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Jonny Walker is back…

…und hat sich gegen die komplette hochkarätige WESS-Konkurrenz am 1. Fahrtag durchsetzen können. Ein Zuckerschlecken war es definitiv nicht, denn es waren mehr als nur feuchte Bedingungen.

Unter den fast 300 Teilnehmern standen sich mehr als 50 Pro-Rider in einer langen Reihe von Qualifikationsläufen und Halbfinale gegenüber, um letztendlich das Ziel in Form des Finales zu erreichen.

Jonny Walker (KTM – GB), Taddy Blazusiak (KTM – POL), Manuel Lettenbichler (KTM – GER), Graham Jarvis (Husqvarna – GB), Josep Garcia (KTM – ESP), Alfredo Gomez ( Husqvarna – ESP), Wade Young (Sherco – RSA) und Heimfavorit Diogo Vieira (Yamaha) gingen als absoluten Favoriten an den Start dieses Endurocross-Events.

Lettenbichler holte den Holeshot, musste sich aber dem enormen Druck von Garcia, Blazusiak und Walker beugen.

Blazusiak machte am Ende der ersten Runde den Sack zu und übernahm das Race als Führender. Jedoch kostete ihm ein Fahrfehler in Runde zwei die Führung. Walker nutzte diesen Fehler und überholte nicht nur Lettenbichler, sondern auch gleich Blazusiak und ging in Führung.

Mit einem komfortablen Vorsprung diktierte und taktierte Jonny Walker gekonnt das restliche Rennen. Die Angriffe von Blazusiak wurden fast spielerisch abgewehrt und sein Sieg war bis zum Schluss ungefährdet. Sicherlich war das eine Genugtuung für Walker, der seit seinem schweren Sturz beim Megawatt 111 in Polen 2018 keinen Sieg mehr erringen konnte.

Dahinter platzierte sich sein Teamkollege Taddy Blazusiak gefolgt von Lettenbichler, Gomez und Garcia. Mal sehen wie sich die Top-Fahrer an den nächsten beiden Tagen schlagen werden!

VIDEO: Zusammenfassung/Recap ENDUROCROSS

Ergebnisse/Results PRO

1 #22 JONNY WALKER   PRO
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
2 02:28.041 2 01:12.153
GBR
2 #111 TADDY BLAZUSIAK   PRO
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
2 02:29.563 1 01:10.002 1.522 1.522
POL
3 #3 MANUEL LETTENBICHLER   PRO
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
2 02:32.527 1 01:11.698 4.486 2.964
GER
4 #89 ALFREDO GOMEZ CANTERO   PRO
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
2 02:33.805 1 01:16.862 5.764 1.278
ESP
5 #26 JOSEP GARCIA MONTANA   PRO
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
2 02:36.797 1 01:14.381 8.756 2.992
ESP
6 #74 MARIO ROMAN   PRO
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
1 01:20.929 1 01:20.929
ESP
7 #13 TARRES POL   PRO
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
1 01:22.603 1 01:22.603 1.674
ESP
8 #1 GRAHAM JARVIS   PRO
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
1 01:25.915 1 01:25.915 3.312
GBR
9 #55 WADE YOUNG   PRO
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
1 01:29.626 1 01:29.626 3.711
RSA
10 #21 DIOGO VIEIRA   PRO
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
1 01:32.574 0 00:00 2.948
POR
11 #7 ALEKSI VILKKO   PRO
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
00:00.000 0 00:00
FIN
12 #48 IGNACIO FERNANDEZ   PRO
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
00:00.000 0 00:00 0.000
ESP
13 #4 WILLIAM HOARE   PRO
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
00:00.000 0 00:00 0.000
GBR
14 #36 DAVID CYPRIAN   PRO
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
00:00.000 0 00:00 0.000
CZE
15 #40 IVAN PUEYO GIL   PRO
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
00:00.000 0 00:00 0.000
ESP
16 #41 SONNY GOGGIA   PRO
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
00:00.000 0 00:00 0.000
ITA
17 #34 TRAVIS TEASDALE   PRO
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
00:00.000 0 00:00 0.000
RSA
18 #43 SERGI LEON SOLE   PRO
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
00:00.000 0 00:00 0.000
ESP
19 #2 RAMON BREGOLI   PRO
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
00:00.000 0 00:00 0.000
ITA
20 #12 DAVIDE PAGANONI   PRO
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
00:00.000 0 00:00 0.000
ITA
21 #91 NATHAN WATSON   PRO
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
00:00.000 0 00:00 0.000
GBR
 
22 #18 JONATHAN RICHARDSON   PRO
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
00:00.000 0 00:00 0.000
GBR

 


 

Back with a vengeance, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jonny Walker has taken the win on the opening day of competition at round one of the World Enduro Super Series at Toyota Porto Extreme XL Lagares.

Round one of the 2019 World Enduro Super Series got off to a spectacular start with a night of tightly-fought Endurocross racing in Lagares, Portugal.

Among the entry of almost 300 competitors, over 50 Pro riders went head-to-head during a series of qualification heats and semi-finals to reach the final race.

Showing their best during the evening, Jonny Walker (KTM – GB), Taddy Blazusiak (KTM – POL), Manuel Lettenbichler (KTM – GER), Graham Jarvis (Husqvarna – GB), Josep Garcia (KTM – ESP), Alfredo Gomez (Husqvarna – ESP), Wade Young (Sherco – RSA) plus home favourite Diogo Vieira (Yamaha) took to the start line of the six-minute plus two lap race as favourites.

Lettenbichler was fastest out of the starting gate, but with Garcia, Blazusiak and Walker in hot pursuit the pressure was on.

Blazusiak made a dive for the lead at the end of lap one and took over proceedings. However, a mistake in the slippery rock garden on lap two allowed Walker to jump past both Blazusiak and Lettenbichler and into the lead.

Comfortable out front, Walker commanded the rest of the race, resisting to any late attacks Blazusiak could offer to claim victory on day one in Portugal. The win also marked Walker’s first major win since crashing out of the World Enduro Super Series in Poland in September of last year.

Behind Walker, Blazusiak chased his teammate across the line for second, while Lettenbichler took third. Gomez pushed hard to place fourth, while Garcia impressed with a strong fifth.

The Toyota Porto Extreme XL Lagares, round one of WESS, continues with Saturday’s Urban Prologue in Porto.

Bilder/Pitctures: WESS, Future7 Media

Video: Red Bull/WESS