Spaniard Ivan Cervantes and Italian Simone Albergoni shared a day win each in the Enduro 1 class at the GP of Canada, the fifth round of the '06 World Enduro Championship. It was Cervantes that topped the first day ahead of Albergoni after the two riders fought tooth and nail all day. With just 10 seconds separating the two, Pole Bartosz Oblucki claimed third, finishing close to one minute behind Albergoni.
On day two positions were reversed at the top of the class with Albergoni getting the better of the current E1 championship leader. Winning four of the day's nine special tests Albergoni placed 40 seconds ahead of Cervantes with the Spaniard finishing almost the exact same distance ahead of third placed rider Bartosz Oblucki. Due to the logistical challenges and high costs of competing in Canada less than 10 E1 WEC regulars travelled to North America with just nine and eight riders respectively scoring points in the E1 class.
With just one rider representing the UFO Corse Yamaha team in Canada Italian Maurizio Micheluz had a good weekend finishing in fifth position on both days. Finding the soft and in places rocky conditions difficult to master, Maurizio finished day one without problems but then crashed hard on day two. Despite being de-tuned by his crash Maurizio claimed valuable championship points and currently sits in fifth in the E1 world championship standings.
Maurizio Micheluz (UFO Corse Yamaha) Enduro 1 class - Day 1: Fifth, Day 2: Fifth "I felt like I rode quite well on day one - not great but ok. I didn't make any mistakes and I finished fifth, which I was reasonable happy with. I think that if I had pushed any harder I would have crashed because I didn't feel so comfortable in the conditions. "On day two I crashed hard on the second enduro test and I didn't feel so good after that. I just wanted to finish the race as best as I could after that. It was a strange race because the ground in the special tests was very different to what I am used to. The organisation was very good though and the race was really interesting."
Race classification Enduro 1:Round: 5 - Parry Sound, Canada
Circuit: Parry Sound
Date: 16 July 2006
Crowd: 4000
Temp: 26ºC
Weather: Sunny
Race: day 1 1 I. Cervantes KTM ESP 46' 51.770
2 S. Albergoni Honda ITA +10.090
3 B. Oblucki Husqvarna POL +1' 7.480
4 A. Belometti KTM ITA +1' 21.980
5 M. Micheluz Yamaha ITA +2' 39.810
6 A. Roberts Yamaha AUS +3' 9.030
7 M. Hartmann KTM GER +3' 51.760
8 S. Cuthbertson KTM CAN +7' 48.260
9 J. Skinner KTM CAN +10' 58.180
Race 2: day 2 1 S. Albergoni Honda ITA 59' 14.260
2 I. Cervantes KTM ESP +39.070
3 B. Oblucki Husqvarna POL +1' 18.960
4 A. Belometti KTM ITA +1' 22.820
5 M. Micheluz Yamaha ITA +4' 55.480
6 A. Roberts Yamaha AUS +6' 0.140
7 S. Cuthbertson KTM CAN +9' 40.140
8 J. Skinner KTM CAN +12' 5.560
Championship standings Enduro 1: 1 Ivan Cervantes KTM ESP 241
2 Simone Albergoni Honda ITA 212
3 Alessandro Belometti KTM ITA 174
4 Bartosz Oblucki Husqvarna POL 167
5 Mauricio Micheluz Yamaha ITA 161
6 Petri Pohjamo TM FIN 105
7 Helder Rodrigues Yamaha POR 97
8 Mike Hartmann KTM GER 84
9 Nicolas Deparrois Husqvarna FRA 75
10 Freddy Blanc KTM FRA 74
11 Peter Bergvall Suzuki SWE 52
12 Julien Gauthier Honda FRA 43
13 Frederik Georgsson KTM SWE 41
14 Roberto Bazzurri Husqvarna ITA 32
15 Anthony Roberts Yamaha AUS 30
16 Shane Cuthbertson KTM CAN 27
17 Joan Jou Yamaha ESP 27
18 Robert Carlsson Yamaha SWE 26
19 James Skinner KTM CAN 25
20 Manuel Pievani KTM ITA 24
29 Fernando Ferreira Yamaha POR 13
30 Alexandre Mendes Yamaha FRA 12
33 Arnau Vilanova Yamaha ESP 10
35 Andre Fernandez Yamaha POR 6
37 Santos Helio Yamaha ESP 4
Manufacturers standings Enduro 1:1 KTM 241
2 Honda 212
3 Husqvarna 177
4 Yamaha 166
5 TM 105
6 Suzuki 77
7 Kawasaki 24
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