Stark and Jarvis Lead Electric Breakthrough at Erzberg with Three Finishers
- Buck City Biker
- Jun 8
- 2 min read
Electric bikes came to Erzberg with one question: can they survive the Iron Giant? By the end of the weekend, they didn’t just survive, they finished.
The Erzbergrodeo is one of hard enduro’s toughest races, where bikes break, riders fade, and finishing is the real prize. This year, electric machines proved they can go the distance.
Electric Takes On the Erzbergrodeo
This was a landmark weekend for e-moto riders. While Manuel Lettenbichler claimed his fifth Erzberg win, the bigger story was what happened behind him. Three electric bikes finishing the race, with two inside the top 10.
Leading the charge was Eddie Karlsson, bringing the Stark VARG home in 9th place overall despite having rear brake issues. The first electric finisher at Erzberg.
Graham Jarvis followed on his Jarv-E prototype in 10th position. Jarvis doesn’t need much spotlight. One of the greatest hard enduro riders ever, adding another finish to a career built on getting to the end when others don’t.
Stark rider Toby Martyn also made it to the finish, taking 12th place. Unfortunately, Cooper Abbott wasn't among the 15 official finishers.
How it Began
Earlier this weekend, Stark was showing speed before the main event even started. In the Iron Road Prologue former MX world champion Sébastien Tortelli put a Stark into 10th place.
Then came the Rocket Ride, where Tortelli took the win on the VARG, giving the brand one of the headline moments of the weekend.
By the end of Sunday, only 15 riders had beaten the four-hour cut-off. Three were on electric bikes. That's 20% of the official finishers, two Vargs and Jarvis on the Jarv-E.
BCB TAKE
We've said it before. Erzberg doesn't care about spec sheets, social media videos or dyno charts. It only cares whether a bike can keep moving when the mountain starts fighting back.
A top-10 finish for Karlsson and Jarvis, with another finish for Martyn is a massive result for the e-moto world. They didn't beat the factory KTMs, but they proved they belong on the same mountain.
Ride safe, folks.
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