Nambotin wrapped up the title in what was the penultimate round of the 2014 championship and adds it to the two E3 world titles he already owns.<\/p>\n
But the factory team also had disappointment when E3 rookie Matthew Phillips, who is the championship leader in his first season in the senior class, broke bones in his foot in the first Enduro test on Sunday. Team boss Fabio Farioli said he did not crash but got his boot wedged between his bike and a rock. He confirmed after Sunday\u2019s race that Phillips had already undergone surgery for the fractures and he expected him to be able to race in France in the final round (September 13-14 in Brioude).<\/p>\n
\u201cNambotin was very fast,\u201d\u00a0<\/i>team boss\u00a0Fabio Farioli<\/b>\u00a0said after Saturday\u2019s competition,\u00a0\u201cbut he also had to ride carefully because for him it\u2019s all about the championship.\u201d\u00a0<\/i>He went into Sunday\u2019s race knowing he had to finish in front of Finnish\u00a0rider Eero Remes to seal his third world championship title. It was also a good weekend for E1 teammateCristobal Guerrero<\/a>\u00a0who finished second to Nambotin on Sunday after a fourth place on Saturday. Remes is second in the points but the matter of the championship is already settled. Nambotin and Guerrero both ride the\u00a0KTM 250 EXC-F<\/a>.<\/p>\n E2<\/b> Next Round: September 13\/14, 2014 \u2013 Brioude, GP AMV of France<\/b><\/p>\n Results E1 Lumezzane Standings E1 after 12 of 14 rounds Standings E2 after 12 of 14 rounds<\/b> Results E3 Lumezzane Standings E3 after 12 of 14 rounds via KTM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The KTM Enduro Factory Racing Team had reason to celebrate on Sunday when French rider Christophe Nambotin added the 2014 Enduro 1 World Championship title to his trophy collection when racing at the GP of Italy in Lumezzane. Read the full article »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1055],"tags":[282,3824],"class_list":["post-5698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motorsports","tag-mbikebrandktm","tag-mbikecategoryracing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5698"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5701,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5698\/revisions\/5701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"0808a\"](\"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/0808a.jpg\")
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\nE1<\/b>
\nRiders contested three laps of about 50 km \u2013 each with three special tests. In the E1 class\u00a0Christophe Nambotin<\/a>was in great form topping the podium on both days of competition. On Saturday he claimed six of the nine special tests and advanced his points lead to make his claim on the title a matter to finalize on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\nIn the absence through injury of the team\u2019s\u00a0Antoine Meo<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 in Italy as a spectator and to support the team \u2013 it wasRed Bull<\/a>\u00a0KTM\u2019s\u00a0Taddy Blazusiak<\/a>\u00a0who flew in to contest the class on Meo\u2019s\u00a0KTM 350 EXC-F<\/a>. The Polish rider, one of the eminent riders in the US EnduroCross Championship surprised E2 riders on Saturday by leading the competitive E2 over the first lap. He made some mistakes in the next two laps, but had a big finish to put himself in a great fourth place only seven seconds off a podium. Blazusiak and Meo, who still recovering from a crash in Finland were in great demand by the Italian fans and Blazusiak went out on Sunday and pulled off another fourth place. He is set to ride in the Lumezzane Extreme Enduro on Sunday night along with factory teammate and Red Bull sponsored\u00a0Ivan Cervantes\u00a0<\/a>of Spain.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nE3<\/b>
\nMatthew Phillips<\/a>\u00a0mishap in Sunday\u2019s opening Enduro test was all the more disappointing because he had been the dominant rider in Saturday\u2019s outing and had picked up compliments from his team boss Farioli for his efforts. Cervantes, who is also hampered by a foot injury that prevents him standing up on the foot pegs, picked up hero points after he finished second on Saturday. The Spaniard finished overall fifth on Sunday and is second in the championship, eleven points behind Phillips.\u00a0With a 35-point gap back to third placed Bellino and 40 more points up for grabs in the last rounds, it is still possible for either Phillips or Cervantes to close it out in France. They both ride the\u00a0KTM 300 EXC<\/a>. KTM riders took the top five places in the E3 class on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\n1. Christophe Nambotin (FRA), KTM (1-1)
\n2. Cristobal Guerrero (ESP), KTM (4-2)
\n3. Thomas Oldrati (ITA), Husqvarna (5-3
\n4. Jeremy Tarroux (FRA), Sherco (6-4)
\n5. Eero Remes (FIN), TM (3-5)<\/p>\n
\n1. Nambotin, 231 points (World Champion 2014)<\/b>
\n2. Remes, 177
\n3. Guerrero, 176<\/b>
\n4. Anthony Boissiere (FRA), Sherco, 145
\n5. Tarroux, 142
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\nResults E2 Lumezzane<\/b>
\n1. Alex Salvini (ITA), Honda (1-1)
\n2. Lorenzo Santolino (ESP), Sherco (3-2)
\n3. Pierre-Alexandre Renet (FRA), Husqvarna (2-3)
\n4. Taddy Blazusiak (POL), KTM (4- 4)<\/b>
\n5. Oriol Mena (ESP), Beta (5-5)
\nOther KTM<\/b>
\n8. Mirko Gritti (ITA), KTM (7-8)<\/p>\n
\n1. Renet, 218 points (World Champion 2014)
\n2. Salvini, 168
\n3. Johnny Aubert (FRA), Beta, 162
\n4. Santolino 142
\n5. Antoine Meo (FRA), KTM, 114<\/b><\/p>\n
\n1. Oscar Balletti (ITA), KTM (6-1)
\n2. David Knight (GBR), KTM (7-2)
\n3. Jeremy Joly (FRA), KTM (4-3)
\n4. Simone Albergoni (ITA), KTM (5-4)
\n5. Ivan Cervantes (ESP), KTM (2-5)
\nOther KTM<\/b>
\nDNF Matthew Phillips (AUS), KTM (1-DNF) \u2013 crashed and injured foot<\/p>\n
\n1. Phillips, 194 points
\n2. Cervantes, 183<\/b>
\n3. Mathias Bellino (FRA), Husqvarna, 148
\n4. Luis Correia (POR), Beta, 131
\n5. Matti Seistola (FIN), Sherco, 127<\/p>\n