Spectacular uphill action kicks off the Red Bull Erzbergrodeo 2025!
On the first day of the event, thousands of enthusiastic fans will experience top-class offroad motorcycle racing on the Iron Mountain. The selective uphill track of the MITAS Rocket Ride ensures exciting decisions from the qualifying rounds to the spectacular super final!
High-profile star lineup at the Red Bull Erzbergrodeo 2025: Karl Katoch presents the international offroad motorcycle elite at the kick-off press conference.
As the first highlight, Red Bull Erzbergrodeo mastermind Karl Katoch presented the top riders of the globally unique Extreme Enduro event to the international press at the opening press conference. Leading the way were Red Bull KTM Factory Racing factory riders Manuel Lettenbichler (GER), Josep Garcia (ESP), and Danny Sanders (AUS), as well as brand colleague Trystan Hart (CAN) from the FMF KTM Factory Racing Team, who answered questions from press spokesman Martin Kettner. Other top riders included Husqvarna Factory Racing superstar Billy Bolt (UK), the two GASGAS riders Wade Young (RSA) and Andrea Verona (ITA), Sherco factory riders Mario Roman (ESP) and Teodor Kabakchiev (BG), three-time Red Bull Erzbergrodeo winner Jonny Walker (UK, Triumph), two-time Red Bull Erzbergrodeo winner Alfredo Gomez (ESP, Beta), American extreme enduro star Cody Webb (USA, Yamaha), young star Mitch Brightmore (UK, GASGAS), and the two most successful participants in the Red Bull Erzbergrodeo to date, each with five wins, Graham Jarvis (UK, KTM) and Taddy Blazusiak (POL, KTM), completed the star-studded line-up that will battle it out for the prestigious Extreme Enduro World Champion title at the Red Bull Erzbergrodeo highlight this coming Sunday. The two Dakar Rally winners Danny Sanders (AUS, KTM) and Matthias Walkner (AUT, KTM) were also introduced as special guests at the press conference.
MITAS Rocket Ride: Ossi Reisinger wins the spectacular opening race on the spectacular uphill race track!
The first day of racing at the Red Bull Erzbergrodeo 2025 had fans cheering during the spectacular steep slope race: Ossi Reisinger (AUT, Husqvarna) won ahead of Chris Gundermann (GER, KTM) and Kevin Gallas (GER, Yamaha).
Almost 300 participants took part in today's first Red Bull Erzbergrodeo race day at the start of the MITAS Rocket Ride uphill race at the foot of the Erzberg. The challenging course, consisting of four steep slopes, offered the usual spectacular full-throttle action for the thousands of visitors who had already created a great atmosphere during qualifying at midday. With the active support of Red Bull Erzbergrodeo track construction partner Wacker Neuson, the extremely selective track, including a right-hand bend, was perfectly implemented. After the spectacular qualifying, the fastest 48 riders went into the Super Final in the evening, led by Ossi Reisinger, the most successful MITAS Rocket Ride participant to date. Facing strong competition from 16 nations and three continents, the Austrian managed to secure his seventh victory in the legendary uphill race. The powerful two-cylinder enduros ridden by Johnny Aubert (FRA, KTM), Kevin Gallas (GER, Yamaha), and Chris Gundermann (GER, KTM), who competed in the Super Final on both a single-cylinder enduro and the KTM 890 Adventure R two-cylinder enduro, also put on a spectacular show. The atmosphere along the race track was also unbeatable. Thousands of fans cheered the riders on loudly through each race and were then treated to a special highlight: the Schmidt Racing Team burned rubber with their V8 all-wheel-drive buggy in a spectacular show run on the Rocket Ride steep slope.!
Final results MITAS ROCKET RIDE 2025:
1. Ossi Reisinger (AUT, Husqvarna)
2. Chris Gundermann (GER, KTM)
3. Kevin Gallas (GER, KTM)
4. Artsiom Kuntsevich (BLR, Husqvarna)
5. Kornel Ott (HUN, Beta)
6. Wade Ibrahim (AUS, Husqvarna)
The complete MITAS Rocket Ride results can be found at https://www.redbullerzbergrodeo.com
Tomorrow, on the second day of the Red Bull Erzbergrodeo, the entire field of 1,100 participants will take part in the first run of the Blakläder Iron Road Prologue. The challenging 15-kilometer gravel track stretches across the entire Erzberg and is sure to provide sensational high-speed offroad action.
Quelle: Red Bull Erzbergrodeo
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