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Fourth round in Finland – 3nd and final day in Heinola: Finland wins in Finland
On the third and last riding day at the finals of the European Enduro Championship in Heinola, Finland, the national teams’ scores were decided:
The “Heinola MotoKlub” (HeMK) had prepared the final motocross on the former MX World Championship track very well and could therefore be carried out without problems.
The riders went to the start in classes, but their results were also evaluated across the board for the teams.

In the end it was not surprising that host Finland won the Trophy with Roni Kytönen, Antti Hänninen, Mika Tamminen and Eemil Pohjola. Second was the Trophy from Slovakia and third was the team from Sweden.

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Double success and other titles
Local hero Roni Kytönen was able to clinch both possible titles early, on the second day of the European Enduro Championship finale in Heinola, Finland.
With an overall victory of the day, the Husqvarna rider not only clinched the title in the small cubic capacity class juniors E1, but also the European Champion title in the overall standings of all drivers.

But in the first of the three laps it didn’t look like that yet: In the second special stage, the 19-year-old had crashed

Lees meer ““FIM Europe: 2nd day of finale of enduro-championship in Heinola / Finland ”

The FIM Enduro & Rally Commission took advantage of the moment on Thursday in Heinola on the the final of the European Enduro Championship: Almost all members of the commission were present and so the Chairman Marco Bolzonello (Italy) had invited to an extraordinary meeting.
In particular, the two guests, Enduro promoter Wolfgang Butzner and the Enduro press officer, spoke about the future of Enduro racing and the development of the number of participants beyond the coming year.
Bolzonello then discussed with the members Pavol Sas (Slovakia), Robert Svensson (Sweden), Artus Robeznieks (Latvia) and Hannu Häkkälä (Finland) the regulations and implementation of the events Rallye, Cross-Country and Bajas for the coming year.

Leading Kouble crashed in training
The Czech driver Krystof Kouble, leader of the European Enduro Championship, broke his thigh during a training crash.
After the necessary surgery he is still in hospital and will not start at the finals of the championship in Heinola, Finland (this weekend)
Therefore he will not be able to win the championship.
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