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Graham Jarvis wins 3rd GetzenRodeo - Griebach, Germany

Once again over 10,000 fans traveled to Griesbach in Germany for the Getzenrodeo. 

The 2016 Getzenrodeo is the largest extreme enduro in Germany and it attracted a World class line-up, Unfortunately news reached the Getzenrodeo eV on the Thursday before the race that both Manuel and Andreas Lettenbichler were unable to attend through illness.

Before the race there was an autograph session. Matthias Schubert said: "It was a first attempt to offer an autograph session as well so it was assumed both by the riders as well as the fans inspired us. Just 30 minutes before the start there was a long queue. "

At 12.00 the GetzenRace was finally launched with a cannon shot. The clouds thinned and there was even an occasional sunbeam which had been rarely seen in the previous week as the team set up the course. With only 17 members of the club is very small but there enthusiasm reaches beyond their every 2 years to stage a perfect event.

Jonny Walker was the setting the pace in the first hour. Graham Jarvis held back and thus saved his strength for the final. In the second hour Walker came under pressure from Alfredo Gomez who had quickly got to grips with the slushy, slippery conditions on the Ore Mountains. As Walker made some mistakes, his teammate Gomez took the lead and the victory in the GetzenRace. Graham Jarvis was 3rd. Mario Roman was 4th, Lars Enöckl 5th, Ben Hemingway 6th, David Cyprián, 7th, Philipp Bertl 8th, Blake Gutzeit 9th, Gerhard Forster 10th,  Michele Bosi 11th and Kyle Flanagan in 12th completed the 12 qualifiers. 

In the GetzenChamp final the riders were set off in pairs every 10 seconds. Many sections of the track were reversed so the terrain took another challenging turn. Graham Jarvis soon got into his routine and he took the lead which he held on to for the 5 laps of the race for the 3rd victory on the Ore Mountains. Alfredo Gomez was runner up and Mario Roman was 3rd. Jonny Walker was 4th, Blake Gutzeit 5th and Ben Hemingway 6th. 

Results - Qualifying -  Main Race