Enduro

For many the Mika Ahola “Brave One” Trophy is fast becoming a must-win title in 2012. Many riders have already expressed their desire to become the first rider to win the title in Mika’s honour.Double World champion Antoine MEO (F – KTM) confessed, “For me, winning this title is one of my main goals. Mika was a real friend and I really respected him when we raced together.”Three of AHOLA’s Allies ...

Rodrig THAIN, Johnny AUBERT and Christophe NAMBOTIN secure victory on day one at round four of the Maxxis Enduro World Championship in Torres Vedras, Portugal. Mathias BELLINO claims a winning result in Enduro Junior while defending champion Ludivine PUY tops the Women’s Cup. Marking the halfway point in the 2012 season, day one at the GP Polisport of Portugal was full of surprises as the series...

Decidedly this year, the KTM Super Test success admirably well to the Frenchies. After Rodrig THAIN (F – HM Honda) in Chile, Marc BOURGEOIS (F – Yam) in Basque Country it is Fabien PLANET (F – Sherco) who won it in Torres Vedras. From the first duels, the public felt that this really fast Super Test can gives them nice emotions. Everything was proceeding quietly in FIM Youth Cup 125cc with a Gi...

Newcomer from the Motocross to the Enduro, Luis CORREIA (P – Yam), multiple Portugal Champion and accustomed to the podium in MX3 World Championship, take few minutes of his time for this interview.Luis CORREIA, first of all… present you!Luis CORREIA: “I come from Motocross where I made the National Championship last year. Now I’m a rider of the team Yamaha O. Pons and it is my first season in End...

The French continue to deliver winning results in the Maxxis FIM Enduro World Championship as Antoine MEO, Pierre-Alexandre RENET and Christophe NAMBOTIN secure victory on Day Two at the GP of Euskadi in Munitibar, Spain. With heavy overnight rain ensuring a physical and demanding day of racing, it was once again the French that claimed victory in the Senior classes. However the day was also one...

It was another strong day for the French in the 2012 Maxxis FIM Enduro World Championship as Antoine MEO, Pierre-Alexandre RENET, Christophe NAMBOTIN and Mathias BELLINO all claimed victory in their respective classes at the GP of Euskadi. In the Womens Cup it was Laia SANZ that grabbed the first win of the season. With 112 competitors taking to the start of the EWC in Munitibar in northern Spai...

Despite the weather was threatening during the evening, the public was once again numerous to applause and encourage the 112 entries that stormed the KTM Super Test of this Grand Prix AMV Seguros of Euskadi… This third Super Test, organized just in front of the paddock, didn’t have difficulties but the wet soil has putted some troubles to the riders. The spectacle was here, to the delight of the...

Marika AHOLA, the widow of five-time Enduro World Champion Mika Ahola, travelled to South America for the opening rounds of the 2012 EWC series – the GP of Chile and GP of Argentina – and saw first hand the intense duel for supremacy in the Mika Ahola “Brave One” Trophy.As a reminder to those unfamiliar with the new Trophy, the Mika Ahola “Brave One” Trophy is dedicated to the Finnish champion who...

In what was the hardest day of racing so far in the 2012 Maxxis FIM Enduro World Championship, day two of the GP of Argentina brings the EWC’s South American tour to a close.Battling searing heat and an unrelenting course, Antoine MEO, Juha SALMINEN and Christophe NAMBOTIN were victorious in the three Senior classes on day two. Jonathan MANZI claimed his second win in the Enduro Junior class while...

Antoine MEO and Christophe NAMBOTIN claimed their third consecutive victories in Enduro 1 and Enduro 3 classes of the 2012 Maxxis FIM Enduro World Championship at the GP of Argentina. Spain’s Ivan CERVANTES secured a sensational victory in Enduro 2 to mark his first win with Gas Gas this season while Jonathan MANZI topped the Enduro Junior class. With riders facing a long and demanding day of ra...