Posted on 26th Jun 2011 @ 1:56 PM

Sun, high temperatures, dust, sweat and tears made the GP of Greece (18-19 June) in the beautiful Greek island of Kalambaka-Meteora, an epic battle for supremacy in the Enduro World Championship standings.
Located in northern Greece, Kalambaka-Meteora is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. It has twenty-four monasteries built on natural rock towers and is considered a haven for peace throughout the year. But when the fight for the prized E3 World Championship rolled in, that peace was all but shattered!
After two victories in last week's Turkish Grand Prix, the GP of Greece saw Mika Ahola take two 3rd places. However, these 3rd places would have seemed like a victory of sorts for Ahola, who was suffering from an intestinal infection and was far from his best form. He was in-fact forced to make several "unforeseen” stops across the two days of competition, stops that cost him valuable time and removed the chance of going for the outright victory. A victory that would go to his closest rival, Christoph Nambotin on both days, and that would eat into Ahola’s commanding championship lead somewhat. Things are certainly not finished just yet in E3.



Mika Ahola, HM Honda Zanardo: "I wanted to give more, but my physical condition was not allowing me, especially on Saturday. On Sunday I made even more difficult for myslef because the suspension settings we chose did not allow me to be aggressive as I wanted. The two 3rd places are still a good result. You can not always win and this positioning still keeps me in charge in the championship.”