Published On Premiered Jul 1, 2022
Erzbergrodeo 2022 made its comeback after three years of missing and the 4-day hard enduro festival was crowned with an iconic Red Bull Erzbergrodeo 2022 Hare Scramble edition.
The extreme enduro supreme was crippled and cancelled both in 2020 and 2021 which carried the expectations even further. Racing week started with Rocket Ride prologue and finals on Thursday. It then continued with the Iron Road prologue heat one on Friday and Heat 2 on Saturday. The fastest 500 were qualified to line up for Hare Scramble on Sunday.
The main race of the 26th edition of Erzbergrodeo, Hare Scramble, took off at 14:30 CEST and the battle began.
Manuel Lettenbichler had a great start and avoided the traffic very early in the race. The German then rode a flawless pace all alone till CP22, AKA Motorex Highway. When Mani arrived to the newly introduced section it was more then 8 minutes clearance against his closest rival, Mario Roman. Arriving there first without and prior race line, he struggled a lot and ended up having Mario on his tail. Letti was the first to clear CP22 and after that it was basically the Dynamite which could cause problems. He kept his calm and continued without making any mistakes and brought the victory home for the Team.
Manuel & Andreas Lettenbichler became the only Father-Son duo to win it in Erzberg, Andreas Lettenbichler won it in 2015. The German also got his second consecutive win in the championship after missing Round 1, Minus 400, and put himself in the P3 at the overall classification of World Hard Enduro Championship, 40pts.
Mario Roman was another one coming from an injury from Xross Hard Enduro Rally and he wasn’t fully recovered from it. Spaniard was on a roll despite all and had a great day on the bike. After winning Minus 400 Desert Extreme, he got himself another podium in Round 3, P2.
Trystan Hart completed the podium and made history of being the first Canadian on the podium in Erzberg. He had his ups and downs throughout the race and even dropped to P8 before Carl’s Dinner but it didn’t take long to recover those positions and more back.
The organization had a great job to put this wonderful event together and its our debt to thank them on behalf of every hard enduro fan out there.
WHEC Round 3 – Red Bull Erzbergrodeo
1. Manuel Lettenbichler (KTM) 2:58:51
2. Mario Roman (Sherco) 3:02:17
3. Trystan Hart (KTM) 3:11:53
4. Billy Bolt (Husqvarna) 3:18:25
5. Alfredo Gomez (GASGAS) 3:20:30
6. Michael Walkner (GASGAS) 3:40:32
7. Wade Young (Sherco) 3:55:13
8. Matthew Green (KTM) 3:55:54
00:00 Intro
00:22 Start
02:11 Water Pipe
02:34 Zumpferlwald
03:13 Motorex Highway
09:04 Hill Climb Fails
10:58 Carl's Dinner
15:49 Hill Climb Fails
16:50 Green Hell
18:52 Dynamite
24:05 Carl's Dinner
25:45 Lazzy noon
26:38 Dynamite
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