EnduroGP. Italian Grand Prix. Garcia, KTM, and Verona, GasGas, Assoluti. Unparalleled event [GALLERY] – News

1 to 1 between Marca’s “cousins”. The Spanish dominates on Saturday, the Italian is incredible on Sunday. Twists and turns, maximum tension, parallel challenges, a “real Enduro race”. Sunday with splashes and heavy ground for an extra commitment

June 23, 2024

Betola – Ponte dell’OlioPiacenza, 22 June 2024. “One of the most beautiful races in the world”He says Josep Garcia. “One of the most beautiful races in the world” He says Mr. Franco. The champion Spaniard has won everything far and wide, the best known and loved Italian in the world has seen it all. Their comment should go on Treccani Endurohistorical and reasoned encyclopedic compendium, in the entry Italian EnduroGP Grand PrixBettola, 22, 22, 23 June 2024. Thus value, context and date would be fixed forever, especially for the memory of the… forgetful.

It was a wonderful weekenddropped like a layer, a wonderful veil of Enduro on the geographical and social surface kissed by the gods of… Regularityhere in the Piacenza area who survived the oil mill of the times and to the abrasive oppression of the universally prevailing pretext. Enduro is aliveAnd in Bettola he celebrated a wonderful party. Everyone agrees, see you starting from that Josep Garcia who, after having won by a landslide on Saturday, found themselves ready to go fell into a cliff, a 50 second handicap at the end of the first Special.

It’s the twist that wakes up a clearly difficult day. It rained during the night and at dawn, part of the route was destroyed, Extreme appears impossible and a little dangerous. It was decided to run it in the reverse direction compared to Saturday, and to skip the timing on the first pass. As we start with that Enduro Test which seems to definitively remove the Spanish KTM champion from the scene. We still don’t know what exactly that unexpected e sensational disadvantage will lead Garcia to one of his best races (and the final judgment on the most beautiful race in the world). Josep unleashes the chase to Steve HolcombeHonda RedMoto, which in the meantime has won the “line” and is in the lead, and Andrea Verona, GasGas. A formidable parallel race begins. With four mind-boggling Specials Garcia goes from 28th to third position and recover half a minute.

THEMeanwhile Andrea Verona immediately won the first Acerbis Cross Test, he overtook Holcombe and took the lead. The GasGas official is carried away by the public and with two races to go he brings his advantage to not far from twenty seconds. One mistake is, however, enough to reverse the trend. Verona sees much of its advantage disappear, Holcombe wins the sixth and seventh and enters the final stage in the lead again with a margin of 2 seconds. It’s the showdown and Verona doesn’t hold back. With a perfect execution on the last, last Cross test, and faced with a less than flawless performance from Holcombe, Verona wins the day amidst the screams of the crowd of spectators. Holcombe is definitely second. 46 cents just the “pay”, Garcia can be satisfied with third place at 22 seconds. Honestly, he couldn’t have done more.

Goff the podium the Sherco hat-trick is a sensationin a row Antoine Magain, Zack Pichon and the winner of the Super Test Hamish MacDonald. Magainwith Brad Freeman, Beta, not performing as well as Sabato, breaks the pattern and wins E3. TO Holcombe the E1to VeronaGod forbid, the E2. Impeccable and very beautiful victory Manolo Morettini in the Junior, ahead of AhlinKTM, e BaconYamaha, and no less striking the success of Andrea ColorioHusqvarna JET, which beats the Youth leaders Verzeroli, KTM, Elgari, TM, and Scardina, Fantic. Encore of Mireia BadiaRieju, in Women.

Garcia, Verona and Holcombe are close enough at the top of the EnduroGP to guarantee a spectacular and exciting final of the Championship, Slovakia, Wales and France between now and the end of the World Cup. the same can be said for E1, Garcia and Holcombe in contention, but not for E2 and E3, Verona, GasGas and Freeman, Beta, almost unattainable.

Land races are overthe paddock must be cleared by 11pm, but no party yet. Like Friday and Saturday evenings, bars, meeting places, the squares, the Moto Clubs of Bettola, Ponte dell’Olio and others villages which hosted and gave life to a huge Italian Grand Prix, remain open. The Italian Enduro party continues.

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GItalian Prize. Round 3 – Day1
Enduro GP. 1. Josep Garcia (KTM) 1:12:21.62; 2. Brad Freeman (Beta) 1:12:31.89; 3. Andrea Verona (GASGAS) 1:12:48.38; 4. Steve Holcombe (Honda) 1:13:06.50; 5. Nathan Watson (Beta) 1:13:36.55; 6. Hamish MacDonald (Sherco) 1:13:51.00; 7. Matteo Cavallo (TM Racing) 1:14:20.07; 8. Zach Pichon (Sherco) 1:14:37.04; 9. Antoine Magain (Sherco) 1:14:40.16; 10. Lorenzo Macoritto (TM Racing) 1:14:45.76…

Italian Grand Prix. Round four – Day two
Enduro GP. 1. Andrea Verona (GASGAS) 42:11.34; 2. Steve Holcombe (Honda) 42:11.80; 3. Josep Garcia (KTM) 42:33.81; 4. Antoine Magain (Sherco) 43:05.60; 5. Zach Pichon (Sherco) 43:11.91; 6. Hamish MacDonald (Sherco) 43:12.43; 7. Matteo Pavoni (Husqvarna) 43:16.64; 8. Samuele Bernardini (Honda) 43:18.05; 9. Theo Espinasse (Beta) 43:21.43; 10. Brad Freeman (Beta) 43:32.72…

FIM EnduroGP World Championship. Championship Standings (After round four)
Enduro GP. 1. Josep Garcia (KTM) 144pts; 2. Andrea Verona (GASGAS) 134pts; 3. Steve Holcombe (Honda) 128pts; 4. Brad Freeman (Beta) 85pts; 5. Nathan Watson (Beta) 80pts; 6. Zach Pichon (Sherco) 63pts; 7. Samuele Bernardini (Honda) 59pts; 8. Jamie McCanney (Husqvarna) 55pts; 9. Hamish MacDonald (Sherco) 50pts; 10. Matteo Cavallo (TM Racing) 46pts…