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Enduro 1 : Podium finishes for Germain and Oblucki in Finland
Round: 7 - Grand Prix of Finland
Circuit: Heinola
Date: 28 August 2005
Crowd: 6000
Temp: 17ºC
Weather: Clear Sky
Yamaha Moto France rider Marc Germain came second and fourth at the Finnish Enduro GP, this weekend in Heinola. Spaniard Ivan Cervantes (KTM) took another big step towards claiming the '05 Enduro 1 world championship title following two impressive day wins. Germain remains second in the Enduro 1 world championship, trailing Cervantes by 68 points. Oblucki is currently seventh in standings, while the in standings, while the young Maurizio Micheluz hangs on to ninth.
Winning day one by 29 seconds, Cervantes topped day two by 30 seconds to extend his already large championship advantage. For Germain a cautious start to the event resulted in the French rider not being able to challenge Cervantes for the day one win. UFO Corse Yamaha rider Bartosz Oblucki rode his WR250F to third on day one. For Oblucki third on day one marked the Polish rider's first visit to the podium after what has been a troubled season. On day two Italian Simone Albergoni finished in the runner-up spot, but was unable to challenge Cervantes for the day win. Disappointingly for Germain several small crashes resulted in him missing the podium by one place while Oblucki's race ended when a stick punctured his bike's left radiator forcing him to retire from the event.
Marc Germain (Yamaha France) Day 1: second, Day 2: fourth: "I made a very bad first lap on day one because I was a little bit too cautious. Apart from that the day went really well apart from not being able to beat Ivan Cervantes. The second day wasn't very good for me though. I made a lot of small mistakes, which cost me a lot of time. Ivan Cervantes and Simone Albergoni were both very fast so I was not able to keep the same pace as them. I had a good battle with Alessandro Belometti and there wasn't many seconds between us at the end of the day. I am happy with the weekend because I had some good results and didn't have any big crashes."
Bartosz Oblucki (UFO Corse Yamaha) Day 1: Third, Day 2: DNF "Finishing on the podium at the end of the first day was great - it has been a long time coming this year. I felt that I rode well and didn't make too many mistakes. I felt really relaxed and rode consistently all day. I was really looking forward to the second day because I felt that I could finish on the podium again. Things were going pretty well but then a stick went through my radiator and my bike lost all its coolant. That is the type of luck I have been having this season. Just when things looked to be improving for me something went wrong again."
Race classification Enduro 1
Round: 7 - Grand Prix of Finland
Circuit: Heinola
