{"id":19519,"date":"2013-05-11T21:39:32","date_gmt":"2013-05-11T19:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enduro.nl\/?p=19519"},"modified":"2013-05-11T21:39:32","modified_gmt":"2013-05-11T19:39:32","slug":"cervantes-takes-home-win-on-day-one-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/19519\/cervantes-takes-home-win-on-day-one-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Cervantes Takes Home Win On Day One In Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"matti_seistola_EWC-2013-Rnd-3_\u00a9<\/a>Ivan CERVANTES (KTM)<\/strong> secured his first win of the\u00a02013 Maxxis Enduro World Championship<\/strong>with victory in the\u00a0Enduro 2 <\/strong>class on day one at the\u00a0GP\u00a0AMV Seguros\u00a0of Spain<\/strong> in\u00a0Puerto Lumbreras<\/strong>.
\nHusqvarna\u2019s\u00a0Matti SEISTOLA<\/strong> was the surprise winner in the Enduro 1<\/strong> class while KTM\u2019sChristophe NAMBOTIN <\/strong>recorded his third win of the year in the\u00a0Enduro 3<\/strong> category. Matt PHILLIPS (Husqvarna)<\/strong> claimed his second win of the season in the\u00a0Enduro Junior <\/strong>class while Spain\u2019s\u00a0Laia SANZ (KTM)<\/strong> won the opening round of the\u00a0Women\u2019s Cup<\/strong> championship.
\nHot sunny weather combined with hard, rocky and dusty terrain ensured a tough start to the third round of the Enduro World Championship in Spain. Proving the most critical special test of the day, the Extreme Test caught numerous riders off guard as the steep uphill climb stopped many riders in their tracks.<\/p>\n

In the Enduro 3 category KTM\u2019s\u00a0Christophe NAMBOTIN<\/strong> enjoyed a mistake free day to claim victory on day one. Despite suffering discomfort from his recently broken finger, the Frenchman marched ahead to a 44-second margin of victory. \u201cI really enjoyed today,<\/em>\u201d confirmed\u00a0NAMBOTIN<\/strong>. \u201cThe climbs on the extreme test were becoming increasingly difficult so I just tried to ride within my limit and make no mistakes. It\u2019s great to have won.<\/em>\u201d Behind the KTM rider the battle for the runner-up position was fought out between Italy\u2019s\u00a0Manuel MONNI (KTM)<\/strong>, Estonia\u2019s\u00a0Aigar LEOK (TM) <\/strong>and Sweden\u2019s\u00a0Joakim LJUNGGREN (Husaberg)<\/strong>. Gaining the upper hand on his rivals,\u00a0MONNI<\/strong>secured the second position to claim his best ever rest in EWC competition. Although crashing midway through the event,\u00a0LEOK <\/strong>fought his way to the finish and ended his day on the podium with third place. With\u00a0LJUNGGREN <\/strong>forced to settle for fourth position, Portugal\u2019s\u00a0Luis CORREIA (Beta) <\/strong>placed just two seconds behind the Husaberg rider to complete the top five.<\/p>\n

In the Enduro 1 class it was\u00a0SEISTOLA <\/strong>that secured an upset win. Capitalising on early mistakes by his teammate\u00a0Juha SALMINEN<\/strong> and France\u2019s\u00a0Antoine MEO (KTM)<\/strong>, the Finn held off\u00a0Eero REMES (TM) <\/strong>to secure his first race win since 2011. \u201cI\u2019m so happy to have won \u2013 it\u2019s amazing,<\/em>\u201d toldSEISTOLA<\/strong>. \u201cWhen\u00a0Meo <\/strong>and\u00a0Salminen <\/strong>made mistakes early on I did my best to capitalise on it. I fought my way into the lead and just tried to ride as hard as I could without crashing. It\u2019s been a brilliant day.<\/em>\u201d Although leading midway through the day,\u00a0REMES <\/strong>was unable to hold off the attack from\u00a0SEISTOLA <\/strong>and slipped back to second position. Placing less than two seconds behind\u00a0REMES<\/strong>in third position, Spain\u2019s\u00a0Cristobal GUERRERO (KTM)<\/strong> proved that he\u2019s fully recovered from his shoulder injury that plagued him during the opening rounds of the season in South America. Unable to recover from his mistakes on lap one,\u00a0SALMINEN<\/strong> ended his day in fourth. Crashing heavily on the opening enduro test\u00a0MEO <\/strong>worked hard to recover from his mistake to end his day in fifth.<\/p>\n

In the Enduro 2 category it was the turn of\u00a0Ivan CERVANTES<\/strong> to top the podium. Feeling confident in the terrain and with the support of his home crowd behind him, the Spaniard took a well-deserved victory.\u201cIt was a tough day,<\/em>\u201d commented\u00a0CERVANTES<\/strong>. \u201cMany riders made a lot of mistakes but I was lucky not to. I rode within my limits and thankfully was able to win. It\u2019s brilliant to have won in Spain and I want to thank KTM for their faith in me this season. Hopefully there will be more to come.<\/em>\u201d Although leading early on, Italy\u2019s\u00a0Alex SALVINI (Honda)<\/strong> got caught out on some of the tricky climbs. Losing time to the charging\u00a0CERVANTES<\/strong>, he placed as runner-up to the Spaniard. Struggling to find his rhythm during the opening lap, France\u2019s\u00a0Johnny AUBERT (KTM)<\/strong> slowly worked his way into contention. Benefitting from a serious mistake by\u00a0Pela RENET (Husaberg)<\/strong> on the final lap,\u00a0AUBERT <\/strong>finished in third place. For\u00a0RENET<\/strong>, day one in Spain ended in disaster. Getting stuck on the fourth and final extreme test, the Frenchman was forced to take a second attempt at the uphill climb. Losing over 50 seconds in the process,\u00a0RENET <\/strong>fell back to fourth position. Spain\u2019sOriol MENA (Husaberg)<\/strong> rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n

In the Enduro Junior class, Australia\u2019s Matt PHILLIPS (Husqvarna)<\/strong> secured his second victory of the season. Leading the way during the majority of the day,\u00a0PHILLIPS <\/strong>claimed a comfortable 27-second margin of victory. Despite crashing in the final test of the day, Spain\u2019s\u00a0Mario ROMAN (Husaberg)<\/strong> ended his day as runner-up to\u00a0PHILLIPS <\/strong>with Italy\u2019s\u00a0Giacomo REDONDI (KTM)<\/strong>placing third overall. Britain\u2019s\u00a0Danny MCCANNEY (Gas Gas)<\/strong> was fourth with Italy\u2019s\u00a0Nicolo MORI (Beta)<\/strong> completing the top five. In the Enduro Youth Cup class, Manxman\u00a0Jamie MCCANNEY (Husaberg)<\/strong> recorded his third win of the season with victory on day one in Spain. Sweden\u2019s\u00a0Albin ELOWSON (Husaberg)<\/strong> was second with Italy\u2019s\u00a0Matteo BRESOLIN (KTM) <\/strong>rounding out the top three.<\/p>\n

Spain\u2019s\u00a0Laia SANZ (KTM)<\/strong> ensured a winning start to her defence of the Women\u2019s Cup championship with victory on day one. Behind her Britain\u2019s Jane DANIELS (Husaberg)<\/strong> held off France\u2019s\u00a0Juliette BERREZ (Yamaha)<\/strong> to claim second position. Australia\u2019s\u00a0Jessica GARDINER (Sherco) <\/strong>ended her day in fourth. France\u2019s\u00a0Audrey ROSSAT (KTM)<\/strong> rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ivan CERVANTES (KTM) secured his first win of the\u00a02013 Maxxis Enduro World Championshipwith victory in the\u00a0Enduro 2 class on day one at the\u00a0GP\u00a0AMV Seguros\u00a0of Spain in\u00a0Puerto Lumbreras. Husqvarna\u2019s\u00a0Matti SEISTOLA was the surprise winner in the Enduro 1 class while KTM\u2019sChristophe NAMBOTIN recorded his third win of the year in the\u00a0Enduro 3 category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ekwk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}