{"id":20706,"date":"2013-09-08T16:03:29","date_gmt":"2013-09-08T14:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enduro.nl\/?p=20706"},"modified":"2013-09-08T16:03:29","modified_gmt":"2013-09-08T14:03:29","slug":"ewc-finale-frankrijk-dag-1-salvini-crowned-world-champion-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/20706\/ewc-finale-frankrijk-dag-1-salvini-crowned-world-champion-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"EWC finale Frankrijk Dag 1: Salvini Crowned World Champion In France"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Alex<\/a>Italy\u2019s\u00a0Alex SALVINI (Honda) <\/strong>and Australia\u2019s\u00a0Matt PHILLIPS (Husqvarna) <\/strong>are crowned world champions on day one at weather disrupted\u00a0Maxxis Enduro World Championship AMV GP of France<\/strong> in\u00a0St Flour<\/strong>. Battling their way through a rain-inflicted day,\u00a0SALVINI <\/strong>and\u00a0PHILLIPS <\/strong>kept their cool to secure the\u00a0Enduro 2<\/strong> and\u00a0Enduro Junior <\/strong>titles respectively.<\/p>\n

For\u00a0SALVINI <\/strong>day one ended in the best possible way. Claiming the\u00a0Enduro 2<\/strong> class win the Honda rider was crowned the 2013 Enduro 2 World champion.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable to be champion,<\/em>\u201d told an emotional\u00a0SALVINI<\/strong>. \u201cMy focus was on winning the title but to do it by also winning the race is great. When the rain came things got a bit crazy. But I just rode the best I could and thankfully it all worked out \u2013 I\u2019m so happy to be the world champion.<\/em>\u201d What started out to be a normal day of racing quickly changed as the race passed the halfway stage. Threatening rain clouds finally broke – resulting in a torrential downpour of rain. Almost immediately the course became impassable in places. With numerous riders left stranded, organisers acted quickly to ensure a result. Stopping the race on Cross Test 4 at the end of lap three, day one came to a premature end.<\/p>\n

Leading the\u00a0Enduro 1<\/strong> class after Cross Test 4, France\u2019s\u00a0Antoine MEO (KTM)<\/strong> was declared the winner. With the title secured at the previous GP of Greece,\u00a0MEO <\/strong>opted to contest the race on a KTM 125 EXC. Trailing early pacesetter\u00a0Jeremy TARROUX (F – Sherco)<\/strong>, the KTM rider took control of the lead as the rain began to fall. Holding pace,\u00a0MEO<\/strong> claimed the E1 class victory. WithTARROUX <\/strong>falling victim to the conditions, he slipped back to sixth. Remaining relatively mistake free, Finland\u2019s\u00a0Eero REMES (TM)<\/strong> steadily improved his position throughout the day to finish as runner-up. Claiming a podium result in his home race, Honda\u2019s\u00a0Jeremy JOLY (F)<\/strong> was third. Missing out on a top three finish, Finland\u2019s\u00a0Juha SALMINEN (Husqvarna)<\/strong> was fourth with his teammateMatti SEISTOLA (FIN)<\/strong> fifth.<\/p>\n

With\u00a0SALVINI <\/strong>winning day one to secure the E2 title, the fight for the remainder of the podium was a tight affair. Putting his vast experience to good use, Spain\u2019s\u00a0Ivan CERVANTES (KTM)<\/strong> ended his day in second. Holding off Husaberg\u2019s\u00a0Pela RENET (F)<\/strong> by six tenths of a second, France\u2019s\u00a0Antoine BASSET (Yamaha) <\/strong>secured his debut EWC podium. Despite setting the pace on the opening lap,RENET <\/strong>fell victim to the changing conditions and dropped to fourth position. Spain\u2019s\u00a0Oriol MENA (Husaberg)<\/strong> rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n

Relishing in the mud and rain, France\u2019s\u00a0Christophe NAMBOTIN <\/strong>grew stronger with each test. Despite the day being cut short, the KTM rider still managed to win by an incredible three minutes. \u201cIt was tough out there,<\/em>\u201d confirmed\u00a0NAMBOTIN<\/strong>. \u201cAll of a sudden the rain made things incredibly tricky. I tried to ride as smooth and carefully as possible and it worked out. I\u2019m pleased to have won.<\/em>\u201d WithNAMBOTIN <\/strong>clearing off to a convincing victory, Sweden\u2019s Joakim LJUNGGREN (Husaberg)<\/strong>collected the runner-up result. Adding to the French delight,\u00a0Fabien PLANET (Sherco)<\/strong> took third. Securing his best result of the season, Italy\u2019s\u00a0Deny PHILIPPAERTS (Beta)<\/strong> finished fourth with France\u2019s\u00a0Benoit FORTUNATO (Honda)<\/strong> ending his day in a well-earned fifth.<\/p>\n

Enjoying the wet conditions and remaining mistake free, Manxman\u00a0Danny McCANNEY (Gas Gas)<\/strong>finally claimed his first win of the season in the\u00a0Enduro Junior<\/strong> class. Placing 22-seconds behind him, Australia\u2019s\u00a0Matt PHILLIPS (Husqvarna)<\/strong> ended his day as runner-up to secure the 2013 Enduro Junior World Championship while Italy\u2019s Nicolo Mori (Beta)<\/strong> took his first podium result of the season with third. \u201cI\u2019m so happy to have won the Junior world title,<\/em>\u201d told the newly crowned champion\u00a0PHILLIPS<\/strong>. \u201cIt was a weird day. First I was riding tight. I was a little nervous and made a few mistakes. But then it started raining and it became a mission to finish. I\u2019m just glad to have made it back. It\u2019s fantastic to be a world champion \u2013 this is what I came to Europe to do.<\/em>\u201d Continuing his winning form from the GP of Greece, Sweden\u2019s Albin ELOWSON (Husaberg) <\/strong>best mastered the mud to win the 125 Youth class. In the fight for the final steps of the podium, France\u2019s\u00a0Jeremy MIROIR (Yamaha)<\/strong> and Italy\u2019s Davide SORECA (Yamaha) <\/strong>placed second and third respectively.<\/p>\n

In the\u00a0Women<\/strong>\u2019s class the day belonged to Britain\u2019s\u00a0Jane DANIELS (Husaberg)<\/strong>. Claiming a 10-second margin of victory over Spain\u2019s\u00a0Laia SANZ (Honda)<\/strong>,\u00a0DANIELS <\/strong>secured her debut EWC win. Losing out,\u00a0SANZ <\/strong>ended her day as runner-up with France\u2019s\u00a0Geraldine FOURNEL (Husaberg)<\/strong>completing the top three.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Italy\u2019s\u00a0Alex SALVINI (Honda) and Australia\u2019s\u00a0Matt PHILLIPS (Husqvarna) are crowned world champions on day one at weather disrupted\u00a0Maxxis Enduro World Championship AMV GP of France in\u00a0St Flour. Battling their way through a rain-inflicted day,\u00a0SALVINI and\u00a0PHILLIPS kept their cool to secure the\u00a0Enduro 2 and\u00a0Enduro Junior titles respectively.<\/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-20706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ekwk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20706","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=20706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}