Wayne Man
By TMX Archives on 16th Feb 07
WAYNE Braybrook ensured that, for the fourth year running, a British rider topped the Hell's Gate enduro in Italy. The Gas Gas-mounted Brit took full advantage of the absence of three-time event winner David Knight to claim his first ever major extreme event win.
Claiming a deserved runner-up spot having pushed Braybrook hard during the opening lap of the main night race, Paul Edmondson ensured a Brit 1-2. Finishing third, after being passed by Edmondson in the dying stages of the race, was Italian rider Simone Albergoni...
HELL'S GATE EXTREME ENDURO
Il Ciocco, ITALY
NIGHT RACE: 1 Wayne Braybrook (Gas Gas), 2 Paul Edmondson (Honda), 3 Simone Albergoni (Yamaha), 4 Alessandro Botturi (Honda), 5 Gregory Eyries (Yamaha), 6 Andreas Lettenbichler (Gas Gas), 7 Piero Sembenini (Beta), 8 Fabrizio Dini (Yamaha), 9 Michel Gau (KTM), 10 Christoph Robert (KTM), 11 Paul Bolton (Gas Gas), 12 Michael Vukcevic (Sherco), 13 Alessandro Gennesi (Gas Gas), 14 Lorenzo Maestrali (KTM), 15 Alessandro Gianotti (KTM), 16 Pierto La Rosa (Yamaha), 17 Maurizio Cecconi (KTM), 18 Justin Wilson (Honda), 19 Duccio Graziani (Honda), 20 Gaetano Scuderi (KTM),... 32 Leslie Winthrop (KTM),...
DAY-TIME QUALIFIER: 1 Fabrizio Dini (Yamaha) 23:30.35, 2 Paul Edmondson (Honda) 23:39.90, 3 Alessandro Botturi (Honda) 23:52.25, 4 Wayne Braybrook (Gas Gas) 23:53.09, 5 Simone Albergoni (Yamaha) 24:01.75, 6 Gregory Eyries (Yamaha) 25:02.74, 7 Piero Sembenini (Beta) 25:15.92, 8 Christoph Robert (KTM) 25:39.60, 9 Andreas Lettenbichler (Gas Gas) 25:43.33, 10 Alessandro Gianotti (KTM) 25:53.83, 11 Michel Gau (KTM) 26:15.66, 12 Lionel Seydoux (KTM) 26:36.12, 13 Michael Vukcevic (Sherco) 26:46.25, 14 Paul Bolton (Gas Gas) 27:02.74, 15 Fabio Mossini (Honda) 27:53.72, 16 Thomas Gianotti (Kawasaki) 28:23.62, 17 Lorenzo Maestrami (KTM) 28:25.22, 18 Lorenzo Alvisi (KTM) 28:29.96, 19 Marco Brioschi (KTM) 28:50.44, 20 Justin Wilson (Honda) 29:12.66,... 27 Leslie Winthrop (KTM) 31:16.04,...
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, February 16, 2007