UFO Corse Yamaha team rider Simone Albergoni brought his '07 World Enduro Championship campaign to an impressive close by finishing as runner-up in the Enduro 1 class on both days of the eighth and final event of the season held in Noirtable, France.
 
With the event taking place just two weeks after Simone claimed his first win of the season at the GP of Slovakia, the Italian battled Yamaha France rider Marc Germain on day to place a close second. The next day he went onto claim the second step of the podium again after fighting with newly crowned '07 E1 world champion Juha Salminen right up until the final test of the day. With Yamaha France rider Marc Germain claiming his first class win of the '07 WEC season on day one before finishing third on day two Yamaha claimed the lion's share of the podium positions in the E1 class to bring the season to a close in a very positive way.
 
Claiming five class special test wins Marc Germain claimed his first Enduro 1 class win of '07 at the best place possible - in front of his home crowd. Cheered on every step of the way by the biggest crowd of the season Germain found himself locked in a close fight with Simone Albergoni, which saw the two riders separated by less than three seconds at the end of the day. Despite not managing to claim any special test wins Albergoni's speed and consistency meant that he was able to keep comfortably ahead of third placed Juha Salminen, who despite missing both days of the GP of Slovakia lifted the '07 Enduro 1 world championship title. Cristobal Guerrero crashed heavily on the very last test of the day having given his all in the hope of claiming a podium position, he finished fifth, while Maurizio Micheluz placed seventh aboard his WR250.

Day two saw E1 world champion Juha Salminen top the class results after the Finn battled against UFO Corse Yamaha's Simone Albergoni. With less than eight seconds separating the two riders at the end of the day their day-long battle for class supremacy drew them away from Yamaha France rider Marc Germain, who despite not being able to quite match the pace of Salminen and Albergoni was able to claim a well deserved third place position. With Albergoni runner-up and Germain third, Cristobal Guerrero improved on his day one result despite being hampered by an injured thumb to finish fourth. Maurizio Micheluz also improved his result placing fifth and ensuring that Yamaha mounted riders filled four of the top five E1 class positions.
 
Simone Albergoni (UFO Corse Yamaha) Enduro 1 class - Day 1 Second, Day 2 Second:
"The first day was going really well until the last special test and Marc Germain managed to finish ahead of me, which of course pushed me to second. I was a little disappointed about that but I rode well all day so I am quite happy."
"On day two I made a mistake on the first enduro test, which cost me some time. At the end of the day I was just six seconds behind Juha Salminen, so I think without the mistake I could have won."
"All in all it has been a good season for me. I have been fast during the second half of the year, but it took me a little time to adjust to the new bike at the start of the season. With the championship starting in the snow in Sweden it was difficult for me, but now I am very happy with everything and next year I know that I will start with a bike that I am used to and that I know can win."
 
Cristobal Guerrero (UFO Corse Yamaha) Enduro 1 class - Day 1 Fifth, Day 2 Fourth:
"Day one wasn't so good for me, but it also wasn't too bad. I was fighting for third, fourth and fifth position all day. I crashed in the last enduro test because I was pushing hard to finish in third, but I lost some time and finished fifth. When I crashed I injured the ligaments in my right thumb."
"I found day two very difficult because of my thumb. The course and especially the special tests were really rough and I wasn't able to push as hard as I do normally. Salminen, Albergoni and Germain were all really fast, I wasn't able to match their pace. I also crashed in the extreme test and lost 20 seconds so I'm pleased with second. It was a tough race."
"I have finished fourth in the world championship this year, which I'm pleased with. I have had some really good battles and although my result could have been better at some races if I had been just one or two seconds faster, but overall I'm pleased with my performances."
 
Maurizio Micheluz (UFO Corse Yamaha) Enduro 1 class - Day 1 Eighth, Day 2 Fifth:
"The first day wasn't so good for me. I just wasn't quick enough on the special test. I could have finished sixth but I stalled my bike on one of the extreme tests."
"Day two was much better. I had a good fight with my team-mate Cristobal Guerrero for the fourth position. My last enduro tests wasn't great, which meant that Cristobal finished ahead of me but fifth is still good. My goal at the start of the season was to finish inside the top five, so I am a little disappointed not to have done that. But the E1 class is very competitive. I have had some good results though so I am not too disappointed."