Enduro World Championship

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FIM World Enduro Championship
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Motorcycles lined up in Italy
Category Motorcycle racing
RegionInternational
Inaugural season1990
Official website endurogp.com
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The FIM Enduro World Championship, formerly known as the World Enduro Championship, is the world championship series for enduro, a popular form of off-road motorcycle sport. The championship currently features three classes (E1, E2 and E3), along with separate categories for junior and female riders. The championship was first organized in 1990, and currently consists of 16 races based on eight two-day events. All rounds include an enduro test, a motocross test and an extreme test.

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History

Simone Albergoni at the GP of Turkey Simone Albergoni - 2010 WEC GP of Turkey.jpg
Simone Albergoni at the GP of Turkey

The World Enduro Championship began in 1990, replacing the FIM European Enduro Championship, which had been contested since 1968. The European championship was later restarted by the Union Européenne de Motocyclisme (UEM) in 1993. The WEC had six classes from 1990 to 1993, after which the 80 cc and 500 cc 2-stroke championships were discontinued. The series continued with four classes, 125, 250, 350 and 500 cc, until the 1998 season, which saw 250 cc 4-stroke as a new class and the 350 cc replaced by 400 cc. In 1998, all rounds also counted towards an overall championship, which was continued until 2004.

Sebastien Guillaume rides over logs Sebastien Guillaume - 2010 WEC GP of Turkey.jpg
Sébastien Guillaume rides over logs

The competition classes of the WEC were revised for the 2004 season. The number of classes was reduced to three, and 2-stroke and 4-stroke machines were now competing in the same classes. The new classes were named Enduro 1, Enduro 2 and Enduro 3. The 2005 season saw a new addition; the Enduro Junior class (EJ). The age limit in the junior class was originally 21 years, but was later changed to 23. [1] A class for female riders, Enduro Women, was started in 2010.

The points system of the WEC originally awarded points for 15 best riders in each class, starting with 20 for the winner, 17 for second place and 15 for third. Since the 2004 season, the twenty fastest riders have received points, with 25 going to the winner of each class, 22 for the second fastest and 20 for the third-placed rider.

The 2007 championship included six events in Europe, one in the United States and one in Canada. In the 2008 season, all eights rounds were held in Europe. The current main broadcaster of the championship is Eurosport 2. In South America and Oceania, the series is broadcast on ESPN and Fox Sports, respectively. [2]

Current classes

Champions

Season80 cc two-stroke125 cc two-stroke250 cc two-stroke350 cc four-stroke500 cc two-stroke+350 cc four-stroke
1990 Flag of East Germany.svg Thomas Bieberbach (Simson) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Edmondson (KTM) Flag of Finland.svg Kari Tiainen (Suzuki) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Otakar Kotrba (Husqvarna) Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Hansson (KTM) Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmie Eriksson (Husaberg)
1991 Flag of Italy.svg Pierfranco Muraglia (Kawasaki) Flag of Sweden.svg Jeff Nilsson (KTM) Flag of Finland.svg Kari Tiainen (Husqvarna) Flag of Sweden.svg Kent Karlsson (Husaberg) Flag of Sweden.svg Sven-Erik Jönsson (Husqvarna) Flag of Slovakia.svg Jaroslav Katriňák (Husaberg)
1992 Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Molinari (HRD) Flag of Sweden.svg Jeff Nilsson (KTM) Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Grasso (Kawasaki) Flag of Italy.svg Mario Rinaldi (KTM) Flag of Italy.svg Tulio Pellegrinelli (Honda) Flag of Finland.svg Kari Tiainen (Husqvarna)
1993 Flag of Italy.svg Gian-Marco Rossi (TM) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Edmondson (Husqvarna) Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Grasso (Kawasaki) Flag of Sweden.svg Sven-Erik Jönsson (Husqvarna) Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Sala (KTM) Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Farioli (KTM)
500 cc four-stroke
1994  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Edmondson (Gas Gas) Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Sala (KTM) Flag of Italy.svg Mario Rinaldi (KTM)  Flag of Finland.svg Kari Tiainen (Husqvarna)
1995  Flag of Finland.svg Petteri Silván (Husqvarna) Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Sala (KTM) Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Eriksson (Husaberg)  Flag of Finland.svg Kari Tiainen (Husqvarna)
1996  Flag of Italy.svg Fausto Scovolo (Honda) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Edmondson (Gas Gas) Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Eriksson (Husqvarna)  Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Jansson (Husaberg)
1997  Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane Watts (KTM) Flag of France.svg Stéphane Peterhansel (Yamaha) Flag of Italy.svg Mario Rinaldi (KTM)  Flag of Finland.svg Kari Tiainen (KTM)
250 cc four-stroke125 cc two-stroke250 cc two-stroke400 cc four-stroke500 cc four-stroke
1998 Flag of Italy.svg Gian-Marco Rossi (Honda) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Michalík (TM) Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Sala (KTM) Flag of Sweden.svg Björne Carlsson (Husaberg)  Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Eriksson (Husqvarna)
1999 Flag of Finland.svg Vesa Kytönen (Kawasaki) Flag of Finland.svg Juha Salminen (KTM) Flag of Finland.svg Petteri Silván (Gas Gas) Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Sala (KTM)  Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Eriksson (Husqvarna)
2000 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Rubin (KTM) Flag of Finland.svg Juha Salminen (KTM) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stefan Merriman (Husqvarna) Flag of Italy.svg Mario Rinaldi (KTM)  Flag of Finland.svg Kari Tiainen (KTM)
2001 Flag of France.svg Stéphane Peterhansel (Yamaha) Flag of Finland.svg Petteri Silván (Husqvarna) Flag of Finland.svg Juha Salminen (KTM) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stefan Merriman (Husqvarna)  Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Eriksson (Husqvarna)
2002 Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Bergvall (Yamaha) Flag of Finland.svg Petteri Silván (Husqvarna) Flag of Finland.svg Samuli Aro (Husqvarna) Flag of Finland.svg Juha Salminen (KTM)  Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Eriksson (Husqvarna)
2003 Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Bergvall (Yamaha) Flag of Finland.svg Petri Pohjamo (Gas Gas) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stefan Merriman (Honda) Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Eriksson (Husqvarna)  Flag of Finland.svg Juha Salminen (KTM)
E1E2E3
2004 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stefan Merriman (Yamaha) Flag of Finland.svg Juha Salminen (KTM) Flag of Finland.svg Samuli Aro (KTM)
2005 Flag of Spain.svg Iván Cervantes (KTM) Flag of Finland.svg Samuli Aro (KTM) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Knight (KTM)
2006 Flag of Spain.svg Iván Cervantes (KTM) Flag of Finland.svg Samuli Aro (KTM) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Knight (KTM)
2007 Flag of Finland.svg Juha Salminen (KTM) Flag of Finland.svg Mika Ahola (Honda) Flag of Spain.svg Iván Cervantes (KTM)
2008 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Ahola (Honda) Flag of France.svg Johnny Aubert (Yamaha) Flag of Finland.svg Samuli Aro (KTM)
2009 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Ahola (Honda) Flag of France.svg Johnny Aubert (KTM) Flag of Spain.svg Iván Cervantes (KTM)
2010 Flag of France.svg Antoine Méo (Husqvarna) Flag of Finland.svg Mika Ahola (Honda) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Knight (KTM)
2011 Flag of Finland.svg Juha Salminen (Husqvarna) Flag of France.svg Antoine Méo (Husqvarna) Flag of Finland.svg Mika Ahola (Honda)
2012 Flag of France.svg Antoine Méo (KTM) Flag of France.svg Pierre-Alexandre Renet (Husaberg) Flag of France.svg Christophe Nambotin (KTM)
2013 Flag of France.svg Antoine Méo (KTM) Flag of Italy.svg Alex Salvini (Honda) Flag of France.svg Christophe Nambotin (KTM)
2014 Flag of France.svg Christophe Nambotin (KTM) Flag of France.svg Pierre-Alexandre Renet (Husqvarna) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Phillips (KTM)
2015 Flag of Finland.svg Eero Remes (TM) Flag of France.svg Antoine Méo (KTM) Flag of France.svg Mathias Bellino (Husqvarna)
2016 Flag of Finland.svg Eero Remes (TM) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Phillips (Sherco) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve Holcombe (Beta)
Enduro GPEnduro 2
2017 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve Holcombe (Beta) Flag of Spain.svg Josep García (KTM)
Enduro GPEnduro 1Enduro 2Enduro 3
2018 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve Holcombe (Beta) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brad Freeman (Beta) Flag of Finland.svg Eero Remes (TM) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve Holcombe (Beta)
2019 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brad Freeman (Beta) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brad Freeman (Beta) Flag of France.svg Loïc Larrieu (TM) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve Holcombe (Beta)
2020 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve Holcombe (Beta) Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Verona (TM) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve Holcombe (Beta) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brad Freeman (Beta)
2021 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brad Freeman (Beta) Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Verona (Gas Gas) Flag of Spain.svg Josep García (KTM) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brad Freeman (Beta)
2022 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Verona (Gas Gas) Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Verona (Gas Gas) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wil Ruprecht (TM) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brad Freeman (Beta)
2023 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve Holcombe (Beta) Flag of Spain.svg Josep García (KTM) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve Holcombe (Beta) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brad Freeman (Beta)
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Josep García (KTM) Flag of Spain.svg Josep García (KTM) Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Verona (Gas Gas) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brad Freeman (Beta)

Overall championship

Eight-time class and five-time overall champion Salminen rides his KTM in 2008. Juha Salminen - 2008 WEC GP of Italy.jpg
Eight-time class and five-time overall champion Salminen rides his KTM in 2008.
Cristophe Nambotin during 2012 World Enduro Championship in San Juan, Argentina Enduro World Championship Extreme test 2012.JPG
Cristophe Nambotin during 2012 World Enduro Championship in San Juan, Argentina
SeasonRiderBike
1998 Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Sala 250 cc KTM
1999 Flag of Finland.svg Petteri Silván 250 cc Gas Gas
2000 Flag of Finland.svg Juha Salminen 125 cc KTM
2001 Flag of Finland.svg Juha Salminen 250 cc KTM
2002 Flag of Finland.svg Juha Salminen 400 cc KTM
2003 Flag of Finland.svg Juha Salminen 500 cc KTM
2004 Flag of Finland.svg Juha Salminen E2 KTM

Junior championship

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Thomas Oldrati in 2010
SeasonRiderTeam
2005 Flag of Spain.svg Cristóbal Guerrero Gas Gas
2006 Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Ljunggren Husaberg
2007 Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Ljunggren Husaberg
2008 Flag of Italy.svg Thomas Oldrati KTM
2009 Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Mena Husaberg
2010 Flag of Spain.svg Lorenzo Santolino KTM
2011 Flag of France.svg Jérémy Joly Honda
2012 Flag of France.svg Mathias Bellino Husaberg
2013 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Phillips Husqvarna
2014 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Daniel McCanney Beta
2015 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie McCanney Husqvarna
2016 Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Redondi Honda
2017 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brad Freeman Beta
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Cavallo Beta
2019 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Verona TM
2020 Flag of New Zealand.svg Hamish MacDonald Sherco
2021 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Pavoni TM
2022 Flag of France.svg Zach Pichon Sherco
2023 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jed Etchells Fantic
2024 Flag of Sweden.svg Max Ahlin KTM

Women championship

SeasonRiderTeam
2010 Flag of France.svg Ludivine Puy Gas Gas
2011 Flag of France.svg Ludivine Puy Gas Gas
2012 Flag of Spain.svg Laia Sanz Gas Gas
2013 Flag of Spain.svg Laia Sanz Honda
2014 Flag of Spain.svg Laia Sanz Honda
2015 Flag of Spain.svg Laia Sanz KTM
2016 Flag of Spain.svg Laia Sanz KTM
2017 Flag of Germany.svg Maria Franke KTM
2018 Flag of Finland.svg Sanna Karkkainen KTM
2019 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jane Daniels Husqvarna
2020 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jane Daniels Husqvarna
2021 Flag of Spain.svg Laia Sanz Gas Gas
2022 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jane Daniels Fantic
2023 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jane Daniels Fantic
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Mireia Badia Rieju

Youth Championship

SeasonRiderTeam
2009 Flag of France.svg Romain Dumontier Husqvarna
2010 Flag of Spain.svg Mario Román KTM
2011 Flag of Italy.svg Jonathan Manzi KTM
2012 Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Redondi KTM
2013 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie McCanney Husaberg
2014 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Soreca Yamaha
2015 Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Persson Yamaha
2016 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Edmondson KTM
2017 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Verona TM
2018 Flag of Chile.svg Ruy Barbosa Husqvarna
2019 Flag of New Zealand.svg Hamish MacDonald Sherco
2020 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Navarro Husqvarna
2021 Flag of Sweden.svg Albin Norrbin Fantic
2022 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Edmondson Fantic
2023 Flag of Italy.svg Kevin Cristino Fantic
2024 Flag of Italy.svg Manuel Verzeroli KTM

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