forced the premature end of the
day's racing.
"I'm super happy to win Endu-
roGP and Enduro2," Verona said
on Sunday. "I felt good on the
bike today and throughout the
weekend."
"It was a good fight today, but
it's second for me in EnduroGP,
with the win in Enduro1," said
Garcia, Saturday's winner. "I am
happy with my riding; I just had
too many mistakes in the second
Enduro Test."
Pichon said, "The day started
well, and I was leading on lap
one. But then I began to make
some mistakes. I tried to do my
best, but it was not enough. It's
not my best GP, but I have taken
some good points."
MacDonald was again fourth,
and Mikael Persson (Triumph)
was fifth overall.
After five of seven rounds, Gar-
cia leads the EnduroGP (overall)
standings with 186 points, fol-
lowed by Portugal non-starter Gas-
Gas' Andrea Pichon's 157 points
and Zach Pichon's 155 points.
In the Women's Championship,
there was a shakeup. Points
leader Francesca Nocera (Hon-
da) had her Saturday cut short
due to a mechanical issue, while
American Rachel Gutish, on the
factory-backed Rieju, went on
to take the day's win over team-
mate Rosie Rowett and take over
the points lead.
"I'm really happy to get the
win here," Gutish said. "But to
be honest, the dusty conditions
were not to my strengths. So, to
win is very rewarding."
Nocera came back to win day
two, while Gutish took second,
which was good enough to main-
tain her lead in the class cham-
pionship. After three of the four
rounds for the Women's class,
Gutish leads with 105 points to
Rowett's 94. Nocera is now third
with 90 points.
CN
DAY 1 OVERALL (Top 5)
1. Josep Garcia (KTM) 1:03:09.70
2. Andrea Verona (GG) 1:03:28.16
3. Zach Pichon (TM) 1:03:36.97
4. Hamish Macdonald (She) 1:04:13.91
5. Morgan Lesiardo (Tri) 1:04:25.96
DAY 2 OVERALL (Top 5)
1. Andrea Verona (GG) 40:14.76
2. Josep Garcia (KTM) 40:21.36
3. Zach Pichon (TM) 40:32.80
4. Hamish Macdonald (She) 40:56.50
5. Mikael Persson (Tri) 41:00.55
VOLUME ISSUE SEPTEMBER , P55
American Rachel Gutish stood on the top step
of the podium in Saturday's Women's class and
is the new class's championship leader.
