Why EnduroGP Riders Might Be the Most Unhinged Athletes on Two Wheels

Let’s get one thing straight before anyone gets upset:

MXGP riders are incredible.

Launching 30 metres, railing ruts, holding it wide on 450s for 35 minutes at a time — it’s elite, world-class, frighteningly fast.

But…

If you’ve ever watched Josep Garcia, Andrea Verona, or the EnduroGP front-runners do what they do in the woods, it makes you quietly question what could possibly be going on in their heads.

MXGP Is Controlled Chaos

MXGP is high speed, high commitment, high precision. The tracks are brutal rough. The jumps are huge. The corners get technical.

But there’s one important thing about MXGP tracks:

They are designed.

There are lines. There are berms. There is some level of predictability.

Enduro riders?

They don’t get that luxury.

EnduroGP Is Just… Violence

An EnduroGP special test looks like someone took a motocross track, set it on fire, and then threw rocks and trees at it for good measure.

These guys:

• Hit rock gardens in 3rd gear pinned

• Fire through trees so close they clip their shoulders

• Speed tuck down long grass straights at mack-10 

• Hop boulders the size of fridges 

• And do it all on bikes that you could pop to the shops on. 

There are no nice ruts.

There are no safe landings.

There is just full commitment and physical strength.

Watching a rider like Garcia attack a pile of rocks at race pace is honestly terrifying. It looks like something you’d do by accident. 

The Skill Level Is Ridiculous

EnduroGP riders don’t just need to be fast, they need to be:

• Trials riders

• MX riders

• Rally riders

• And mechanics who can survive their own machines

They switch terrain every few minutes: mud, roots, grass, sand, rocks, hills, trees, water crossings… all while still attacking against the clock.

It’s motocross, but the track is trying to kill you.

Why Garcia Could Actually Rip in MXGP

Here’s the controversial bit.

Josep Garcia has:

• MX-level speed

• Trials-level bike control

• Enduro-level toughness

If he had a proper MX pre season, a factory 450, and a full year of preparation, it’s honestly not crazy to think he could be a regular top-10 MXGP rider, maybe more.

The guy is already:

• Explosive 

• Smooth 

• Insanely aggressive when he needs to be

We’ll probably never see it happen — EnduroGP is his world, but the “what if” is seriously intriguing.

Two Worlds, Same Madness

MXGP is about mastering a battlefield.

EnduroGP is about surviving one.

Both are elite.

Both are terrifying.

But Enduro riders operate in a level of unpredictability that’s almost un relatable for the ordinary motocross rider. 

If you’ve seen it. 

Watching an MXGP rider send a 40-metre triple is breathtaking.

Watching an EnduroGP rider pin it into a rock field at full speed is something else entirely.

And until you’ve seen riders like Garcia and Verona do what they do…

You don’t quite understand how far “skill” can go.