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Garcia Takes EnduroGP Title; Gutish Crowned R ed Bull KTM Factory Rac- ing's Josep Garcia success- fully defended his EnduroGP title, finishing the 2025 FIM EnduroGP World Championship with a strong performance at the seventh and final round in Zschopau, Germany, October 18-19. Riding his KTM 250 EXC- F, Garcia won convincingly on Saturday and secured the cham - pionship with a focused second- place finish on Sunday. Rieju Factory Team's Rachel Gutish made history as the first American to win an FIM Enduro World Championship by clinch - ing this year's Expotrade FIM Women's Enduro World Champi- onship. She dominated on day two, surging ahead to a decisive victory and easily securing her first World title. Heading to Germany as the newly crowned Enduro1 World Champion, but just weeks after a heavy crash at round six in Italy, Garcia faced mounting pressure coming into the final round with his EnduroGP-class lead reduced to just 15 points. The decisive weekend got un - derway with the Friday night Super Test, where Garcia placed third behind winner Zach Pichon on the TM Moto. Garcia then came out swinging on day one, taking con - trol of the EnduroGP class from the opening test. Garcia took the day's win by an impressive 47.78 seconds. The result extended his lead at the top of the EnduroGP standings to 18 points. Despite freezing temperatures and rough, technical conditions on day two, Garcia maintained his composure. Needing only a solid finish to secure the cham- pionship, the KTM rider crossed the line as runner-up, just 8.63 seconds behind Andrea Verona (GasGas), which was more than enough to lock in his second consecutive EnduroGP title. Garcia finished out the Cham- pionship with 244 points, fol- lowed by Verona with 229 and Pichon with 195. "EnduroGP World Champion for the second time! It's incred- WIND IN THE P56 KTM's Josep Garcia of Spain claimed back-to-back EnduroGP titles at the final round in Germany. PHOTOS: FUTURE7MEDIA