Finland hosted this weekend the Snowmobile Enduro European Cup of the season. In middle of Finland, in Karstula, the weather circumstances were surprisingly good: at the beginning of the week, in fact, it looked like the warm weather would affect the stages. But on Saturday the weather was pretty good with 0° Celsius and on Sunday luckily the rain that was expected came out as snow.
On Saturday 63 riders from three different Countries (Finland, Estonia, Sweden) competed in four different special stages for a total of 140 kilometres.
After some retirements on Sunday it was 50 riders who fought for the championships at three stages for a total of 110 kilometres. In the end it was 42 riders who managed to cross the finish line.
Heli Takkinen from Finland won the Women series, Niki Nummijoki the Junior, Jukka Järvenpää was fastest at the Senior AC class, Lauri Pellonpää at Senior LC and Jukka Nyberg got the gold medal at Veterans class.
“I think it was en excellent race, weather conditions on Saturday were a bit wet but track was still ok”, commented Jury president of the event Robert Svensson. “On Sunday we got some snow, which made the course even better. Riders have been very satisfied as well. The organizer is very experienced and they have done a brilliant job. So I want to thank the Finnish federation, the club and everyone involved with the race”.
Full results on www.fim-europe.eu
