{"id":29953,"date":"2015-05-10T20:15:47","date_gmt":"2015-05-10T18:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enduro.nl\/?p=29953"},"modified":"2015-05-10T20:15:47","modified_gmt":"2015-05-10T18:15:47","slug":"ewc-spanje-dag-2-close-racing-on-day-two-brings-gp-of-spain-to-a-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/29953\/ewc-spanje-dag-2-close-racing-on-day-two-brings-gp-of-spain-to-a-close\/","title":{"rendered":"EWC Spanje dag 2: Close Racing On Day Two Brings GP Of Spain To A Close"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Steve<\/a>Hot weather and exceptionally close racing brings the\u00a0GP\u00a0AMV Seguros\u00a0of Spain<\/strong> to an exciting close on day two in\u00a0Jerez<\/strong>. Across all classes the second day of racing at round two of the\u00a0Maxxis FIM Enduro World Championship <\/strong>was incredibly competitive. In the Enduro 3 class,\u00a0Mathias Bellino (Husqvarna) <\/strong>secured a one-second margin of victory, while his teammate\u00a0Jamie McCanney<\/strong> kept himself two seconds ahead of his closest competitors to win in the Enduro Junior ranks. KTM\u2019s\u00a0Antoine Meo<\/strong> was again the winner in Enduro 2 while\u00a0Christophe Nambotin (KTM) <\/strong>was unstoppable in Enduro 1. Taking a commanding victory,\u00a0Laia Sanz (KTM)<\/strong> was the clear winner in the Women\u2019s Cup.<\/p>\n

On day two there was no change at the head of the Enduro 2 class. Claiming his fourth win of the season, KTM\u2019s\u00a0Antoine Meo <\/strong>continues to establish himself as the rider to beat.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s been another fantastic weekend for me,<\/em>\u201d told\u00a0Meo<\/strong>.\u00a0\u201cI didn’t have a great feeling with the terrain. I won some tests and lost a few too but overall I was able to keep my times quite consistent and I think that was the most important thing. Hopefully I can keep this form going next weekend in Portugal.<\/em>\u201d Delivering his best result of the 2015 series to date,\u00a0Alex Salvini (Honda)<\/strong> chased\u00a0Meo <\/strong>home for second. With a strong set of times on the final lap, the Italian managed to keep a hard charging\u00a0Pela Renet (Husqvarna)<\/strong> four seconds behind him. With\u00a0Renet <\/strong>forced to settle for third, it was Beta\u2019s\u00a0Johnny Aubert<\/strong> who completed the top four \u2013 15 seconds adrift of Renet. Showing great promise on day two, France\u2019s\u00a0Loic Larrieu <\/strong>placed fifth on his Sherco ensuring five different manufactures occupied the top five positions.<\/p>\n

As Enduro 3 continues to prove itself as one of the most competitive classes of the championship, Husqvarna\u2019s\u00a0Mathias Bellino<\/strong> is showing himself as the main rider to beat. Fighting his way from fourth into the lead,\u00a0Bellino<\/strong> managed to hold off a late charge from Sherco\u2019s\u00a0Matti Seistola<\/strong> to take a small but very important one-second margin of victory. \u201cThat was one very close race for the victory, but it was great,\u201d remarked Bellino. \u201cOn the last lap I had the lead but the gap was nothing and any mistake could have pushed me back to fifth. Winning both days is an incredible feeling.<\/em>\u201d With the top six riders separated by just 17 seconds,\u00a0Matti Seistola<\/strong> was next to\u00a0Bellino<\/strong>. Coming an agonising one-second shy of winning, the Finn was nevertheless pleased with his day. Turning up the speed for day two, Spain\u2019s\u00a0Jonathan Barragan<\/strong> delivered Gas Gas a home GP podium result in third.\u00a0 Only one second behind Barragan, Italy\u2019s\u00a0Manuel Monni (TM)<\/strong> missed out on a top three result and was fourth. Australia\u2019s\u00a0Matt Phillips (KTM)<\/strong> rounded out the top five with\u00a0Thomas Oldrati (Husqvarna)<\/strong> two seconds back in sixth.<\/p>\n

Once again there was no stopping KTM\u2019s\u00a0Christophe Nambotin<\/strong> in Enduro 1. At home in the hot, dry and dusty conditions, the Frenchman delivered a carbon copy result of his previous day\u2019s ride. Winning all special tests, Nambotin was also unofficially the fastest outright rider.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s been a brilliant weekend, really good,<\/em>\u201d smiled\u00a0Nambotin<\/strong>. \u201cWinning both days is exactly what I hoped for and also getting the outright too is a nice. I was disappointed with the way I rode in Chile on day two and I really wanted to make up for it. It\u2019s great to win.<\/em>\u201d While\u00a0Nambotin <\/strong>cleared off to win,\u00a0Eero Remes (TM) <\/strong>was again second to the KTM rider. Delivering another podium result on home soil, Yamaha\u2019s\u00a0Cristobal Guerrero<\/strong>has put himself firmly back in the championship fight following a difficult opening round in Chile. Improving two positions over day one, Husqvarna\u2019s\u00a0Daniel McCanney (GB) <\/strong>held off a last lap battle with Kawasaki\u2019s\u00a0Simone Albergoni (I)<\/strong> to take fourth.<\/p>\n

In the Enduro Juniors it was another win for Husqvarna\u2019s\u00a0Jamie McCanney (GB)<\/strong>. But this time around he came under fire from a very impressive Steve Holcombe (GB)<\/strong>. The Beta mounted rider surprised a lot of people with his speed throughout the weekend and is a new threat for race honours. Behind the leading British riders, Italy\u2019s\u00a0Giacomo Redondi (Beta)<\/strong> found his way onto the podium with third. Claiming a top four result,\u00a0Luis Oliveira <\/strong>is on form ahead of his home race in Portugal next weekend. One second behind\u00a0Oliveira<\/strong>, Italy\u2019s\u00a0Alessandro Battig (Honda) <\/strong>completed the top five.<\/p>\n

The GP of Spain was one to remember for home favourite\u00a0Josep Garcia (Husqvarna) <\/strong>with the young Spaniard clocking up his second victory of the weekend in the Youth Cup class. The Yamaha duo of\u00a0Mikael Persson (SWE) <\/strong>and\u00a0Luca Garello (F) <\/strong>joined him on the podium in second and third.<\/p>\n

In the Women\u2019s Cup it was another win for Spain\u2019s\u00a0Laia Sanz<\/strong>, This time the KTM rider extended her advantage to almost two minutes. Australia\u2019s\u00a0Jessica Gardiner (Sherco) <\/strong>followed\u00a0Sanz <\/strong>home for the runner-up with\u00a0Jane Daniels (GB-Husqvarna)<\/strong> seven seconds behind in third.\u00a0Jemma Wilson (AUS-Yamaha)<\/strong> and France\u2019s\u00a0Blandine Dufrene (KTM)<\/strong> completed the top five.<\/p>\n

The Maxxis FIM Enduro World Championship<\/strong> continues with round three, the\u00a0GP\u00a0Polisport\u00a0of Portugal<\/strong>, in\u00a0Gouveia <\/strong>on May 16\/17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hot weather and exceptionally close racing brings the\u00a0GP\u00a0AMV Seguros\u00a0of Spain to an exciting close on day two in\u00a0Jerez. Across all classes the second day of racing at round two of the\u00a0Maxxis FIM Enduro World Championship was incredibly competitive. In the Enduro 3 class,\u00a0Mathias Bellino (Husqvarna) secured a one-second margin of victory, while his teammate\u00a0Jamie McCanney…<\/p>\n

Lees meer “EWC Spanje dag 2: Close Racing On Day Two Brings GP Of Spain To A Close”<\/span> »<\/a><\/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-29953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ekwk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29953","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=29953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}