Enduro World Championship

13 May 2012

Torres Vedras- The fourth GP of the year takes place in Torres Vedras on Portugal, the Enduro caravan passes from the insidious mud of Spain to the scorching heat and dust of Portugal.

Already on Friday, at the prologue ,the determination of the strong Estonian pilot, Aigar Loek, could be seen, third distanced by 2.75 seconds from the lead of the hard fought classification of the E3 class.

First day- The first day of the race, takes off hard, everyone pushes hard ,straight away, and the classification is always shorter, to climb on or off the podium is a question of centimetres. Aigar holds on tight, and special after special, conquers the podium, third position, and only 12 centimetres from the second.

A much suffered race for the young Finish pilot Antti Hellsten, lined up in the E1 class, who had to race with a bad case of tendinitis, tenth at the end of the day, twelfth for Nicolò Mori, lined up in the EJ class.

Second day- The second day of the race results more difficult for Aigar, his opponents, now are aware of his worth, don’t want to be taken by surprise again, Aigar works hard to keep pace with the leaders, and at a certain point in the race, loses the podium, but, in the last specials gains well, and once reached the third position he controls his opponents up to the last special. Another important podium , that now sees him in third position in the general classification of the E3 class and only one point from second. Antti Hellsten rivets the race of the first day with a tenth place in the E1 class, always racing under the effect of pain killers because of the bad tendinitis of his left arm. Eleventh position for Nicolò Mori in the EJ- Next appointment . 30th. June at Castiglion Fiorentino.