Endurance Test: Belgian outsider Liesens wins in
Aachen 06.14.2006 Belgian rider Leonard Liesens has won the
international Endurance WEG test event in Aachen. The competition also served as
the German National Endurance Championship which was won by Melanie Arnold, who
finished as best German combination in third place. Sweden won the team
competition.
It was a day full of surprises. The fact, that in the
evening the corks popped in the camp of the new German Champion Melanie Arnold
could have been forseen (see "Three questions for Melanie Arnold") whereas the
victory of the Belgian outsider, Liesens with Arazzi, ahead of French rider
Raphael Muller was completely unexpected. Liesens reached the finish at the show
grounds in the Aachener Soers 13 hours and 39 minutes after the 5 am
start.
