Phillips seizes E3 lead with day one victory in Sweden
Fourth win in a row boosts Aussie to the top of the championship.
Image: Jonty Edmunds.
Australia’s Matt Phillips picked up his fourth consecutive victory in the E3 category of the FIM Enduro World Championship at Enköping in Sweden on Saturday.
Following over two hours of special tests, Phillips continued his winning ways for KTM, despite sustaining a wrist injury in the early stages of proceedings. He won ahead of Matthias Bellino (Husqvarna) and Jeremy Joly (KTM).
“Mathias was riding really strong but I managed to get into the lead about lap two,” commented Phillips. “I then hurt my wrist and had to try and adapt my riding but with Mathias close it was a fight to the finish. It feels awesome to get another win in the bag.”
With early series leader Ivan Cervantes (KTM) struggling through an ankle injury for 12th, the result saw Phillips take over the world championship lead by four points.
Husqvarna’s Pela Renet picked up his fifth win of the season in E2, from Johnny Aubert (Beta) and Alex Salvini (Honda). Australian championship regular Stefan Granquist made his EWC debut, finishing ninth aboard a Honda.
In the E1 ranks it was Christophe Nambotin (KTM) who raced to a runaway victory, heading Eero Remes (TM) and Jeremy Tarroux (Sherco).
Claiming her fifth win of the season, Spain’s Laia Sanz (Honda) secured victory in the Women’s Cup. Britain’s Jane Daniels (Husqvarna) fought her way from fourth to finish as runner-up while Australia’s Jessica Gardiner (Sherco) completed the top three, ahead of Emelie Karlsson.
2014 FIM Enduro World Championship
Round five – Enköping, Sweden
E1 Saturday Results:
1. Christophe Nambotin
2. Eero Remes
3. Jeremy Tarroux
4. Cristobal Guerrero
5. Rudi Moroni
E1 championship standings:
1. Christophe Nambotin 174
2. Eero Remes 134
3. Cristobal Guerrero 131
4. Anthony Boissiere 111
5. Jeremy Tarroux 106
E2 Saturday results:
1. Pierre Alexandre Renet
2. Johnny Aubert
3. Alex Salvini
4. Lorenzo Santolino
5. Roni Nikander
E2 championship standings:
1. Pierre Alexandre Renet 166
2. Johnny Aubert 135
3. Antoine Meo 114
4. Alex Salvini 113
5. Lorenzo Santolino 97
E3 Saturday results:
1. Matthew Phillips (AUS)
2. Mathias Bellino
3. Jérémy Joly
4. Luis Correia
5. Joakim Ljunggren
E3 championship standings:
1. Matthew Phillips (AUS) 159
2. Ivan Cervantes 155
3. Mathias Bellino 128
4. Matti Seistola 110
5. Luis Correia 105
Women Saturday results:
1. Laia Sanz
2. Jane Daniels
3. Jessica Gardiner (AUS)
4. Emelie Karlsson
5. Samantha Tichet
Women championship standings:
1. Laia Sanz 100
2. Jane Daniels 85
3. Jessica Gardiner (AUS) 69
4. Samantha Tichet 55
5. Géraldine Fournel 42
6. Jemma Wilson (AUS) 41
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