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IT WAS WEBB WHO MASTERED THE HILLCLIMB O nly nine of the 500 Red Bull Hare Scramble riders reached the finish line within the time limit during the last weekend in May, with Britain’s Graham Jarvis winning the Austrian Hard Enduro event for the third time. On May 26-29, Erzberg’s iron mine is home to the Erzbergrodeo, a festival of extreme motorsports and two-wheeler action on the Iron Mountain, with the 500 fastest racers out of the 1,500 entrants tackling the Red Bull Hare Scramble. With sections named Machine, Badewanne, Carl’s Dinner, Downtown and Dynamite, the new course proved extremely demanding even for the most experienced riders due to steep ascents, huge debris fields, and slippery forest passages. The first gravel ascent took a first toll, with several riders from the first starting row rolling down the hill backwards again. Fivetime Erzberg winner and hot favourite Taddy Blazusiak (POL) took the lead but was soon passed by Cody Webb (USA), leading the top flight with Blazusiak, Alfredo Gomez (SPA) and Wade Young (RSA) to the first check point. jarvis and the iron mountain