Steve HOLCOMBE has claimed his second and third overall EnduroGP winning results of the 2016 season, battling to a hard-fought victory on both days at the GP of Sweden in Enkoping.
Putting his disappointing day two result at last weekend‰Ûªs GP of Finland well and truly behind him he finished one-minute ahead of overall runner-up Matt PHILLIPS while Third in EnduroGP went to Eero REMES (TM).
With heavy rain falling throughout the night prior to the first day of competition in Enkoping, further rain during the day resulted in a very long, wet and physically demanding seven hours in the saddle. But for HOLCOMBE the day ended in the best possible way ‰ÛÒ with the senior class rookie having not made any serious mistakes on any of the nine special tests.
Winning each of the three enduro tests was key to Steve‰Ûªs overall podium topping result. While just about every other rider made mistakes on the long and technical forest based enduro test at some point during the day, Steve managed to remain mistake free to claim his significant margin of victory.
‰ÛÏIt was a difficult day, but I managed to stay upright and I think that was the key to my result,‰Û
