🎥 EnduroGP Highlights: Finland 🇫🇮

The first round of the 2017 FIM Maxxis EnduroGP World Championship, kicked off in Finland over the weekend. At the top of the EnduroGP results, it was Antti Hellsten (Husqvarna) who claimed the win, leading home a trio of Finnish riders. Well seasoned to racing in winter conditions, Hellsten made a strong start to the day before improving during the afternoon. “I felt good all day but it was after the mid-day service that I upped my pace,” said Hellsten. Behind Hellsten was another former world championship regular – Marko Tarkkala (Husqvarna). Making a one-off EnduroGP outing the burly Finn remained consistently fast throughout the day, enjoying being back in the world championship and racing at home. Third in EnduroGP went to another Finn – Aleksi Jukola (KTM).

The first non-Finnish rider in EnduroGP was Australia’s Matthew Phillips (Sherco). Despite a big crash three tests from home the Tasmanian kept himself ahead of his nearest challenger, Steve Holcombe (Beta).
“I thought I’d been cold before, but today was the coldest I’ve ever been,” said Phillips. “It was tough being one of the first riders on the tests in the morning, there was no real line to follow, so at times I was a little all over the place. Generally, the day went well.”

Making his debut in the EnduroGP World Championship for the KTM Enduro Factory Racing team, Australian Daniel Sanders completed a successful two days of racing on the KTM 250 EXC to finish sixth on in the Enduro 2 class on both days.

Watch all the highlights from the two days of racing…