An island off the coast of Sweden in late October can be a harsh place to race motorcycles, as the contenders for the World Enduro Super Series are about to find out at the Gotland Grand National.
Here competitors will face a flat out three-hour XC race around a 25km course.
It’ll be anything but simple, though, as not only will racers face a varied course that boasts everything from tight pine forest to bottomless bogs, but there’s 3,000 other riders to think about and the very present threat of rain or even snow and ice.