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The 2026 season so far

2026 results log

The big hard enduro results of 2026, newest first. Podiums come from organisers, the FIM championship and team reports. The numbers in brackets point to the sources at the foot of the page.

1. 8–10 October 2026 · FIM Hard Enduro World Championship, round 7

   Sea to Sky

   Kemer, Turkey

   1. Manuel Lettenbichler · 2. Mario Roman · 3. James Moore

   Lettenbichler won Saturday's Mountain Race in 3:40:01, his third Sea to Sky win in a row. Roman was 4:11 back and Moore third. Kabakchiev crossed the line second but was disqualified for receiving outside help. He disputes the decision. Earlier in the week Brightmore won the Beach Race and Kabakchiev the Forest Race. Over the three days Brightmore outscored Lettenbichler 24 points to 22, so the lead shrank to 32 with one round left. [2, 23, 24, 25, 26]

2. 24–26 September 2026 · FIM Hard Enduro World Championship, round 6

   Roof of Africa

   Maseru, Lesotho

   1. Teodor Kabakchiev · 2. Manuel Lettenbichler · 3. Wade Young

   Kabakchiev won in 9:59:46, the only rider under ten hours, for his first round win of the season. Lettenbichler clawed back 38 seconds on the last day and took second from Wade Young by one tenth of a second. Brightmore was tenth, so the gap at the top grew. [20, 21, 22]

3. 4–6 September 2026 · FIM Hard Enduro World Championship, round 5

   Abestone Hard Enduro

   Italy

   1. Manuel Lettenbichler · 2. Mitch Brightmore · 3. Teodor Kabakchiev

   Lettenbichler swept the weekend: prologue, sprint race and the main race in 2:07:12. Brightmore was 6:07 back and Kabakchiev 7:41. Only five riders completed the full distance. The lead grew to 24 points with three rounds left. [18, 19]

4. 28–30 August 2026 · AMA US Hard Enduro Championship, final round

   Red Bull Tennessee Knockout

   Sequatchie, Tennessee, USA

   1. Manuel Lettenbichler · 2. Trystan Hart · 3. Billy Bolt

   Lettenbichler's third TKO win in a row and his fourth in all. Hart was almost three minutes back. Eddie Karlsson was fourth and Jonny Walker fifth. [17, 14]

5. 20–22 August 2026 · FIM Hard Enduro World Championship, round 4

   Forza Orza

   Orsa, Sweden

   1. Manuel Lettenbichler · 2. Mitch Brightmore · 3. Ashton Brightmore

   The first world championship round in Sweden. The weather turned the track slippery. Lettenbichler won in 2:20:41, 3:36 ahead of Mitch Brightmore, with his brother Ashton third. Home rider Eddie Karlsson was fourth. At half distance Lettenbichler led by 15 points. [15, 16]

6. 8–9 August 2026 · AMA US Hard Enduro Championship

   AMA US Hard Enduro title decided

   Hollow Point Hard Enduro, Wellsville, Ohio, USA

   Champion: Trystan Hart

   Hart won the Hollow Point round in 3:40:47, 5:33 ahead of Cody Webb, and clinched his sixth straight US Hard Enduro title with a round to spare. It was his sixth win of the season. [13, 14]

7. 28 July – 1 August 2026 · Hard Enduro World Ranking (Supreme event)

   Red Bull Romaniacs

   Sibiu, Romania

   1. Manuel Lettenbichler · 2. Teodor Kabakchiev · 3. James Moore

   Lettenbichler won Gold for the seventh time, level with Graham Jarvis's record, and for the fourth year in a row. He started the last day 18:44 ahead and extended it. Kabakchiev was second. James Moore, the 2025 Junior world champion, took third after riding the closing Sibiu Hillclimbs with a collapsed front fork. [11, 12]

8. 18–20 June 2026 · FIM Hard Enduro World Championship, round 3

   Silver Kings Hard Enduro

   Kellogg, Idaho, USA

   1. Mitch Brightmore · 2. Trystan Hart · 3. Manuel Lettenbichler

   Brightmore's first world championship win. He passed Hart on the final lap, within sight of the finish, and won by just under six seconds. Lettenbichler was third, 1:04 down, and still led the standings: 88 points to Brightmore's 75, with Kabakchiev on 68. [10]

9. 4–7 June 2026 · Hard Enduro World Ranking (Supreme event)

   Red Bull Erzbergrodeo

   Eisenerz, Austria

   1. Manuel Lettenbichler · 2. Trystan Hart · 3. Mario Roman

   Lettenbichler won the Red Bull Hare Scramble in 3:05:39, his fifth win in a row on the Iron Giant. Hart was 8:31 back and Roman third. Kabakchiev and Brightmore completed the top five. Only 15 riders reached the finish inside four hours. [9]

10. 1–3 May 2026 · FIM Hard Enduro World Championship, round 2

    Extreme XL Lagares

    Portugal

    1. Manuel Lettenbichler · 2. Mitch Brightmore · 3. Teodor Kabakchiev

    Lettenbichler won all three days: the Endurocode stage, the Extreme Penafiel race and Sunday's main race, in 2:24:05. Brightmore finished 7.9 seconds behind after more than two hours of racing. Maximum points put Lettenbichler 15 points clear. [8, 1]

11. 17–19 April 2026 · FIM Hard Enduro World Championship, round 1

    24MX Alestrem Hard Enduro

    Alès, France

    1. Manuel Lettenbichler · 2. Billy Bolt · 3. Teodor Kabakchiev

    Lettenbichler won the main race in 3:40:50. Torrential rain forced the organisers to cut the race by a lap. Bolt was 48 seconds back and Kabakchiev third. Bolt left France leading the championship by a single point, on the strength of his Friday and Saturday results. [6, 7]

12. 28 February 2026 · FIM SuperEnduro World Championship 2025/26

    FIM SuperEnduro World Championship decided

    Newcastle, United Kingdom

    Champion: Billy Bolt

    Billy Bolt clinched the indoor world title on home soil with a round to spare. Third in the second race of the night was enough. It is his sixth SuperEnduro world title. Jonny Walker and Mitch Brightmore finished second and third in the Prestige standings. [4, 5]

World championship standings

Still to come

Sources: [1, 28]. The full round-by-round calendar and how the world championship and the Hard Enduro World Ranking fit together are on our hard enduro races page.