Red Bull Romaniacs – Race Day 4 and Finish

Red Bull Romaniacs – Race Day 4 and Finish update
 
Graham Jarvis wins Red Bull Romaniacs for the 2nd time; the race successfully finished todaywith a ride up historic stairs in the beautiful city of Sibiu and a bunch of very tired riders
 
Sibiu, Romania, July 20th, 2011 – Update from Day 4 and Finish of the Red Bull Romaniacs, the toughest Hard-Enduro rallye of the planet. 5 days ago, 176 very motivated riders kicked off the 2011 Red Bull Romaniacs with the prologue, rode 600km through Romanian countryside, abused their bikes and their bodies as if their life depended on it. The best of them was Graham Jarvis, who dominated throughout the race and who won the Red Bull Romaniacs for the 2nd time today. Like everyone else, he had to go to extremes to get past the difficult sections of the PRO-track, endure crashes and keep going, fix his bike and fight exhaustion. But again he rode “like a surgeon”, had enough energy and claimed a well-earned victory. Graham won the Red Bull Romaniacs in 2008, had been pushing hard the last two years (participated in 2009, came in 2nd in 2010) and has now won again in 2011. Congratulations!
 
Graham “It was another tough day and I had to keep pushing, because I knew that Chris would never give up. And then I caught a wire in my rear wheel, which sent me crashing and I had to work quite a bit to get that out of my bike. But I am happy to have won the Red Bull Romaniacs for the 2nd time now! It is such a great race and I hope to back next year. The support from Husaberg and GoldenTyre was great and I appreciate this!”
 
Graham indeed had a very committed Chris Birch on his heels throughout the race, who delivered an excellent performance as well but had to watch his competitor claim the victory. Unlike many of his fellow riders, who don`t want to be near a motorbike for a few days, Chris is already thinking about his next race in South Africa on Saturday! Chris: “Today I had my hardest day so far, this was quite tough but definitely a fun ride. Coming 2nd to Graham is ok in my book – this guy is incredible! And I love this race, if anyone out there is thinking about doing it, I can only encourage you: I have done allsorts of races around the world and this is by far the best. Just make sure you pick the right class…!”
 
Martin "Frejn" Freinademetz: “We never had such a high percentage of finishers, which can certainly be brought back to the great weather but also to our good preparations: We have marked and prepared ca. 600km of tracks, employed 400people, distributed 20000 liters of gas and 270 liters of Motorex-oil to the 16 tankpoints, build 4 service points and established 40 checkpoints, providedfood and accommodation for riders and team, arranged world-class rescue services and security – we are as tired and relieved as the riders and extremely happy that we had such a great racing event to celebrate the sport of Extreme-Enduro! A big ”Thank you” to my team and the participants for making this happen! This is a perfect position to start preparations for the Red Bull Romaniacs 2012, which will be part of the World Extreme Enduro Championship””
 
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