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.
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