2013 Extreme Enduros

**NordieBoy** · 25th February 2013, 17:14

Behind the cameras - Roof of Africa 2012

**NordieBoy** · 14th March 2013, 07:55

Fast Eddie's Extreme Enduro...

**NordieBoy** · 16th March 2013, 18:20

Just reading that at Hells Gate, KTM use a carb heater on the works bikes.
Metzeler 6 Days Extreme rear tyre and mousse are always used – at all events and in all conditions...

**NordieBoy** · 19th March 2013, 15:51

**NordieBoy** · 9th April 2013, 17:39

Hells Gate 2013...

Special test with Lars...

**NordieBoy** · 16th April 2013, 19:05

King of the Hill - Romania.

**NordieBoy** · 16th April 2013, 19:25

More King of Motos...

**takitimu** · 3rd July 2013, 20:14

Prolog results.

Pro Class

rank bib fullname nationality bike
1 13 Paul Bolton GBR KTM 250 EXC
2 3 Jonny Walker GBR KTM 300 EXC
3 38 Ben Hemingway GBR BETA 300 RR
4 1 Graham Jarvis GBR HUSABERG TE 300
5 16 Alfredo Gomez ESP HUSABERG TE 300

15 4 Chris Birch NZL KTM 300 EXC
28 26 Adrian Broughton NZL KTM 300 EXC

Adrian had to run Pro because he'd already won expert

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Expert Class

18 102 Mark Delautour NZL Goldentyre NZ 1
27 126 Greg Delautour NZL Goldentyre NZ 1
28 109 Dougy Herbert NZL Korito
39 152 Christopher Hilton NZL Gut Busters NZ
40 168 Kevin Archer NZL Kiwi Rider
43 108 Sean Clarke NZL Kiwi Rider
48 181 Mark Auld NZL Gut Busters
54 154 Raymond Lempriere NZL Raymond Lempriere
59 175 David Lacey NZL Gut busters
60 132 Mark Newton NZL Team kiwi rider

Expert Team
12 206 Duncan Mclaren NZL NZ
12 207 Tony Mclaren NZL NZ

Hobby Single
35 359 Warwick Batley NZL SATCO

Hobby Team
4 513 Glenn Morgan NZL GSN Racing
4 514 Steven Huzzey GBR GSN Racing

She'll be all on tomorrow

**NordieBoy** · 3rd July 2013, 21:08

All good stuff. Hope to see some edited video soon...

Originally Posted by Romaniacs

Sibiu, Romania, July 2nd, 2013 – Traditionally, the Red Bull Romaniacs prologue is approached by most riders with great respect and considered the “bitter pill” to swallow before entering the beautiful mountains. The ones to suffer the hardest today were the riders of the Hobby class, who considered most of the course “unrideable” on first sight. Still, everyone showed great courage and would not miss giving their best in front of the enthusiastic audience. Many where sliding up and down the wooden obstacles, some with and some without their bikes and a lot of lifting had to be done to get through the course. Riding the prologue was not mandatory for the riders: dropping out after the start is only penalized with 15 minutes for the next day.

But even the PRO-riders had fear and worry carved into their faces after inspecting the line-up of man-made obstacles. Multiple Enduro world champion and Red Bull Romaniacs rookie Ivan Cervantes gasped: “When I saw the prologue this morning, oh la la!” Some of his collegues confirmed that they would take it easy to avoid unneccessary risks so early in the race. Husaberg-star Graham Jarvis again showed very strategic racing: aiming for the overall victory and not caring about the prologue, he watched the hotblooded Bolton and Walker fight it out in front of him. For them it was worth the while - since it landed them directly onto the podium: Bolton finished first in the qualifications and the finals, dominating the 2013 prologue and challenged only by Jonny Walker (2nd) and Ben Hemingway (3rd), who showed a breathtaking performance on his first ever Romaniacs prologue.

The “mad” man behind the making of these obstacles, Andy Fazekas, today presented the riders a selection of nightmares that certainly caused a few sleepless nights. Gnarly root- and rock-gardens, almost vertical wallrides and a pace that would not tolerate any kind of flow in the riding. On top of this, the 2013 prologue covered about the double distance of the previous two years and was layed out as a loop. Riders of the Hobby- and Expert-class had to spend 10 minutes plus one lap in the Enduro-hell, while the PRO-class had to deal with 15 minutes plus one lap.

Andy Fazekas: “We have invested a lot of thinking and budget into making the prologue of the Red Bull Romaniacs 10th edition a very special one. But it was was by far not the hardest one ever - the 2004 and 2005 ones were much tougher! And the beautiful weather and dry conditions certainly played in favor of the riders.”

**NordieBoy** · 3rd July 2013, 21:12

The dude himself...
Big Erich...

21 Erich BrandauerKTM Freeride 350

**NordieBoy** · 3rd July 2013, 21:14

Cool!

47 Alfie Cox

**NordieBoy** · 4th July 2013, 19:28

Sounds boring, glad I'm not there...

Originally Posted by Romaniacs

Sibiu, Romania, July 3rd, 2013 – Over the past years, Offroad Day 1 of the Red Bull Romaniacs has become a “shock and awe” intro of the riders into the world`s toughest hard enduro rallye. While the veterans expect it and prepare for the worst, it is the newcomers, who enter the first race day still nurturing sweet hopes that it will not be that bad. In vain. The first ones to suffer today where the riders of the Hobby class. When they arrived at an uphill one hour into the race, the Pro- and Expert-class were long gone. The hillclimb wasn`t even considered one of the extremes of the day by race-management, but when a bottle-neck developed and 150 riders got stuck in the forest, the track managers reacted immediately and left to resolve the situation. Track director Klaus Sørensen: “It looked quite dramatic when we arrived, some riders were just sitting there hoping for a miracle, others were teaming up and some were looking for alternatives routes. I think we pulled up each of the 150 bikes single-handedly or rode the bikes up ourselves. I have never ridden so many different bikes in one day and I was amazed by the great spirit of these riders!”

The Expert- and Pro-class were facing their own challenges and were busy re-organizing their hierachy. As expected after his cautious riding during prologue, Graham Jarvis went “all in” today and completed “step two” on his plan to win the Red Bull Romaniacs for the forth time. Husaberg factory pilot Jarvis started 4th today and finished with a 26 minute lead on Lettenbichler, who came in 2nd. But even for Jarvis the day wasn`t without challenge: he was seen asking spectators for help and then being pulled up a hill. Which is a truly rare sight. And one that became reality for Letti as well: he eventually realized that getting up the “bad shape” section would be close to impossible and much easier in tow of a few spectators. Letti delivered an exceptional performance on his first Offroad Day by starting as 9th and finishing 2nd, just before Alfredo Gomez, who was repeately seen applying pressure to him and who finished 3rd.

The previous years have shown that it is very hard for newcomers to end up on the podium of the Red Bull Romaniacs - physical fitness, riding- and navigation-skills are not enough to dominate the race. Experience counts very much and it helps to have ridden the rallye before. Therefore it is even more impressive how Red Bull Romaniacs “rookie” Ben Hemingway continued his positive performance from yesterday and rode himself onto the fourth place on Offroad Day 1.

Paul Bolton and Jonny Walker continued chasing each other like they did during the prologue and spent quite some time together out there in the morning. But both were also chased by bad luck: Walker ended up runnning out of gas and losing precious time, while Bolton unvoluntarily left his bike several times. Bolton: “I was not very lucky today - I made a few gut-decisions that always ended up sending me in the wrong direction and into a few crashes. But I loved some of the gnarly uphills and am looking forward to tomorrow!” Bolton teamed up with Chris Birch later in the day and they were seen helping each other pulling their bikes up “bad shape”. It is always impressive to see the fiercest competitors teaming up to get through the most demanding sections together, only to fight later for every inch to secure their own place on the podium!

**takitimu** · 4th July 2013, 19:53

Day 1 unofficial results ( check out the expert section )

Pro
6 4 Chris Birch NZL KTM 300 EXC 07:56:29
27 26 Adrian Broughton NZL KTM 300 EXC 15:20:12 ( bet he's tired )

Expert Solo
1 168 Kevin Archer NZL Kiwi Rider 05:40:34
2 106 Emanuel Gyenes ROU Dementor KTM 05:47:39
3 108 Sean Clarke NZL Kiwi Rider 05:44:26
4 112 Marcel Teucher DEU MX-Point.de - Team Enduro 05:53:19
5 109 Dougy Herbert NZL Korito 05:56:53

17 126 Greg Delautour NZL Goldentyre NZ 1 07:02:15
18 102 Mark Delautour NZL Goldentyre NZ 1 07:11:20
27 132 Mark Newton NZL Team kiwi rider 08:00:00
46 154 Raymond Lempriere NZL Raymond Lempriere 10:23:37
59 152 Christopher Hilton NZL Gut Busters NZ 14:57:34
61 175 David Lacey NZL Gut busters 14:58:00
62 181 Mark Auld NZL Gut Busters 17:29:01

Expert Team
7 206, 207 Duncan Mclaren, Tony Mclaren NZL NZ 18:20:0

Hobby Solo
40 359 Warwick Batley NZL SATCO 04:58:17

Hobby Team
16 513, 514 Glenn Morgan, Steven Huzzey NZL GSN Racing 06:33:22