Verona, Garcia Top Slovakia EnduroGP
G
asGas Factory Racing's
Andrea Verona and Red Bull
KTM Factory Racing's Josep
Garcia shared day wins at the
EnduroGP of Slovakia, July 13-
14. Verona topped day one, and
Garcia topped day two.
On Saturday, Verona grabbed
the early lead from Beta's Brad
Freeman and spent the rest of
the day defending the position
from several riders, including
Garcia, Beta's Nathan Watson,
Honda rider Steve Holcombe
and Freeman. Verona's fast but,
more importantly, steady riding,
was good enough to take the
day's overall win by 17 seconds
over Watson, who only had a few
seconds over Holcombe. Garcia
was fourth and Freeman fifth.
"I'm very happy to have got my
third overall win of the season
here," Verona said. "I didn't make
any big mistakes all day and
rode pretty well from the first
test until the last test. It feels
great to win by 17 seconds be
-
cause the riders at the top level
are so competitive, but I just felt
good on the bike and did my
best."
Verona also topped the En
-
duro2 (255cc+ two-stroke up to
450cc four-stroke), with Watson
second and Sherco's Wil Rupre-
cht third.
"I started off a bit steady, but
after that, I put in some good
times all day," said Watson, who
also competes in the Enduro1
(up to 250cc) class. "I had a
good day, but honestly, I was
hoping for more. I knew from
early on that some of the tests
were suiting the bigger bikes a
bit more, but I just got to work
and I'm glad it paid off with the
Enduro1 [test] win."
Freeman was the Enduro3
(255cc+ two-stroke and 450cc+
four-stroke)-class winner.
Garcia dominated the race on
Sunday to take the day's overall
WIND
IN THE
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Andrea Verona took
day one's victory
at the EnduroGP of
Slovakia.
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