Blazusiak takes Hell's Gate

KTM factory rider Taddy Blazusiak kept up his fine form with victory in the Hell's Gate event to retain the title he also won last year in Italy.

The Polish rider dominated the race in Tuscany as he took the win from Italian KTM rider Alexander Botturi and Britain's multiple world trials champion Dougie Lampkin on the Beta.

Conditions were good but cold for the nine-hour event which was staged in two sections and saw Blazusiak take the victory ahead of Botturi, Lampkin and British duo Graham Jarvis (Scorpa) and Tom Sagar (Husaberg).