WEC's winter wonderland
By TMX Archives on 22nd Mar 07
THE World Enduro Championship got underway in Ostersund, Sweden, at the weekend when, as expected, Scandinavian riders dominated the podium placings on both days. Finn Juha Salminen claimed a double Enduro 1 class win on his return to the WEC while countrymen Samuli Aro and Mika Ahola shared top honours in the Enduro 2 class with Marko Tarkkala topping the Enduro 3 category. In the Enduro Junior class home rider Joakim Ljunggren claimed a convincing double win...
Finland'sJuha Salminen, Samuli Aro, MikaAhola and Marko Tarkkala all started their World Enduro Cham-pionshipCampaigns in style with winning rides at the opening round of the 2007series as Finnish riders dominated the E1, E2 and E3 classes.
Returning to the WEC after a two-year sabbaticalcompeting in the US, Juha Salminen dominated the Enduro 1 class,claiming victory on both days aboard his KTM.
WORLD ENDURO CHAMPS Rd 1 Ostersund, Sweden
DAY ONE
E1 CLASS: 1 Juha Salminen (KTM) 1:43:35.49, 2Niklas Gustafsson (KTM) 1:46:35.49, 3 Bartosz Oblucki (Husqvarna)1:47:27.37, 4 Tomi Peltola (Suzuki) 1:47:35.09, 5 Alessandro Belometti(KTM) 1:48:40.21, 6 Marc Germain (Yamaha) 1:48:52.46, 7 FredrikGeorgsson (KTM) 1:49:13.80, 8 Cristobal Guerrero (Yamaha) 1:49:23.41, 9Simone Albergoni (Yamaha) 1:50:57.49, 10 Mike Hartman (KTM)1:51:41.62,...
E2 CLASS: 1 Samuli Aro (KTM) 1:41:01.72, 2 MikaAhola (Honda) 1:41; 01.95, 3 Valtteri Salonen (Husaberg) 1:44:46.59, 4Jari Mattila (Beta) 1:45:59.83, 5 Johnny Aubert (Yamaha) 1:46:11.61, 6Patrik Wicksell (KTM) 1:47:23.30, 7 Fabien Planet (KTM) 1:47:51.68, 8Stefan Merriman (Aprilia) 1:48:55.24, 9 Nicolas Paganon (Aprilia)1:49:25.07, 10 Xevi Galindo (KTM) 1:50:21.74,...
E3 CLASS: 1 Marko Tarkkala (KTM) 1:43:04.57, 2Bjorne Carlsson (Husaberg) 1:44:45.16, 3 Ivan Cervantes (KTM)1:45:43.45, 4 Anders Eriksson (Husqvarna) 1:46:54.60, 5 AlessandroBotturi (Honda) 1:47:53.52, 6 Daniel Persson (Husaberg) 1:48:55.96, 7Daniel Johansson (Gas Gas) 1:50:15.98, 8 Marcus Kehr (KTM) 1:51:00.41,9 Luigi Seguy (Aprilia) 1:52:39.79, 10 Alessandro Zanni (TM)1:53:37.85,...
EJ CLASS: 1 Joakim Ljunggren (Husaberg)1:43:55.31, 2 Robert Kvarnstrom (KTM) 1:47:46.20, 3 Ricard Wressel(Husaberg) 1:48:02.41, 4 Roni Niklander (KTM) 1:48:21.01, 5 Olli Turma(KTM) 1:48:21.01, 6 Tom Sagar (KTM) 1:50:25.86, 7 Sami Kaapa (Suzuki)1:51:32.16, 8 Thomas Jansson (KTM) 1:51:52.21, 9 Antti Hellsten(Husqvarna) 1:51:56.08, 10 Fredrik Berg (KTM) 1:52:29.60,...
DAY TWO
E1 CLASS: 1 Juha Salminen (KTM) 1:11:43.69, 2Fredrik Georgsson (KTM) 1:14:36.84, 3 Tomi Peltola (Suzuki) 1:14:39.85,4 Bartosz Oblucki (Husqvarna) 1:15:23.66, 5 Alessandro Belometti (KTM)1:15:33.01, 6 Cristobal Guerrero (Yamaha) 1:15:42.78, 7 MaurizioMicheluz (Yamaha) 1:15:50.72, 8 Marc Germain (Yamaha) 1:16:07.12, 9Niklas Gustafsson (KTM) 1:16:15.03, 10 Tobias Burman (KTM)1:16:57.45,...
E2 CLASS: 1 Mika Ahola (Honda) 1.09:51.09, 2Samuli Aro (KTM) 1:10:38.18, 3 Valtteri Salonen (Husaberg) 1:12:24.75,4 Patrik Wicksel (KTM) 1:12:47.27, 5 Johnny Aubert (Yamaha) 1:13:45.65,6 Jari Mattila (Beta) 1:14:07.75, 7 Fabien Planet (KTM) 1:14:32.02, 8Fritz Andersson (KTM) 1:14:41.81, 9 Nicolas Paganon (Aprilia)1:15:49.72, 10 Stefan Merriman (Aprilia) 1:16:08.62,...
E3 CLASS: 1 Marko Tarkkala (KTM) 1:11:15.76, 2Bjorne Carlsson (Husaberg) 1:12:11.97, 3 Ivan Cervantes (KTM)1:12:31.69, 4 Alessandro Botturi (Honda) 1:13:22.92, 5 Anders Eriksson(Husqvarna) 1:14:19.78, 6 Seb Guillaume (Husqvarna) 1:15:52.89, 7Daniel Johansson (Gas Gas) 1:16:02.06, 8 Daniel Persson (Husaberg)1:16:57.60, 9 Marcus Kehr (KTM) 1:17:16.59, 10 Vita Kuklik (KTM)1:18:55.60,...
EJ CLASS: 1 Joakim Ljunggren (Husaberg)1:11:28.89, 2 Thomas Oldrati (KTM) 1:14:26.48, 3 Olli Turma (KTM)1:15:08.91, 4 Antti Hellsten (Husqvarna) 1:15:52.20, 5 Jake Stapleton(TM) 1:16:08.98, 6 Jari Pulkkinen (KTM) 1:16:11.76, 7 Ricard Wressel(Husaberg) 1:16:35.62, 8 Fredrik Kvarnstrom (KTM) 1:17:04.59, 9 PatrickWikman (KTM) 1:17:08.76, 10 Tomas Jansson (KTM) 1:17:28.82,... 12 TomSagar (KTM) 1:18:06.27,...
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, March 23, 2007.