This weekend Steve Holcombe added another world championship to his belt after securing the EnduroGP title on the last round of the season in Portugal.
Third on day 1 and fifth on day 2 at Santiago do Cacém, the BETA Factory Enduro Team rider did enough to take the win in the competition and didn’t hide the nerves he felt: ‘I was feeling the nerves this sunday. It’s been a while since I was in this position of winning a title and I just wanted to get the job done and not make a mistake. I had a good start to the day then kinda lost my rhythm to the top guys in the middle of the day. But I knew where I needed to be, so I focused on that and brought the title home’.
Holcombe said then that adding this many titles was not on his plans:
– Becoming EnduroGP and Enduro2 World Champion in one year is incredible. I never dreamt of being a nine-time world champion, so it’s going to take a while for this moment to sink in.