Taddy's title
By TMX Archives on 14th Jan 10
POLISH KTM rider Taddy Blazusiak unexpectedly wrapped up the World Indoor Enduro Cup title at the penultimate round of the series in Vigo, Spain, at the weekend. With one or two of the series' top riders opting not to contest the event, Blazusiak continued his unbeaten form, while Swedish Husaberg rider Joakim Ljunggren and Spain's Ivan Cervantes rounded out the overall top three.
"IT'S less than two weeks into the New Year and already I have a world title,” commented a thrilled Blazusiak at the post race press conference in Vigo. "I wasn't even thinking about winning the title here but it's a championship I've been trying to win for three years. To finally have it is fantastic.”
Once again performing a level above all his rivals, it wasn't so much Taddy's blistering form that ensured he won the crown, it was more thanks to the disappointing opening race performance by Ivan Cervantes – the defending title holder and the man second to Taddy in the point's standings.
WORLD INDOOR ENDURO CUP SERIES
Rd 3 – Feria de Vigo, Vigo, SPAIN
1 Tadeusz Blazusiak (PL - 250 KTM) 15 + 15 + 15 = 45
2 Joakim Ljunggren (S - Husaberg) 12 + 10 + 8 = 30
3 Ivan Cervantes (F - 250 KTM) 5 + 12 + 12 = 29
4 Daniel Gibert (E - 450F BMW) 10 + 4 + 10 = 24
5 Graham JARVIS (GB - 250F Sherco) 6 + 8 + 6 = 20
6 Mika Ahola (SF - 450F Honda) 8 + 5 + 2 = 15
7 Xavier Leon (E - 300F Gas Gas) 4 + 3 + 5 = 12
8 Alfredo Gomez (E - Husaberg) 3 + 1 + 3 = 7
9 Cristobal Guerrero (E - Yamaha) 0 + 6 + 0 = 6
10 Lorezo Santolino (E - KTM) 0 + 0 + 4 = 4
11 Daniel Oliveras (E - Gas Gas) 2+0+1=3, 12 Mario Roman (I - KTM) 1+2+0=3.
RACE ONE: 1 Blazusiak, 2 Ljunggren, 3 Gibert, 4 Ahola, 5 JARVIS, 6 Cervantes, 7 Leon, 8 Gomez, 9 Oliveras, 10 Roman.
RACE TWO: 1 Blazusiak, 2 Cervantes, 3 Ljunggren, 4 JARVIS, 5 Guerrero , 6 Ahola, 7 Gibert, 8 Leon, 9 Roman, 10 Gomez.
RACE THREE: 1 Blazusiak, 2 Cervantes, 3 Gibert, 4 Ljunggren, 5 JARVIS, 6 Leon, 7 Oliveras, 8 Gomez, 9 Ahola, 10 Oliveras.
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 4) rounds: 1 Tadeusz Blazusiak 135 points (CHAMPION), 2 Cervantes 87, 3 Ljunggren 74, 4 JARVIS 56, 5 Gibert 42, 6 Ahola 34, 7 Brown 32, 8 LAMPKIN 32, 9 Meo 27, 10 Leon 12, 11 KNIGHT 8, 12 Botturi 7, 13 Gomez 7, 14 Guerrero 6, 15 Nambotin 6, 16 CROCKARD 5, 17 Albergoni 5, 18 Oliveras 4, 19 Mossini 4, 20 Roman 3,...
FINAL ROUND: January 31 – Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, SPAIN.
FOR FULL REPORT SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2010
After taking wins in all three races, Taddy Blazusiak celebrates after wrapping up the title with, on the left, runner-up on the day Joakim Ljunggren and third placed Ivan Cervantes.