Cycle News Staff | February 3, 2025
Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Billy Bolt secured his fourth consecutive overall victory of the 2025 FIM SuperEnduro season after claiming three wins from three race starts at round four of the series in Lodz, Poland, February 1.
Billy Bolt won all three SuperEnduro feature races in Poland.
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Despite qualifying fastest by over two and a half seconds, Bolt missed out on SuperPole by less than one-tenth of a second after making a small mistake on one of the logs. Still, Bolt claimed second place and two more championship points.
A strong start to race one saw Bolt move into an early second place. After following close behind Mitch Brightmore for a couple of laps, studying his lines, Bolt made his move over the rocks and immediately began to open up a healthy advantage from the front. Crossing the line over four seconds ahead of second placed Stark Varg’s Eddie Karlsson, Bolt secured his first race win of the night. Third went to GasGas-mounted Brightmore.
With the starting grid reversed for race two, Bolt rounded the first corner in last place after a cautious start. Bolt entered the final lap in third position, right on the rear wheel of the second-placed rider. With the top three pushing their limits, it was the FE 350 racer, Bolt, who emerged victorious, taking the checkered flag to secure his second win of the night ahead of Ashton Brightmore (GasGas) and Rieju’s Dominik Olszowy.
In what was one of the closest races of the season so far, Bolt moved into second place after a strong start in the third and final race and soon took the lead. With the top four separated by mere seconds, a small mistake in the rock section cost the Brit his advantage, dropping him to second. Bolt chased down Ashton Brightmore, overtaking him on the penultimate lap and holding the lead to the finish. Ashton Brightmore finished less than a second behind Bolt.
Jonny Walker, on the Triumph, was a close third.
Winner Bolt was flanked on the podium by the Brightmore brothers, Ashton on the left and Mitch on the right.
In the night’s overall standings, Bolt led the way over Ashton Brightmore, Mitch Brightmore, Karlsson and Walker.
“It has been three super-tough races here in Poland tonight, but I really enjoyed them,” Bolt said. “It’s easier to say that when you win all three of course, but they were three really good battles with the boys. I was happy with my riding in all three to be honest. It was a difficult track with the ground being so loose, so you couldn’t quite push to the maximum. I tried a few different lines in that last final to try and make up ground—some worked, some didn’t—and I did make a couple of mistakes.”
In the championship, Bolt again leads with 244 points, followed by Walker with 163, Ashton Brightmore with 153, Mitch Brightmore with 145 and Karlsson with 132.
Round five of the 2025 FIM SuperEnduro World Championship is set to be held in Budapest, Hungary, on February 8. CN
OVERALL (Top 10)
- Billy Bolt (Hus) 1-1-1
- Ashton Brightmore (GG) 4-2-2
- Mitch Brightmore (GG) 3-4-4
- Eddie Karlsson (Sta) 2-6-5
- Jonny Walker (Tri) 6-5-3
- William Hoare (Hus) 5-10-6
- Alfredo Gomez Cantero (Bet) 8-7-7
- Dominik Olszowy (Rie) 7-3-DNF
- Cooper Abbott (She) 9-11-8
- Tim Apolle (Bet) 12-8-9