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CH Racing Husqvarna Factory Enduro Team 2007
World Enduro Championship ’07 – Round 2, Puerto Lumbreras, Spain, 28-29.4.2007
Mixed weekend for CH Racing Husqvarna team at second round of the ’07 World Enduro Championship
The CH Racing Husqvarna team came away from the second round of the ’07 World Enduro Championship staged in Puerto Lumbreras, Spain having recorded mixed results as several of the team’s riders saw their performances affected by plane bad luck. With the event the series’ first to take place in southern Europe following the championship’s opening ‘winter enduro’ in Sweden, torrential rain the evening before the opening day resulted in an extremely wet and slippery begining to the first day of competition. The two riders that produced the best results for Husqvara were Enduro 1 class rider Bartosz Oblucki, who placed his prototype 250cc four-stroke in sixth and fifth positions, and Enduro 3 class competitor Seb Guillaume who claimed fifth and fourth place results. Were it not for the fact that Seb rolled into one of the event’s time checks a few secods too early and received a one minute penalty on day one, and then received another one-minute penalty on day two after the CH Racing Husqvarna team were forced to fit a new swingarm to his bike after he hit a rock at speed and damaged the rear chain guard, Seb would have likely finished on the podium on both days.
It was in the Enduro 3 class where the CH Racing Husqvarna team suffered most in Puerto Lumbreras. With Seb Guilaume claiming a one-minute penalty, which dropped him to fifth position on day one the French rider looked a sure bet to finish second having topped two tests and performed well on all but the day’s first special stage. Again riding well on day two Seb, if it weren’t for the fact that he needed a new swingarm fitted to his bike in order to finish the day, would have likely claimed third after again performing well and winning the final test of the day.
Frustratingly for seven-time enduro world champion Anders Eriksson day one ended prematurely as the Swede drowned his E3 class four-stroke in one of the numerous mud holes on the enduro test on lap three. Having placed third on the day’s opening test Anders was forced to retire and ready his machine for day two. Not realising exactly how how much water his bike had taken in on day one, shortly after the start of day two it became clear that all was not well with his bike’s motor. Thankfully Anders was able to reach the end of the second day’s competition and in finishing in eight managed to at least collect some world championship points.
The CH Racing Husqvarna team now travels to Portugal for round three of the ’07 World Enduro Championship on May 5-6.
Anders Eriksson: “It’s been a horrible weekend for me. I certainly didn’t work so hard after my injury to come back and have a weekend like this. But it happens and hopefully I won’t have any more bad luck this season. My bike got full of water on the enduro test on day one, which ended my day. The frustrating thing about it is that on the next lap they took the mud hole out. Anyway, the water did more damage to the engine than we thought and from the start of day two the engine didn’t sound so good. I’m lucky to have finished. I managed to take some points on day two but it’s certainly not the result I was hoping.”
2007 World Enduro Championship Rnd 2
Grand Prix of Spain – Day 1
Enduro 3 class
1. Ivan Cervantes (KTM) 49:53.98; 2. Marko Tarkkala (KTM) 50:57.12; 3. Bjorne Carlsson (Husaberg) 51:25.85; 4. Fred Bolley (Gas Gas) 51:29.34; 5. Seb Guillaume (CH Racing Husqvarna) 51:46.94; 6. Marcus Kehr (KTM) 52:19.97; 7. Alessandro Botturi (Honda) 52:29.21; 8. Jean-Francois Goblet (KTM) 53:04.54; 9. Vita Kuklik (KTM) 53:22.92; 10. Euan McConnell (TM) 53:27.70; 11. Jordon Curvalle (Sherco) 55:18.78; 12. Gordon Clarke (TM) 58:52.02; 13. Miguel Maroto (Beta) 1.03:30.93
2007 World Enduro Championship Rnd 2
Grand Prix of Spain – Day 2
Enduro 3 class
1. Ivan Cervantes (KTM) 49:21.97; 2. Marko Tarkkala (KTM) 50:20.55; 3. Bjorne Carlsson (Husaberg) 50:53.68; 4. Seb Guillaume (CH Racing Husqvarna) 51:41.69; 5. Alessandro Botturi (Honda) 51:44.95; 6. Marcus Kehr (KTM) 51:56.70; 7. Vita Kuklik (KTM) 50:07.41; 8. Anders Eriksson (CH Racing Husqvarna) 52:32.03; 9. Jean-Francois Goblet (KTM) 52:46.88; 10. Fred Bolley (Gas Gas) 53:45.59; 11. Euan McConnell (TM) 54L46.59; 12. Jordon Curvalle (Sherco) 55:05.94; 13. Rudy Cotton (Beta) 55:31.59; 14. Gordon Clarke (TM) 1.00:48.76
