http://www.adbmag.com.au SEPTEMBER 2017 | 17OVERALL
1 Daniel Milner (KTM)4h12m8.368s
2 Daniel Sanders (KTM)4h17m7.255s
3 Lyndon Snodgrass (KTM)4h21m39.840s
4 Callum Norton (KTM)4h24m03.773s
5 Ivan Long (Husqvarna)4h24m17.458s
6 Lachlan Terry (KTM)4h29m18.605s
7 Nathan Trigg (KTM)4h32m36.748s
8 Broc Grabham (Husqvarna)4h35m07.097s
9 Josh Murtagh (KTM)4h35m21.615s
10 Lachlan Stanford (Husqvarna)4h35m42.437sKTM’S ALFREDO GOMEZ has
won the 2017 Erzbergrodeo
Hare Scramble over three-time
Erzberg champ Graham Jarvis on
aHuskyandKTM’sCodyWebb.
The Spaniard whipped the Iron
Giantin2h17mtoclaimhismaiden
Scramble victory.
“It’sanamazingfeelingtohave
won the Hare Scramble,” Gomez
said.“Iknewitwouldbedifficult,
likeErzbergalwaysis,soIworked
hard to be ready for this race.
“Thathardworkwithmyteam
hasreallypaidoff.Ifeltgood,
got through most of the difficult
sections well. It was such a
greatfeelingtogettothetopof
thelastmajorclimb.Thisisthe
biggestwinofmycareer,itfeels
incredible.”
Race favourite Jarvis got a bad
startandwasforcedtoworkhis
way through dozens of riders. The
Brit eventually crossed the finish
line 3min behind Gomez.
“I’m happy with second. Hats
offtoAlfredo,hewasverystrong.
He rode a great race, and I just
wasn’t able to get close enough to
him early enough,” Jarvis said.
“I didn’t get a good start and
then lost five or six positions
whenImesseduponeofthehills.
I was behind then in some of the
single-file wood sections. I had
tofightmywayback.ButIfelt
pretty strong during the second
half of the race.”
Last year’s runner-up, Webb,
finished a further 2min behind
Jarvis. “Second last year, third
this year, I’m pleased with that,”
commented Webb. “Alfredo
andGrahamwerereallystrong,GOMEZ SHOWS IRON WILL
Young continues to improve
Milner smokes a winning tyre Megs won on her Hattah debutA peak only slows you down...More KTM and Husky podiumsone of the roughest ones I’ve
done – it was all deep ruts and
square-edged holes.”
Former Hattah champion
Josh Green was forced to
withdraw due to clutch issues
on his Activ8 Yamaha
WR450F. The DNF was his
second in two months, after
Green was also forced to
withdraw from Finke with
engine troubles.
Desert racing duo Todd and
Jake Smith prologued
strongly on their Hondas but
were unable to crack the
top-10. With desert experts
such as the Smiths and Green
missing, the fi rst 10 fi nishers
were all mounted on either
KTM or Husqvarna.
Meghan Rutledge
impressed everyone to come
out and win the Women’s
class on a KX250F at her fi rst
attempt. The Kawasaki rider
fi nished 1min 42sec ahead of
Husqvarna’s Danielle Foot,
who won it last year.
Yamaha’s Emelie Karlsson
was third.congrats to them. I got a great
start but I possibly pushed a little
too hard.”
Three-time winner Jonny
Walker was on pace to secure his
fourth Erzberg title but a last-
minute tyre choice proved costly,
“I got a great start and was going
really well early on,” explained
Walker. “I opted for a specifi c tyre
but, unfortunately, it didn’t work
out as I hoped it would.
“I felt like I was riding well
and that I had the speed to win,
and felt good leading for much of
the fi rst hour. But I was having to
carry my bike over too much stuff
because of my tyre, rather than
being able to ride up and over it.
“It’s disappointing because I
know I’m riding well and my bike
was awesome, but this result
doesn’t show it.” Walker fi nished
fi fth, behind Sherco’s Wade Young.