The defending champion saw
4:37:28 of seat time for the day,
landing him seven minutes and 33
seconds ahead of second-place
finisher Gary Sutherlin.
Fresh out of retirement, Sutherlin
decided to jump back in with both
feet by racing the mostly single-
track Mexican enduro on his KTM
450 XC-F. "The 450 XC was a little
much," Sutherlin said. "I didn't
have a good setup, and I guess I
just forgot how tight and technical
Tecate is. It's been five years, so it
was a handful, but we got it done.
Max was riding unbelievably today.
I knew he was going to be tough,
but man, he was on another level; I
DECEMBER 7, 2024
RANCHO SANTA VERONICA / TECATE, B.C., MEXICO
OFF-ROAD I LOS ANCIANOS TECATE ENDURO
P62
It was a dusty one this year.
Gerston leads the
way at the start of
the second loop
ahead of Alex Trapp,
Ivan Ramirez and
Justin Morgan.
