The racing was tight all
day and, in the end, to the
homecrowd's delight, Verona
took the day's win by a whisker.
In the wet and wild weather,
the Italian narrowly beat Honda
Racing RedMoto Enduro Team's
Steve Holcombe by half a sec
-
ond.
"It feels amazing to win
today at home," Verona said. "I
was fighting all day long with
Steve. I gapped him a little until
I crashed in the last Enduro test
and I lost everything. On the final
test, I went full gas and man
-
aged to take the time back and
win by half a second."
WIND
IN THE
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Josep Garcia won day one of
the EnduroGP of Italy and is the
Championship points leader.
