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Alessandro Battig is already champion European Enduro Championship final - Kielce, Poland! Kawasaki rider Alessandro Battig from Italy won the title in his class on the first day of the European Enduro Championship final in Kielce, Poland! With a further day victory in the class of the four-stroke machines over 250 ccm, he was able to extend his lead unassailably.
In fact, the nightly rain had bound the dust on the dry meadows and fields somewhat, so that this did not become a visual obstacle. But it was still dry and the two special stages were driven accordingly fast, so that for the best riders the times in the eight tests added up to almost exactly one hour special stage time. Also Battig's compatriots Maurizio Micheluz and Tommaso Montanari can become premature champions in their cubic capacity class the next day, on Saturday: Micheluz had won the day in the two-stroke class up to 250 cc and extended his lead to a respectable 29 points. With a fifth place he would have secured the title. Montanari in the four-stroke class up to 250 cc has a similar situation: With his victory on the day, he increased his lead to 23 points and can also celebrate his early title win with a second place on Saturday.
On the second day of the three-day finale of the European Enduro Championship in Kielce, Poland, further drivers were able to secure the title. The Italian Maurizio Micheluz won the two-strokes up to 250 cc with another day's victory, so far unbeaten the championship. But it is not the first title for the Husavarna rider, who has often been at the top of the podium in recent years. However, Tommaso Montanari won his first European Championship title in the four-stroke class up to 250 cc: The Italian was beaten by local hero Giezma Maciej in the daily classification, but in the championship the KTM rider stayed ahead of his rival Jonathan Rosse from Switzerland. The Pole Sebastian Krywult is an old hand in two senses: After 2016, the KTM rider again won the senior class for riders aged 40 and over. Italy all over
This alone was not enough for the Kawasaki pilot, because his dealer team, the Osselini team, also won the European Championship title, as did the Italian national team - again with Battig in the middle! Alessandro Battig hadn't even expected to go for the whole championship at the beginning of the season - he only took part in the opening event because it started in his home country Italy. Afterwards his team convinced him to contest for the complete series. So the Italian anthem sounded even more often at the evening award ceremony. But for the host Poland, 42-year-old Sebastian Krywult won his second championship title in the senior class. In the women's singles it was KTM rider Sanna Kärkkäinen from Finland who won her second European Championship title in the class after 2015. She won all heats, exept the last day in the final cross. There she had to let the Sherco-rider Nieve Holmes from England take the victory in front of her on the last day. Kärkkäinen's compatriot Roni Kytönen was able to secure the title with a triple win in Poland for the juniors under 21 years of age, after the leader of the class, the Italian Claudio Spanu, had already dropped out on the first day due to a technical defect. The two junior classes E1 and the cubic capacity class E2/E3 were kidnapped to France: The small class was won by Thomas Dubost, who rides in the same KTM team as his friend Hugo Blanjoue. Blanjoue was unlucky in the final, when he got stuck at the start and had to fight his way up from last place. As a result, he lost so much time that he could not win the overall standings of all riders. At the same time as the final, the national competition was also held: the club teams was won by Sweden, as well as the women's teams. In the juniors, France dominated (with the two European champions) and the team championship went to Italy for the sixth time.
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In the remaining two days of competition he will concentrate on winning the
title in the overall standings in addition. There, too, the Italian is in the
lead of the European Championship and with his second place in the overall
standings today, Friday, he has come a little closer to this goal. Although he
was beaten on this day by his compatriot, the junior Lorenzo Macoritto, he was
able to leave his direct rivals in the championship behind, as the Frenchman
Hugo Blanjoue only finished third.
Championship for Micheluz, Montanari and Senior Krywult
With
an overall victory in the final cross, the Italian Alessandro Battig also won
the overall championship of all riders at the final of the European Enduro
Championship in Kielce, Poland, after his title in the cubic capacity class.
