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Tom Sagar leads UEM Championship it was an extremely physically demanding first day at the third round of the European Enduro Championship in Jämsä / Finland: in perfect weather conditions, The 50 km plus circular course presented many rocks, roots and tracks: There were 3 laps with 3 tests per lap. The going was tough and more than half of the entry retired before crossing the finish line. Under such difficult conditions the Finnish riders clearly dominated. Guest starters Roni Nikander (KTM) and Marko Tarkkala (Beta) finished 1st and 2nd. Reveling in the tough conditions Colwyn Bay KTM rider Tom Sagar took 3rd place and secured the overall lead in the European Championship. Reigning champion, Maurizio Micheluz was still recovering from the after effects of a dislocated shoulder and he could only finish in the 18th place overall and in third place in the E1 class. "I had dislocated my arm a month ago - and could not train since. In the special, I had continued to attack no strength," excused the Italian The British team continued to do well. Joe Wootton was 11th, Jamie Lewis was 20th and runner up in the Senior E2 class to Tom Sagar, Jake Subachus 38th, Josh Gotts 40th, Lee Sealey 50th, Frazer Norrie 52nd. Mark Roberts snapped a cable and retired,
In the veteran class eight-time European Champion Werner Müller seems to be once again unstoppable: While the KTM riders struggled with the track and the conditions but the other participants fared worse. At the end Müller had not only the fastest special stage times, but had only three penalty minutes collected on the stages, while his biggest competitor Zdenek Gottvald had 13 minutes lateness and the Finnish competitor Juha Puotsaari16 minutes! But these three drivers were the only three veterans, who crossed the finish line at the end. In the womens-class only Finnish rider Sanna Karkkainen reached on their KTM in the goal scoring and conceding the only driver championship points, which puts her title within reach. The Italian Junior Mirko Spandere won again the victory in the class of 125cc riders under 20 years and was also from the lokal Finn Antti Hänninen and Sweden Pontus Skog. In the juniors of the E1 class of the Italian Nicolas Pellegrinelli won before the local hero Henry Olenius from Finland and Frenchman David Abgrall. With today's winner Henrik Stigell and Mika Tamminen the Junior E2 / E3 class was firmly in Finnish hands. Only in third place came the French Mika Barnes a non-Scandinavian to vote. Results Overall - Junior E1 - Junior E2/3 - JuniorU20 - Senior_E1 - Senior E2 - Senior_E3 - Trade Day 2
In the E3 class, two Finns alternated: This time ex-vice-champion Marko Tarkkala won in front of the earlier in the season injured Roni Nikander, but Nikander wants to come to the final to Germany too. In third place then the German Mark Risse - but because he has changed the class after the first run, he gets no championship points, which is why the Swede Martin Sundin still leads the class standings.
In the Veteran class Werner Müller from Austria committed his sixth stage victory in the sixth round - and controls so contrary to his ninth European title (!). Over a minute ahead he had from the Czech Republic before his opponent Martin Gottvald. In the juniors Nicolas Pellegrinelli celebrated his fourth victory in a row and thus extending its lead. In the special stage were his Italian compatriot Matteo Rossi, who had failed on the first day due to technical problems, to second place. MPS racing's Jake Subachus (Sherco) was 8th. In the Under 20s class, local hero Joni Kaivolainen got the victory: "I really wanted to win on both days, but I crashed too much yesterday" confessed the Finn. In second place was Lee Sealy and he closed on the championship leader Mirko Spandere. The two Finns Henric Stigell and Mika Tammienen picked up in the junior category with the E2 / E3 machines again days No. 1 and 2: But the Frenchman Jeremy Carpentier did not lose its lead in the championship. Joe Wootton was 6th, Josh Gotts 11th and Norrie Fraser 12th. Mark Robert's weekend didn't get any better when he hit a rock on the last lap and dislocated his shoulder. There is nothing like Enduro to build character. Results Day 2 Overall - Junior E1 - Junior E2/3 - Junior U20 - Senior_E1 - Senior_E2 - Senior_E3 - Veteran - Women Standings Overall - Junior E1 - Junior E2/3 - Junior U20 - Senior E1 - Senior E2 - Senior E3 - Women - Veteran - Trade Next round of the championship is from 30th of October to 1st of November in Rüdersdorf / Germany
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In the E3 class the victory went to the overall winner Nikander ahead of Tarkkala and the German Mark
Risse.
The
second day of European Enduro Championship in Jämsä / Finland brought an
overall victory for Tom Sagar a surprise: "I had to make up for the
time in the enduro tests," Sagar said. "On the cross track it was
too slippery for my 450.” He won ahead Marko Tarkkala and Roni Nikander.
Fellow Brit Jamie Lewis was runner up. Thus Saga now leads not only the E2 class, but also in the overall
ranking, Defending champion Maurizio Micheluz was no better than the day
before: "I have to concentrate on the title in the class, because I
could keep my distance,” said the Italian. In the E1 class Micheluz took
the win from Jonathan Rosse. Charlie Evans was 12th. 
In
the women again a victory of the Finnish Sanna Karkkainen. The KTM-pilot was
able to secure the first advance their championship so already.