BEC Rhayader 2007
Electraction
TM
’07 British Enduro
Championship – round 4: Rhayader Enduro, Rhayader, Mid TM & McConnell seal ’07 BEC Enduro 3 title
With dry and dusty conditions at the
Rhayader Enduro contrasting massively to the rain and mud of the opening two rounds of the
’07 BEC series, this year’s Rhayader Enduro proved to be a little easier than
expected despite several tight checks on day one. Producing his best form of the
championship to date Euan placed in fourth overall on day one, comfortably ahead of fifth
placed rider Ed Jones and only eight seconds adrift of third place finisher Si Wakely.
Making no major mistakes on any of the three timed tests a slightly off the pace final
test stopped Euan placing higher. On day two the hillside special test once
again decided the Championship class finishing order and determined to improve on his day
one result Euan started the day well finishing as runner-up to day one winner Tom Sagar on
the fist test. Going on to again finish second behind Tom on the day’s second test
Euan, competing as one of the last riders in the Championship class, then finished as
runner-up on the last test to Paul Edmondson and in doing so claimed a well deserved
overall runner-up result, as well as comfortably topping the E3 class. Also producing impressive results for TM at
the Rhayader Enduro were Expert class riders Jamie Paget and Gordon Clarke. Despite Gordon
throwing away the overall runner-up spot on day one after clocking in one-minute early to
claim an eventual finishing position of 15th, Jamie finished just 19 seconds
behind class winner Gethin Price in fifth. On day two Jamie rode superbly and topped the
overall Expert class while Gordon topped the E3 class with third overall. The Electraction TM UK team’s next
event will be the seventh and final round of the ’07 World Enduro Championship in
France next weekend before returning to the UK to compete in the final round of the ’07
BEC series, the Natterjack Enduro. Euan McConnell: “I really enjoyed the Rhayader Enduro. The checks in the various different forests were drier than they’ve been for a long time so they weren’t anywhere near as difficult as they could have been, and even though the check times were pretty tight on day one they weren’t quite tight enough to change the results at the top of the Championship class. “I didn’t really have any problem during the event. The opening test on day one was incredibly slippery but I rode pretty well. The only two mistakes I made were riding between the time check at the end of each lap and the start of the special test – I crashed twice there during the weekend.
“I didn’t
have any bad tests on day one but none of them were quite as quick as I’d have liked.
I was just a few seconds too slow on each one. The second day was much better though
– I was on the pace from the start of the day and put in three consistent tests.” ’07
Metzeler British Enduro Championship Rhayader Enduro – day 1 (overall) 1. Tom Sagar (KTM) 1659.76 2. Paul Edmondson (Suzuki) 1661.28 3. Si Wakely (Husqvarna) 1668.27 4.
Euan McConnell (Electraction TM 5. Ed Jones (KTM) 1713.62 6. Paul Bolton (Honda) 1719.36 7. Chris Hockey (Husqvarna) 1737.52 8. Ashley Wood (Honda) 1745.05 9. Greg Evans (KTM) 1760.75 10. Lee Edmondson (Honda) 1787.43 ’07
Metzeler British Enduro Championship Rhayader
Enduro – day 2 (overall) 1. Tom Sagar (KTM) 1627.34 2.
Euan McConnell (Electraction TM 3. Paul Edmondson (Suzuki) 1631.90 4. Si Wakely (Husqvarna) 1638.21 5. Jason Thomas (Yamaha) 1643.77 6. Greg Evans (KTM) 1660.07 7. Ed Jones (KTM) 1689.09 8. Darren Wheeler (Yamaha) 1700.63 9. Lee Edmondson (Honda) 1701.73 10. Chris Hockey (Husqvarna) 1719.52 -----ENDS----- NB: All
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