Sun, high temperatures, dust, sweat and tears made the GP of Greece (18-19 June) in the beautiful Greek island of Kalambaka-Meteora, an epic battle for supremacy in the Enduro World Championship standings.
Located in northern Greece, Kalambaka-Meteora is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. It has twenty-four monasteries built on natural rock towers and is considered a haven for peace throughout the year. But when the fight for the prized E3 World Championship rolled in, that peace was all but shattered!
After two victories in last week’s Turkish Grand Prix, the GP of Greece saw Mika Ahola take two 3rd places. However, these 3rd places would have seemed like a victory of sorts for Ahola, who was suffering from an intestinal infection and was far from his best form.
He was in-fact forced to make several “unforeseen? stops across the two days of competition, stops that cost him valuable time and removed the chance of going for the outright victory. A victory that would go to his closest rival, Christoph Nambotin on both days, and that would eat into Ahola?s commanding championship lead somewhat. Things are certainly not finished just yet in E3.
Mika Ahola, HM Honda Zanardo
“I wanted to give more, but my physical condition was not allowing me, especially on Saturday. On Sunday I made even more difficult for myslef because the suspension settings we chose did not allow me to be aggressive as I wanted. The two 3rd places are still a good result. You can not always win and this positioning still keeps me in charge in the championship.?
Event results – Round 5 – Race 1
1 Christophe Nambotin 1:06:09.08 FRA GAS GAS Gas Gas Team
2 Joakim Ljunggren +1:13.07 SWE HUSABERG Husaberg Factory Racing Team
3 Mika Ahola +1:15.33 FIN HONDA Team HM Honda Zanardo
4 Kurt Caselli +1:16.04 USA KTM KTM Enduro Factory Team
5 Alex Salvini +1:25.49 ITA HUSQVARNA Husqvarna CH Racin Monster Energy
6 Oriol Mena +1:33.54 ESP HUSABERG Husaberg Factory Racing Team
7 Sebastien Guillaume +2:02.30 FRA HUSQVARNA Husqvarna CH Racin Monster Energy
8 Marko Tarkkala +3:02.26 FIN HUSABERG Husaberg Factory Team
9 Jordi Figueras +3:26.60 SPA GAS GAS Gas Gas Team
10 Alessandro Botturi +4:18.50 ITA GAS GAS FEG SRL
11 Maurizio Facchin +4:34.61 ITA HONDA Team HM Honda Zanardo
12 Marcus Kehr +4:45.60 GER KTM KTM Enduro Supported Team
13 Fabio Mossini +5:37.34 ITA BETA Beta Factory Team
14 Jonas Karlsson +5:42.69 SWE KTM No Name – KTM
15 Vasileios Siafarikas +8:23.48 GRE HONDA Team HM Honda Zanardo
16 Nikolaos Liosis +29:21.47 GRE KTM No Name – KTM
17 Jakob Morhed DNF SWE KTM No Name – KTM
Event results – Round 5 – Race 2
1 Christophe Nambotin 1:07:34.09 FRA GAS GAS Gas Gas Team
2 Kurt Caselli +1:11.37 USA KTM KTM Enduro Factory Team
3 Mika Ahola +1:16.11 FIN HONDA Team HM Honda Zanardo
4 Joakim Ljunggren +1:17.38 SWE HUSABERG Husaberg Factory Racing Team
5 Alex Salvini +1:58.07 ITA HUSQVARNA Husqvarna CH Racin Monster Energy
6 Oriol Mena +2:33.66 ESP HUSABERG Husaberg Factory Racing Team
7 Marko Tarkkala +3:04.76 FIN HUSABERG Husaberg Factory Team
8 Fabio Mossini +3:11.29 ITA BETA Beta Factory Team
9 Jordi Figueras +4:50.10 SPA GAS GAS Gas Gas Team
10 Maurizio Facchin +5:51.09 ITA HONDA Team HM Honda Zanardo
11 Jonas Karlsson +6:18.65 SWE KTM No Name – KTM
12 Marcus Kehr +6:52.30 GER KTM KTM Enduro Supported Team
13 Vasileios Siafarikas +8:44.20 GRE HONDA Team HM Honda Zanardo
14 Sebastien Guillaume DNF FRA HUSQVARNA Husqvarna CH Racin Monster Energy
15 Alessandro Botturi DNF ITA GAS GAS FEG SRL
Championship standings
1 Mika Ahola 234 pts FIN HONDA Team HM Honda Zanardo
2 Christophe Nambotin 201 pts FRA GAS GAS Gas Gas Team
3 Joakim Ljunggren 184 pts SWE HUSABERG Husaberg Factory Racing Team
4 Marko Tarkkala 166 pts FIN HUSABERG Husaberg Factory Team
5 Oriol Mena 149 pts ESP HUSABERG Husaberg Factory Racing Team
6 Sebastien Guillaume 144 pts FRA HUSQVARNA Husqvarna CH Racin Monster Energy
7 Jordi Figueras 115 pts SPA GAS GAS Gas Gas Team
8 Alex Salvini 93 pts ITA HUSQVARNA Husqvarna CH Racin Monster Energy
9 Fabio Mossini 79 pts ITA BETA Beta Factory Team
10 Marcus Kehr 74 pts GER KTM KTM Enduro Supported Team
11 Jonas Karlsson 73 pts SWE KTM No Name – KTM
12 Maurizio Facchin 70 pts ITA HONDA Team HM Honda Zanardo
13 Alessandro Botturi 67 pts ITA GAS GAS FEG SRL
14 Maurizio Micheluz 54 pts ITA FANTIC Fantic Motor Scuderia Doimo Cityline
15 David Knight 47 pts GBR KTM KTM Enduro Factory Team
16 Tadeusz Blazusiak 43 pts POL KTM KTM Enduro Factory Team
17 Juan Perez de la Torre 43 pts ESP KTM No Name – KTM
18 Rudy Cotton 40 pts FRA GAS GAS Gas Gas Proracing Team
19 Kurt Caselli 40 pts USA KTM KTM Enduro Factory Team
20 Jakob Morhed 33 pts SWE KTM No Name – KTM
21 Jordi Viladoms 22 pts ESP YAMAHA Yamaha O.Pons Team
22 Serkan Ozdemir 19 pts TUR KTM No Name – KTM
23 Vasileios Siafarikas 14 pts GRE HONDA Team HM Honda Zanardo
24 Andrea Belotti 14 pts ITA HUSABERG No Name – Husaberg
25 Kunter Kusco 9 pts TUR KTM No Name – KTM
26 Nikolaos Liosis 5 pts GRE KTM No Name – KTM
27 Matteo Zecchin 4 pts ITA FANTIC Fantic Motor Scuderia Doimo Cityline
28 Christian Espana 3 pts AND TM Moto Equip TM
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