![]() ![]() I had fun though and it feels good to get a top result, even if I did just miss out on the podium. The course was as challenging as ever – there was even a new gully for this year that was about half a mile long. The bike felt great today and I was really able to attack the gnarly stuff – some of it I was able to get up in one go. I was feeling a bit tense on the first lap but loosened up on the second and was able to up my pace a little. Graham Jarvis: “I’m really happy with how things went today, especially as I haven’t really been on the bike for the past two weeks due to some niggling little injuries. The World Enduro Super Series continues with round two, Trefle Lozerien AMV, on May 17-19. Despite trying all he could to up his pace, he ended his day in seventh. Setting off first, Gomez was unable to settle into the rhythm of the race and was quickly caught by the chasing pack. Winning the Prologue, the Spaniard set himself up as the fastest seeded rider for Sunday’s Hard Enduro. But as fatigued set in during the latter half of lap two he was unable to make a challenge for the podium yet held on to claim a well-deserved fifth.Īlso a three-time winner of the race, Alfredo Gomez was eager to make it a fourth victory in Portugal. Starting well, he comfortably held the pace of the top five during lap one. Placing third in Saturday’s City Prologue in Porto showed he was determined to secure a strong result in Sunday’s main race. But as the defending WESS champion and winner of the event in 2018, he also wanted to deliver his best. Frustratingly, a couple of small errors cost him some valuable time, eventually finishing fourth and less than 10 seconds shy of a top-three result.īack to competitive action following a serious leg injury sustained last November, Bolt was keen to gain quality race time. ![]() ![]() Gaining ground on the early leaders, he worked his way up to second midway around the lap. In a race where experience counts, the Husqvarna TE 300i rider put in considered and steady performances during Friday and Saturday’s qualifying action, saving himself for Sunday’s main event.įaced with a long two-lap race, Jarvis quietly worked his way up the leaderboard on lap one to position himself for an attack on the podium on lap two. With the notoriously challenging Hard Enduro event marking the start of the 2019 WESS season, Jarvis narrowly missed out on a podium result, placing just eight seconds behind the third placed rider after four hours of challenging racing.ĭefending WESS champion Billy Bolt – who returned to competitive action following injury – finished an impressive fifth, while Alfredo Gomez ended his day in seventh to ensure a strong set of results from the entire Rockstar Energy Husqvarna team.Īs a three-time winner of Extreme XL Lagares, Graham Jarvis entered the three-day event in confident spirits. – ( Motor Sports Newswire) – Graham Jarvis has led home the Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing team at the opening round of the World Enduro Super Series (WESS) in Portugal with a strong fourth place result. Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing Rider Digs Deep for Top-Four Result at Portugal’s Extreme XL Lagares
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