Finnish riders Samuli Aro and Mika Ahola shared victory in the Enduro 2 class at the opening round of the '07 World Enduro Championship with Aro topping day one and Ahola day two. Revelling in the typically Scandinavian winter conditions the two riders placed comfortably ahead of countryman Valtteri Salonen on both days as the three ensured that the podium on both days was an all Finnish affair.
Knowing that the Scandinavian riders he will be battling against during the '07 Enduro 2 world championship would be all but impossible to beat in the specialist winter conditions in Sweden, Yamaha mounted Frenchman Johnny Aubert simply did the best he could considering the unfamiliar frozen terrain and claimed two solid fifth place finishes. In doing so he placed as the first non Scandinavian rider in the E2 class results on both days. Aubert's UFO Corse Yamaha team-mate Fabrizio Dini found the conditions tough and finished in 17th and 12th.
Johnny Aubert (UFO Corse Yamaha Enduro 2 class - Day 1 fifth, Day 2 fifth:"The first day went pretty well for me really and I finished fifth. I crashed on one of the motocross tests and I got stuck under my bike, which cost me one minute. The Scandinavian riders at the top of the Enduro 2 class are so fast in the winter conditions. I am happy with fifth. Day two was much the same as day one. I made one mistake on the enduro test, which cost me about 45 seconds. I went into a big hole full of snow and I had to get off my bike and push it out. Apart from that things went well and I was just trying to make the best result I could. The E2 championship is going to be very competitive all season so it was important for me to finish both days as best I could, which I did."
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Race 1 - 2007 Enduro 2 Sweden 19/03/2007:1, Samuli Aro - KTM - FIN 103'1.720
2, Mika Ahola - Honda - FIN 0'0.230
3, Valtteri Salonen - HusaBerg - FIN 3'44.870
4, Jari Juha Mattila - Beta - FIN 4'58.110
5, Johnny Aubert - Yamaha - FRA 5'9.890
6, Patrik WicksellKTMSWE6'21.580
7, Fabien Planet - KTM - FRA 6'49.960
8, Stefan Merriman - Aprilia - AUS 7'53.520
9, Nicolas Paganon - Aprilia - FRA 8'23.350
10, Xavier Galindo - KTM - ESP 9'20.020
11, Fritz Andersson - KTM - SWE 9'43.930
12, Nathan Kanney - Husqvarna - USA 10'32.220
13, Patrick Caps - GasGas - BEL 10'38.000
14, Thierry Klutz - Sherco - BEL 11'10.220
15, Nicolas Deparrois - Husqvarna - FRA 11'28.140
17, Fabrizio Dini - Yamaha - ITA 13'27.770
Race 2:1, Mika Ahola - Honda - FIN 69'51.090
2, Samuli Aro - KTM - FIN 0'47.090
3, Valtteri Salonen - HusaBerg - FIN 2'33.660
4, Patrik Wicksell - KTM - SWE 2'56.180
5, Johnny Aubert - Yamaha - FRA 3'54.560
6, Jari Juha Mattila - Beta - FIN 4'16.660
7, Fabien Planet - KTM - FRA 4'40.930
8, Fritz Andersson - KTM - SWE 4'50.720
9, Nicolas Paganon - Aprilia - FRA 5'58.630
10, Stefan Merriman - Aprilia - AUS 6'17.530
11, Rodrig Thain - Suzuki - FRA 7'25.950
12, Fabrizio Dini - Yamaha - ITA 7'30.230
13, Nicolas Deparrois - Husqvarna - FRA 8'24.960
14, Xavier Galindo - KTM - ESP 8'29.090
15, Thierry Klutz - Sherco - BEL 8'33.140
Rider Standings17/03/2007:1. Samuli Aro - KTM - FIN 47
2. Mika Ahola - Honda - FIN47
3. Valtteri Salonen - HusaBerg - FIN 40
4. Jari Juha Mattila - Beta - FIN 33
5. Patrik Wicksell - KTM - SWE 33
6. Johnny Aubert - Yamaha - FRA 32
7. Fabien Plane - KTM - FRA 28
8. Stefan Merriman - Aprilia - AUS 24
9. Nicolas Paganon - Aprilia - FRA 24
10. Fritz Andersson - KTM - SWE 23
11. Xavier Galindo - KTM - ESP 18
12. Nicolas Deparrois - Husqvarna - FRA 14
13. Thierry Klutz - Sherco - BEL 13
14. Fabrizio Dini - Yamaha - ITA 13
15. Patrick Caps - GasGas - BEL 13
Manufacturer Standings - 17/03/2007:1. Honda - 47
2. KTM - 47
3. HusaBerg - 40
4. Beta - 33
5. Yamaha - 32
6. Aprilia - 25
7. Husqvarna - 17
8. GasGas - 13
9. Sherco - 13
10. Suzuki - 10
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