The overall champion from last year, the Italian Maurizio Micheluz, won the first day of the season-opener in Rieti (Italy) in front of the French Benoit Fortunato. This shows that the small motors have been the fastest in the tests, because both riders used the 250cc-motorbikes.
Third in the overall ranking was British rider Tom Sagar, two places in front of the German Marco Neubert – both riding in the E2-class and so Sagar won the class in the last lap.
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It is countdown to the Enduro-European-Championship: The start is in Italy, beginning on 11th and 12th of April. Rieti is less than 100 km north-east from the capital Rome and has already prepared. More than 200 people are registered in the various classes of the European-Championship, right now – including the reigning champion of all classes, Maurizio Micheluz. The winner of the “overall” switched onto a Husqvarna and will have a home-race in Italy. So he is still one of the big favourites.