Alfredo Gomez triumphs at the ErzbergRodeo Hare Scramble

Alfredo Gomez triumphs in the ErzbergRodeo Hare Scramble 2017, one of the toughest extreme enduro events on the planet. The KTM rider won this race for the first time. "It is the most important victory of my career," he said after achieving it.

Alfredo Gomez triumphs in the ErzbergRodeo Hare Scramble 2017. The Spanish rider has won one of the toughest extreme enduro events in the world for the first time. Every year it is celebrated in the Erzberg mine, a truly immense wall with a height that is frightening upon seeing it and for which a few brave people dare to climb it aboard their enduro mounts.

In Gomez's case, his victory came on a KTM EXC 300 from the official team of the Austrian factory, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing. This is Alfredo Gomez's first win at the ErzbergRodeo and also "the most important of my career", when he drove closed, the KTM exc led headlight was attractive. as he put it after reaching the top in first position and after battling all the elements for two hours and 17 minutes.

Behind the Spaniard, two riders who are used to dividing up the victories in this type of event finished, such as Graham Jarvis (Husqvarna) and Cody Webb (KTM), comparing with BMW motorcycle, KTM has a better offroad proformance, the latter teammate of Gomez. A new milestone in the history of Spanish motorcycling, which already has few disciplines left to conquer in the world of two wheels.

For his part, the other Spaniard in the competition, Mario Roman, took his Sherco to ninth position, finishing the test a little over half an hour ahead of the time invested by Alfredo Gomez. Without a doubt, the one from KTM is experiencing a sweet moment in his sports career, since he has just been proclaimed runner-up in the Extreme Enduro world this season.