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ones." During the four days,
Jarvis was seen using every
spare minute to either rest or
focus on preparing the next
day; and winning his race,
which he did—by a long shot
over Roman. It was the sixth
Red Bull Romaniac victory—
he is now officially a legend of
the race.
"Well I can't believe it, I've
won it six times, that's more
than I could ever have dreamt
of," the Brit said. "Obviously
every year it gets harder and
harder and everyone`s up-
ping the pace, I can't believe
it really, it`s just an incredible
experience. I was just happy
to get to the finish. This last
day, I've really struggled; I
don't mind admitting that at 42
years old four days on the trot
gets harder. There's no secrets
about it, you just have to use
your experience and stay out of
trouble, knowing when to go fast
and when to play safe. You go
through a lot of emotions during
the four days and I'm so tired I
can't feel anything. I just want
to get a beer and sit down and
relax."
"I'm feeling so good right
now," said runner-up Roman.
"I've been working so hard the
last couple of years, I've had
good results but this is pretty
much the best for me, I can't
complain, I'm really happy with
Sherco and my team. Today was
a perfect day; I didn't take any
risks and I didn't think about any
of the other riders, I had a good
gap and just did my best. I feel
at home in the finish with the
hillclimb because I have lots of
these at home and have ridden
them all my life so I had a lot of
fun in the finish. I'm young but
I have a lot of experience and I
know that it's never over until you
get to the end, when I got to the
hillclimb I realized that I was sec-
ond overall. With so many hours
riding the bike and navigating the
trails you have to be 100-percent
focused. It's not always possible
to be 100-percent focused, and
that's when we might crash,
which is what happened to me
on Off-Road Day One. I need to
learn from this and will be bet-
ter for next year. It is by far the
toughest race, I'm really happy"
"I've had an awesome week,
no major hiccups or anything like
that," said third-place finisher
Bolton. "I've been positive all
week, just trying to ride my
own race. I'm more mentally
and physically prepared than
ever before and it has really
paid off. It's my tenth year, so
it was all or nothing; it had to
happen this year! I rode well
from the beginning and consis-
tency was key."
In the Iron class, big-twin
travel enduro riders Gerhard
Foster (Touratech BMW) and
Quinn Cody (KTM Adventure
1090) managed to write his-
tory and navigate bikes twice
the size of a hard enduro one
through the four Red Bull Roma-
niacs days. Forster finished 14th
and Cody 33rd.
Four out of 10 women who
took on this year`s Red Bull
Romaniacs crossed the finish
line. Kirsten Landman showed
her endurance and competitive
ability yet again by smoking the
Silver class. Bronze-class riders
Emma Broadbent, Anna Larissa
Redinger, and Iron class Heidi
Kjogx also rode through the Red
Bull finish line. CN
OVERALL
1. Graham Jarvis (Hus)
2. Mario Roman (Sher)
3. Paul Bolton (KTM)
4. Manuel Lettenbichler (KTM)
5. Travis Teasdale (KTM)
American Quinn Cody finished
the race aboard a KTM 1090
Adventure R in the Iron class.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
FUTURE7MEDIA
