Lettenbichler Wins Red Bull
Romaniacs Hard Enduro
R
ed Bull KTM Factory Racing's
Manuel Lettenbichler won the
2024 Red Bull Romaniacs, round
four of the FIM Hard Enduro
World Championship, July 23-27.
After seizing the lead on Off-
road day one, the KTM 300 EXC
racer maintained his sizeable
advantage for the remainder of
the event to take the overall win
by over 33 minutes. The victory
marks the German's third win of
the 2024 Hard Enduro season,
after missing round three due to
injury.
Red Bull Romaniacs is widely
regarded as the world's toughest
hard enduro rally, and the 2024
edition lived up to that billing.
Competitors faced an intense
city prologue followed by four
grueling days of off-road racing
in the mountains close to the
home city of Sibiu, totaling over
23 hours of riding.
Kicking off his return to com
-
petition with Tuesday's prologue,
Lettenbichler made a strong
start to the race, but a small
mistake on the opening straight
left the German playing catch-
up. In placing third on the tight
and technical SuperEnduro-style
course, "Mani" was awarded
the task of leading the field on
Wednesday's Offroad day one.
First on the road into the open
-
ing full day of racing, Mani put on
a faultless showcase of hard en-
duro racing. Navigating his way
through what many described
as the toughest single day in
Red Bull Romaniacs history,
the reigning Hard Enduro World
Champion went fastest on nine
of the 11 checkpoints to clock
an advantage of over 28 minutes
at the finish.
Offroad day two marked the
first half of a challenging mara
-
thon stage, where riders would
part with their teams on Thurs-
day and not reunite until Friday
afternoon. Mani fought for the
lead all day, swapping places
WIND
IN THE
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KTM's Manuel Lettenbichler won
the Red Bull Romaniacs Hard
Enduro, which put him back into the
Championship points lead.
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