Karl Katoch has to abort the second heat of the GENERALI Iron Road Prologue due to insufficient sight!
After 200 riders started todays second heat of the Prologue, the race had to be interrupted and then finally aborted because of the insufficient sight upon the racetrack. Nearly half of the mountain was covered with heavy fog since the early morning hours, in particular the high-speed sections in the last third of the 14 kilometers long gravel racetrack to the Erzbergs peak.
Top-speeds of up to 165 km/h and a sight range of less than 25 meters definitely dont match with the Erzbergrodeos highly developed safety concept for all riders. To wait for better sight circumstances had to be excluded as well at 12:00 a.m. by the race director, as there was no possibility left to secure a fair and safe race for the 1600 riders still waiting to start their prologue. To abort todays race was therefore the only logical alternative.
Shortly after the abortion, Erzbergrodeo mastermind Karl Katoch immediately took good care of the mood of his guests ? and announced an afternoon happy hour for drinks at the festival tent, which filled itself within a few minutes. The afternoon will present further entertaining side-events inside the Erzbergrodeo-Arena such as the GENERALI Interview Lounge, the ONE-ON-ONE rider presentation and the spectacular Freestyle-MX show.
The official results of the GENERALI Iron Road Prologue 2012 will be finalized according to yesterdays race times. The starting list for tomorrows highlight, the Red Bull Hare Scramble, will be published as well on the official website.
Tomorrows Red Bull Hare Scramble will be aired live on ServusTV and HYPERLINK "http://redbull.com/"redbull.com for the very first time, starting at 11:00 a.m.
14 Live-cameras on 18 locations, helicopter- and helmet-cams, mobile TV-crews and 6000 meters of glass-fiber cables will guarantee
a unique and breathtaking view of the worlds most exciting Xtreme Enduro.
Red Bull Hare Scramble on redbull.com:
Sunday, June 10th 2012 11:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Red Bull Hare Scramble on ServusTV:
Sunday, June 10th 2012 11:00 Uhr to 2:50 p.m.
The international Live-broadcasting will be aired at the videowall inside the Erzbergrodeo-Arena as well.
The Red Bull Hare Scramble will be started tomorrow at any weather conditions!
