Enduro: Aro Samuli second again in Italy in E2

Aro Samuli would up a good weekend in the Italian province of Lombardy when on Sunday he succeeded in repeating his second place finish from day one of the GP Leovince of Italy.
 
Aro of Finland, a key rider in the KTM Enduro Factory Team, may have again had to concede victory to his rival countryman Mika Ahola but his consistency this weekend vaults him into second place on the championship standings and narrows the gap between him and the leader.
Samuli put in a solid day's racing scoring very well in the last tests of the day and putting in some excellent speeds over the rocky terrain of the area.
 
"The riders did a great job today, "team boss Fabian Farioli said at the close of the race. Farioli had expressed a wish that ll of his riders would be on the podium this weekend and on Sunday five of the six KTM Enduro Team in the three classes e1, E2 and E3 made his wish come true.
 
The second E2 factory ride in the KTM Enduro Team, young Frenchman Fabien Planet again performed consistently following his fourth palce from Saturday with a fifth on Sunday.
 
Results
1. Mika Ahola, Finland, Honda, Tests 54:44.82
2. Samuli Aro, Finland, KTM, 56:06.06
3. Stefan Merriman, Australia, Aprilia, 56:08.72
4. Andrea Belotti, Italy, KTM, 56:41. 13
5. Fabien Planet, France, KTM, 56 :59.53