Brit special
By TMX Archives on 13th Sep 13
Bringing the 2013 Enduro World Championship to a dramatic close, a wet and wild GP of France provided the final sting in the tail to what had already been an exciting season.
But despite the torrential rain and flash floods, Italy's Alex Salvini (Honda) maintained his composure to secure the Enduro 2 World Championship while Brits Danny McCanney and Jane Daniels topped their respective podiums.
Starting out dry and warm, day one of competition in St Flour quickly took a turn for the worse as heavy rain made parts of the course impassable.
With competitors stuck on the treacherous hillside extreme test and bogged down in the long forestry based enduro test, organisers were forced to call a premature end to the day. Eventually after much confusion, a result was declared.
But with much of the terrain unridable, officials were forced to alter the schedule for day two. Cutting the lap and using just the cross test - that would be ridden four times - the event was saved.
In the Enduro 1 class, much of the focus centred on Antoine Meo's bid to win the race on a KTM 125 EXC.
Switching to the two-stroke for the final round of the season, he wanted to prove that the 125 was still competitive at EWC level. However, with stiff opposition he faced a tough task.
Setting the pace early on Sherco's Jeremy Tarroux controlled the race lead. But as the rain fell, the Frenchman faded and opened the way for Meo to win. Behind Meo, Eero Remes (TM) and Jeremy Joly (Honda) completed the podium. On a shortened day two, Tarroux made no mistake and beat Remes by just two tenths of a second for the victory while Marc Bourgeois (Yamaha) edged out Meo by five tenths of a second for third. Making his debut appearance in the EWC, Hard Enduro expert Jonny Walker (KTM) faired well in the tough conditions. Ending day one in ninth, he placed tenth on day two.
"It's been a great experience stepping into the EWC this weekend,” confirmed Walker.
"Even though the event was a bit chaotic due to the rain I've really enjoyed it and would like to try and do a few more. I was hoping to finish inside the top ten and I managed to do that both days – ninth on day one and then tenth on day two.”
In the highly competitive Enduro 2 category, Salvini entered St Flour as favourite for the title.
Not failing to disappoint, the Italian clinched the championship at the end of day one, beating Ivan Cervantes (KTM) and Antoine Basset (Yamaha).
Repeating his winning form on day two, Salvini capped off his incredible season with another win as Johnny Aubert (KTM) and Pela Renet (Husaberg) followed him home for second and third.
"It's unbelievable to be champion,” told Salvini at the end of day one. "My focus was on winning the title but to do it by also winning the race is great.
FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE TMX SEPTEMBER 13
World Enduro Championship
Rd 7/8 (Final) – St Flour, FRANCE
DAY ONE
Enduro 1: 1 Antoine Meo (KTM), 2 Eero Remes (TM), 3 Jeremy Joly (Honda), 4 Juha Salminen (Husqvarna), 5 Matti Seistola (Husqvarna), 6 Jeremy Tarroux (Sherco), 7 Marc Bourgeois (Yamaha), 8 Nicolas Deparrois (Yamaha), 9 Jonny WALKER (KTM), 10 Maurizio Micheluz (Suzuki),...
Enduro 2: 1 Alex Salvini (Honda), 2 Ivan Cervantes (KTM), 3 Antoine Basset (Yamaha), 4 Oriol Mena (Husaberg), 5 Pela Renet (Husaberg), 6 Lorenzo Santolino (Husqvarna), 7 Johnny Aubert (KTM), 8 David KNIGHT (Honda), 9 Oscar Balletti (KTM), 10 Jeff Goblet (Gas Gas),...
Enduro 3: 1 Christophe Nambotin (KTM), 2 Joakim Ljunggren (Husaberg), 3 Fabien Planet (Sherco), 4 Deny Philippaerts (Beta), 5 Benoit Fortunato (Honda), 6 Marcus Kehr (KTM), 7 Aigar Leok (TM), 8 Manuel Monni (KTM) , 9 Christophe Robert (Husaberg), 10 Luis Correia (Beta).
Enduro Junior: 1 Danny McCANNEY (Gas Gas), 2 Matthew Phillips (Husqvarna), 3 Nicolo Mori (Beta), 4 Mario Roman (Husaberg), 5 Luis Oliveira (Yamaha), 6 Giacomo Redondi (KTM), 7 Gianluca Martini (Beta), 8 Rudi Moroni (KTM).
Enduro Ladies: 1 Jane DANIELS (Husaberg), 2 Laia Sanz (Honda), 3 Geraldine Fournel (Husaberg), 4 Valerie Roche (Beta).
Enduro Youth: 1 Albin Elowson (Husaberg), 2 Jeremy Miroir (Yamaha), 3 Davide Soreca (Yamaha), 4 Jesper Borjesson (Husaberg), 5 Benjamin Herrera (TM), 6 Nicolo Bruschi (Yamaha), 7 Esteban Lanz (Gas Gas) , 8 Michele Marcelli (Husaberg), 9 Mika Barnes (KTM), 10 Kevin Pouderoux (KTM),... 20 Brad FREEMAN (KTM).
DAY TWO
Enduro 1: 1 Jeremy Tarroux (Sherco), 2 Eero Remes (TM), 3 Marc Bourgeois (Yamaha), 4 Antoine Meo (KTM), 5 Anthony Boissiere (Sherco), 6 Jeremy Joly (Honda), 7 Cristobal Guerrero (KTM), 8 Juha Salminen (Husqvarna), 9 Matti Seistola (Husqvarna), 10 Jonny WALKER (KTM).
Enduro 2: 1 Alex Salvini (Honda), 2 Johnny Aubert (KTM), 3 Pela Renet (Husaberg), 4 David KNIGHT (Honda), 5 Ivan Cervantes (KTM), 6 Antoine Basset (Yamaha), 7 Romain Dumontier (Yamaha), 8 Lorenzo Santolino (Husqvarna), 9 Oriol Mena (Husaberg), 10 Oscar Balletti (KTM),...
Enduro 3: 1 Mathias Bellino (Husaberg), 2 Aigar Leok (TM), 3 Luis Correia (Beta), 4 Joakim Ljunggren (Husaberg), 5 Fabien Planet (Sherco), 6 Manuel Monni (KTM), 7 Denny Philippaerts (Beta), 8 Marcus Kehr (KTM), 9 Benoit Fortunato (Honda), 10 Christophe Robert (Husaberg).
Enduro Junior: 1 Loic Larrieu (Husaberg), 2 Jamie McCANNEY (Husaberg), 3 Danny McCanney (Gas Gas), 4 Gianluca Martini (Beta), 5 Matt Phillips (Husqvarna), 6 Rudi Moroni (KTM), 7 Kevin Rohmer (Yamaha), 8 Nicolo Mori (Beta), 9 Jack ROWLAND (Husqvarna), 10 Kirian Mirabet (KTM),... 17 Rob JOHNSON (Husqvarna).
Enduro Ladies: 1 Jane DANIELS (Husaberg), 2 Laia Sanz (Honda), 3 Juiliette Berrez (Yamaha), 4 Jessica Gardiner (Sherco), 5 Valerie Roche (Beta), 6 Geraldine Fournel (Husaberg).
Enduro Youth: 1 Jeremy Miroir (Yamaha), 2 Michele Marchelli (Husaberg), 3 Mika Barnes (KTM), 4 Albin Elowson (Husaberg), 5 Nicolo Bruschi (Yamaha), 6 Jesper Borjesson (Husaberg), 7 Benjamin Herrera (TM), 8 Davide Soreca (Yamaha), 9 Brad FREEMAN (KTM), 10 Nicolas Trainini (Husaberg),...
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS
Enduro 1: 1 Antoine Meo 264 points (CHAMPION), 2 Juha Salminen 190, 3 Matti Seistola 185, 4 Remes 177, 5 Joly 136, 6 Guerrero 133, 7 Deparrois 112, 8 Boissiere 110, 9 Tarroux 97, 10 Albergoni 92,...
Enduro 2: 1 Alex Salvini 263 (CHAMPION), 2 Pela Renet 216, 3 Ivan Cervantes 211, 4 Aubert 205, 5 Mena 136, 6 Guerrero 127, 7 Santolino 126, 8 Basset 116, 9 Balletti 83, 10 KNIGHT 65
Enduro 3: 1 Christophe Nambotin 250 (CHAMPION), 2 Aigar Leok 197, 3 Joakim Ljunggren 191, 4 Correia 164, 5 Bellino 133, Deny Philippaerts 131, 7 Planet 125, 8 Monni 115, 9 Kehr 114, 10 Fortunato 84,...
Enduro Junior: 1 Matt Phillips 243 (CHAMPION), 2 Giacomo Redondi 196, 3 Danny McCANNEY 186, 4 Roman 167, 5 Larrieu 154, 6 Mori 126, 7 Oliveira 120, 8 Moroni 113, 9 Kvarnstrom 110, 10 Johan Edlund,...
Enduro Youth: 1 Jamie McCANNEY 214 (CHAMPION), 2 Albin Elowson 214, 3 Benjamin Herrera 171, 4 Borjesson 138, 5 Ciucci 127, 6 Soreca 116, 7 Trainini 91, 8 Barnes 86, 10 Mitoir 68,...
Enduro Ladies: 1 Laia Sanz 134 (CHAMPION), 2 Jane DANIELS 128, 3 Jessica Gardiner 107, 4 Berrez 91, 5 Fournel 80, 6 Rossat 72, 7 Wilson 66, 8 Roche 24, 9 Romero 18, 10 Jardine 17,...
