Eero Remes, Eemil Pohjola and Aleksi Jukola have walked away from the second round of the 2018 Maxxis FIM Enduro World Championship with the wins as the opening rounds concluded at a snowy and cold PÌ_ijÌ_nne in Finland.
Round two concluded on a high in the afternoon in the capital city of Helsinki after a shorter second day of racing (7 hours and 20 minutes!). Sunday was not only less taxing in terms of tests, but also in terms of temperature! Indeed, the temperatures finally began to rise into the 'plus range' as Helsinki approached, and the snow was less abundant over the twelve special stages of the second day of the Grand Prix of Finland.
The legendary PÌ_ijÌ_nne nevertheless remains a race for the specialists and in this game the local riders still appear to be unbeatable, despite the enormous amount of progress shown by the regulars of the championship, who really managed to worry the fast Finns.
Finnish double World Enduro Champion,
Eero Remes was the one to follow on the road to Helsinki, along with his compatriot
Eemil Pohjola, who tried to get his revenge after a mechanical failure on Day 1. But no-one could get near the speed and precision of the diminutive Finn - Remes brilliantly won the EnduroGP (scratch) category, while Aleksi Jukola took third place and inscribes his name in the list of successful PÌ_ijÌ_nne 2018 riders.
Eero Remes was unstoppable not only in EnduroGP but also in E2. For his debut in this medium-sized capacity class, the prot̩g̩ of
Luca Cherubini, was more than comfortable on this snowy terrain and took the advantage over his most serious rivals. But he had to keep an eye on the very quick and determined
Alex Salvini who again upped his game on the final day to take a solid second place.
"I am very satisfied with this Grand Prix," Remes said. "It's a very special race and my goal was to take advantage of my knowledge and experience and get to Spain with a good lead... Mission accomplished! Leader of E2 and second in EnduroGP, I had hoped for this and it augurs well for the future!‰Û
