Aro tops podium in Round Five E3

Published: 05th April 2008

Author: KTM Press, photo J.Edmunds

KTM Enduro Factory Team rider Samuli Aro of Finland continued his early season domination of the E3 big bike class to win in Round Five in Spain, giving him four victories and a second place so far this season.

Team boss Fabio Farioli praised Aro saying the Finnish rider was "very impressive" on Saturday over the hard and dusty Spanish circuit. "It was not such a difficult race, today," Farioli said. "But the surface was hard and it was extremely dusty". Similar conditions are expected for Round Six tomorrow.

Aro's KTM teammate and countryman Marko Tarkkala made some mistakes but still came home in fourth place, a position that he hopes to improve on in Sunday's race here at Signes, near Barcelona.

Aro has amassed 122 points so far and has a 22-point lead over second placed KTM teammate Tarkkala. He has now proved to be a winner on a range of terrain from the snow in Sweden to the dusty dry surface in Spain.

Results E3 Round Five

1. Samuli Aro, Finland, KTM

2. Christophe Nambotin, France, Gas-Gas

3. Sebastien Guillaume, France, Husqvarna

4. Marko Tarkkala, Finland, KTM

5. Fabien Planet, France, KTM