On The Pegs September 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 9 | Page 60

On The Pegs
this year’s championship on hold, Jarvis ended his week
on the third step of the podium.
“I’m over the moon right now, I really can’t believe it,”
said Lettenbichler. “This race is really something special
and to win here feels amazing. The event is so long and
so hard and anything can happen, so I’m so pumped
to take the win. It’s been an incredible five days and so
gnarly, especially with all the rain we’ve had. Some of
the uphills that would have been tricky anyway have be-
come near impossible today. It’s 10 years since my dad
won Red Bull Romaniacs so it’s great to be able to match
his achievement – the Lettenbichlers are definitely go-
ing to celebrate tonight!”
Alfredo Gomez put up a fight, but in the end had to
settle for second.
“It’s been an amazing race, I’m so happy to get on the
podium,” said Gomez. “The first day didn’t go so well for
me but then on the second day I had a better feeling on
the bike and was able to take the win. The last two days
also went well and it was great to have such a close fight
with Mani and Graham. Obviously I’m disappointed not
to have taken the win but it still feels great to come sec-
ond after such a long and demanding race. Thank you to
everyone who helped me over the event – my team and
all the fans – I’ll come back even stronger next year.”
Jarvis rounded out the podium in third.
“It was definitely the hardest day today – it was so
slippery on the hills after the rain and there was a lot of
pushing. I’m happy just to get to the finish today – I was
going well up to the service point then I had a crash and
lost my GPS,” said Jarvis. “After that I just tried to tag
onto the other riders so I knew where to go. I did get
lost a couple of times, so I’m really happy to get third.
Overall the event has gone well, it’s been one of the
closest and I’m happy that I was still in contention right
up to the end.”
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