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| 29.06.2010 |
| RBR 2010: Day 1 + 2 |
| Prologue-winner Chris Birch finished second day 1 and managed to stay close to Jarvis in the results. |
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KTM factory rider Chris Birch was all but impressed about Jarvis’ accomplishment: „This stage was maybe the toughest one I’ve ever ridden. I’m happy to have reached the finish only 40 minutes after Graham. He was riding in his own class today – my full respect goes out to him!“
One of the top favorites of the 6th edition of the Red Bull Romaniacs had nothing but bad luck today: Erzbergrodeo „Ironman“ and KTM Extreme-Enduro factory expert Taddy Blazusiak (POL) had to drop out of the race quite too early: „First I’ve lost my way in the early part of the stage. Soon after I was back on track and chasing hard after the leader I lost my front wheel and crashed hard at a gnarly downhill, injuring my shoulder once again. In the end, the pain was just too much to finish the stage, and I have to abandon my first Red Bull Romaniacs.“, said a disappointed Blazusiak after returning to the paddock in Sibiu.
Day 2
The second offroad raceday of the 7th edition of the Red Bull Romaniacs started dry and sunny for all riders – the heavy downpoors of the last days had finally stopped, and so the 165 competitors faced more comfortable temperatures and sunny conditions for most of the day.
With Jarvis’ dropping out halfway of the race, it was heavily motivated Chris Birch who took the lead of the Pro-Class. But not for long, as Birch’s KTM started to get technical problems as well. After several water crossings, the 2-time winner of the Roof-of-Africa had to change his spark plug and lost valuable time on Andreas Lettenbichler.
British rider Paul Bolton (KTM) placed second on todays stage after making it to the finish 7 minutes behind Lettenbichler. Bolton – renown for his rather weak navigation skills – made no mistake today and advances to the third place in the overall ranking. |
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