{"id":26113,"date":"2014-09-13T20:20:45","date_gmt":"2014-09-13T18:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enduro.nl\/?p=26113"},"modified":"2014-09-13T20:20:45","modified_gmt":"2014-09-13T18:20:45","slug":"ewc-grand-prix-amv-of-france-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/26113\/ewc-grand-prix-amv-of-france-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"EWC: Grand Prix AMV of France &#8211; Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014pb09_mcCanney.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-26114\" title=\"Your 2014 Junior World Champion: Danny MCCANNEY\" src=\"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014pb09_mcCanney-150x100.jpg\" alt=\"Your 2014 Junior World Champion: Danny MCCANNEY\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>McCanney Crowned Junior World Champion<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Pela RENET <\/strong>stamps his authority on day one at the\u00a0<strong>Maxxis FIM Enduro World Championship GPAMV\u00a0of France <\/strong>with victory. Great Britain\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Daniel MCCANNEY <\/strong>is declared the Enduro Junior World Champion.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Delivering a home win in the Enduro 1 class, KTM\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Christophe NAMBOTIN (F) <\/strong>gave the French crowd every reason to cheer. Intent on capping off his year in style, the newly crowned champion secured a comfortable victory despite a small crash on the final cross test. \u201c<em>It\u2019s been a brilliant day,<\/em>\u201d remarked\u00a0<strong>NAMBOTIN<\/strong>. \u201c<em>The crowds were fantastic \u2013 it\u2019s incredible to see so much support on the tests. It\u2019s amazing<\/em>.\u201d With\u00a0<strong>NAMBOTIN <\/strong>winning, the remainder of the podium was a French lockout. Sherco\u2019s<strong> Jeremy TARROUX<\/strong> held off his teammate\u00a0<strong>Antony BOISSIERE<\/strong> by just eight seconds to claim the runner-up result. Fighting for second position, but also battling to stay inside the top three,\u00a0<strong>BOISSIERE<\/strong> narrowly beat fellow Frenchman\u00a0<strong>Marc BOURGEOIS (Yamaha)<\/strong> by one second to steal third. Pushing hard but just missing out on a potential podium result, Finland\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Eero REMES (TM) <\/strong>placed fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Despite having already locked up the Enduro 2 title at the GP of Italy, Husqvarna\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Pela RENET <\/strong>showed no signs of slowing down. In blisteringly quick form on the enduro test,\u00a0<strong>RENET <\/strong>pulled away from his rivals to win day one.\u00a0 \u201c\u2019<em>I\u2019ve really enjoyed it today,<\/em>\u201d said\u00a0<strong>RENET<\/strong>. \u201c<em>I felt good in my riding and it was so much fun racing in front of the spectators. In every corner on every test and even in the forests there were people cheering you on. I loved it.<\/em>\u201d Fastest in Friday\u2019s Super Test, Italy\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Alex SALVINI (Honda) <\/strong>soon had to play second best to\u00a0<strong>RENET <\/strong>on day one and ended his day as runner-up. Carding a career best result in the EWC with third, Frenchman\u00a0<strong>Romain DUMONTIER (Yamaha)<\/strong> easily became one of the standout performers of the day. Missing out on his chance to reach the podium, Spain\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Oriol MENA (Beta) <\/strong>finished just three seconds behind\u00a0<strong>DUMONTIER <\/strong>in fourth. Spain\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Lorenzo SANTOLINO (Sherco)<\/strong> completed the top five.<\/p>\n<p>Returning to competitive action following his foot injury at the GP of Italy, Australia\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Matt PHILLIPS (KTM) <\/strong>was determined to remain fixed at the head of the Enduro 3 point\u2019s standings. Fighting hard for the victory all day,\u00a0<strong>PHILLIPS <\/strong>emerged from the final test as the victor.\u00a0<em>\u201cI knew I needed to win today but I wasn\u2019t sure how my foot would be<\/em>,\u201d admitted\u00a0<strong>PHILLIPS<\/strong>. \u201c<em>It hurts when I ride but I can deal with it. Winning today has taken the pressure off a bit for tomorrow. Hopefully then I can become world champion<\/em>.\u201d Second in the point\u2019s race, Spain\u2019s<strong> Ivan CERVANTES<\/strong> gave everything he had to better his teammate. But with\u00a0<strong>PHILLIPS <\/strong>refusing to yield,\u00a0<strong>CERVANTES <\/strong>was forced to settle for second. In what is his final EWC race, France\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Fabien PLANET (Sherco) <\/strong>made it one to remember by placing third. Falling just one second short of third, Estonia\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Aigar LEOK (TM) <\/strong>chased\u00a0<strong>PLANET <\/strong>home for fourth while Finland\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Matti SEISTOLA (Sherco)<\/strong> took fifth.<\/p>\n<p>The was plenty of reasons to celebrate in the Beta camp with Baono Beta\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Danny MCCANNEY<\/strong>clinching the Junior title today in Brioude. Needing to place in front of his closest challenger\u00a0<strong>Giacomo REDONDI (I-Beta)<\/strong>, the young Brit did exactly that to win the championship. Added to his 2013 SuperEnduro Junior World championship,\u00a0<strong>MCCANNEY <\/strong>is the only junior rider to have now won in both disciplines. \u201c<em>It\u2019s massive for me to win the title,<\/em>\u201d told a delighted\u00a0<strong>MCCANNEY<\/strong>. \u201c<em>It\u2019s been a couple of years in the making but I\u2019m made up to have finally done it. This year has been awesome. My Beta, the team, just everyone involved that\u2019s helped me get to where I am \u2013 I can\u2019t thank them enough.<\/em>\u201d Ensuring a memorable end to an incredible season of racing, the\u00a0<strong>GP\u00a0AMV\u00a0of France<\/strong>, attracted enduro fans in their droves as thousands flocked to the special tests to watch the world\u2019s best in action. Recording his first victory of the season,\u00a0<strong>Loic LARRIEU (F-Husqvarna)<\/strong> led home the Enduro Junior category on day one in France. In the race for the title, it was\u00a0<strong>MCCANNEY<\/strong>\u2019s second position that wrapped up championship with one day to spare. Unable to answer the pace of\u00a0<strong>MCCANNEY<\/strong>, Italy\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Giacomo REDONDI (Beta)<\/strong> was forced to settle for third. Italy\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Alessandro BATTIG (Honda)<\/strong> and Sweden\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Oliver NELSON (KTM) <\/strong>completed the top five. Competing in his first EWC event of the year, Great Britain\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Brad FREEMAN (KTM) <\/strong>was the biggest surprise of the 125 Youth Cup. Beating Chile\u2019s<strong> Benjamin HERRERA (TM)<\/strong> by 13 seconds,\u00a0<strong>FREEMAN <\/strong>claimed an incredible victory. Sweden\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Jesper BORJERSSON (Husqvarna)<\/strong> made his way onto the podium with third. In the battle for championship honours, Sweden\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Albin ELOWSON (Husqvarna)<\/strong> kept his hopes alive by beating main rival Italy\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Davide SORECA (Yamaha)<\/strong> to take fourth.<\/p>\n<p>Picking up her sixth victory of the series, Spain\u2019s<strong> Laia SANZ (Honda)<\/strong> moved one step closer to taking her third world title in the Women\u2019s class. Unable to match\u00a0<strong>Sanz<\/strong>\u2019 pace, Britain\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Jane DANIELS (Husqvarna)<\/strong> ended her day as runner-up with Australia\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Jessica GARDINER (Sherco)<\/strong>placing third.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McCanney Crowned Junior World Champion Pela RENET stamps his authority on day one at the\u00a0Maxxis FIM Enduro World Championship GPAMV\u00a0of France with victory. 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