Loeb takes on Motorcross Champion!
Red Bull put a spanner in the works by battling two legends head to head on the infamous 800 metre ‘Mur de Grammont’ cycling track in Belgium this weekend.
Just a week before the Tour of Flanders cycle race is due to fly over, the occasion marks the first time that any vehicle, not to mention a ‘rally car’ has had the privilege of driving over the cobbles during race periods.
Yes that’s right, 5 times World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb went up against 10 time World Motor-cross Champion Stefan Everts – Citroen C4 against KTM MX.
Two test runs were done prior to the event but both times were kept a secret leading up to the big duel, where eventually time was on the bikers side but winning by only a ‘tenth’ of a second!!!
Wow, now that’s close! – but for Sebastien the forfeit was to clean Evert’s motor-cross bike after the competition had finished. What a great event idea! Thank God for Red Bull!!!
Sebastien said – “It was a fantastic experience.” Red Bull came up with a great idea when they suggested this duel, and I’m delighted to have had the opportunity to meet Stefan. He’s a truly magnificent champion, and his 10 world titles are an exceptional record of achievement. Of course I would have preferred to have won our duel, but it was a very close contest! I had the upper hand on certain parts of ‘The Wall’ but I lost time in other places. At the end, it was too close to call.”
Intrested in any of these?:And Stefan replied – “I hope I’m the only person to beat Sebastien this year – or at least I wish that for him! It was a real honour for me to meet him. I’ve got a deep respect and admiration for rally drivers. I just tried to ride very cleanly in order to gain the maximum time possible and win.”
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