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The third stage between Oued Mellah and Ras el Oued gave the competitors the chance to let rip over a varied 365 km special of sandy pistes, bumpy going and compressions. An African timed section which both motorcycle and car drivers seemed to unanimously appreciate. In the bike class the overall changes, with Cyril Despres taking the lead by just over 2 minutes on Marc Coma and a little more than...

The sun shone on the second stage taking the competitors from Tunis to Oued Mellah… The 60 km of special stage posed few problems, just the occasional close encounters with some cactus for a few and a problematic deviation for the lead riders. Finally, in the bike class Marc Coma took the victory ahead of David Casteu and Francisco ‘Chaleco’ Lopez. In the cars the BMWs chased each other. After Gue...

Spain's Ivan Cervantes remains at the top of the points standings in the MAXXIS FIM Enduro World Championship E3 category after two top-three finishes in Sardinia.The KTM rider finished third and first at Iglesias. France's Sebastien Guillaume (Husqvarna) won the opening day from France's Christophe Nambotin (Gas-Gas) and Cervantes. Day two saw Cervantes take the win ahead of Guillaume and Finland...

Finn Juha Salminen has secured the BMW Motorrad Motorsport team’s first ever World Enduro Championship double podium result having placed third in the Enduro 2 class on both days of the GP of Italy, staged in Iglesias, Sardinia. With the opening two rounds of the championship in Portugal and Spain having ended disappointingly for Salminen the GP of Italy - round three of the ’09 WEC series - finis...

In Sardinia, WEC’s mechanics were severely tested. Solicited in the long portions of rally, or mistreated in the stones which strew the course, the motorbikes suffered during this second day of the GRAND PRIX SURFLEX OF ITALY. Among the many DNF of the day, let us quote those of David KNIGHT (GB-BMW), victim of clutch problems, and the beginner Taddy BLAZUSIAK (POL-KTM) whose clutch cover was dama...

The rain is definitely the surprise guest of this beginning of season on MAXXIS FIM WORLD ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIP. During the first day of the GRAND PRIX SURFLEX OF ITALY competed this Saturday in Iglesias, the stars of world enduro had to wipe some scattered showers. Before it becomes slippery, the Sardinian ground however did not miss piquancy, mixing hard ground and stone through mountainous postca...

Extreme enduro star Tadeusz Blazusiak will make his MAXXIS FIM Enduro World Championship debut for the season in Italy.The Polish rider, of the Red Bull KTM team, has entered the race at Iglesias in the Enduro 2 class for the event on April 18-19.The Italian round of the world championship will also see the return of Finnish rider Jari Mattila.Mattila has spent the early part of the season concent...

Less than one year ago, about a few tens of kilometres from L’Aquila, Terni and Piediluco welcomed the Italian Grand Prix. On April the 18th and 19th, the actors of the WEC will certainly have a moved feeling of sympathy for the victims of the seism that touched the heart of Italy. This year, MAXXIS FIM WEC leaves the continent in direction of Sardinia, and Iglesias to run the Grand Prix Surflex o...

Mika Ahola and Johnny Aubert are locked in a battle for the lead of the BMW Motorrad X Treme Test Award which features the best riders from the FIM Enduro World Championship.Finnish rider Ahola was untouchable at the opening round of the world championship in Portugal and leads the Enduro 1 points standings.Frenchman Aubert was a double winner at round two in Spain and heads the fight for the worl...

Even the most sceptics persons had to admit…. the KTM Super Test is born and very well born !The wait were important and rather unfavourable in the Paddock (like usual when someone decides to set up new things in Enduro) at a few hours of the 1st Super Test organised in Penafiel, during the Grand Prix POLISPORT of Portugal.Perfectly and intelligently realised by the Moto Club of Marco, the 8 shape...