At the completion of Day 2 at the Red Bull Romaniacs 2010, Joakim Ljunggren found himself in the Number 3 position for the day's results, number 7 overall unofficial results. Joakim came into this rally with the confidence of having achieved a 3rd overall finish in the 2010 Indoor Enduro Worldcup, but straddling the insecurity of his inexperience with the gps navigation required for this rally.
Day 1 of the rally consisted of continuous rainfall. The slippery, long hills caused all but two riders to be late to the finish line. Joakim took a slower pace to both prevent injury and to put some riders' tracks ahead of him. He made up for this delay on Day 2 when he overtook several riders, despite a sore leg.
We are approaching the end of Day 3 as I write this. 165 riders going for 10 or so hours through the Karpatian wilderness, mostly through fog and then, near the end, through more rain. As I write, 8 Pro Riders have come in, Jarvis, Lettenbichler, Bolton, Gutzeit, Birch, Forster, Van Niekerk and Darryl Curtis. Curtis complaining about spending 25 minutes in a ditch and Birch bewildered over electrical problems, usually not a factor with the reliable KTM. Now I'm left wondering: where's Joakim?
Day 2 Results:
- Andreas Lettenbichler, BMW, 6.45.51
- Paul Bolton, KTM, 6.52.54
- Joakim Ljunggren, Husaberg, 7.15.50
- Jade Guitzeit, KTM, 7.22.13
- Chris Birch, KTM, 7.38.24
Unofficial Overall Results after Day 2
- Chris Birch, KTM, 15.44.55
- Andreas Lettenbichler, BMW, 16.34.39
- Paul Bolton, KTM, 17.05.31
- Jade Guitzeit, KTM, 17.37.21
- Lionel Seydoux, KTM, 18.01.10
- Gerhard Foster, BMW, 19.52.37
- Joakim Ljunggren, Husaberg, 22.08.24
- Darryl Curtis, KTM, 23.27.09
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