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All Champions At the second day at the final round of the Enduro European Championship in Rüdersdorf (at Berlin) the last champions were crowned. Big winner became the Brit Tom Sagar, already won the championship of E2-class at the first day: With an other time being the fastest rider on the tests of the second day, he also took the title in Overall-class. And the third time he had to step up the podium, when the British Trophy took the third place in the team-championship. In the E3-class still the title was waiting – and a second place behind Rony Nikander was enough for the Swede Martin Sundin on his Husqvarna to win the championship. Sundin was still three positions in front of his rival Radek Toman.
In the junior-E2/E3-class it was a clear victory from Jeremy Carpentier: The Honda-rider from France got the title with a second win in two days. In the youngest class, the juniors under 20 years, a 4th place was enough for Mirko Spandere from Italy to take the title. Even the win of his fellow contryman Matteo Pavoni could change the result. At the final competition of the Europe Enduro Championship the Nations start against each other: Host Germany was successfully winning the trophy in front of Italy and England. The Junior-Trophy was won by France in front of England and Italy. Find more informations, news, results directly at our homepage: http://european-enduro.com/
Tom Sagar clinches European Championship with a day to go The conditions for the first day of the European Enduro Championship in Rüdersdorf were perfect: The weather was not too warm but after the sun came out the going became dry with lots of grip. The course consisted of three 60km laps each with three special tests which added up to more than 1 hour of test time! The first championship title was decided in the morning, when the Yamaha E1 rider Jonathan Rosse from Switzerland got an electric defect on the very first test. Rosse was forced to retire and he handed the title to Michael Micheluz from Italy even though local rider Edward Hübner took day. Charlie Evans was 7th.
In the E3-Class the Swede Martin Sundin did not secure the title: To many mistakes dropped him into fourth place in the day but his rival Toman Radek did little better so the battle comes down to the wire. Veteran Werner Müller from Austria took his ninth title. The KTM-rider was unbeaten the whole season. In the junior E1 class the leader Nicolas Pellegrinelle was injured and he had to quit. The day was won by David Abrall from France, who is now second in the championship, only three points behind Patrick Markvart. Fraser Flockhart was 7th and Luke Flack was 9th. In the Under 20 class the victory went to Mirko Spandere from Italy. Lee Sealey was runner up. Adam James 11th and Jordan Ridgway 17th. Jeremy Carpentier won the Junior E2/E3 class: Josh Gotts was 6th, James Dent 7th and Frazer Norrie 11th,
Fight in the night More than 130 riders from all over Europe gathered in the German city of Rüdersdorf - east of the capital Berlin - for the final round of the Enduro European Championship this weekend. The Friday evening prologue took place around the historic buildings of an industrial museum which hosted the parc ferme and the test track ran along the Buelow ship canal It became dark very early and one of the first riders - the veteran Werner Müller from Austria - held the fastest time for more than one hour until series leader Tom Sagar took to the track and took the lead. In the end Tom set the fastest time 3,6 seconds ahead of Jaromir Romancic from the Czech Republic and the Frenchman Rudy Cotton.
The prologue is only one test and the prelude to two days of Enduro with more than 7 ½ hour of riding but it was a great start.. Follow the event with LIVE TIMING Credit Robert Pairan |
In the three junior-classes the first title was given by an other rider
stopping the race: Patrick Markvart, who took the lead in the
Junior-E1-classafter the first day, when Pellegrinelli, because of his
injury, could not finish. But he himself had to quit, when an electric
defect at his bike was not to be repared. Thus the French David Abgall took
the title, after he came third, with 20 points backlog, to that final
competition!
In
the E2 class Tom Sagar not only won the class but also clinched the Overall
as well with a day to spare. Jamie Lewis was 5th Luke Lusher 17th and Aaron
Martin 19th.
The
final in Germany attracted a 14 strong British contingent. Josh Gotts in 5th overall
led the Junior E2/3. Jamie Lewis was 8th and Lee
Sealey in 11th was the best Under 20. James Dent was 22nd and there was little
between Frazer Norrie, Fraser Flockhart and Luke Flack in 37th.38th and 39th.
respectively Luke Lusher was 49th, Charlie Evans 65th, Adam James 75th, Jordan Ridgway 90th,
Aaron Martin 111st and Garin Rosser 109th.