It’s been said before – but the seventh round of the Enduro World Series has surpassed all others to be declared the tightest race of all time.
The penultimate race of the year, EWS Northstar California, finished on a knife
edge, setting up the final round in Zermatt to be the decider of the men’s championship race. After five technical and incredibly challenging stages, the men’s race all came down to less than a single second going into the final stage.
Heading into stage six, it was Sam Hill (Team Chain Reaction Cycles
Mavic) who led the race by a mere tenth of a second going into the final stage of the day, but the reigning Champion was unable to hold off Richie Rude (Yeti Cycles/Fox Shox Factory Team), who won the race by 0.8 seconds. Mitch Ropelato put in a strong performance all day to claim his first EWS podium in third...