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rival Lettenbichler . “ That was a hectic one ! I ’ m pretty chuffed to finally get a Red Bull Erzbergrodeo podium ,” he said . “ After getting a great jump off the start line , I crashed on the first climb . I couldn ’ t believe my luck . The next 10 minutes were a blur , trying to pass so many people before we hit the first forest section . I caught up to Mani and we rode together . But I put a dent in my exhaust pipe and lost some power . In Carl ’ s Diner , I knew that was my best chance to try and pull a gap , so I pushed hard . But when I got to MOTOREX Highway I struggled on the climb , and kinda hit the wall . Mani got passed again and I couldn ’ t go with him . I wanted to win , and I gave it everything I had today !” Red Bull Erzbergrodeo marked round two of the 2023 FIM Hard Enduro World Championship , however , only a small portion were elite professionals chasing the title , the rest being amateurs . The prologue narrowed 1300 entrants to 500 qualifiers for the start of Sunday ’ s main race , and the predictably brutal course was mastered by just 17 riders . The best-placed local was Austrian Michael Walkner , cousin of 2018 Dakar Rally champion Matthias Walkner , who finished seventh .
Compatriot Marcel Hirscher – a multiple times gold medallist at the Olympics and World Championships in Alpine Skiing made his second start . The skier turned motorcycle racer managed to make it to checkpoint 19 , an improvement on 2022 when his race ended at checkpoint 17 . The FIM Hard Enduro World Championship next moves to Romania for Red Bull Romaniacs from July 25-29 .
2023 Red Bull Erzbergrodeo finishers 1 . Manuel Lettenbichler ( Germany ) 2:31:15 2 . Billy Bolt ( Great Britain ) 2:42:15 3 . Trystan Hart ( Canada ) 2:57:09 4 . Jonny Walker ( Great Britain ) 2:59:30 5 . Wade Young ( South Africa ) 3:04:21 6 . Graham Jarvis ( Great Britain ) 3:13:55 7 . Michael Walkner ( Austria ) 3:22:18 8 . Alfredo Gomez ( Spain ) 3:24:30 9 . Teodor Kabakchiev ( Bulgaria ) 3:25:00 10 . Cody Webb ( USA ) 3:29:09 11 . Matthew Green ( South Africa ) 3:31:45 12 . Sonny Goggia ( Italy ) 3:49:21 13 . Dominik Olszowy ( Poland ) 3:51:59 14 . Jack Price ( Great Britain ) 3:52:08 15 . Dan Peace ( Great Britain ) 3:55:58 16 . Mitch Brightmore ( Great Britain ) 3:58:39 17 . Will Hoare ( Great Britain ) 3:59:13
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