{"id":20092,"date":"2013-06-17T16:59:57","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T14:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enduro.nl\/?p=20092"},"modified":"2013-06-17T16:59:57","modified_gmt":"2013-06-17T14:59:57","slug":"ewc-roemenie-nambotin-wins-day-two-in-romania-mccanney-crowned-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/20092\/ewc-roemenie-nambotin-wins-day-two-in-romania-mccanney-crowned-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"EWC Roemeni\u00eb: Nambotin Wins Day Two in Romania, McCanney Crowned Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jamie<\/a>It was a time for celebration on day two of the\u00a0Maxxis Enduro World Championship GP of Romania <\/strong>when Manxman\u00a0Jamie MCCANNEY (Husaberg) <\/strong>was crowned world champion. Becoming the first enduro world champion of 2013,\u00a0MCCANNEY <\/strong>clinched the Enduro Youth Cup title in style by claiming his eighth consecutive victory. \u00a0Elsewhere it proved another successful day for the KTM duo of\u00a0Antoine MEO<\/strong> and\u00a0Christophe NAMBOTIN<\/strong>. Winning the Enduro 1 and Enduro 3 classes respectively, the French pairing edged ever closer to successfully defending their titles. There was change at the top of the Enduro 2 category when Italy\u2019s\u00a0Alex SALVINI (Honda) <\/strong>claimed the race win, while in the Enduro Junior class the victory went to Australia\u2019s\u00a0Matt PHILLIPS (Husqvarna)<\/strong>. Dominating her category for the second day in Romania, Spain\u2019s\u00a0Laia SANZ (Honda) <\/strong>won the Women\u2019s Cup class.<\/p>\n

Following his victory on day one, France\u2019s\u00a0Johnny AUBERT (KTM) <\/strong>led the way in the\u00a0Enduro 2<\/strong>class on lap one but soon faced a tough fight from both Alex SALVINI and France\u2019s\u00a0Pela RENET (Husaberg)<\/strong>. Determined to make amends for his errors of day one,\u00a0SALVINI <\/strong>worked his way into the lead on the final lap and held on to take a slender eight-second margin of victory over\u00a0RENET<\/strong>. \u201cIt\u2019s been an incredible day,<\/em>\u201d confirmed\u00a0SALVINI<\/strong>. \u201cI had a huge battle with\u00a0Renet<\/strong>,\u00a0Aubert <\/strong>and Ivan Cervantes<\/strong>. We were all pushing for the win in every test. I managed to take the lead on the final lap and somehow it was enough to win. It\u2019s been a fantastic race.<\/em>\u201d Despite setting the fastest time in the final enduro test\u00a0RENET <\/strong>was unable to keep the hard charging\u00a0SALVINI <\/strong>at bay and was forced to settle for the runner-up result. Hoping to repeat his winning result from day one,\u00a0AUBERT <\/strong>suffered a small problem on the second extreme test and lost the lead to SALVINI. Fighting hard to recover the time lost, the Frenchman secured the final step of the podium with third position. Finishing just three seconds behind\u00a0AUBERT<\/strong>, Spain\u2019s Ivan CERVANTES (KTM) <\/strong>narrowly missed out on a podium result with fourth place. Recording his best result of the season Spain\u2019s\u00a0Lorenzo SANTOLINO (Husqvarna)<\/strong> completed the top five.<\/p>\n

Christophe NAMBOTIN is not so far from a 2nd crown<\/em>
\nIn the\u00a0Enduro 3<\/strong> category there was no stopping\u00a0Christophe NAMBOTIN (KTM) <\/strong>as he took his second race win of the weekend. Topping seven of the day\u2019s 10 special tests the KTM rider enjoyed a 75-second margin of victory. \u201cAside from a couple of small mistakes in the extreme test it\u2019s been a perfect day for me,<\/em>\u201d remarked\u00a0NAMBOTIN<\/strong>.\u00a0\u201cI felt good on the enduro test and made up most of my time there. I\u2019m pleased with how I\u2019m riding and look forward to the GP of Greece next weekend.<\/em>\u201d Firmly establishing himself as one of the main contenders in the E3 class, France\u2019s Mathias BELLINO (Husaberg) <\/strong>beat Estonia\u2019s\u00a0Aigar LEOK (TM) <\/strong>to record his third consecutive runner-up result. Returning to the podium for the second time in Romania,\u00a0LEOK <\/strong>narrowly beat Sweden\u2019s\u00a0Joakim LJUNGGREN (Husaberg) <\/strong>to claim third. Improving on his previous day\u2019s result of sixth,LJUNGGREN <\/strong>finished just over three seconds behind\u00a0LEOK <\/strong>in fourth while Italy\u2019s\u00a0Deny PHILIPAERTS (Beta)<\/strong> secured an impressive fifth place result.<\/p>\n

In the\u00a0Enduro 1<\/strong> class, the battle for the victory was fought out between\u00a0Antoine MEO (KTM) <\/strong>and Finland\u2019s\u00a0Juha SALMINEN (Husqvarna)<\/strong>. Despite winning the first six special tests of the day,\u00a0MEO<\/strong>was unable to gap his fierce rival and was forced to ride to his maximum in order to secure the win. \u201cIt was a great battle for the win with <\/em>Juha<\/em><\/strong>,\u2019 told\u00a0MEO<\/strong>. \u201cI set some of the fastest times but it was not enough to break away from him. In the end I managed to win by 10 seconds but was pushed all the way.<\/em>\u201d Matching\u00a0MEO <\/strong>stride for stride throughout the day,\u00a0SALMINEN <\/strong>looked capable of taking the win. But despite taking the final special test he was forced to settle for second position. Claiming his\u00a0second podium visit of the weekend, Spain\u2019sCristobal GUERRERO (KTM)<\/strong> was third. Riding through the pain of a broken toe, Finland\u2019s\u00a0Matti SEISTOLA (Husqvarna) <\/strong>ended his day in fourth with France\u2019s\u00a0Nicolas DEPARROIS (Yamaha)<\/strong>rounding out the top five.<\/p>\n

In the\u00a0Enduro Junior<\/strong> class,\u00a0Matt PHILLIPS (Husqvarna)<\/strong> returned to the top step of the podium. Fighting hard with Spain\u2019s\u00a0Mario ROMAN (Husaberg) <\/strong>throughout the day,\u00a0PHILLIPS<\/strong>bettered the Husaberg rider in the cross tests to take the win. Unable to repeat his win from day one,\u00a0ROMAN <\/strong>ended day two as the runner-up toPHILLIPS<\/strong>.\u00a0 Claiming his second podium of the season, France\u2019s\u00a0Loic LARRIEU (Husaberg) <\/strong>placed third. Italy\u2019s Giacomo REDONDI (KTM) <\/strong>and Manxman\u00a0Danny MCCANNEY (Gas Gas) <\/strong>rounded out the top five.
\nSecuring his first ever enduro world championship Husaberg\u2019s\u00a0Jamie MCCANNEY <\/strong>clinched the Enduro Youth Cup title with victory on day two. Continually extending his lead throughout the day, the Manxman easily secured his eighth race win and with it the world championship.\u00a0 Sweden\u2019sAlbin ELOWSON (Husaberg)<\/strong> ended his day as runner-up to\u00a0MCCANNEY <\/strong>with Chile\u2019s\u00a0Benjamin HERRERA (TM) <\/strong>completing the top three. Sweden\u2019s\u00a0Jesper BORJESSON (Husaberg) <\/strong>and\u00a0Dawid CIUCCI (KTM) <\/strong>rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n

Dominating the\u00a0Women\u2019s class<\/strong> on day two in Romania, Laia SANZ (Honda)<\/strong> placed over six minutes clear of her nearest rival to win the day. Australia\u2019s\u00a0Jessica GARDINER (Sherco)<\/strong> finished as runner-up to\u00a0Sanz <\/strong>with Britain\u2019s\u00a0Jane DANIELS (Husaberg) <\/strong>third. Australia\u2019s\u00a0Jemma WILSON (Honda) <\/strong>and France\u2019s\u00a0Audrey ROSSAT (KTM)<\/strong> completed the top five.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Maxxis Enduro World Championship <\/strong>continues with the penultimate round of the season inGreece <\/strong>on June 22\/23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was a time for celebration on day two of the\u00a0Maxxis Enduro World Championship GP of Romania when Manxman\u00a0Jamie MCCANNEY (Husaberg) was crowned world champion. Becoming the first enduro world champion of 2013,\u00a0MCCANNEY clinched the Enduro Youth Cup title in style by claiming his eighth consecutive victory. \u00a0<\/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-20092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ekwk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20092","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=20092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}