Aro fourth in second E2 Grand Prix race in Slovakia

KTM Enduro Factory Team E2 rider Samuli Aro finished just off the podium on Sunday to be fourth at the end of the day where riders tackled the 55km trail of wooded mountain landscape of this Slovak ski resort of Krompachy.

Racing just south of the Polish border over attractive landscape and watched by a large and enthusiastic crowd of spectators, Aro who was third on Saturday, was somewhat handicapped by a knee injury from the previous day.
 
"For sure he was not at 100%," said team boss Fabio Farioli. "Samuli twisted his knee in a crash on Saturday and it gave him some problems today."
 
Teammate Fabien Planet managed to finish sixth despite two small crashes. He was fifth on Saturday.
 
Aro's 38 championship points from the weekend are enough to keep him in second place in the season's standings behind leader Mika Ahola, while the French rider Planet stays in fourth place. Ahola has a 35-point lead on Aro but there is another 50 points to be won in the two races making up the French Grand Prix so his hopes of retaining the championship title remain alive. 
 
Results
1. Jonny Aubert, France, Yamaha
2. Mika Ahola, Finland, Honda
3. Stefan Merriman, Aprilia, Australia
4. Samuli Aro, Finland, KTM
5. Fabrizio Dini, Italy, Yamaha
6. Fabien Planet, France, KTM