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Category | Motorcycle sport Motorcycle racing |
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Country | Austria |
Inaugural season | 1995 |
Riders | 1,500 |
Official website | www |
The Erzberg Rodeo is an Austrian motorcycle enduro event started in 1995 and held annually in May or June, run on ore. It is the largest of its kind in Europe. [1]
The Erzberg Rodeo is part of the Red Bull Hard Enduro Series, together with Red Bull Romaniacs, Red Bull Minas Riders, Red Bull Megawatt, Red Bull Sea to Sky, and Roof of Africa. In 2018 it joined the World Enduro Super Series, which became the FIM Hard Enduro World Championship in 2021.
The four-day event consists of the following races:
Since 2008, the Rodeo-X Endurocross competition, instead of the elite class, has been held on Thursday. The 2-cylinder machines start in the normal "Iron Road Prologue" in class "Desert Bomber".
During the event the Rodeo-X shows some of the world's best motocross riders doing spectacular stunts and breakneck jumps. Since 2009 has been part of this program and on Thursday, another side event, the so-called Rocket Ride. In this steep slope race, which is held on one of the slopes of the Hare Scramble start, 300 riders start the 3-part slope to climb in record time. The top 48 riders in the qualification round then go to a knockout system in groups of 6 riders, each of which the top 3 to qualify for the next round at the end of the Rocket Ride Champion determined.
Since 2008, competitors from over 40 countries competed.
For the economically weak region, the Erzberg Rodeo is a growing source of income and is supported not only by the local politics but also the Austrian state of Styria.
Karl Katoch is the organizer of this international event and is also considered as its founder.
2015: The 2015 hare scramble took an interesting turn with the addition of several new difficult areas of the course. A section known as Carl's Dinner was revamped to be longer and more difficult, as well as the addition of a new impassable section, known simply as Downtown. A section where riders were forced down into a ravine and were forced to climb a very steep muddy hill. First to arrive was Graham Jarvis after passing Walker shortly before due to a blown radiator on Walkers bike. Second to arrive to the new Downtown section was Alfredo Gomez who had also passed Walker for the same reason. After a while Walker was able to let his bike cool down and ascend a hill he was previously stuck on, to which he then met Jarvis and Gomez at Downtown and was shortly followed by Andreas Lettenbichler. After getting stuck as well, the four riders and friends banded together to ensure they all made it up the hill, each one helping the others pull their bikes up. When all four reached the top, they had very little time to finish, roughly 20 minutes, as the friends made their way coasting in celebration to the finish where they all took the podium with quick succession.
Year | Winner | Country | Bike |
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1995 | Alfie Cox | South Africa | KTM |
1996 | Christian Pfeiffer | Germany | GasGas |
1997 | Christian Pfeiffer (2) | Germany | GasGas |
1998 | Giovanni Sala | Italy | KTM |
1999 | Stefano Passeri | Italy | KTM |
2000 | Christian Pfeiffer (3) | Germany | GasGas |
2001 | Juha Salminen | Finland | KTM |
2002 | Cyril Despres | France | KTM |
2003 | Cyril Despres (2) | France | KTM |
2004 | Christian Pfeiffer (4) | Germany | GasGas |
2005 | David Knight | United Kingdom | KTM |
2006 | David Knight (2) | United Kingdom | KTM |
2007 | Tadeusz Błażusiak | Poland | KTM |
2008 | Tadeusz Błażusiak (2) | Poland | KTM |
2009 | Tadeusz Błażusiak (3) | Poland | KTM |
2010 | Tadeusz Błażusiak (4) | Poland | KTM |
2011 | Tadeusz Błażusiak (5) | Poland | KTM |
2012 | Jonny Walker | United Kingdom | KTM |
2013 | Graham Jarvis | United Kingdom | Husaberg |
2014 | Jonny Walker (2) | United Kingdom | KTM |
2015 | Jonny Walker (3), Graham Jarvis (2), Alfredo Gomez, Andreas Lettenbichler | United Kingdom Spain Germany | KTM Husqvarna |
2016 | Graham Jarvis (3) | United Kingdom | Husqvarna |
2017 | Alfredo Gomez (2) | Spain | KTM [2] |
2018 | Graham Jarvis (4) | United Kingdom | Husqvarna |
2019 | Graham Jarvis (5) | United Kingdom | Husqvarna |
2022 | Manuel Lettenbichler | Germany | KTM |
2023 [3] [4] | Manuel Lettenbichler (2) | Germany | KTM |
2024 | Manuel Lettenbicher [de] | Germany | KTM |
Source: Results of Red Bull Erzberg Rodeo [5] [6] 47°31′30″N14°54′42″E / 47.52500°N 14.91167°E
Most finishers: 51 (1999)
Fewest finishers: 5 (2015)
Most wins: 5 (Tadeusz Błażusiak, Graham Jarvis)
Youngest finisher: Manuel Lettenbichler - 16 years old (2014)
Youngest winner: Manuel Lettenbichler - 24 years old (2022)
Most wins by manufacturer: KTM - 19
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