Photo: Tyrone Bradley/Red Bull Content Pool
Red Bull KTM’s Alfredo Gomez had a slow start on the opening day time-trial Thursday, finishing on the 11th spot. However, he managed to kick it into high gear the first big day of the race in the Lesotho mountains, making up for 10 minutes on his KTM 300 EXC.
On the final day, the battle turned out to be only between Gomez and Graham Jarvis. It was quite a race, but the British rider won, leaving Graham in second place. At the finish, only nine seconds separated the two riders after more than 16 hours of racing.
“We lost by just nine seconds but we’ll even stronger next year,” said Gomez at the finish line.
However, fourteen of the top 20 finishers were riding Austrian-made KTM machines. Third place was claimed by South African Scott Bouverie while the fourth place was occupied by Travis Teasdale.
Seventh place was taken by Britain’s up-and-coming Billy Bolt while the eight place went to German teenager rider Andreas Lettenbichler.
The Hard Enduro discipline has continued to grab attention and gain in popularity in 2016 and Gomez has been at the forefront of the sport all year. He won the Red Bull Minas Riders Hard Enduro Rally in Brazil, The Wall Extreme Enduro Race in Italy and the inaugural Hixpania Hard Enduro at home in Spain.
He was second at the Red Bull Romaniacs and at Germany’s GetzenRodeo, and he took third place and at the Ukupacha Extreme Enduro in Ecuador and in the legendary Red Bull Hare Scramble at the Erzbergrodeo in Austria in the summer.
Here’s the official results list of the Roof of Africa 2016 edition:
1. Graham Jarvis (GBR), Husqvarna, 16:14.40 h
2. Alfredo Gomez (ESP), KTM, + 9 sec
3. Scott Bouverie (RSA), KTM, + 7:16 min
4. Travis Teasdale (RSA), KTM, + 9:15
5. Blake Gutzeit (RSA), Yamaha, +13:21
Other KTM
7. Billy Bolt (GBR), KTM, +59:31
8. Andreas Lettenbichler (GER), KTM, +1:18:04 h
“We lost by just nine seconds but we’ll even stronger next year,” said Gomez at the finish line.
However, fourteen of the top 20 finishers were riding Austrian-made KTM machines. Third place was claimed by South African Scott Bouverie while the fourth place was occupied by Travis Teasdale.
Seventh place was taken by Britain’s up-and-coming Billy Bolt while the eight place went to German teenager rider Andreas Lettenbichler.
The Hard Enduro discipline has continued to grab attention and gain in popularity in 2016 and Gomez has been at the forefront of the sport all year. He won the Red Bull Minas Riders Hard Enduro Rally in Brazil, The Wall Extreme Enduro Race in Italy and the inaugural Hixpania Hard Enduro at home in Spain.
He was second at the Red Bull Romaniacs and at Germany’s GetzenRodeo, and he took third place and at the Ukupacha Extreme Enduro in Ecuador and in the legendary Red Bull Hare Scramble at the Erzbergrodeo in Austria in the summer.
Here’s the official results list of the Roof of Africa 2016 edition:
1. Graham Jarvis (GBR), Husqvarna, 16:14.40 h
2. Alfredo Gomez (ESP), KTM, + 9 sec
3. Scott Bouverie (RSA), KTM, + 7:16 min
4. Travis Teasdale (RSA), KTM, + 9:15
5. Blake Gutzeit (RSA), Yamaha, +13:21
Other KTM
7. Billy Bolt (GBR), KTM, +59:31
8. Andreas Lettenbichler (GER), KTM, +1:18:04 h
Google News