2021 FIM Hard Enduro World Championship - Does It Get Any Closer?

watch my feet all right [Music] [Music] coming to a race that never been done before adds a little bit more pressure out of the ashes it's completely new so it's like a level of a tumultuous 20 20. the rocks here are crazy slippery because it's so humid i feel like the rocks a brand new series was born where the world's best heart enduro riders and privateers came together to fight for official fim points and the distinction of a world championship title [Music] it's the next evolution of the sport to have it an official fin championship being a world champion is something that we all dream of you know as uh as kids is the ultimate goal you know to be this the world champ championship is very special because you have to be ready for all kind of disciplines and all kind of formats sometimes it's more aggressive more fast sometimes it's more technical and more tough physically the championship is tight we have a lot of contender for the volume for the for the wind [Music] morning everybody welcome to xl legares we are in abatton red bull romaniac's vertical madness reloaded tko we're going out on track along with a high stakes new format we've taken you inside the action like never before nice going on this side of the bike so we can get a bit higher up from the vantage point of our dedicated race reporter paul bolton [Music] the first half of the fim heart enduro world championship season showed just how explosive exciting and resilient this sport can be [Music] it all kicked off with portugal's celebrated porto extreme excellent hopes were high for another stellar heart enduro but the race couldn't go on as planned due to last-minute coven restrictions the main event had to change on the fly but riders still had a chance to test their skills in an enduro cross look how deep the water is [Music] even though it wasn't for the first official points 20 athletes rode in the final super enduro style race [Music] with billy bolt taking the top of the podium over manny letton bickler and graham jarvis we made the best out of the situation we were in everyone's enjoyed it in the end [Applause] it's completely new so it's like a level playing field a little bit more nervous because you don't know what to expect then things got serious at the following race italy's brand new abba stone heart enduro now the championship points were up for grabs and the boys were hungry [Music] 50 riders struggled up steep inclines and rampaged through rock gardens on the final day of racing [Music] letting bickler and bolt fought for first in a fast-paced competition that sped through the beautiful backdrop of tuscany second place at this point can he catch billy it looks like he's sending it to the finish [Music] but in the end billy bolt burned down the mountain [Music] through the final obstacles and over the finish to take the title manny lettenbickler came in second with graham jarvis charging all the way from a ninth place starting position to take third i was struggling first lap he was straight into the river and i just got a bit of a bit pumped up i felt more tied on the on the first lap and the second so i'm ready for another lap [Music] less than two weeks later the hard enduro heroes were back on familiar stomping grounds in romania for yet another exhausting red bull romaniacs [Music] was ready to defend his back-to-back titles at the five-day race manny's going to get it lined up with his back wheel on there but on the first day of off-road riding it was six-time winner graham jarvis showing the younger riders that at 46 years old he still has some gas in the tank [Music] [Music] but celebrating his day one win didn't last long as the legend injured his knee on the second day and had to bow out most likely for the rest of the season graeme's uh hit a wash out at quite high speed having to dab a leg at that speed he's uh he's he's twisted the knee quite bad and then he decided that it was time to uh to call it a day so we're just done antifreeze it looks like he's wade young in first but i cannot tell you how steep this is look at the rocks up there look how far away it is down here [Music] as the race progressed wade young johnny walker [Music] alfredo gomez and mario roman were all performing at a high level [Music] [Music] but after 19 hours of riding romaniacs was once again dominated by the king of the carpathians [Music] i think the face was so insane to get three in a row and it's it's pretty good it's really good wade young came in second and mario roman completed the podium today i thought it would be a little bit more chilled but yo was everyone was pushing really hard and i'm so happy to be second on the road this win catapulted letting bigler pass bolt into first in the fim standings while young sat third walker and roman were tied for fourth now the stage was set for the first u.s race of the series the red bull tennessee knockout you're always on edge that's really kind of what beats you down along with the heat and humidity the roster of series regulars went up against big north american names like six-time tko winner cody webb and 2020 champ tristan hart the tko it's uh one of a kind here in tennessee it's a lot different this year with all the euros here so there's like maybe eight or nine guys i think that could possibly win this weekend so it's gonna be action-packed for sure [Music] the multi-event competition saw many male and female pros along with a posse of privateers take on tko [Music] during the day two knockout event the pack of pros got whittled down to the best 15 riders over the course of three different races [Music] [Music] then the final knockout was a metaphor for the first half of the season sounds like billy mayer [Music] in a fight for first the battle continued over the 30 minutes plus one lap race no he's out for the goal the carpenting [Applause] right up to the final hill climb [Music] he's got his foot peg stuck under the rock it's an overtake he's here i can't help myself [Music] he's made it these athletes went beyond their limits and in an outstanding nail-biting finish it was billy bolt taking top spot at red bull tko by only two seconds over manny letton bigler tristan hart rounded out the podium if this is what we can expect from the brit and german in the second half of the season it is sure to be an epic finish to the fiam heart enduro world championship [Music] the standings are now ridiculously tight at the top with len bickler sitting only one point ahead of bolt it looks like they are title contenders and the rest of the field is coming in hot from behind but as we all know in hardin enduro anything can happen the madness continues as we enter the second half of the season what surprises are in store at the final three races who will persevere in poland who will reign supreme in spain and which rider will take all the glory when we go live from germany the final race you'll find out on red bull tv you

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Length: 12min 47sec (767 seconds)

Published: Thu Sep 09 2021