Despre't stuff in Romania...
By TMX Archives on 6th Jul 07
WITH more than 50 per cent of the race starters failing to reach the finish, this year's edition of the Red Bull Romanaics seem-ed to have been the toughest yet. Set in the Carpathian mountain range that surrounds Sibiu the 2007 European Capital of Culture this super-tough five-day epic enduro tests bikes and bodies to breaking point.
While most of the 135 rider entry are battling the almost impossible trails, there was a daily battle for the win at the front of the Pro class!
Britain's top finisher was Geoff Walker in the Pro class.
Full report in T+MX News, issue July 6, 2007.
RESULTS
Red Bull Romanaics
Sibiu, Romania
Pro Class: 1 Cyril Despres (KTM), 2 Gerhard Forster (Beta), 3 Chris Birch (KTM), 4 Kyle Redmond (KTM),5 Alex Antnor (KTM), 6 Frans Verhoeven (KTM), 12 Geoff Walker (KTM), DNF Paul Bolton (Honda).
Experts: Simon Crafar/ Pandrea Mirel, 2 Aron Gorog/ Dumoulin Michel, 3 Sepp Sutter/ Stefan Zwerenz, 4 Nick Plumb/ Craig Bounds. DNF Jason Ecclestone/ Jon Kingston, DNF Chris Salt/ Matt Hall. DNF Robert Carey/ Lawrence Catt. DNF Paul Skinner/ Jon Wood. DNF Richard Main/ Darren Blagg
Hobby class: 1 Ciprin Popescu/ Babes Cristinell, 2 Benedekfi Geza/ Gereb Domokos, 3 Marc Fehrmann/ Harald Vollmer 12 Tamsin Jones/ Andrew Neri (T+A). DNF Darren Cowen/ Simon Douglas/ Nathan Bolton (Specialist Breakers/Sandiford). DNF Dave Donald/ Halldor Dorel Bjornsson (Bon Accord Bravehearts). DNF Mark Bowden/ Ian Hill (Count Dirt-Killer Racing). DNF Christina Meier/ Liz Millet (EnduroMania Girls).