French force
By TMX Archives on 26th Oct 12
Husabergs Pela Renet and Gas Gas rider Laia Sanz secured the final two Enduro World Championship titles of 2012, as the pair each secured their first-ever EWC titles at the season-closing GP in France. Renets 2/1 result was more than enough to wrap-up the coveted Enduro 2 title, while Sanz became this years EnduroWomens champion.
With Renet having previously secured the motocross MX3 World Championship and Sanz numerous Trials World Championships, the duo also became multi-discipline off-road motorcycle world champions.
Seven long and demanding months after the Enduro World Championship began in Chile in early March, the eight-round series drew to an exciting and somewhat controversial close in Brignoles, in the south of France.
With four of the championship's six class titles decided at the penultimate round of the series in Finland, all eyes were on the battle between Enduro 2 class riders Renet (Husaberg), who started the event as class leader and title favourite, and his closest rival Cristobal Guerrero (KTM).
For Renet it ended up being a dream weekend, while for Guerrero – who started the event carrying a shoulder injury picked up at the ISDE – it would be one of extreme disappointment.
Renet battled with countryman Johnny Aubert throughout the opening day's competition and although it was KTM rider
Aubert who claimed victory by the narrowest of margins, by finishing second Renet needed to claim just a handful of points from the second day to win the E2 title.
And that's exactly what the Husaberg rider did.
With Aubert once again taking top spot and Juha Salminen the runner-up berth, in finishing third Pela secured his first-ever EWC title and Husaberg's first senior class championship in 12 years.
"It's amazing to win my first world championship, especially because I did it here in France,” enthused a delighted Renet.
"I pushed as hard as I could to beat Johnny on day one, and it helped me to forget about the championship.
"Day two was tough because I knew I had to finish but I knew I didn't have to win. It's been a long, hard season
– so to finally win is great.”
Christophe Nambotin dominated both days in the Enduro 3 class to add the Husqvarna Xtreme test award and Mika Ahola ‘Brave One' enduro test award to his Enduro 3 title.
A relative country-mile ahead of his nearest challenger on each day, Sweden's Joakim Ljunggren placed second on both days, with Aigar Leok twice third.
Knowing that the event would be tough, David Knight – who returned to competition the week before the French event, following stomach surgery – battled his way through both days, finishing ninth and seventh for fourth in the E3 world championship.
"It's not the way I wanted to end the season but managing to finish both days was an achievement in itself,
after the time away from racing I've had recently,” said David.
FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE TMX OCTOBER 26
RESULTS
Enduro One: 1 Antoine Meo (KTM), 2 Rodrig Thain (Honda), 3 Eero Remes (KTM), 4 Thomas Oldrati (Husaberg), 5 Fabien Planet (Sherco), 6 Matti Seistola (Husqvarna), 7 Lorenzo Santolino (Husqvarna), 8 Jeremy Joly (Yamaha), 9 Simone Albergoni (Honda), 10 Marc Bourgeois (Yamaha),...
Enduro Two: 1 Johnny Aubert (KTM), 2 Pela Renet (Husaberg), 3 Juha Salminen (Husqvarna), 4 Cristobal Guerrero (KTM) 48:23.56, 5 Ivan Cervantes (Gas Gas), 6 Julien Gauthier (Kawasaki), 7 Nicolas Deparrois (Kawasaki), 8 Antoine Basset (Yamaha), 9 Jeremy Tarroux (KTM), 10 Hans Vogels (Husaberg),...
Enduro Three: 1 Christophe Nambotin (KTM), 2 Joakim Ljunggren (Husaberg), 3 Aigar Leok (TM), 4 Manuel Monni (KTM), 5 Benoit Fortunato (Honda), 6 Sebastien Bozzo (Beta), 7 Marko Tarkkala (Beta), 8 Christophe Robert (Husaberg), 9 David Knight (KTM), 10 Jordi Figueras (Gas Gas),...
Enduro Junior: 1 Mathias Bellino (Husaberg), 2 Daniel McCanney (Gas Gas), 3 Jonathan Manzi (KTM), 4 Giacomo Redondi (KTM), 5 Alexandre Queyreyre (Yamaha), 6 Rudi Moroni (KTM), 7 Nicolo Mori (TM), 8 Victor Guerrero (KTM), 9 Kevin Benavides (KTM), 10 Gianluca Martini (Beta),... 15 Alex Rockwell (Husaberg),...
Enduro Women: 1 Ludivine Puy (Gas Gas), 2 Laia Sanz (Gas Gas), 3 Jane Daniels (Husaberg), 4 Audry Rossat (KTM), 5 Blandine Dufrene (Husaberg), 6 Jessica Gardiner (Yamaha), 7 Juliette Berrez (TM), 8 Valerie Roche (Gas Gas), 9 Geraldine Fournel (Husaberg), 10 Fionn Griffiths (KTM),...
Enduro Youth: 1 Jamie McCanney (Husaberg), 2 Davide Soreca (Yamaha), 3 Nicholas Trainini (KTM), 4 Luis Olivera (Yamaha), 5 Mikael Persson (Husaberg), 6 Albin Elowson (Husaberg), 7 Kirian Mirabet (KTM), 8 Mika Barnes (KTM), 9 Michelle Marchelli (Husqvarna), 10 Matteo Bresolin (Husaberg),...
DAY TWO
Enduro One: 1 Antoine Meo (KTM), 2 Thomas Oldrati (Husaberg), 3 Fabien Planet (Sherco), 4 Eero Remes (KTM), 5 Jeremy Joly (Yamaha), 6 Anthony Boissiere (Sherco), 7 Simone Albergoni (Honda), 8 Jakob Morhed (Honda), 9 Marc Bourgeois (Yamaha), 10 Goncalo Reis (Gas
Gas),...
Enduro Two: 1 Johnny Aubert (KTM), 2 Juha Salminen (Husqvarna), 3 Pela Renet (Husaberg), 4 Cristobal Guerrero (KTM), 5 Ivan Cervantes (Gas Gas), 6 Antoine Basset (Yamaha), 7 Nicolas Deparrois (Kawasaki), 8 Julien Guathier (Kawasaki), 9 Luis Correia (Yamaha), 10 Deny Philippaerts (Beta) 47:51.27,...
Enduro Three: 1 Christophe Nambotin (KTM), 2 Joakim Ljunggren (Husaberg), 3 Aigar Leok (Husaberg), 4 Manuel Monni (KTM), 5 Sebastien Bozzo (Beta), 6 Sebastien Guillaume (Gas Gas), 7 David Knight (KTM), 8 Christophe Robert (Husaberg), 9 Jordi Figueras (Gas Gas), 10 Marko Tarkkala (Beta),...
Enduro Junior: 1 Mathias Bellino (Husaberg), 2 Giacomo Redondi (KTM), 3 Victor Guerrero (KTM), 4 Nicolo Mori (TM), 5 Alexandre Queyreyre (Yamaha), 6 Robert Kvarnstrom (Beta), 7 Johan Edlund (Husaberg), 8 Kevin Benavides (KTM), 9 Rudi Moroni (KTM), 10 Jonathan Manzi (KTM),... 12 Alex Rockwell (Husaberg),...
Enduro Youth Cup: 1 Luis Oliveira (Yamaha), 2 Jamie McCanney (Husaberg), 3 Davide Soreca (Yamaha), 4 Nicholas Trainini (KTM), 5 Kirian Mirabet (KTM), 6 Albin Elowson (Husaberg), 7 Matteo Bresolin (Husaberg), 8 Mikael Persson (Husaberg), 9 Nicolo Bruschi (Honda), 10 Kevin Pouderoux (KTM),...
Women's Cup: 1 Ludivine Puy (Gas Gas), 2 Laia Sanz (Gas Gas), 3 Jessica Gardiner (Yamaha), 4 Jane Daniels (Husaberg), 5 Blandine Dufrene (Husaberg), 6 Audrey Rossat (KTM), 7 Geraldine (Husaberg), 8 Valerie Roche (Gas Gas), 9 Samantha Tichet (Husqvarna), 10 Fionn Griffiths (KTM),...
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS
Enduro One: 1 Antoine Meo (KTM) 257, 2 Rodrig Thain (Honda) 191, 3 Thomas Oldrati (Husaberg) 179, 4 Eero Remes (KTM) 177, 5 Matti Seistola (Husqvarna) 172, 6 Fabien Planet (Sherco) 159, 7 Simone Albergoni (Honda) 156, 8 Lorenzo Santolino (Husqvarna) 92, 9 Marc Bourgeois (Yamaha) 74, 10 Jeremy Joly (Yamaha) 74...
Enduro Two: 1 Pela Renet (Husaberg) 260, 2 Cristobal Guerrero (KTM) 243, 3 Juha Salminen (Husqvarna) 236, 4 Ivan Cervantes (Gas Gas) 173, 5 Johnny Aubert (KTM) 162, 6 Antoine Basset (Yamaha) 127, 7 Alex Salvini (Husqvarna) 117, 8 Oscar Balletti (Beta) 110, 9 Julien Gauthier (Kawasaki) 78, 10 Hans Vogels (Husaberg)...
Enduro Three: 1 Christophe Nambotin (KTM) 314, 2 Joakim Ljunggren (Husaberg) 238, 3 Aigar Leok (TM) 232, 4 David Knight (KTM) 178, 5 Oriol Mena (Husaberg) 167, 6 Marko Tarkkala (Beta) 141, 7 Christophe Robert (Husaberg) 109, 8 Marcus Kehr (KTM) 107, 9 Manuel Monni (KTM) 105, 10 Seb Guillaume (Gas Gas)...
Enduro Junior : 1 Mathias Bellino (Husaberg) 299, 2 Jonathan Manzi (KTM) 229, 3 Danny McCanney (Gas Gas) 216, 4 Kevin Benavides (KTM) 172, 5 Rudi Moroni (KTM) 151, 6 Victor Guerrero (KTM) 137, 7 Edoardo D'ambrosio (KTM) 99, 8 Alex Rockwell (Husaberg) 97, 9 Alex Queyreyre (Yamaha) 85, 10 Johan Edlund (Husaberg) 81...
Enduro Women: 1 Laia Sanz (Gas Gas) 151, 2 Ludivine Puy (Gas Gas) 145, 3 Audrey Rossat (Husaberg) 89, 4 Blandine Dufrene (Husaberg) 72, 5 Jessica Gardiner (Yamaha) 65, 6 Jemma Wilson (Yamaha) 48, 7 Juliette Berrez (TM) 45, 8 Jane Daniels (Husaberg) 43, 9 Jessica Jonsson (Gas Gas) 41, 10 Samantha Tichet (Husqvarna) 33...
Youth Cup 125cc: 1 Giacomo Redondi (KTM) 277, 2 Matteo Bresolin (Husaberg) 161, 3 Jamie McCanney (Husaberg) 115, 4 Luis Oliveira (Yamaha) 95, 5 Albin Elowson (Husaberg) 93, 6 Benjamin Herrera (TM) 90, 7 Guido Conforti (KTM) 87, 8 Kirian Mirabet (KTM) 84, 9 Nicolo Bruschi (Honda) 75, 10 Davide Soreca (Yamaha) 70...
