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European Enduro Championship The 14 strong British team at the 2nd round of the European Enduro Championship in Buzet, Croatia made a strong start on the opening day. There were 3 rounds of the 60 km lap in the hills around Buzet with two special stages. The tracks through the dense forests were rocky and there were several river crossings that took their toll on the riders - as did the heat. On the first Enduro special test Senior E2/3 Tom Sagar was 2nd behind Uusnar Rannar. Jamie Lewis had no time to ease his way back into international competition after 9 months off through injury. He had to work hard to pass slower riders and he finished 9th. With no seeding from the first round Jamie had to push to pass slower riders. Joe Wootton was 3rd in the Junior E2/3, Josh Gotts was 6th, James Dent 11th, Frazer Norrie 12th, Rob Johnson was 14th, Garin Rosser was 27th and Aaron Martin 28th. Fraser Flockhart was 7th in Junior E1 and Jake Subachus was 8th. Lee Sealey was 3rd in the Under 20s, Adam James was 11th. Defending Champion Maurizio Micheluz led the race in the Senior E1 class. Charlie Evans was 11th. Muller Werner led the Veterans from Martin Gottvald. Rhian George was 10th in the Women's class.
By the end of the 2nd lap with one lap to go, Senior E1 leader Maurizio Micheluz headed the Scratch - 20 seconds ahead of Tom Sagar - who topped the Senior E2/3 class. Jamie Lewis had worked his way into 7th. The top 3 in the Junior E1 class were Nicolas Pellegrineli Matteo Rossi and Patrik Markvart. Fraser Flockhart and Jake Subachus were 9th and 10th respectively. Tommy Sjostron led the Junior E2/3 from runner up Joe Wootton. Lorenzo Marcoritto headed Lee Sealey in the Under 20s. Adam James was 18th. Other class leaders E3 Mark Risse and Women Sanna Karkainen. Maurizio Micheluz won the first day while Tom Sagar fought for second place on the more powerful KTM 450, "In the narrow routes it is very hard to get close to the small machines with the big bike," said Tom. The Swiss Jonathan Rosse not only took second place in the E1 class, but with his 250cc four-stroke Yamaha he also took third place in the overall standings. In the E2 class Tom Sagar won ahead of Italian Diego Nicoletto who moved intosecond place after Rannar Uusna fell back after two laps: "I still have pain in the shoulder, but it is slowly getting better. Last time it was in the first round, now in the last two special stages," was the comment from Uusna. Jamie Lewis was 6th. In the E3 class Slovakia's Radek Toman won. He was stuck in second place until the leader Mark Risse from Germany crashed out on the penultimate special stage. Risse finished 2nd and Martin Sundin was 3rd. Nicolas Pellegrineli won the Junior E1 class. David Abgrall was 2nd and Matteo Rossi was 3rd. Jake Subachus finished 8th anf Fraser Flockhart was 9th. Joe Wootton had a great last lap and he won both tests to take the Junior E2/3 class win. Tommy Sjóstróm was runner up and Adam Tomiczek was 3rd. Josh Gotts was 5th. James Dent 6th, Robert Johnson 10th, Frazer Norrie 14th, Aaron Martin 24th. The victory at the veterans-class went again to the eight-time European champion Werner Müller from Austria: From the start he extended his lead ahead of Czech Martin Gottvald and the Finn Juha Puotsaari. In the overall ranking of all classes with a total of 201 participants the 47-year-old took the 25th place. The victory in the women's class, as in Italy, was the Finnish Sanna Karkkainen before the Italian Cristina Marrocco and the Swede Hanna Berzelius. Rhian George was 9th. In the Under 20 years, the Italian Lorenzo Macoritto on the KTM took the victory in front the British Lee Sealey and the Italian Mirko Spandere. Day 1 Results Overall - Senior E1 - Senior E2 - Senior E3 - Junior E1 - Junior E2/3 - Under 20 Veteran - Women - Team Tom Sagar wins Day 2 The weather was slightly cooler. At the end of the first lap Tom Sagar led the field by 9 seconds from E1 leader Maurizio Micheluz. Jamie Lewis was 4th. Joe Wootton led the Junior E2/3 by 3 seconds Jeremy Carpentier. Tommy Sjostrom was 3rd and Josh Gotts was 4th. Rob Johnson was 9th, James Dent was 12th and Frazer Norrie was 14th. Aaron Martin and Garin Rosser were 25th and 26th respectively. Charlie Evans was 11th in Senior E1. Nicolas Pellegrinelli led the Junior E1 from Nicolo Bruschi. Jake Subachus was 6th and Frazer Flockhart was 7th. Mirko Spandre headed the Under 20s. Lorenzo Macoritto was 2nd and Lee Sealey was 3rd. Adam Jaes was 20th. Veterans Werner Muller, Martin Gottvald. Senior E3 Miroslav Sevela, Radek Toman and Martin Sundin. Women Sanna Karkkainen, Hanna Berzelius and Audrey Rossat, Rhian George was 8th. Lee Sealey had a good 3rd test and he moved up into 2nd.
Maurizio Micheluz was the Senior E1 winner and the Scratch runner up. Joe Wootton won the Junior E2/3 double ahead of Jeremy Carpentier and Tommy Sjostrom. Adam Tomiczek was 4th and Josh Gotts was 5th. Rob Johnson was 6th, Frazer Norrie was 14th. Aaron Martin and Garin Rosser both finished. Mirko Spandre won the Under 20s. Lee sealey was runner up and Lorenzo Macoritto. Adam James was 20th. Junior E1 1st Nicolas Pellegrinelli, 2nd Nicolo Bruschi and 3rd David Abgrall. In the Senior E3 class 1st Slovakian Miroslav Sevela, 2nd Radek Toman and 3rd Mark Risse means there have now been three different winners this year: Veteran 1st Werner Muller, 2nd Martin Gottvald and 3rd Juha Puotsaari. Women Finnish 1st Sanna Karkainen, 2nd Paola Riverditi and 3rd Hanna Berzelius. Rhian George was 10th. Day 2 Results Senior E1 - Senior E2 - Senior E3 - Junior E1 - Junior E2/3 - Under 20 - Overall - Teams - Veteran - Women Standings Senior E1 - Senior E2 - Senior E3 - Junior E1 - Junior E2/3 - Under 20 - Overall - Teams - Veterans - Women https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqsqKl6mtxM Next round of the championship is 8th/9st of August in Jämsä / Finland Photo Robert Pairan
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On the first MX test Tom Sagar powered up into 1st place. Joe Wootton
took the lead of the Junior E2/3 class from Adam Tomiczek and Josh Gotts
moved up into 4th. Matteo Rossi headed the Junior E1 class from Nicolas
Pellegrinelli. Fraser Flockhart and Jake Subachus consolidated their top ten
positions. In the Under 20s Matteo Pavoni dropped a second but he held on to
the lead over Antii Hanninen. Adam James was 11th. Charlie Evans moved up to
9th. Maurizio Micheluz beat E1 runner up Benoit Fortunato by 18 seconds. 
Tom Sagar won the 2nd day overall.
"I had a very good feeling in the morning and I was able to take the
lead."