{"id":38164,"date":"2017-07-03T14:34:28","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T12:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enduro.nl\/?p=38164"},"modified":"2017-07-03T14:34:28","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T12:34:28","slug":"watson-mccanney-top-day-two-at-endurogp-of-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/38164\/watson-mccanney-top-day-two-at-endurogp-of-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"WATSON & MCCANNEY TOP DAY TWO AT ENDUROGP OF GREECE"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Steve<\/a>Securing his first\u00a0EnduroGP\u00a0<\/strong>class win of 2017,\u00a0Nathan Watson (KTM)<\/strong>\u00a0was the big winner on day two of the\u00a0Maxxis FIM EnduroGP of Greece\u00a0<\/strong>where the British rider finished 23 seconds ahead of championship leader\u00a0Steve Holcombe (Beta)\u00a0<\/strong>at the end of a second hot and demanding day of racing in Grevena. Runner-up to\u00a0Holcombe\u00a0<\/strong>on day one,\u00a0Watson<\/strong>\u00a0topped five of the second day\u2019s nine special tests to earn a well-deserved first win of the season. In the Enduro 2 class\u00a0Jamie McCanney (Yamaha)<\/strong>\u00a0topped the result as he did on day two of the GP of Hungary, having come out on top of a two-rider battle for the win with Enduro 2 championship leader\u00a0Josep Garcia (KTM)<\/strong>. In the Enduro Junior class Sweden\u2019s\u00a0Mikael Persson (Yamaha)<\/strong>\u00a0claimed the win.<\/p>\n

Just as on day one in\u00a0Grevena<\/strong>, day two of the\u00a0EnduroGP\u00a0<\/strong>of Greece saw riders battle against scorching temperatures. But for\u00a0Nathan Watson (KTM)\u00a0<\/strong>the day couldn\u2019t have gone any better. Fighting for the win on day one, on day two he delivered his best performance of the year to claim victory and his first podium topping result of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWinning on day two here in Greece is a great way to end the back-to-back GPs we\u2019ve had in Hungary and Greece,<\/em>\u201d enthused\u00a0Nathan\u00a0<\/strong>at the finish. \u201cHungary was a turning point for me \u2013 before that it seemed like I’d had nothing but bad luck. But I carried a lot of confidence into this weekend and made a good start to the first day. I felt really good all weekend, really comfortable on my bike, and I\u2019ve got my confidence back. Day two went well. I still wasn\u2019t overly comfortable on the extreme test, but I managed to stay ahead during the day and get my first EnduroGP class win of the year.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Unable to match the pace of winner\u00a0Watson<\/strong>,\u00a0Steve Holcombe (Beta)<\/strong>\u00a0nevertheless further extended his\u00a0EnduroGP\u00a0<\/strong>championship lead with a runner-up result. Fast around the technical extreme test,\u00a0Steve\u00a0<\/strong>placed six-seconds ahead of\u00a0Loic Larrieu (Yamaha)<\/strong>, who worked his way back from seventh following a mistake on the second motocross test. Continuing to ride well\u00a0Alex Salvini (Beta)<\/strong>\u00a0placed just over two seconds behind\u00a0Larrieu<\/strong>, with Spaniard\u00a0Jaume Betriu (KTM)\u00a0<\/strong>only a further three seconds behind in fifth. With\u00a0Mathias Bellino (Husqvarna)<\/strong>\u00a0sixth,\u00a0Matt Phillips (Sherco)<\/strong>\u00a0placed seventh ahead of\u00a0Cristobal Guerrero (Yamaha)\u00a0<\/strong>eighth and\u00a0Christophe Nambotin (KTM)<\/strong>\u00a0ninth following a big crash on the opening enduro test.\u00a0Giacomo Redondi (Honda)<\/strong>\u00a0rounded out the top ten.<\/p>\n

Just like at the EnduroGP of Hungary where he claimed the win on day two after finishing as runner-up on day one,\u00a0Jamie McCanney (Yamaha)<\/strong>\u00a0again bounced back from a second-place result to win in Greece on day two. Locked in a close battle with\u00a0Josep Garcia<\/strong>, less than two seconds separated the two riders entering the final special test with Jamie securing an eventual win of nine seconds. \u201cI had a few small issues on day one and made a few small mistakes, which knocked my confidence a little on the extreme test but I\u2019m more than happy with how things have ended up on day two,<\/em>\u201d commented\u00a0Jamie<\/strong>. \u201cJust like in Hungary last weekend there was only a few seconds between myself and\u00a0Josep Garcia<\/strong>\u00a0going into the final test of the day, and I managed to get the win. The enduro test was long, around 10 minutes, and I was able to push hard all the way to the finish. There\u2019s a lot of racing still to do this year but I\u2019m really looking forward to continuing to fight for the top of the podium.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Second to\u00a0McCanney<\/strong>\u00a0having won on day one,\u00a0Josep Garcia (KTM)<\/strong>\u00a0continues to lead the Enduro 2 championship, once again showing impressive speed but crashing on more than one occasion.\u00a0Davide Guarneri (Honda)<\/strong>\u00a0showed that his day one result was certainly no fluke by again finishing third, and just 14 seconds behind\u00a0Garcia<\/strong>. Putting in winning rides on both the motocross and enduro tests, had he been faster on the extreme test the Italian might have been able to challenge for the class win.\u00a0Eero Remes (TM)<\/strong>\u00a0finished fourth, 36 seconds behind winner\u00a0McCanney<\/strong>. Dropping one position from his day one result,\u00a0Pascal Rauchenecker (Husqvarna)<\/strong>\u00a0placed fifth.\u00a0Jonathan Barragan (Gas Gas)\u00a0<\/strong>missed out on a top five result by less than three seconds as the Spaniard delivered the best two-stroke Enduro 2 class result.\u00a0Danny McCanney (Husqvarna)<\/strong>,\u00a0Daniel Sanders (KTM)<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Manuel Monni (Yamaha)\u00a0<\/strong>rounded out the top 10.<\/p>\n

In the Enduro Junior class Swede\u00a0Mikael Persson (Yamaha)<\/strong>\u00a0earned his first ever class victory after coming out on top of a two-rider battle with day one winner\u00a0Brad Freeman (Beta)<\/strong>. \u201cI\u2019m so, so happy to get the class win on day two. I\u2019ve been fighting for this result even since the second round of the series in Spain,<\/em>\u201d explained the former 125cc Youth champion. \u201cWhat makes it more rewarding is that I had a really big fight with\u00a0Brad Freeman<\/strong>, who won on day one. We were both pushing to the limit throughout the day.<\/em>\u201d Second and just 10 seconds behind\u00a0Persson<\/strong>,\u00a0Brad Freeman (Beta)<\/strong>\u00a0was the only other rider to challenge for the win as he finished more than one-minute ahead of third placed\u00a0Davide Soreca (Honda)<\/strong>.\u00a0Albin Elowson (Husqvarna)<\/strong>,\u00a0Matteo Cavallo (Beta)<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Kirian Mirabet (Sherco)<\/strong>\u00a0rounded out the top six.<\/p>\n

In the 125cc Youth class\u00a0Andrea Verona (TM)\u00a0<\/strong>claimed yet another class win, ahead of\u00a0Leo Le Quere (TM)<\/strong>\u00a0and Chilean\u00a0Ruy Barbosa (Husqvarna)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The\u00a02017 Maxxis FIM EnduroGP World Championship\u00a0<\/strong>moves on to Portugal in three weeks time, to Castelo Branco on July 21-23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Securing his first\u00a0EnduroGP\u00a0class win of 2017,\u00a0Nathan Watson (KTM)\u00a0was the big winner on day two of the\u00a0Maxxis FIM EnduroGP of Greece\u00a0where the British rider finished 23 seconds ahead of championship leader\u00a0Steve Holcombe (Beta)\u00a0at the end of a second hot and demanding day of racing in Grevena. Runner-up to\u00a0Holcombe\u00a0on day one,\u00a0Watson\u00a0topped five of the second day\u2019s nine…<\/p>\n

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