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Mixed start to ‰Ûª07 World Enduro Championship for the Aussies

Author: Garry Morrow

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Electraction TM UK rider Jake Stapleton recorded mixed results at the opening round of the ‰Ûª07 World Enduro Championship staged in Ostersund, Sweden where he disappointingly failed to finish the opening day of the event due to a de-railed chain before going on to place fifth in the Enduro Junior class on day two.
Stefan Merriman blasts through the snow. Credit: Aprilia
In his first outing in the championship for Aprilia in the E2 class Stefan Merriman was disappointing with 8th on Day 1 and 10th on Day 2. AJ Roberts finished 13th and 15th in the E1 class in his first outing of the season with Honda. Knowing that the series‰Ûª opening event would be both anything but easy and well suited to all Scandinavian riders competing in this year‰Ûªs EJ (Junior Class) championship Stapleton arrived in Sweden optimistic of a good result following many months of training in preparation for the new season. Opting to compete on a 125cc two-stroke for ‰Ûª07 as opposed to the quarter litre two-stroke he‰Ûªs competed on during the last two seasons, Jake, like many other non-Scandinavians, struggled to gel with the snow covered conditions on day one while Swedish and Finnish riders filled the top positions in the EJ class results. Running into problems with his rear break before breaking his gear lever, Jake was then forced out of the first day‰Ûªs competition when his chain de-railed, breaking several spokes in his rear wheel. With the weather cold and the ground frozen on day two Jake decided to try and learn from those that knew exactly what they were doing and at every opportunity copied the actions of the Scandinavian riders in his class. Although not really sure what he was doing differently Jake proved to be much more competitive than he had been on day one before his troubles and went on to place fifth. "The first day didn‰Ûªt start that well and then it got worse. I was struggling in the long ruts, I thought I was going ok but I just wasn‰Ûªt on the pace," Stapleton lamented. "I had a problem with my rear brake, lost my gear lever, and then de-railed my chain, which ended my day. When the chain came off it wrapped itself around the rear wheel and broke a load of the spokes. I had to pull out so I could get it fixed for day two or I would have had troubles with it. ‰ÛÏOn day two I tried to follow the Finnish riders as often as I could follow them in the control sections, to try and learn from them. I‰Ûªm not sure what I changed but I felt better and my result was also better. I pushed as hard as I could and finished fifth, which I‰Ûªm pleased with. I‰Ûªm just looking forward to getting to Spain and Portugal now,‰Û
Grand Prix of Sweden ‰ÛÒ Day 1

Enduro 1
1. Juha Salminen (KTM) 1.43:35.49
2. Niklas Gustafsson (KTM) 1.46:35.49
3. Bartosz Oblucki (CH Racing Husqvarna) 1.47:27.37
4. Tomi Peltola (Suzuki) 1.47:35.09
5. Alessandro Belometti (KTM) 1.48:40.21
6. Marc Germain (Yamaha) 1.48:52.46
7. Fredrik Georgsson (KTM) 1.49:13.80
8. Cristobal Guerrero (Yamaha) 1.49:23.41
9. Simone Albergoni (Yamaha) 1.50:57.49
10. Mike Hartman (KTM) 1.51:41.62
11. Tobias Burman (KTM) 1.51:54.68
12. Per Korsell (Husqvarna) 1.52:34.74
13. Anthony Roberts (Honda) 1.54:22.77
14. Maurizio Micheluz (Yamaha) 1.54:35.98
15. Juraj Dozsa (KTM) 1.56:49.99
16. Joan Jou (Yamaha) 1.58:45.99

Enduro 2
1. Samuli Aro (KTM) 1.41:01.72
2. Mika Ahola (Honda) 1.41: 01.95
3. Valtteri Salonen (Husaberg) 1.44:46.59
4. Jari Mattila (Beta) 1.45:59.83
5. Johnny Aubert (Yamaha) 1.46:11.61
6. Patrik Wicksell (KTM) 1.47:23.30
7. Fabien Planet (KTM) 1.47:51.68
8. Stefan Merriman (Aprilia) 1.48:55.24
9. Nicolas Paganon (Aprilia) 1.49:25.07
10. Xevi Galindo (KTM) 1.50:21.74
11. Fritz Andersson (KTM) 1.50:45.65
12. Nate Kanney (CH Racing Husqvarna) 1.51:33.94
13. Patrick Caps (Gas Gas) 1.51:39.72
14. Thiery Klutz (Sherco) 1.52:11.94
15. Nicolas Deparrois (CH Racing Husqvarna) 1.52:29.86
16. Carl Bjerkert (Honda) 1.53:06.04
17. Fabrizio Dini (Yamaha) 1.54:29.49
18. Patrick Stahl (Husqvarna) 1.58:27.35
19. Emil Carlsson (Honda) 2.00:56.27

Enduro 3
1. Marko Tarkkala (KTM) 1.43:04.57
2. Bjorne Carlsson (Husaberg) 1.44:45.16
3. Ivan Cervantes (KTM) 1.45:43.45
4. Anders Eriksson (CH Racing Husqvarna) 1.46:54.60
5. Alessandro Botturi (Honda) 1.47:53.52
6. Daniel Persson (Husaberg) 1.48:55.96
7. Daniel Johansson (Gas Gas) 1.50:15.98
8. Marcus Kehr (KTM) 1.51:00.41
9. Luigi Seguy (Aprilia) 1.52:39.79
10. Alessandro Zanni (TM) 1.53:37.85
11. Stefan Svitko (KTM) 1.54:21.14
12. Vita Kuklik (KTM) 1.55:35.38
13. Jordan Curvalle (Sherco) 1.57:47.73
14. Dylan Debel (Husaberg) 1.58:18.26
15. Erwin Plekkenpol (Honda) 1.58:41.65
16. Rudy Cotton (Beta) 2.02:04.75
17. Dan Watt (Husaberg) 2.20:00.62

Enduro Junior
1. Joakim Ljunggren (Husaberg) 1.43:55.31
2. Robert Kvarnstrom (KTM) 1.47:46.20
3. Ricard Wressel (Husaberg) 1.48:02.41
4. Roni Niklander (KTM) 1.48:21.01
5. Olli Turma (KTM) 1.48:21.01
6. Tom Sagar (KTM) 1.50:25.86
7. Sami Kaapa (Suzuki) 1.51:32.16
8. Thomas Jansson (KTM) 1.51:52.21
9. Antti Hellsten (Husqvarna) 1.51:56.08
10. Fredrik Berg (KTM) 1.52:29.60
11. Christophe Nambotin (Gas Gas) 1.54:06.92
12. Thomas Aldrati (KTM) 1.54:15.10
13. Erik Luthstrom (KTM) 1.54:15.58
14. Oscar Balletti (Honda) 1.54:25.03
15. Martin Sundin (Kawasaki) 1.54:25.71
16. Sebastian Adeilsson (Honda) 1.54:56.79
17. Lucas Puerta (KTM) 1.55:23.85
18. Robert Kapajcik (KTM) 1.55:56.07
19. Oriol Mena (Yamaha) 1.56:17.00
20. Carlos Andreu (KTM) 1.56:18.70

 Grand Prix of Sweden ‰ÛÒ Day 2

Enduro 1
1. Juha Salminen (KTM) 1.11:43.69
2. Fredrik Georgsson (KTM) 1.14:36.84
3. Tomi Peltola (Suzuki) 1.14:39.85
4. Bartosz Oblucki (CH Racing Husqvarna) 1.15:23.66
5. Alessandro Belometti (KTM) 1.15:33.01
6. Cristobal Guerrero (Yamaha) 1.15:42.78
7. Maurizio Micheluz (Yamaha) 1.15:50.72
8. Marc Germain (Yamaha) 1.16:07.12
9. Niklas Gustafsson (KTM) 1.16:15.03
10. Tobias Burman (KTM) 1.16:57.45
11. Torbjorn Back (Honda) 1.16:59.54
12. Per Korsell (Husqvarna) 1.17:32.25
13. Simone Albergoni (Yamaha) 1.17:49.28
14. Mike Hartman (KTM) 1.18:47.00
15. Anthony Roberts (Honda) 1.10:40.62
16. Juraj Dozsa (KTM) 1.21:35.94
17. Joan Jou (Yamaha) 1.23:08.82

Enduro 2
1. Mika Ahola (Honda) 1.09:51.09
2. Samuli Aro (KTM) 1.10:38.18
3. Valtteri Salonen (Husaberg) 1.12:24.75
4. Patrik Wicksel (KTM) 1.12:47.27
5. Johnny Aubert (Yamaha) 1.13:45.65
6. Jari Mattila (Beta) 1.14:07.75
7. Fabien Planet (KTM) 1.14:32.02
8. Fritz Andersson (KTM) 1.14:41.81
9. Nicolas Paganon (Aprilia) 1.15:49.72
10. Stefan Merriman (Aprilia) 1.16:08.62
11. Rodrig Thain (Suzuki) 1.17:17.04
12. Fabrizio Dini (Yamaha)1.17:21.32
13. Nicolas Deparrois (CH Racing Husqvarna) 1.18:16.05
14. Xevi Galindo (KTM) 1.18:20.18
15. Thierry Klutz (Sherco) 1.18:24.23
16. Patrick Caps (Gas Gas) 1.19:12.02
17. Carl Bjerkert (Honda) 1.19:23.25
18. Nate Kanney (CH Racing Husqvarna) 1.19:33.69
19. Patrik Stahl (Husqvarna) 1.21:35.88

Enduro 3
1. Marko Tarkkala (KTM) 1.11:15.76
2. Bjorne Carlsson (Husaberg) 1.12:11.97
3. Ivan Cervantes (KTM) 1.12:31.69
4. Alessandro Botturi (Honda) 1.13:22.92
5. Anders Eriksson (CH Racing Husqvarna) 1.14:19.78
6. Seb Guillaume (CH Racing Husqvarna) 1.15:52.89
7. Daniel Johansson (Gas Gas) 1.16:02.06
8. Daniel Persson (Husaberg) 1.16:57.60
9. Marcus Kehr (KTM) 1.17:16.59
10. Vita Kuklik (KTM) 1.18:55.60
11. Luigi Seguy (Aprilia) 1.20:33.84
12. Jordon Curvalle (Sherco) 1.21:36.13
13. Alessio Paoli (Beta) 1.21:43.48
14. Erwin Plekkenpol (Honda) 1.22:11.13
15. Dylan Debel (Husaberg) 1.24:31.69
16. Rudy Cotton (Beta) 1.25:26.55
17. Mikael Stromgren (Husaberg) 1.48:00.38

Enduro Junior
1. Joakim Ljunggren (Husaberg) 1.11:28.89
2. Thomas Oldrati (KTM) 1.14:26.48
3. Olli Turma (KTM) 1.15:08.91
4. Antti Hellsten (Husqvarna) 1.15:52.20
5. Jake Stapleton (TM) 1.16:08.98
6. Jari Pulkkinen (KTM) 1.16:11.76
7. Ricard Wressel (Husaberg) 1.16:35.62
8. Fredrik Kvarnstrom (KTM) 1.17:04.59
9. Patrick Wikman (KTM) 1.17:08.76
10. Tomas Jansson (KTM) 1.17:28.82
11. Marc Bourgeois (CH Racing Husqvarna) 1.17:28.96
12. Tom Sagar (KTM) 1.18:06.27
13. Oriol Mena (Yamaha) 1.18:18.50
14. Fredrick Berg (KTM) 1.18:27.05
15. Lorenzo Santolino (KTM) 1.18:41.01
16. Erik Luthstrom (KTM) 1.18:49.88
17. Sebastian Adielsson (Honda) 1.19:22.81
18. Christophe Nambotin (Gas Gas) 1.19:32.02
19. Lucas Puerta (KTM) 1.19:48.32
20. Oscar Balletti (Honda) 1.20:16.08

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