Merriman, Salminen Tops in Portugal

Kit Palmer | March 22, 2004

Yamaha’s Stefan Merriman and KTM’s Juha Salminen were double winners at the second round of the Maxxis World Enduro Championship in Guimaraes, Portugal, March 20-21. Merriman topped the Enduro 1 class both days, while Salminen did the same in Enduro 2.

KTM’s Ivan Cervantes and Samuli Aro split victories in Enduro 3.

CAPTION: Great Britain’s Paul Emondson finished second to Salminen on Sunday.

Results:

Day One

ENDURO 1: 1.Stefan Merriman (Yam) 47:04.29; 2. Simone Albergoni (Hon) 47:44.15; 3. Marc Germain (Yam) 47:47.52; 4. Bartosz Oblucki (Yam) 47:49.85; 5. Rickard Larsson (TM) 47:52.64; 6. Petteri Silvan (KTM) 47:58.72; 7. Helder Rodrigues (KTM) 48:26.85; 8. Fabien Planet (KTM) 48:54.48; 9. Peter Bergvall (Hus) 49:08.78; 10. Andre Raphael (Hon) 49:13.48; 11. Mario Rinaldi (Yam) 49:17.70; 12. Simone Tonelli (Yam) 49:17.95; 13. Xevi Puigdemont (KTM) 49:28.87; 14. Homero Diaz (KTM) 49:31.86; 15. Roberto Bazzurri (Hus) 49:44.39; 16. Alessio Paoli (TM) 49:47.15; 17. Jarno Boano (Hon) 50:07.23; 18. Matteo Rubin (Hon) 50:17.25; 19. Guiseppe Canova (Hus) 50:20.45; 20. Jari Mattila (GG) 50:20.60

ENDURO 2: 1.Juha Salminen (KTM) 46:30.21; 2. Alessandro Botturi (KTM) 47:44.05; 3. Arnau Vilanova (Hon) 47:54.02; 4. Mika Saarenkoski (Hus) 48:06.72; 5. Paul Edmondson (Hon) 48:13.77; 6. Miki Arpa (Hus) 48:28.84; 7. Thierry Klutz (GG) 48:29.01; 8. Gerard Farres (KTM) 48:39.22; 9. Andrea Beconi (Yam) 48:41.91; 10. Andreas Toresson (Hbg) 48:43.43; 11. Giovanni Sala (KTM) 48:52.50; 12. Valtteri Salonen (Hon) 48:54.13; 13. Alessandro Zanni (Hon) 48:55.57; 14. Andrea Belotti (Hus) 49:16.93; 15. Olivier Samofal (Hbg) 49:30.42; 16. Olivier Pain (KTM) 49:44.41; 17. Maurizio Micheluz (KTM) 49:47.77; 18. Edward Jones (KTM) 49:49.84; 29. Marcus Kehr (KTM) 49:54.59; 20. Vita Kuklik (KTM) 49:59.33

ENDURO 3: 1.Ivan Cervantes (KTM) 46:48.56; 2. David Knight (KTM) 46:59.25; 3. Mika Ahola (Hus) 47:04.68; 4. Samuli Aro (KTM) 47:06.18; 5. Marko Tarkkala (Hbg) 47:20.50; 6. Anders Eriksson (Hus) 47:46.58; 7. Bjorne Carlsson (Hbg) 48:11.93; 8. Niklas Gustafsson (KTM) 48:38.84; 9. Jani Laaksonen (GG) 48:45.10; 10. Jordi Duran (KTM) 48:48.94; 11. Werner Muller (KTM) 48:52.76: 12. Xacob Agra (Hus) 49:09.15; 13. Paulo Goncalves (GG) 49:17.16; 14. Cristoph Seifert (KTM) 49:44.37; 15. Swen Enderlein (KTM) 49:46.26; 16. Daniel Johansson (GG) 52:10.98; 17. Larry Gustavsson (Hbg) 52:20.14; 18. Janis Vinters (KTM) 52:52.72; 19. Tobias Auerswald (Hus) 55:02.60; 20. Jens Oestrich (KTM) 55:14.81

Day 2

ENDURO 1: 1.Stefan Merriman (Yam) 49:25.74; 2. Petteri Silvan (KTM) 49:32.93; 3. Simone Albergoni (Hon) 49:34.16; 4. Bartosz Oblucki (Yam) 49:49.47; 5. Helder Rodrigues (KTM) 49:58.28; 6. Rickard Larsson (TM) 50:02.13; 7. Marc Germain (Yam) 50:03.07; 8. Peter Bergvall (Hus) 50:44.07; 9. Fabien Planet (KTM) 50:49.13; 10. Alessandro Belometti (KTM); 11. Jari Mattila (GG) 51:15.61; 12. Xevi Puigdemont (KTM) 51:28.92; 13. Roberto Bazzuri (Hus) 51:29.77; 14. Mario Rinaldi (Yam) 51:32.13; 15. Simone Tonelli (Yam) 51:32.13; 16. Homero Diaz (KTM) 51:32.57; 17. Jarno Boano (Hon) 52:10.67; 18. Jacob Stapleton (TM)52:31.83; 19. Matteo Rubin (Hon) 52:53.40; 20. Guiliano Falgari (Hus) 52:53.92

ENDURO 2: 1.Juha Salminen (KTM) 48:21.06; 2. Paul Edmondson (Hon) 49:11.87; 3. Alessandro Botturi (KTM) 49:15.95; 4. Arnau Vilanova (Hon) 49:19.69; 5. Paul Whibley (Hon) 49:57.46; 6. Andreas Toresson (Hbg) 50:04.25; 7. Valtteri Salonen (Hon) 50:09.43; 8. Thierry Klutz (GG) 50:11.69; 9. Miki Arpa (Hus) 50:13.01; 10. Mika Saarenkoski (Hus) 50:25.82; 11. Gerard Farres (KTM) 50:32.25; 12. Andrea Beconi (Yam) 50:44.72; 13. Giovanni Sala (KTM) 51:38.47; 14. Alessandro Zanni (Hon) 51:49.86; 15. Vita Kuklik (KTM) 51:54.58; 16. Maurizio Micheluz (KTM) 51:58.32; 17. Daniel Persson (Hbg) 51:59.35; 18. Olivier Samofal (Hbg) 52:21.84; 19. Mario Patrao (Yam) 52:37.67; 20. Edward Jones (KTM) 52:46.03

ENDURO 3: 1.Samuli Aro (KTM) 48:37.45; 2. Ivan Cervantes (KTM) 48:37.51; 3. Marko Tarkkala (Hbg) 48:49.60; 4. David Knight (KTM) 48:51.33; 5. Mika Ahola (Hus) 49:05.99; 6. Anders Eriksson (Hus) 49:12.93; 7. Bjorne Carlsson (Hbg) 49:14.20; 8. Jani Laaksonen (GG) 50:17.92; 9. Niklas Gustafsson (KTM) 50:43.39; 10. Xacob Agra (Hus) 50:45.61; 11. Paulo Goncalves (GG) 51:04.66; 12. Jordi Duran (KTM) 51:10.64; 13. Werner Muller (KTM) 51:20.46; 14. Swen Enderlein (KTM) 51:37.88; 15. Cristoph Seifert (KTM) 51:50.05; 16. Larry Gustavsson (Hbg) 53:35.66; 17. Daniel Johansson (GG) 54:21.70; 18. Janis Vinters (KTM) 55:12.05; 19. Tobias Auerswald (Hus) 59:05.05; 20. Magnus Ambjornsson (Hus) 1:00:03.02.