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WALKER STARS AT ALÈS TRÊM EXTREME ENDURO
T
he 2016 Extreme Enduro
"outdoor" season kicked
off in France over the weekend
with the 2016 edition of the Alès
Trêm Extreme Enduro. Red
Bull KTM's Jonny Walker fired
the first shot of the new year by
taking Sunday's big win. Walker
faced stiff competition from
Sherco rider Wade Young while
Husqvarna's Graham Jarvis
rounded out the podium.
Young, out of South Africa,
took the victory in Saturday's ex-
treme test, but Walker answered
back by topping the evening
prologue. The two squared off on
Sunday in the main event, where
Young made a statement by bat-
tling Walker for the lead.
"Wade Young was running a
really fast pace for the first two
laps," Walker described. "He'd
be ahead for a while and then
I'd be ahead. It was really close
and really high-paced. Things
started getting tougher on the
third lap and that's where I man-
aged to open up a small lead. I
kept pushing and stayed ahead
to the finish. The last lap was re-
ally physical—some parts of the
track were so, so slippery!"
While Walker and Young
battled out front, Jarvis got out
to a more modest start, admit-
ting that he struggled with fast
pace and the slippery condi-
tions in the opening laps. Jarvis
found his groove in the third
loop where the course was
more technical.
"The first lap was fairly
easy, quite fast," said Jarvis. "I
pushed hard but had a few small
crashes because the ground
was really slippery. Lap three
was tough. I was fighting with
[Alfredo] Gomez during the
third lap and managed to get
ahead of him in one of the rocky
climbs."
Red Bull KTM's Gomez had
to settle for fourth behind Jarvis,
while Husqvarna's Mario Roman
rounded out the top-five. CN
Red Bull KTM's Jonny Walker (shown) had to battle Wade Young for
the lead, but Walker ultimately pulled away with the win.
Graham Jarvis
rounded out the
podium, but didn't
present a challenge
to Walker during
Sunday's main event.
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KTM
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PHOTOGRAPHY
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HUSQVARNA-MOTORCYCLES
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FUTURE7MEDIA
