Enduro boys are back in town
By TMX Archives on 15th Apr 15
The big boys of the enduro world are back in race mode for the start of the 2015 FIM Enduro World Championship.
After what seems like an age, the FIM Enduro World Championship fires up again after its winter break with the best of the best riders on the planet ready to battle it out. All last year's class winners are staying put, ready to defend their crowns.
In the Enduro 1 class Frenchman Christophe Nambotin aims to deliver another win on the KTM, while Pela Renet will be hoping for more of the same in Enduro 2 and Aussie ace Matt Phillips will be hoping last year was no fluke as he bids to defend his Enduro 3 title.
This year's Championship will play out over seven rounds with the first getting underway this weekend, April 18/19 in Talca, Chile. Let's have a look who will be gunning for glory in and check out the British riders hoping to mix it at the sharp end.
Looking for his second consecutive E1 title, Christophe Nambotin starts as favourite for championship honours. Ditching his two-stroke, Nambotin made the brave decision to drop down to the E1 class in 2014. The wins came quickly though and he finished off at the season-ender in France.
If anyone can get near to Nambotin in 2015 it will be the flying Finn Eero Remes. Remes was the only serious contender to Nambotin last year, finding form mid-season but the TM-mounted pilot will need to hit the ground running in Chile if he is to stand any chance of catching the Frenchman.
FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE TMX NEWS, APRIL 16 (ISSUE 1967)
