Antonio Meo crowed E2 champ at Andorra EWC

Continuing his amazing season Husqvarna CH Racing’s Antonio Meo put his name to the coveted E2 title following two near faultless performances at the season’s penultimate event, the GP of Andorra.

Starting the race with a commanding championship lead a winning result on Day 1 put the Frenchman in the perfect position to become the first rider of 2011 to be crowned Enduro World Champion. Despite challenging weather conditions and a demanding course Antoine and his TE 310 performed exceptionally during Day 2. With the Frenchman’s focus being to win the E2 championship Meo placed third, just 18 seconds behind the day’s eventual winner. In doing so Antoine claimed Husqvarna’s 79th world title.

Claiming no fewer than seven day wins and finishing off the podium just once during seven two-day GPs, Antoine has remained at the top of the competitive Enduro 2 class since the opening round of the series in Spain.

In Andorra, Meo overcame a slow start to the opening day to power his way onto the top step of the podium, claiming the win following an outstanding winning performance on the day’s final special test. On day two winning the E2 World Championship was Antoine’s primary goal, which he achieved in style with a solid third place result.

Antoine Meo: “It’s difficult to explain how I feel. I’m overjoyed that all the hard work that everyone on the team has put in this year has resulted in this title. I’ve had some rivals have mechanical problems earlier in the season so things were a little easier for me than I was expecting, but finishing races and being consistent is what winning championships is all about. I’m so happy to have won the E2 World Title. It’s fantastic. I took things a little easy at the start of the first day because I knew it was going to be a hard race and I had a championship to think about. Also, with the overnight rain the tracks were really slippery. Slowly, I found my rhythm and by the last special test I was back in contention for the win. I gave that last special test my all and everything was great and I managed to win the day. For the second day I was pretty nervous and again made a slow start. I broke my rear brake lever towards the end of the day so I wasn’t able to push as hard as I wanted on the final lap. I knew I wouldn’t be able to win so I tried to remain in third, which worked out perfectly. I can relax now and have some fun at the last round of the championship in France.”