On The Pegs April 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 4 | Page 82

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Mario Roman proved he ranks among the elite Hard Enduro specialists by
winning the World Hard Enduro Series championship (WHES) in 2017, along
with wins at last year’s Hell’s Gate Hard Enduro, Xixpania in Spain, and at
the AlesTrem Hard Enduro in France, among other races. The Sherco fac-
tory rider was third at the recent RevLimiter Hard Enduro in Texas, and On
The Pegs got a chance to speak to him after the race.
Talk about last year; how do you feel about the 2018 season?
I’m very happy with my season. 2018 I think was one of my best seasons so far.
I didn’t have the best of luck in some races, like Extreme XL Lagares, I lose the
chain guide after an hour. In Erzberg I had a problem with the battery. At Romani-
acs, one guy hit me in the prologue and I crashed. I lost a foot peg. So four me-
chanical issues, like my mechanic made the mistake, not the bike. It’s not a bike
problem. It’s the mechanic: loose screws, most of them. Other than that, I won
nine races overall around the world. So I think I won more races than Wade Young
with eight. So I think it was a super good season. I ddi some schools around the