Jarvis dominating Romaniacs
At 5.55 in the morning, deep down in a steep valley, the Red Bull Romaniacs Offroad Day Three took off. It was a cold morning, most riders were still stiff and in pain from the previous day and the warming sun seemed to be light-years away.
While everyone was thinking about how to get warm and find their flow as quickly as possible, head-trackmanager Klaus Sorensen and Red Bull Romaniacs mastermind Martin “Freijn” Freinademetz rolled out their vicious plan to show the world`s elite of Hard Enduro riders their limits. Today they threw a total of 19.000 altitude-meters at them, of which 1,000m were already covered in a single, never ending hill-climb: “Please no rain”. The beautiful Romanian countryside, the perfect weather fun sections like the full-throttle “A8” made up for the pain and helped the riders to partially recover.
Except for one, the plan to bring everyone to their limits had worked out and most riders returned quite destroyed back at the paddock. Not so Graham Jarvis. He rode a lonely race today – defending his undisputed claim to be the king of the Carpathians for the third day. Andreas “Letti” Lettenbichler kept chasing after him in the morning but after getting clutch problems and losing precious 20 minutes in “Please no rain”, he had to let Jarvis go. Jarvis arrived at the finish 15 minutes before the minimum estimated riding time and surprised all Red Bull Romaniacs staff at the checkpoints, service points and finish with his unexpected early arriving – interrupting their well earned breaks. Klaus Sorensen: “Jarvis is a rider from a different planet.
Everyone else arrived as planned ca. 15 minutes after the minimum estimated riding time, Jarvis 15 minutes before…!” Graham Jarvis: “It was pretty lonely for me out there today, the only two riders I saw, were two guys from the Hobby-class. But it was a fun ride, even in the “Please no rain” section. The “A8” was a blast!”. Martin “Freijn” Freinademetz confirmed again that the perfect conditions play in favor of undercutting the minimum riding times, but that the track had to be designed with the option of rain in mind. In this case, 50% of the field would have dropped out by now.
Another surprise today was the stunning come-back of 2010 Red Bull Romaniacs-winner Chris Birch. After going through a valley of pain all day during Offroad Day Two, his fans were wondering how long he would be able to keep going. An early morning dialogue between Chris Birch and Darryl Curtis illustrates their attitude: Curtis, coughing like a old man that has been smoking forever: “I have bronchitis, I can’t really breathe!” Chris: “get over it, it’s just a soar throat!” Curtis to Chris, who`s foot is likely to be broken: “get over it, it’s just a soar foot! Quitting is not a option…” Birch took that advice and delivered a brilliant race, starting from 7th position and finishing as 2nd of the day. Chris Birch: “I had a beautiful day today and really got to enjoy myself again on the bike, best part was the “A8” on top of the mountain!”
An attitude, that might be up for Jonny Walker to adopt: the “Wunderkind”, who got up bright and early today after almost missing the start yesterday, had to struggle through a crash, in which he hurt his shoulder. Despite that he kept enjoying the race and performed like a Red Bull Romaniacs veteran, finishing 6th. It might have helped that he had joined a strategic alliance with Melcior Faja (4th) and Xavi Galindo (5th), in which they took turns navigating all day.
Pro
Rank No. Name Nat. Bike Prolg Ranking::Penalty Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Total Time
1 1 Graham Jarvis ENG HUSABERG 300 00:03:00 04:25:07 04:12:56 05:02:11 13:43:14
2 3 Andreas Lettenbichler DEU HUSQVARNA 300 00:02:00 04:42:44 04:16:44 05:27:05 14:28:33
3 15 Jonny Walker GBR KTM 300 EXC 00:00:00 04:55:39 04:34:32 05:28:45 14:58:56
4 2 Chris Birch NZL KTM 300 00:05:30 04:42:50 04:58:06 05:19:26 15:05:52
5 5 Xavier Galindo ESP HUSABERG TE 300 00:01:00 05:05:07 04:40:26 05:28:05 15:14:38
6 4 Melcior Faja ESP KTM EXC 250 00:05:00 05:25:36 04:49:19 05:27:10 15:47:05
7 29 Erwin Kovacs ROU KTM 300 EXC 00:04:00 05:32:46 04:53:00 05:46:29 16:16:15
8 6 Darryl Curtis RSA KTM 300 EXC 00:07:45 05:39:50 05:15:45 06:06:27 17:09:47
9 18 Altus de Wet RSA KTM 300 EXC 00:07:15 06:07:59 05:01:20 06:03:59 17:20:33
10 16 Rienk Tuinstra NLD HUSABERG TE 300 00:10:00 05:26:01 05:10:32 06:44:01 17:30:34
11 25 Harry Neumayr AUT KTM 300 EXC 00:10:00 05:54:01 05:15:51 06:14:27 17:34:19
12 24 Scott Bouverie RSA KTM 300 00:10:00 06:00:39 05:23:06 06:16:15 17:50:00
13 14 Philipp Scholz DEU KTM 00:07:00 05:56:46 05:30:49 06:36:05 18:10:40
14 13 Paul Fratila ROU KTM 350 EXC-F 00:04:30 06:12:46 05:49:03 06:32:05 18:38:24
15 12 Riaan van Niekerk RSA KTM 300 00:07:30 06:23:37 05:42:48 06:31:59 18:45:54
16 23 Kevin Wilson Archer NZL KTM 350 EXC 00:06:45 06:52:48 05:32:22 06:40:37 19:12:32
17 20 Graham Hedgcock RSA KTM 300 EXC 00:10:00 06:24:24 05:24:55 07:19:33 19:18:52
18 8 Emanuel Gyenes ROU KTM 300 EXC-E 00:08:00 07:03:09 05:53:01 06:34:17 19:38:27
19 17 Phillip Cheater NZL KTM 300 EXC 00:10:00 07:04:01 06:10:16 08:22:31 21:46:48
20 10 Jacob Abeleven AUS HUSABERG TE 300 00:10:00 07:17:26 07:01:55 08:25:27 22:54:48
21 27 Kendall Norman USA KTM 300 00:06:30 07:38:21 06:15:26 09:07:46 23:08:03
22 19 Dougy Herbert NZL KTM300 EXC 00:10:00 07:55:23 07:17:08 08:44:28 24:06:59
23 9 Jesus Zavala MEX HUSABERG TE 300 00:10:00 09:38:15 07:02:26 11:34:29 28:25:10
DSQ 7 Sean Clarke NZL SHERCO 300 00:06:00 09:08:36 17:43:17 DNS 99:99:99
DSQ 11 Ioan Tara ROU HUSQVARNA TE 310 00:10:00 12:29:24 17:04:19 DNS 99:99:99
DSQ 22 Chris Warwick AUS KTM 300 EXC 00:10:00 16:01:07 14:57:34 DNS 99:99:99
Expert
Rank No. Name Nat. ProlgRanking::Penalty Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Total Time
1 109 Dean Nuttall AUS 00:02:00 04:48:48 04:19:22 05:44:34 14:54:44
2 103 Jurgen van den Goorbergh NLD 00:03:00 04:58:29 04:34:22 05:42:41 15:18:32
3 101 Tommy Kunert DEU 00:01:00 05:05:37 04:38:34 05:54:46 15:39:57
6 128 Stefan Schrock ITA 00:06:45 05:36:30 04:36:08 05:57:00 16:16:23
4 102 Mark Delautour NZL 00:07:00 05:00:53 04:39:40 06:45:59 16:33:32
5 100 Paul Cristian Harpa ROU 00:04:00 05:07:48 04:48:37 06:51:00 16:51:25
7 118 Ethan Depiazzi AUS 00:06:30 05:52:49 05:20:59 07:05:53 18:26:11
8 111 Mike Morris RSA 00:04:30 05:46:04 05:34:53 07:15:17 18:40:44
9 116 Alistair Feuilherade ZAF 00:06:00 05:46:08 05:34:57 07:15:21 18:42:26
10 112 Albert Garcia ESP 00:07:30 05:56:02 05:27:47 07:12:20 18:43:39
11 123 Eddie Findling DEU 00:00:00 06:21:30 05:25:12 07:25:28 19:12:10
13 124 Denis Herbig DEU 00:10:00 06:48:29 05:27:54 08:45:27 21:11:50
12 115 Christophe Dos Santos FRA 00:07:15 06:15:14 05:29:26 09:23:53 21:15:48
16 125 Matthias Saric DEU 00:10:00 07:13:06 06:06:38 09:14:44 22:44:28
17 108 Gregor Bode DEU 00:10:00 06:46:23 06:42:04 13:19:52 26:58:19
20 114 Dennis Urbanek DEU 00:10:00 07:42:43 07:16:37 13:38:00 28:47:20
Hobby
Rank No. Name Nat. ProlgRanking::Penalty Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Total Time
1 338 Inyaki Gomarin ESP 00:00:00 03:50:31 03:59:57 03:55:24 11:45:52
2 360 Dean Sinclair AUS 00:10:00 03:47:34 03:54:52 03:55:55 11:48:21
3 376 Pedro Oliveira POR 00:01:00 04:01:14 03:55:02 04:09:09 12:06:25
4 300 Ernst Hostettler SWZ 00:05:00 03:56:50 04:01:57 04:24:31 12:28:18
5 387 Thomas Eleser DEU 00:10:00 03:44:46 04:03:12 04:33:44 12:31:42
6 329 Chris Dodd AUS 00:04:00 03:48:44 04:41:16 04:15:19 12:49:19
7 384 David Fischer SWZ 00:10:00 04:06:49 04:15:10 04:22:22 12:54:21
8 301 Martin Lindtner AUT 00:10:00 03:59:34 04:01:50 04:48:23 12:59:47
9 333 Inaki Arino ESP 00:10:00 04:06:41 04:22:42 04:26:40 13:06:03
10 334 Toomas Triisa EST 00:10:00 04:12:26 04:22:05 04:24:49 13:09:20
11 332 Eduard Razvan Avramescu ROU 00:10:00 04:12:36 04:23:06 04:24:21 13:10:03
12 335 Christian Bieri SWZ 00:10:00 04:04:40 04:20:51 04:35:11 13:10:42
13 393 Thomas Pintal DEU 00:10:00 04:19:00 04:42:46 04:30:06 13:41:52
14 309 Andy Boller DEU 00:06:45 04:55:48 04:14:08 04:28:16 13:44:57
15 303 Jean Paul Vaele BEL 00:02:00 04:08:26 04:40:41 05:00:15 13:51:22
16 388 Craig Evans AUS 00:03:00 04:05:27 04:40:36 05:07:58 13:57:01
17 308 Olivier Bertels BEL 00:07:30 04:11:56 04:38:18 05:02:08 13:59:52
18 306 Peter Schweingruber SWZ 00:10:00 04:11:25 04:48:48 05:00:16 14:10:29
19 313 Udo Herrmann DEU 00:06:30 04:26:05 04:57:20 04:56:37 14:26:32
20 319 Rajko Ljumovic SRB 00:10:00 04:26:48 04:48:19 05:03:18 14:28:25
