The qualifying morning session was tuned up on Simone Albergoni’notes, who finished first in the enduro race, leaving behind, the Polish rider and the British Tom Sagar. Tough race, driver in very cold weather conditions, but with beautiful sceneries: “Classical” enduro. And alldriversappreciated.

The enduro race begun, and at 03.00 PM Fabio Fasola signed the race departure with the Italian flag, in the pure tradition of Hell’s Gate.

Once again a very thrilling time, when the best specialists of the extreme enduro fight in order to get the best position in the first turn. Blasuziak makes it, shot as a bullet from the start, leaving everybody behind. He literally flies, correct, because at the end of the first lap it was clear to everyone who will be the winner of Hell’s Gate 2008: Tadeusz Blasuziak , extreme enduro 2008 rookie of the year, the new David Knight rival.

The first lap said who could have been the winner, but didn’t clear how strong could be the lesson for the challengers. Blasuziak was fast, without pushing too hard, though he was still studying the track, which he was discovering for the first time. In order to verify the amount of pressure given from Blasuziak to all other riders, we’ll have to wait until the end of second lap, where the Polish driver took part of all his energies and talent.

Nothing to do for the competitors. An infernal rhythm, the otherscouldn’tstand it.

Little by little the toughest competitors of the very beginning (Simone Albergoni and Antoine Meo, the brightest examples) started to feel the fatigue and to suffer Tadeusz’s rhythm, excellent player of refined technique.

Really a very high rhythm the Polish one, forcing Fasola to break up with one of the traditions of the race: “Keeping going on like this, the race will finish before it gets dark!”, he said

True. The particularly clever weather conditions not even comparables to the previous Hell’s Gate conditions, Blasuziak finished even before the Dark.

Even the final impressive Hell’s Peak couldn’t stop his sequence, terminating with a fastest race time. Three minutes later, another strong indication from the drivers who decided to participate with a trial motorbike. Here is coming Graham Jarvis, British driver who definitely underperformed with an enduro motorbike.

Paul Bolton, another British driver arrived right after, then Tom Sagar, British as well.

At the fifth place, finally, Simone Albergoni is classified as first of the Italians.

Then Piero Sembenini, clasified sixth, with a trial motorbike as well. Almost with half an hour of delay from the winning KTM, the last duel of the day, between Cyril Despres and Mario Rinaldi, went in favour of the Dakar winner for just a breath of air.

Prizes are a KTM EXC450R for Blasuziak , a KTM 65 for Jarvis and a refined N.D.C. leather bag for Bolton.

Then finally the night, with the final gala ceremony signing a gorgeous and thrilling 5th edition of Hell’s Gate. By Fabio Fasola.