It’s Red Bull Tennessee Knockout (TKO) week and the annual US Hard Enduro Grand final will once again welcome Hard Enduro World Championship riders to the iconic Lower Broadway street in Downtown Nashville for the Prologue.

16 of the best Hard Enduro riders signed up for the Hard Enduro World Championship round this weekend at the Sequatchie Trials Training Center will begin their weekend on Thursday racing head-to-head on a man-made straight rhythm enduro course on lower Broadway Street.

The TKO prologue in Nashville will be 100% free and open to the public giving spectators trackside and even select rooftops viewing (reach out directly to those venues before arriving), up-close viewing of the races.

Riders include Hard Enduro World Champion Mani Lettenbichler, US Hard Enduro Champion and three-time TKO winner Trystan Hart, Mario Roman, Wade Young, six-tie TKO winner Cody Webb, Colton Haaker and more (see list below).

The course will launch out of a bar on lower Broadway Street and then hit obstacles including logs, rocks, k-rails and innovative X-Track synthetic jumps. The side-by-side shootouts will include a best two out of three runs as riders go through to finals.

2024 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout Prologue invited riders:

Mani Lettenbichler: Germany. Red-Bull KTM. Three time and defending FIM Hard Enduro World Champion. Three-time Erzbergrodeo, Five-time Red Bull Romaniacs winner and 2019 TKO winner.

Trystan Hart: Canada. FMF KTM. 2023 AMA US Hard Enduro Champion. 2023 AMA EnduroCross Champion. Three-time TKO winner.

Cody Webb: United States. FactoryONE Sherco. Multi-time EnduroCross champion and FIM Super Enduro champion. Six-time TKO winner.

Wade Young: South Africa. GasGas. The youngest winner of the Roof of Africa. 2018 Red Bull Romaniacs winner and multi-time TKO podium finisher.

Mario Roman: Spain. Sherco Factory. Third at 2023 Erzbergrodeo and winner of several international Hard Enduros.

Colton Haaker: United States. Rockstar Husqvarna. Multi-time AMA EnduroCross champion. Multi-time FIM Super Enduro world champion.

Teodor Kabakchiev: Bulgaria. Sherco Factory. Former FIM Junior Hard Enduro champion and multi-time FIM Hard Enduro podium finisher.

Ryder LeBlond: United States. Rockstar Husqvarna. Third in AMA US Hard Enduro Championship. Multi-time podium finisher in AMA US Hard Enduro series.

Alfredo Gomez: Spain. Rieju. Winner of 2022 Red Bull TKO Prologue. Former winner of the Erzbergrodeo and runner up in the 2019 FIM Hard Enduro World Championship.

Will Riordan: Australia. GasGas. Fourth in AMA US Hard Enduro Championship.

Mitch Brightmore: United Kingdon. Husqvarna. 2023 FIM Hard Enduro Junior Champion.

Cooper Abbott: United States. FactoryONE Sherco. Sixth in 2023 AMA EnduroCross Championship.

Matthew Green: South Africa. KTM. Former FIM Junior Hard Enduro champion.

Francesc Moret: Spain. Sherco. 2022 Spanish Hard Enduro Champion and three-time Spanish Trials champion.

James Flynn: United States. IRC Beta. Currently fifth in 2023 AMA US Hard Enduro Championship. 

Carson Brown: United States. KTM. Two-time Red Bull Straight Rhythm 125cc champion.

After the Nashville Prologue on Thursday, the 14th annual Red Bull Tennessee Knockout Hard Enduro will take place at the Trials Training Center in Sequatchie on the weekend of August 23-25, 2024. The event is ta round of the FIM Hard Enduro World Championship and it will serve as the seventh and final round of the AMA US Hard Enduro Championship.

In addition to the top pro riders, up to 500 amateurs will take on the TKO course aiming for the AMA Grand Championship titles and class wins. The top 30 amateur riders will also earn the opportunity to compete with the world’s best riders during the Sunday pro racing.

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