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A bit of Luck for Tom Sagar
Photo courtesy of Jonty Edmunds
Round three of the World Enduro Championship was set on the Italian island of Sardinia. Tom left the UK with mixed feelings about the race but was quietly confident he could do well. After his bad luck in rounds one and two and again at round two of the GBXC, Tom had been practising hard and playing with the suspension settings on the bike.
After walking the tests on the Thursday and Friday, Tom felt happy that the weekend could be a good one, the Enduro test was challenging but would suit the Husaberg 570. Tom had set himself up with a good start on the Friday night by finishing the KTM Super Special 7th in his class. Saturday the real adventure started, the cross test was fast, and suited the French riders, but Tom held his own and moved between positions 8th and 9th. Going into the last test Tom was sitting in 8th position with Marko Tarkkala (BMW) in 7th just ahead by 13 seconds, Tom unfortunately wasn’t able to catch Tarkkala, so finished the day one a comfortable 8th just ahead of factory team mate Bjorne Carlsson in 9th.
Tom was determined to improve on his result of the previous day, but didn’t turn out that way. Tom entered into the first test of the day, the Cross test, soon Tom discovered that all wasn’t well, the rear tyre had separated from the rim, lucky he was able to get the tyre back on, but had cost him 5 minutes. Tom continued, hoping to gain a good result even with the set back. Unfortunately it wasn’t to be, with the tyre parting from the rim, it had caused the rim lock to break therefore the tyre just spun on the rim, Tom finished the lap but then retired.
Tom commented “the weekend was positive for me, I now feel I have the right settings on my suspension and think that this is a good move forward, I’m pleased with my day one results but a little disheartened with day two’s results. Hopefully this is the end of the bad luck, thanks again to all my sponsors for the continued support.â€
Photo courtesy of Jonty Edmunds.
Results day one 1. Sebastien Gillaume (Husqvarna) 57.07.01, 2. Christophe Nambotin (Gas-Gas) 57.13.00, 3. Ivan Cervantes (KTM) 57.17.77, 4. Samuli Aro (KTM) 57.54.20, 5. Fabio Mossini (HM-Honda) 58.05.95, 8. Tom Sagar (Husaberg) 59.41.58
Results day two 1. Ivan Cervantes (KTM) 1.05.11.29, 2. Sebastien Guillaume (Husqvarna) 1.05.27.70, 3. Samuli Aro (KTM) 1.06.12.40, 4. Christophe Nambotin (Gas-Gas) 1.06.37.86, 5. Fabio Mossini (HM Honda) 1.06.53.25
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