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Mani Lettenbichler Wins Hixpania FIM Hard Enduro and the World Championship

Hixpania Hard Enduro Results: Mani Lettenbichler crowned 2023 HEWC World Champion with victory in Spain

Mani Lettenbichler: “Here I am now, fifth race win in a row for this season and world champion. I had to push so hard today. I got a good start and was able to pass Billy almost straight away and from there I just focused and kept up a good rhythm. Honestly, the day could not have gone any better for me, the race was awesome. What can I say? I’m just speechless.”

Mani Lettenbichler has won the 2023 FIM Hard Enduro World Championship with his fifth win of the season. He remained undefeated throughout 2023. Lettenbichler overtook Billy Bolt early in the race and maintained a leading position that no one could challenge. It has been an exceptional season for the Red Bull KTM rider, and with one more round to go in two weeks on his home soil in Germany, it seems likely that he will achieve a historic clean sweep.

Finishing second overall, more than six minutes behind Lettenbichler, was Sherco’s Mario Roman, who enjoyed the support of the home crowd.

Mario Roman: “I’m super-stoked how it went today with the second place. Mani was flying the whole season so I believe to beat the other guys is like a win for me. The crowd was amazing and with me the whole time and I think we made a good show for them, especially at the end with the last difficult hills, it was super-sketchy and on the limit of riding but we made it happen.”

In the fifth round of the FIM Hard Enduro World Championship, Billy Bolt from Husqvarna Factory Racing had a solid performance to secure his second place in the championship standings with one round remaining. Bolt won the first two days of racing, including the event’s prologue. On the final day’s main event, he finished third overall on his TE 300.

Billy Bolt: Stopping Mani from winning the title today was always going to be tough. It would have been nice to take the battle to the final round, but he has been on a super high level all year.

Bolt gained valuable points to secure his second place in the HEWC standings, surpassing Trystan Hart. Hart missed a checkpoint yesterday and had to work hard to recover from a 20th place start, ultimately finishing fifth behind Sherco’s Wade Young in fourth. The rider with the fastest lap of the day, former winner Alfredo Gomez on the Rieju, took sixth place.