2009 Season
Tom Sagar's Mixed Start to the 2009 WEC
This weekend saw the start of the Maxxis World Enduro Championship, first round GP Polisport of Portugal. With the sun beaming down Tom was in high spirits, ready to start the new season on the Husaberg FE 570.
The WEC took a new format this weekend, with a KTM super special test on the Friday evening around a stadium, Tom managed to finish a very well placed 4th overall in E3, giving him a handful of confidence ready to compete on Saturday.
Saturday brought mixed fortunes for Tom, with the Enduro test and the Cross test being so dusty and taking a motor cross style test, Tom managed to keep consistent times. Tom excelled in the Extreme test finishing 2nd and 3rd in his class throughout the day, with a 4th overall in test 11. With all three test times, Tom finished 9th overall in a highly contented E3 class.
Day two, Tom suffered technical problems and was unable to finish, up until this Tom was lying in 8th position.
Tom commentedIt was a hard event physically, the race didn't suit me 100% as it was a little too much motor cross, motor cross isn't my strong point, it suited a lot of other riders over me. The Extreme test really suited me and I was gaining time on that test. The bike works well, obviously I am disappointed that I was unable to finish on Sunday, but that has been resolved now and I am looking forward to Spain next weekend
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