World Hard Enduro - Episode 6: 2024 Xross Hard Enduro Rally, World Championship Round 3 (Pre-race)

In this episode we talk about round 3 of the FIM Hard Enduro World Championship - Xross Hard Enduro Rally. Taking place from the 19th - 22nd of June in the Serbian mountains, this is the first rally style race of the championship.
We have an exclusive interview with Vladan Komatovic, the race director and mastermind behind Xross. Talking about the history of the event, track layout, spectator points, tips for riders before the race and much more. This is an informative episode! Follow them on social media: xrossharden...
and keep up to date with important information on their website: www.xross.rs/
Keep an eye out for the X-Grip giveaway in the next podcast episode with junior rider - Valentino Hutter. Coming soon!
We see possibly more junior riders entered into this race than pro championship ship riders which leads us to our discussion about Manni’s injury as well as a possible replacement? We also touch on the Women’s Hard Enduro Performance Award supported by 24MX. Head to iridehardenduro.com/ for the Akrapovič Live Timing of the race.
We would like to welcome Plews Tyres who will be supporting the World Hard Enduro podcast! They are providing a lot of support at the Xross Rally so be sure to be on the lookout.
We hope you enjoy the episode!
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:52 Race formats overview
3:40 Xross race organizer interview
4:17 Race history
7:20 Race safety
9:29 Becoming a championship race
11:34 Race format & track layout
16:09 Tips for riders
21:22 Race winner predictions
23:19 Spectators and community
30:10 Akrapovič hard enduro live experience
31:58 Pro Championship riders & replacements
37:08 Junior Riders
46:02 Women
48:54 X-Grip future giveaway
49:39 Plews Tyres
50:39 Outro

[@PlewsTyres]

Great podcast, we’re proud to support the journey. Keep up the great work 🎉

[@westleydean3583]

Congrats guys, you killing it 👏 🙌

[@michaelcalitz1692]

Amazing! Love the videos guys!

[@andystreet339]

Keep up the good work! This one will help me get through my Monday workday. Cheers 🍻 from Tennessee

[@milosbgd]

KTM should send Andreas, Mani's father to take a race position :). That would be interesting. They have Trystan Hart also., Great rider. Also, The Husqvarna team doesn't have a racer to take Billy's place.

[@WorldHardEnduroPodcast]

That is an interesting point 😁 If the budget is there for someone to go race then why not fill that position with another rider!? Even if it is Andreas 🏁