Journée de la glisse

In its 20th edition, the world’s toughest hard enduro rallye, the Red Bull Romaniacs kicked off with the in-city prologue in Sibiu. The 35 fastest competitors from the qualifications competed in a multi lap race to become the prolog winner. The in-city prolog is a short race course in Sibiu’s town center with man made obstacles. The Gold class Prolog finals were absolutely insane! Billy Bolt (UK) fought his way through, with Manuel Lettenbichler (GER) always one step behind, and managed to wi...

After the extreme conditions on Wednesday, the drivers found good weather and dry tracks at the start of the second off-road day on Thursday. The difficult conditions on the previous day had sometimes spread the times far apart, so many had to close the gap. The German Manuel Lettenbichler had gained enough of a lead that he was out in the front alone for the majority of the day. Trystan Hart (CAN) battled hard to gain ground on him until he had a navigational error and lost valuable time...

After the good conditions on Friday, the riders also found good weather, sunshine and dry tracks on the final day. Mani Lettenbichler (GER) dominated the race from the beginning and went out today with a lead of 58 minutes and 4 seconds, while Trystan Hart (CAN) and Teodor Kabakchiev (BUL) were fighting for the second place. Manuel Lettenbichler from Bavaria didn´t have any pressure and started the race day strong, Teo Kabakchiev was highly motivated and fought his way up, finally managed to...