Willingen is the enduro capital of Germany this weekend. Everyone who is anyone in the scene has travelled to Willingen to take part in the German Championships.
Fully booked: 400 participants take part in the DM
The Favourites in the elite classes is small, but the starting field is fully booked with 400 participants. During today's training on the competition tracks, you can already see why the crowds for this race are so big: Enduro disciples long for the times when the starting fields of the Specialized Enduro Series were bursting at the seams and a race was held somewhere in the country weekend after weekend. After the first German enduro racing series was cancelled, there were replacement events in the form of the Trailtrophy and the Enduro One Series, but the initial waves of euphoria for the enduro racing format were no longer quite as high. Anyone standing at the side of the track here in Willingen during training felt like they had been transported back to the early days of German enduro racing. The pros were already battling for the best line on the slippery forest floor, while the amateur riders mostly had more to do with correctly assessing the grip of their tyres.
The training in pictures
