Danny’s on top of the world
By TMX Archives on 7th Sep 12
Brit Danny McCanney claimed his first-ever Enduro Junior World Championship victory, after a dominant display on day two at the penultimate round of the 2012 Enduro World Championship in Heinola, Finland.
Danny's younger brother Jamie McCanney and Alex Rockwell also served-up their best results of the season so far to claim podium places – Jamie taking two runner-up spots behind newly-crowned 125cc Youth Cup World Champion Giacomo Redondi.
Ending the day some 30 seconds ahead of his closest challenger, following a runner-up result on day one, Danny not only delivered the best result for his Gas Gas Factory Team but also beat Frenchman Mathias Bellino who has dominated the Enduro Junior class during 2012.
An impressive second behind Bellino on day one, Danny was confident that he could go one better on day two.
Despite a slow start to the day he delivered three impressive and all-important, enduro test results that eventually handed him his first EWC victory.
"It was a perfect weekend really, with two podiums,” enthused Danny.
"The first day obviously went well, but I could see that I could possibly go even better on the second day because I was pretty strong on the enduro test.
"The weather bbeing wetter on day two helped, but I just pushed as hard as I could on the enduro test because I knew that was where I could make a difference.
"I wanted to get a win before the end of the season, which I've done now. With Jamie and Alex also finishing on the podium it's been a great weekend.”
Aiming for two top 10 results Rockwell surpassed his own ambitions in style.
Struggling to master the long, rock and tree-root littered enduro test on day one, the Husaberg rider improved his pace massively on day two, even managing to record fastest Enduro Junior time on the final enduro test.
"I really struggled on the test on day one but I seemed to get into it much better on day two,” said Rockwell.
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Results
Day One
Enduro 1: 1 Antoine Meo (KTM), 2 Matti Seistola (Husqvarna), 3 Rodrig Thain (Honda), 4 Fabien Planet (Sherco), 5 Thomas Oldrati (KTM), 6 Simone Albergoni (Honda), 7 Roni Nikander (KTM), 8 Lorenzo Santolino (Husqvarna), 9 Henrik Lindholm (KTM), 10 Jakob Morhed (Honda).
Enduro 2: 1 Pela Renet (Husaberg), 2 Cristobal Guerrero (KTM), 3 Juha Salminen (Husqvarna), 4 Ivan Cervantes (Gas Gas), 5 Alex Salvini (Husqvarna), 6 Oscar Balletti (Beta), 7 Antoine Basset (Yamaha), 8 Olle Lothman (Beta), 9 Hans Vogels (Husaberg), 10 Jeff Goblet (Yamaha).
Enduro 3: 1 Christophe Nambotin (KTM), 2 Joakim Ljunggren (Husaberg), 3 Aigar Leok (TM), 4 Oriol Mena (Husaberg), 5 Manuel Monni (KTM), 6 Jari Mattila (KTM), 7 Marko Tarkkala (Beta), 8 Christophe Robert (Husaberg), 9 Toni Eriksson (KTM), 10. Marcus Kehr (KTM).
Enduro Junior: 1 Mathias Bellino (Husaberg), 2 Daniel McCANNEY (Gas Gas), 3 Rudy Moroni (KTM), 4 Jonathan Manzi (KTM), 5 Robert Kvarnstrom (Beta), 6 Kevin Benavides (KTM), 7 Kevin Rohmer (Yamaha), 8 Victor Guerrero (KTM), 9 Alex ROCKWELL (Husaberg), 10 Martin Leok (KTM).
Enduro Youth Cup: 1 Giacomo Redondi (KTM), 2 Jamie McCANNEY (Husaberg), 3 Matteo Bresolin (Husaberg), 4 Mikael Persson (Husaberg), 5 Lars Lofgren (Husaberg), 6 Albin Elowson (Husaberg), 7 Jesper Borjersson (Husaberg), 8 Aleksi Jukola (KTM), 9 Toni Holopainen (KTM), 10 Kim Teikari (Yamaha).
Day Two
Enduro 1: 1 Simone Albergoni (Honda), 2 Antoine Meo (KTM), 3 Thomas Oldrati (KTM), 4 Fabien Planet (Sherco), 5 Roni Nikander (KTM), 6 Rodrig Thain (Honda), 7 Matti Seistola (Husqvarna), 8 Eero Remes (KTM), 9 Jakob Morhed (Honda), 10 Henrik Lindholm (KTM).
Enduro 2: 1 Pela Renet (Husaberg), 2 Cristobal Guerrero (KTM), 3 Juha Salminen (Husqvarna), 4 Antoine Basset (Yamaha), 5 Ivan Cervantes (Husqvarna), 6 Hans Vogels (Husaberg), 7 Jeff Goblet (Yamaha), 8 Oscar Balletti (Beta), 9 Olle Lothman (Beta),10 Toomas Triisa (Honda).
Enduro 3: 1 Aigar Leok (TM), 2 Christophe Nambotin (KTM), 3 Joakim Ljunggren (Husaberg), 4 Marko Tarkkala (Beta), 5 Oriol Mena (Husaberg), 6 Manuel Monni (KTM), 7 Jari Mattila (KTM), 8 Christophe Robert (Husaberg), 9 Toni Eriksson (KTM).
Enduro Junior: 1 Danny McCANNEY (Gas Gas), 2 Jonathan Manzi (KTM), 3 Alex ROCKWELL (Husaberg), 4 Robert Kvarnstrom (Beta), 5 Kevin Benavides (KTM), 6 Mathias Bellino (Husaberg), 7 Kevin Rohmer (Yamaha), 8 Lauri Pohjonen (KTM), 9 Rudy Moroni (KTM), 10 Niklas Persson (Husaberg).
Enduro Youth Cup: 1 Giacomo Redondi (KTM), 2 Jamie McCANNEY (Husaberg), 3 Mikael Persson (Husaberg), 4 Albin Elowson (Husaberg), 5 Matteo Bresolin (Husaberg), 6 Jesper Borjersson (Husaberg), 7 Aleksi Jukola (KTM), 8. Lars Lofgren (Husaberg), 9 Joni Kaivolainen (KTM), 10. Kim Teikari (Yamaha).
