The third round of the EnduroGP World Championship took place last weekend, with Andrea Verona and Josep García claiming victories at the EnduroGP of Romania in Bacau.
On the first day, Saturday, Verona (GasGas) was the fastest in seven of the 13 Special Tests, finishing with a time of 1h12m23.92s to surpass García (Red Bull KTM) by 13.62s, winning the Enduro 2 (E2) and Enduro 1 (E1) classes respectively. Steve Holcombe (Honda Racing RedMoto) came in third, 58.04s behind, followed by Brad Freeman (Beta) who won the Enduro 3 (E3) class.
On the second stage of the Romanian round, held on Sunday, García set the pace. He won six of the 12 Special Tests, but the battle with Verona was much closer: the two finished separated by just 22.59s. Freeman, winner of E3, was third, over a minute behind the top, followed by Nathan Watson (Beta) and Holcombe.
In the Youth category, Alberto Elgari (TM Moto) secured a double victory: on Saturday, he was 16.22s faster than Manuel Verzeroli (KTM), while on Sunday he finished 57.56s ahead of Pietro Scardina (Fantic Racing Junior). Max Bror elvis Ahlin (KTM) also achieved a double win in the Junior category, defeating Kevin Cristino (Fantic Racing) on the first day and Axel Semb (Fantic Racing) on the second. Cristino prevailed in Junior 1 on both days, ahead of Thibault Giraudon (Sherco).
In Open Senior, Andrea Beloti (MC Lago D’Iseo/KTM) beat Patrik Andersson (Yamaha) by over a minute on both days. Arvid Karlsson (KTM) won in Open 4s against Emanuel Gyenes (KTM) on both Saturday and Sunday, while in Open 2s Tim Louis (Sherco) defeated Jiri Hadek (Sherco) on Saturday, and Hadek beat Inbar Selinger (KTM) on Sunday.