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The 2018 edition of the Beta Transmontana Rally - the largest enduro competition in America that is run in pairs or teams - made a triumphful return to Tucumán, Argentina last weekend.

In 2017, the competition attracted 1530 participants and was won by the current World and Italian Champion Junior Matteo Cavallo (Beta Boano) with the runner up Argentinean Diego Llanos (Beta Argentina).

With an entry of 1368 riders the 28th Transmontana was a spectacular event run over 4 days including the Expo reserved for sponsors and advertisers. As well as the main event there was a stunning prologue to entertain the spectators.

In the elite class, the victory was won by the pairing of Matías Giampietri and Matías Giusta (Solomoto-GMR Suspensions-Factory Race), with a time of 4 hours 03 minutes 29/400 seconds, surpassing the leading couple after the prologue integrated of Federico Quesada and Gastón Rodríguez (Solomoto Team) by almost 13 minutes after more than 150 kms of racing through the Argentinean mountains.

The Beta Transmontana Rally, in turn, closed the Enduro Classics Series Argentino that brings together the most popular and difficult competitions in the country, crowning Nicolás Kútulas (Gold Class), Luciano Bellone (Silver Class) and Oscar Silva (Bronze Class), as the best of the year in this type of competitions.

The crowds that followed  the race revitalised the Province of Tucumán with an influx of thousands of tourists, many of them
waiting for this international competition all the year with riders from all Argentina and Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay.

Results

Press Mariano Maza (MOTOTIME ARGENTINA)
Images: Nicolás Jimenez / Ariel Santibañez