{"id":29944,"date":"2015-05-10T10:10:44","date_gmt":"2015-05-10T08:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enduro.nl\/?p=29944"},"modified":"2015-05-10T10:10:44","modified_gmt":"2015-05-10T08:10:44","slug":"ewc-spanje-dag-1-nambotin-leads-the-way-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/29944\/ewc-spanje-dag-1-nambotin-leads-the-way-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"EWC Spanje dag 1: Nambotin Leads The Way In Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Video dag 1.<\/a> \"Antoine<\/a>Christophe NAMBOTIN<\/strong> sets the pace on day one of the\u00a0Maxxis FIM Enduro World Championship<\/strong>in Spain. Delivering the goods in extremely hot and dusty terrain in Jerez, KTM mounted\u00a0NAMBOTIN <\/strong>topped the standings in the Enduro 1 class. There was a third win in a row for KTM\u2019s\u00a0Antoine MEO<\/strong> in Enduro 2 while Husqvarna\u2019s\u00a0Mathias BELLINO <\/strong>was the rider to beat in the Enduro 3 ranks. Kicking off the start of her Women\u2019s Cup title, Spain\u2019s\u00a0Laia SANZ (KTM)<\/strong> delivered the home crowd the victory they all came to see.
\nThe fight for top honours in the Enduro 2 class was extremely close between both\u00a0Antoine MEO (F-KTM) <\/strong>and\u00a0Pela RENET (F-Husqvarna)<\/strong>. With unfinished business from Chile,\u00a0RENET <\/strong>was determined to not let\u00a0MEO <\/strong>get the better of him and held a tiny six tenths of a second lead with two tests to go.\u00a0 But a crash on the final cross test from the Husqvarna rider was all it took for\u00a0MEO <\/strong>to sneak into the lead and claim his third win on the bounce. \u201cThe battle between\u00a0Pela <\/strong>and myself was incredible. It was so close and was anybody\u2019s race to win<\/em>,\u201d told\u00a0MEO<\/strong>.\u00a0\u201cUnfortunately for\u00a0Pela <\/strong>he made a mistake and crashed but we were riding on the very limit<\/em>.\u201d Behind the leading duo,\u00a0Alex SALVINI (I-Honda)<\/strong> held station in third. Although matching the pace of the leaders, the Honda rider just wasn\u2019t able to close their advantage and ended his day 14 seconds behind\u00a0RENET <\/strong>in third. Keeping the pressure firmly on\u00a0SALVINI<\/strong>, France\u2019s\u00a0Johnny AUBERT (Beta) <\/strong>hoped to capitalise on a mistake from the Italian rider. But with\u00a0SALVINI <\/strong>holding his ground\u00a0AUBERT <\/strong>had to settle for fourth. Delivering an impressive ride on home turf, Spain\u2019s\u00a0Jaume BETRIU (Husqvarna) <\/strong>cracked the top five with fifth.<\/p>\n

Similar to E2, the Enduro 3 class featured a head-to-head battle for victory. Defending champion\u00a0Matt PHILLIPS (AUS-KTM)<\/strong> was back on form and fighting for the win with Husqvarna\u2019s\u00a0Mathias BELLINO (F).<\/strong> Constantly swapping and changing position throughout the day, it was a costly mistake fromPHILLIPS <\/strong>that finally offered BELLINO enough breathing room to secure the win. \u201cThe racing was so close all day,<\/em>\u201d remarked\u00a0BELLINO<\/strong>. \u201cMatt <\/strong>was hungry to win but so was I and I wasn\u2019t going to give up without a fight. Each lap the positions were changing and then on the final lap I knew I had to give it my all. Luckily he made a slight mistake and the win was mine. I\u2019m happy with today.<\/em>\u201d Ensuring three different manufactures featured on the podium, Italy\u2019s\u00a0Manuel MONNI<\/strong> ended his day third for TM. Behind\u00a0Monni<\/strong>, Finland\u2019s\u00a0Matti SEISTOLA (Sherco)<\/strong> had a mixed day of racing and placed fourth whileAigar LEOK (EST) <\/strong>added to TM\u2019s success on day one by finishing fifth.<\/p>\n

In the Enduro 1 class there was absolutely no stopping Christophe NAMBOTIN (F-KTM)<\/strong>. The Frenchman was simply unbeatable and managed to set the fastest time in all of the E1 special tests. Securing a near one-minute margin of victory,\u00a0NAMBOTIN <\/strong>also unofficially ended his day as the fastest outright.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s been a perfect day \u2013 I can\u2019t fault it,<\/em>\u201d confirmed\u00a0NAMBOTIN<\/strong>.\u00a0\u201cI managed to win all 11 special tests \u2013 I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve done that before in E1 \u2013 it\u2019s been great.<\/em>\u201d With\u00a0NAMBOTIN <\/strong>running away with proceedings, TM\u2019s\u00a0Eero REMES (FIN) <\/strong>and Spain\u2019s Cristobal GUERRERO (Yamaha) <\/strong>took the remainder of the podium positions. Securing his first top three result with Yamaha,GUERRERO<\/strong> proved that he\u2019s firmly settled in with his new team. Pushing hard in the hot and dusty conditions, Sherco\u2019s\u00a0Lorenzo SANTOLINO <\/strong>delivered a strong ride at his home race for fourth. Yamaha\u2019s\u00a0Marc BOURGEOIS (F)<\/strong> completed the top five.<\/p>\n

Returning to the top step of the podium, Husqvarna\u2019s\u00a0Jamie MCCANNEY (GB) <\/strong>claimed the Enduro Junior win. Continuing to impress in the 2015 series, Gas Gas mounted\u00a0Diogo VENTURA (P) <\/strong>ended his day as runner-up. Making his first appearance in the 2015 season, EWC newcomer\u00a0Steve HOLCOMBE (GB-Beta)<\/strong> turned a few heads with his standout performance to place third. Behind the top three,\u00a0Luis Oliveira (P-Yamaha) <\/strong>edged out Italy\u2019s\u00a0Giacomo REDONDI (Beta)<\/strong> by three seconds for fifth. Spain\u2019s\u00a0Josep GARCIA (Husqvarna) <\/strong>took a commanding victory in the Youth Cup class.Mikael PERSSON (SWE-Yamaha)<\/strong> and\u00a0David ABGRALL (F-Yamaha)<\/strong> completed the top three.<\/p>\n

Making a winning start to her championship defence, newly mounted KTM rider\u00a0Laia SANZ<\/strong> claimed victory in the Women\u2019s Cup. Australia\u2019s\u00a0Jessica GARDINER (Sherco)<\/strong> placed as runner-up to Sanz while\u00a0Jane DANIELS (GB-Husqvarna)<\/strong> completed the top three. Yamaha\u2019s Jemma WILSON (Aus)<\/strong>and France\u2019s\u00a0Samantha TICHET (KTM)<\/strong> were fourth and fifth respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Video dag 1. Christophe NAMBOTIN sets the pace on day one of the\u00a0Maxxis FIM Enduro World Championshipin Spain. Delivering the goods in extremely hot and dusty terrain in Jerez, KTM mounted\u00a0NAMBOTIN topped the standings in the Enduro 1 class. There was a third win in a row for KTM\u2019s\u00a0Antoine MEO in Enduro 2 while Husqvarna\u2019s\u00a0Mathias…<\/p>\n

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