Things looked very different in the World Enduro Championship back in 2009. Here’s our Throw Back Thursday…
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Antoine Meo was tearing it up in Enduro 1 on a Husky, trying unsuccessfully to stop Mika Ahola claiming a second E2 championship.
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The expected Aubert verses Salminen battle many were looking forward to never really happened.
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Gas Gas mounted Christophe Nambotin was the highest finishing two-stroke rider in E3, runner-up to KTM’s then four-stroke mounted Ivan Cervantes.
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Cristobal Guerrero was yet to join KTM, riding a Yamaha in Enduro 2. A runner-up result on day two was his best result.
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David Knight scored points on only the first day for BMW in Enduro 3.
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The Enduro 1 class featured a mix of experienced old hands and hard charging youngsters.
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Beta team manager Fabrizio Dini raced in the Enduro 2 class, scoring points on both days.
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Ivan Cervantes showed everyone the way to go in E3 claiming a double victory on his big 500.
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Jeremy Joly was very much a youngster aboard his Honda.
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Joakim Ljunggren was mixing it up with the big boys in the Enduro 2 class on his Husaberg.
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Johnny Aubert started the year off with a double Enduro 2 class win for KTM, en route to the E2 title.
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BMW’s G 450 X proved to look better than it ran…
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KTM’s six-rider world championship team went on to take two of three senior class championships in 2009.
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The great Mika Ahola started the defence of his Enduro 1 title in style with a double win aboard his Honda.
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Samuli Aro started his last season of EWC competition.
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Oh… and it was also called the World Enduro Championship!