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European Enduro Championship Juniors have to wait On the second day of third round of European-Enduro-Championship in Ogre / Latvia the juniors were beaten: The fastest rider of the day was Czech Jaromir Romancik again! However, he had his fair share of trouble when his KTM got electric problems on the last stage but he took his time and luckily he succeeded . The junior riders were not far away: Andreas Linusson, riding his first European-Championship in Latvia, was only 1.26 seconds behind Romancik and his fellow countryman Jesper Börjesson was only 14 seconds away.
Only five point behind the winner oft he day, Romancik, who had bad luck in the beginning of the season. Right after this Pellegrinelli, who missed the chance by himself. But for this the former champion Maurizio Micheluz came closer, only nine points away from the titel. In reality the riders fighted against the weather capers and as the result against the difficulties on thee track: A very heavy rain in the middle oft he day changed the third test and the stages into a lot of mudholes and slippery ground. Lots of riders got stuck and lost a lot of time.
Jaromir Romancik does not only win the Overall, but again the E2-Class, in front of Swedish rider Tommy Sjöström. Third became Tom Sagar, defending champion an leader oft he championship. At the first day beaten by one second, the E3-class-champion Maurizio Micheluz took revanche: This time he was 1.1 second in front of Rannar Uusnar from Estonia. “Not the sand is the problem, it is the space: The big, 500cc Husqvarna needs more space to show all the power. It was often too narrow here” Faster as the former champion Micheluz was his fellow countryman Andrea Verona, who won the class of the juniors under 20 years: And Verona is riding only a small 125cc bike and not a big 500cc. In the women-class Jane Daniels was the only one without time penalties and so she won in front oft the Hanna Berzelius from Sweden. The final of the European-Enduro-Championship will take place in the Netherlands end of Oktober.
European Enduro Championship Other track – other champions At the third round of European Enduro-Championship (EEC) in Ogre, Latvia presenting a new overall day1 winner of the day! KTM-rider Jaromir Romancik from Czech Republik was fastest rider of all, winning by a margin of 23 seconds. Second on the day was the Italien Nicolas Pellegrinelli with a result that could give him the leadership of the championship. Former leader, Brad Freeman could not start after an shoulder-operation.
Third of the day was Junior Andreas Linusson from Sweden, who showed good control in the sand. The MX test and first enduro test were both sandy but the second enduro test was on hard ground in a former quarry, full of stones. At the end of the day some rain made this test very slippery. This rains also created some mudholes on the last stage, On this terrain, even if it is not used to the Italiens, Suzuki-Rider Guido Conforti won the E1-class in front of Thierry Pittens from Netherlands, who is known as a specialist for sandy condition. Fraser Norrie was 6th. Jaromir Romancik does not only win the Overall, but the E2-class as well: 2nd was the sand specialists, Tommy Sjöström and Ivo Steinberg from Sweden was 3rd. Tom Sagar was 5th. With only 1.1 second Maurizio Micheluz was beaten in the E3-class: Rannar Uusna from Estonia won the class with his KTM. Jane Daniels won the women's class with more than a 1 minute lead in front of Marita Nyqvist from Finland, who had no problems with her small 125cc-Yamaha in the deep sand. In absence from the reigning champion Werner Müller, Sebastian Krywolt again won the veterans class
European Enduro Championship End of European summer break: Start of the second half in Latvia After a tremendous start to the season with 2 rounds in March, there has ben a lull of several months before the European Enduro Championship (EEC) arrived at the third round: On 30th and 31st of July 2016 the competition returns to Ogre in Latvia where it was last held in 2012 foe the first time. The event was a great success and this time the organisers have built on that experience to prepare a 62 km long lap to be run three times. The riders have to complete two enduro-tests and one modern extrem-test, which will offer a lot of action for the spectators.
The second half of the season has plenty to look out for, In the juniors, Brad Freeman from England and Nicolas Pellegrinelli from Italy, can still beat the former champions Tom Sagar from England and Maurizio Micheluz from Italy. Perhaps, the new generation will win official no1 helmet of this championship, sponsored by “Airoh” or will the old guard make them wait. We will see from Saturday, 20th of July 2016, when the start is at 9:00 am. Start, paddock an parc ferme will be at the Ogre Technical school (GPS N56 49`36.588 E24 36`3.852), only 35 km from airport in capital city of Riga. A prelude to the sporting weekend will be on Friday at 6:00 p.m. with the presentation of the riders and the opening ceremony. More information and schedules, results, the live timing and links, there
are always up to date and right on the official website: 2016: 12./13. Märch Donoratico / Italien - http://motoclubcostaetrusca.it/ 26./27. Märch Brioude / Frankreich - http://www.motoclubbrioude.fr/ 30./31 July Ogre / Lettland - http://www.endurosport.lv/european-championship/ 28./29. October Harfsen / Niederlande - http://mxharfsen.nl
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Nearly
there would have been the Italian Nicolas Pellegrinelli too. But the KTM-rider
make a mistake at the service point and he was three minutes early at the
time-control. The three minutes took him out of the championship-points, and
this is the reason why he missed to take the lead in the overall. Brad
Freeman is still leading even though he is not racing, because of his
shoulder-operation.
One
of those was Guido Conforti, the first day winner oft he E1-Class. He lost
to much time, so the Dutch Thierry Pittens took his first ever win of a day.
There
are expected more than 150 riders from 180 countries, battling in 8
different classes and the overall!