{"id":38156,"date":"2017-07-01T20:26:49","date_gmt":"2017-07-01T18:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enduro.nl\/?p=38156"},"modified":"2017-07-01T20:26:49","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T18:26:49","slug":"holcombe-and-garcia-win-on-day-one-of-endurogp-of-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/38156\/holcombe-and-garcia-win-on-day-one-of-endurogp-of-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"Holcombe and Garcia win on day one of EnduroGP of Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Davide<\/a>The opening day of competition at the\u00a0Maxxis FIM EnduroGP of Greece<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0Grevena\u00a0<\/strong>ended with EnduroGP championship leader\u00a0Steve Holcombe (Beta)<\/strong>\u00a0claiming his second victory of 2017, having battled against extreme heat and an on-form\u00a0Nathan Watson (KTM)<\/strong>. Fighting his way to Enduro 2 class victory\u00a0Josep Garcia (KTM)\u00a0<\/strong>secured his fifth win of the year despite a big crash on the event\u2019s final motocross test.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the EnduroGP class\u00a0Steve Holcombe (Beta)<\/strong>\u00a0ended the first full day of competition just as he finished the Friday night Super Test \u0096 winning. Up beat following his first Super Test win of 2017,\u00a0Steve\u00a0<\/strong>quickly made his intentions know as he faultlessly completed the opening extreme test to extend his lead. Despite the stifling heat and increasingly demanding extreme test,\u00a0Holcombe\u00a0<\/strong>ended the day 12 seconds ahead and picking up his second day win of the series to date.<\/p>\n

I think it\u2019s been the same for all riders, this has been a really challenging day because of the heat<\/em>, commented\u00a0Holcombe<\/strong>. It wasn\u2019t the longest day, it wasn\u2019t the most technical day, but it was tough. There was no escaping the heat, but I felt good throughout the day. The extreme test went really well for me. I knew that I might not be the fastest on the motocross test, so I focused on the extreme and enduro tests. I couldn’t have asked for a better result.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Continuing his impressive form from the GP of Hungary,\u00a0Nathan Watson (KTM)\u00a0<\/strong>ensured a British one-two result as he delivered the strongest and most consistent challenge to\u00a0Holcombe<\/strong>. Fast on both the motocross and enduro tests, the extreme test was\u00a0Watson\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>undoing as mistakes on the technical, rock littered test ultimately prevented him from challenging for the win.\u00a0Loic Larrieu (Yamaha)<\/strong>\u00a0rounded out the podium in the EnduroGP class with the Frenchman delivering yet another impressive ride to place nine-seconds behind\u00a0Watson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Alex Salvini (Beta)<\/strong>\u00a0put his disappointing day one Hungarian result behind him to place fourth with\u00a0Christophe Nambotin (KTM)<\/strong>\u00a0fifth.\u00a0Jaume Betriu (KTM)<\/strong>\u00a0claimed his best result of the season to date with a sixth-place result and finishing only 0.22 of a second behind\u00a0Nambotin<\/strong>.\u00a0Matt Phillips (Sherco)<\/strong>,\u00a0Mathias Bellino (Husqvarna)<\/strong>,\u00a0Cristobal Guerrero (Yamaha)\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Giacomo Redondi (Honda)<\/strong>\u00a0rounded out the top 10.<\/p>\n

Securing his fifth Enduro 2 class day win of 2017,\u00a0Josep Garcia (KTM)<\/strong>\u00a0earned an 18-second margin of victory, finishing ahead of\u00a0Jamie McCanney (Yamaha)<\/strong>. Winning four of the days\u2019 special tests, even with a fall on the final motocross test\u00a0Garcia\u00a0<\/strong>once again proved too fast for his rivals.<\/p>\n

I had a good day<\/em>, explained\u00a0Garcia<\/strong>. For me the dry conditions were perfect. Yes, it was hot but I didn’t have any problems with the heat. Apart from one special test everything went well, getting another victory is great for the championship. It\u2019s going to be a long, hard day tomorrow<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The battle for the runner-up result was between\u00a0Jamie McCanney (Yamaha)<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Davide Guarneri (Honda)<\/strong>, with\u00a0McCanney\u00a0<\/strong>eventually finishing second and finishing just under three seconds ahead of the Italian\u00a0Guarneri<\/strong>. In finishing in third\u00a0Guarneri\u00a0<\/strong>claimed his first podium result of 2017. Some 26 seconds behind\u00a0Guarneri<\/strong>,\u00a0Pascal Rauchenecker (Husqvarna)<\/strong>\u00a0finished fourth but close to 30 seconds adrift.\u00a0Eero Remes (TM)<\/strong>\u00a0eventually ended day one in fifth ahead of countryman\u00a0Henric Stigell (Husqvarna)<\/strong>\u00a0who claimed his best result of the year to date, outside that of his home GP.\u00a0Danny McCanney (Husqvarna)<\/strong>\u00a0finished seventh with\u00a0Lorenzo Santolino (Sherco)<\/strong>,\u00a0Daniel Sanders (KTM)\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Jonathan Barragan (Gas Gas)<\/strong>\u00a0rounding out the top 10.<\/p>\n

Brad Freeman (Beta)<\/strong>\u00a0was again the rider to beat in the Enduro Junior class, finishing ahead of championship leader\u00a0Davide Soreca (Honda)<\/strong>. Second during the Friday night Super Test,\u00a0Freeman\u00a0<\/strong>topped three of the day\u2019s tests in the junior class to claim a hard-fought victory. That was so, so difficult. I felt good on the first lap but on the second lap I just had no energy, I thought I was going to struggle to finish the day<\/em>, admitted\u00a0Brad<\/strong>. But thankfully I felt better again on the final lap and managed to finish the day with a really good enduro test. I gave it everything, but man that was a tough day<\/em>.<\/p>\n

250f mounted riders\u00a0Davide Soreca (Honda)<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Mikael Persson (Yamaha)<\/strong>\u00a0rounded out the junior podium, with\u00a0Soreca\u00a0<\/strong>finishing 12 seconds behind\u00a0Freeman\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Persson\u00a0<\/strong>a further 27 seconds adrift.\u00a0Tosha Schareina (Husqvarna)<\/strong>,\u00a0Albin Elowson (Husqvarna)<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Enric Francisco (KTM)\u00a0<\/strong>rounded out the top six.<\/p>\n

Andrea Verona (TM)<\/strong>\u00a0claimed his seventh day win of the series with a convincing victory on day one in\u00a0Grevena<\/strong>, pacing 45 seconds ahead of\u00a0Leo Le Quere (TM)\u00a0<\/strong>with\u00a0Alonso Fernandez<\/strong>\u00a0finishing third.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The opening day of competition at the\u00a0Maxxis FIM EnduroGP of Greece\u00a0in\u00a0Grevena\u00a0ended with EnduroGP championship leader\u00a0Steve Holcombe (Beta)\u00a0claiming his second victory of 2017, having battled against extreme heat and an on-form\u00a0Nathan Watson (KTM). Fighting his way to Enduro 2 class victory\u00a0Josep Garcia (KTM)\u00a0secured his fifth win of the year despite a big crash on the event\u2019s…<\/p>\n

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