{"id":18959,"date":"2013-03-24T08:13:08","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T07:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enduro.nl\/?p=18959"},"modified":"2013-03-24T08:13:08","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T07:13:08","slug":"gp-maxxis-of-argentina-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/18959\/gp-maxxis-of-argentina-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"GP Maxxis of Argentina – Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Salvini leads the way on day one at the EWC GP of Argentina<\/strong><\/p>\n

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS.<\/a><\/strong><\/span> Italy\u2019s\u00a0Alex SALVINI (Honda) <\/strong>continued to establish himself as the rider to beat in the Enduro 2 class with victory on day one of the Maxxis Enduro World Championship GP Maxxis of Argentina. France\u2019s\u00a0Antoine MEO (KTM)<\/strong> claimed a hard fought win in the Enduro 1 class while KTM\u2019s\u00a0Christophe NAMBOTIN<\/strong> won the Enduro 3 class. In the Enduro Junior category a new winner emerged with EWC rookie Matt PHILLIPS (Husqvarna) <\/strong>earning his debut victory. Britain\u2019s\u00a0Jamie MCCANNEY (Husaberg) <\/strong>stood on the top step of the podium in the Enduro Youth Cup class. With temperatures reaching as high as 28 degrees in\u00a0San Juan<\/strong>, it was a tough day for all of the world\u2019s best enduro riders as they completed four loops of physically demanding terrain.<\/p>\n

In the\u00a0Enduro 2 <\/strong>class it was another victory for the hard charging\u00a0Alex SALVINI (Honda)<\/strong>. Engaged in a close battle with France\u2019s\u00a0Pela RENET (Husaberg)<\/strong>, the Italian eventually secured the win. \u201cIt was a close fight all day with\u00a0Renet <\/strong>for the win,<\/em>\u201d confirmed\u00a0SALVINI<\/strong>. \u201cWe were pushing hard all day and the lead changed hands many times. On the last lap I managed to open up a comfortable advantage that was enough to win.<\/em>\u201d Although challenging\u00a0SALVINI <\/strong>throughout the day,\u00a0RENET <\/strong>was unable to hold the Honda rider at bay and had to be content with the runner-up position. After his poor result in the Friday SuperTest, France\u2019s\u00a0Johnny AUBERT (KTM)<\/strong> steadily worked his way back into contention to take a well earned podium result with third overall. Spain\u2019s\u00a0Ivan CERVANTES (KTM) <\/strong>ended his day just over four seconds behind\u00a0AUBERT <\/strong>to claim fourth with Britain\u2019s\u00a0David KNIGHT (Honda)<\/strong> <\/strong>completing the top five.<\/strong><\/p>\n

France\u2019s\u00a0Christophe NAMBOTIN (KTM) <\/strong>again proved to be the rider to beat in the Enduro 3 category. Winning 11 of the day\u2019s 14 special tests, the defending champion convincingly topped the E3 classification. \u201cIt\u2019s been a perfect day,<\/em>\u201d remarked\u00a0NAMBOTIN<\/strong>. \u201cI only made two small crashes but was fortunate not to lose much time. My bike was fantastic all day.<\/em>\u201d In the battle for second position, Estonia\u2019s\u00a0Aigar LEOK (TM) <\/strong>delivered a solid pace to beat Portugal\u2019s\u00a0Luis CORREIA (Beta)<\/strong> to the runner-up result. Looking extremely comfortable in the terrain,\u00a0CORREIA <\/strong>ended day one in third overall to secure his first podium result of his enduro career. Missing out on third position by less than three seconds, Sweden \u2019s\u00a0Joakim LJUNGGREN (Husaberg) <\/strong>was fourth with France\u2019s\u00a0Rodrig THAIN (Gas Gas)<\/strong> rounding out the top five.<\/p>\n

After a hard fought battle with Finland\u2019s\u00a0Juha SALMINEN (Husqvarna)<\/strong>, MEO<\/strong> <\/strong>took his third race win of the new season. Making two costly mistakes on the opening lap, the Frenchman capitalised on an error by <\/strong>SALMINEN<\/strong> <\/strong>to level the scores at the end of lap two. Making no further mistakes,\u00a0MEO <\/strong>raced on to take the win. \u201cIt was a difficult day but it\u2019s great to come out on top,<\/em>\u201d commented\u00a0MEO<\/strong>. \u201cI crashed twice on the opening lap and had to fight hard to win.<\/em>\u201d Leading midway through the day,\u00a0SALMINEN <\/strong>looked on course to take victory. But after loosing the use of his rear brake during the extreme test, the Finn lost his advantage over\u00a0MEO<\/strong>. Unable to recover the lost time, the Husqvarna rider ended his day in second . Securing his second podium result of the year, Finland\u2019s\u00a0Matti SEISTOLA (Husqvarna)<\/strong><\/strong> placed third overall. Italy\u2019s\u00a0Thomas OLDRATI (Husaberg)<\/strong><\/strong> narrowly beat fifth placed\u00a0Eero REMES (TM)<\/strong><\/strong> to take fourth overall.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In the\u00a0Enduro Junior<\/strong> category, EWC rookie\u00a0Matt PHILLIPS (Husqvarna) <\/strong>recorded his first win of the season. Regrouping strongly after a costly crash in the SuperTest, the 19-year old Australian fought back to win.\u00a0 Finishing six seconds behind the Husqvarna rider, Britain\u2019s\u00a0Danny MCCANNEY (Gas Gas) <\/strong>placed second with Italy\u2019s\u00a0Giacomo REDONDI (KTM)<\/strong> completing the top three. Portugal\u2019s\u00a0Luis OLIVERIA (YAMAHA)<\/strong> ended his day in fourth with Australia\u2019s\u00a0Mitch HARPER (Honda)<\/strong> rounding out the top five.
\nIn the Enduro Youth Cup class,\u00a0Jamie MCCANNEY (Husaberg) <\/strong>took his first win of the season. Chile\u2019s\u00a0Benjamin HERRERA (TM)<\/strong> finished as runner-up to McCanney with\u00a0Dawid CIUCCI (Husaberg) <\/strong>completing the top three.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Salvini leads the way on day one at the EWC GP of Argentina VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS. Italy\u2019s\u00a0Alex SALVINI (Honda) continued to establish himself as the rider to beat in the Enduro 2 class with victory on day one of the Maxxis Enduro World Championship GP Maxxis of Argentina. France\u2019s\u00a0Antoine MEO (KTM) claimed a hard fought win…<\/p>\n

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