Josep Garcia completes Spanish EnduroGP sweep at Oliana

Round Two – EnduroGP of Spain

Josep Garcia made it a home round to remember at the Polisport EnduroGP of Spain, the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider taking the Friday night AKRAPOVIC Super Test win before claiming both full days of EnduroGP competition at Oliana.

Josep Garcia set the tone early in Oliana, winning Friday night’s AKRAPOVIC Super Test in front of his home crowd before going on to sweep both EnduroGP days.

The Spaniard’s weekend was not as straightforward as the final scorecard suggests. Friday night gave Garcia the ideal start in front of his home crowd, with the KTM rider edging Brad Freeman by almost a second in the Super Test, while Andrea Verona finished third ahead of Zach Pichon, Steve Holcombe and Albin Norrbin.

Garcia was forced to work through changing conditions on Saturday, but once the Spaniard found his rhythm he turned the GP of Spain into a home-soil double.

Garcia then had to work for Saturday’s win after light rain left the tests slippery and inconsistent. Julien Roussaly was an early leader, then Freeman took charge and carried a 16-second advantage into the final lap after a strong run through the GMOTO Enduro Test. Garcia, opening the tests with the other front runners and dealing with the worst of the conditions early, steadily built his pace through the day.

Local support was never far away for Garcia, who delivered the result the Oliana crowd had come to see.

The race changed late when Freeman crashed and lost close to a minute. Garcia inherited the lead, then closed out the day with a 44.75-second overall victory. Hamish Macdonald was second for Sherco, a career-best EnduroGP result for the New Zealander, while Verona completed the podium only 1.55 seconds behind Macdonald. Pichon finished fourth and Samuele Bernardini rounded out the top five.

Saturday’s outright podium featured Hamish Macdonald, Josep Garcia and Andrea Verona, after Garcia capitalised late to claim the EnduroGP win by 44.75 seconds.

Sunday was more emphatic. Garcia opened the day by taking 18 seconds out of the field in the first GMOTO Enduro Test, then backed that up by winning the following POLISPORT Extreme Test. From there he controlled the pace, managing the remainder of the day to take his second EnduroGP victory of the weekend by 39.85 seconds.

Verona’s consistency across both days kept KTM in control of the EnduroGP standings, with the Italian leaving Spain second overall in the championship.

Verona moved into second on lap one and held firm to give KTM a Sunday 1-2. Pichon kept the pressure on late, using the final two tests to secure third overall, only eight seconds behind Verona. Norrbin beat Holcombe to fourth by just over two seconds, underlining what was also a breakthrough day in Enduro3 for the young Swede.

Andrea Verona remained Garcia’s closest championship threat in Spain, adding a Saturday podium to Sunday’s second outright and E2 victory.

Garcia’s sweep gives him 75 points in the EnduroGP standings after two rounds, 11 clear of Verona on 64, with Pichon third on 45. In Enduro1, Garcia is now perfect across the first four race days of the season and holds 80 points, 20 clear of Antoine Magain. Verona leads Enduro2 on 77 points, 13 ahead of Pichon.

A home GP, a Friday Super Test win, two EnduroGP victories and two Enduro1 wins made Oliana a near-perfect weekend for Garcia and Red Bull KTM.

The Paulo Duarte FIM EnduroGP World Championship now heads to Finland for round three at Vierumäki, Salpausselkä, on May 22-24. The Women’s championship resumes in Portugal at Fafe on June 12-14. Continue below for class by class coverage from Spain and complete results.

Enduro1

Garcia was again the benchmark in Enduro1, winning both days and taking his 2026 class record to four wins from four starts.

On Saturday he finished 55.92 seconds clear of Bernardini, with 2025 Junior World Champion Axel Semb taking his first senior class podium in third. Magain was fourth, while Jeremy Sydow marked his return from injury with fifth on the Triumph.

Sunday was even stronger from Garcia, who won every Enduro1 test and finished 1m36.04s clear of Morgan Lesiardo. The Triumph Italia rider’s runner-up finish was a notable result for the TF 250-E platform, while Semb backed up his Saturday podium with third. Magain and Roni Kytonen completed the top five.

Morgan Lesiardo helped underline Triumph’s growing E1 pace, finishing sixth in class on Saturday before taking second behind Garcia on Sunday.

Sydow finished sixth on Sunday while still managing the foot injury that had kept him out of the opening round. Jack Edmondson improved from 10th in E1 on Saturday to eighth on Sunday, closing out his fill-in ride with another finish and some solid test pace.

Sydow was still managing the effects of a foot injury in Oliana, but his return gave Triumph another solid E1 presence across both days.

Enduro2

Enduro2 produced one of the tightest Saturday contests. Macdonald took the class win by just 1.55 seconds over Verona, with Pichon only 5.70 seconds from the lead in third. Max Ahlin was fourth, while Australia’s Kyron Bacon finished fifth in class and 11th overall on the MGR Enduro Kawasaki.

Andrea Verona left Spain with the Enduro2 winner’s trophy and second in the EnduroGP standings, 11 points behind team-mate Garcia.

Verona turned the tables on Sunday, winning E2 by 8.02 seconds from Pichon. Macdonald completed the podium in third, while Bacon improved to fourth in class and seventh outright. It was a strong finish to the weekend for the Australian, who was within 3.61 seconds of Macdonald for the final E2 podium position on Sunday.

Andrea Verona won E2 on Sunday ahead of Zach Pichon and Hamish Macdonald, helping KTM finish the day 1-2 in the outright EnduroGP classification.

Enduro3

Freeman’s Saturday was complicated by his late crash, but the Beta rider still salvaged the Enduro3 victory, 11.24 seconds clear of Roussaly. Matteo Cavallo was third, only 0.20 seconds ahead of Norrbin.

Norrbin then delivered his first senior class win on Sunday. The Husqvarna rider beat Holcombe by just 2.33 seconds in E3 and finished fourth outright in EnduroGP. Holcombe was second in class and fifth overall, while Freeman, riding through the effects of Saturday’s crash, still secured third in E3 and eighth overall.

Junior

Romain Dagna claimed his first Junior victory on Saturday, beating Kevin Cristino by 1.39 seconds. Alberto Elgari was third overall and first in Junior1, while Leo Joyon finished fifth overall and second in Junior1 for Triumph. Australia’s Will Dennett was ninth overall and sixth in Junior2.

Elgari responded on Sunday with a controlled Junior win, finishing 14.93 seconds clear of Dagna. Joyon claimed third overall and second in Junior1, capping the weekend with victory in the final cross test. Dennett made a strong step forward on Sunday, finishing fourth overall and second in Junior2 aboard his Johansson MPE Triumph.

After round two, Elgari leads the Junior standings on 75 points, ahead of Dagna on 71 and Joyon on 50. In Junior1, Elgari leads on 80 points, with Joyon second on 68.

Women

Rachel Gutish took Saturday’s Women’s win for RIEJU, a strong rebound after a difficult opening round in Sicily. Rosie Rowett made it a RIEJU 1-2, finishing 34.94 seconds behind her team-mate, while Nieve Holmes completed the podium in third after edging Marine Lemoine by just 1.46 seconds.

Rowett then won Sunday’s shortened Women’s classification, taking five of the six tests and finishing 26.80 seconds clear of Holmes. Gutish was third, only 1.43 seconds behind Holmes, while Sara Traini was fourth overall and first in Junior Women. Lorna Lafont finished fifth overall and second in Junior Women.

2026 EnduroGP of Spain Results

EnduroGP – Day 1

EnduroGP – Day 2

Enduro1 – Day 1

Enduro1 – Day 2

Enduro2 – Day 1

Enduro2 – Day 2

Enduro3 – Day 1

Enduro3 – Day 2

Junior – Day 1

Junior – Day 2

Women – Day 1

Women – Day 2