Bolt Aces Abestone Hard Enduro
H
usqvarna Factory Racing's
Billy Bolt won at the Abe-
stone Hard Enduro, held in Italy,
September 6-7. Bolt dominated
the third round of the 2025 FIM
Hard Enduro World Champion-
ship.
Across the two days of racing,
Bolt looked on point in the tough
mountainous terrain.
Riding began with a one-hour
hard enduro race on Saturday,
and Bolt set the pace right from
the start. Over rocky riverbeds,
steep slippery climbs, and fast
open mountain sections, Bolt
maintained the lead throughout.
The win secured the three
championship points on offer,
and it also earned him pole posi-
tion for Sunday's main event.
With a similar format to Sat-
urday, Sunday's Gold Class Final
was a two-hour race, finishing
off on the X-Loop once again.
Bolt claimed an early lead and
set about distancing himself
from the rest of the field, but
KTM's Manuel Lettenbichler
made sure that wouldn't happen,
turning the race into a head-to-
head battle for the win.
With the duo setting a pace
no one else could match, they
battled back and forth through-
out the two hours, arriving
wheel-to-wheel at the final X-
Loop section. One last big push
from Bolt saw him get the better
of Lettenbichler at a critical mo-
ment, which provided him with
the breathing room needed to
take a hard-earned victory.
"It's been a great weekend,"
Bolt said. "To win Saturday's
race and now win the main race
on Sunday is brilliant. I can't ask
for much better than that. I'm
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At the Abestone FIM Hard Enduro
in Italy, Billy Bolt accomplished
something that many have failed at
this year: Beat Manuel Lettenbichler
in a straight-up one-on-one duel.
