Australia’s Matt Phillips was amongst of a host of new champions crowned as the 2013 Maxxis Enduro World Championship came to a head on a weather-affected weekend in France.

The Husqvarna-mounted Phillips joined Honda’s Alex Salvini in wrapping up respective titles a day early.

Rain brought Saturday’s proceedings to a premature end, creating a course that became impassable and soon left riders stranded.

Italian Salvini had led at that point and was ahead when organisers elected to stop the race on the fourth cross test of the day, confirming his E2 title win.

“My focus was on winning the title but to do it by also winning the race is great,” said Salvini. When the rain came things got a bit crazy.

“But I just rode the best I could and thankfully it all worked out – I’m so happy to be the world champion.”

He finished the day ahead of Spanish rider Ivan Cervantes and home favourite Antoine Bassett.

E1 class victory went the way of previously-crowned champion Antoine Meo, who was ahead of Finnish tier Eero Remes and Jeremy Joly.

In the E3 class, it was another French rider at the front, with Christophe Nambotin winning from Swede Joakim Ljunggren and another home favourite in Fabien Planet.

Aussie Phillips found the conditions tough going, but held his mettle to come home runner-up on the opening day of Junior competition, sealing his title triumph.

“I’m so happy to have won the Junior world title,” said Phillips. “It was a weird day. First I was riding tight. I was a little nervous and made a few mistakes.

“But then it started raining and it became a mission to finish. I’m just glad to have made it back. It’s fantastic to be a world champion – this is what I came to Europe to do.”

British rider Jane Daniels won day one of Women’s competition, one of just four competitors contesting the final grand prix.

Officials were forced to reroute much of the course for Sunday’s running, using only the cross test layout and a liaison section that would be ridden four times.

With the major titles sewn up, it was a battle for final rankings amongst the premier Endurance classes.

French rider Jeremy Tarroux took the E1 class win from Remes and Marc Bourgeois, while E2 victory went the way of the dominant Salvini from Johnny Aubert and Pela Rene.

Matthias Bellino won the final E3 class stoush from Aigar Leok and Luis Correia.

Frenchman Loic Larrieu won the final day of EJ competition, benefiting from a one-minute penalty imposed upon Phillips, who was fifth.

Daniels made it two days on the trot with another win in the Women’s class but it wasn’t enough to deny Laia Sanz from taking the title.

2013 Enduro World Championship
Round six – France

E1 class day one:
1. Antoine Meo
2. Eero Remes
3. Jeremy Joly
4. Juha Salminen
5. Matti Seistola
6. Jeremy Tarroux
7. Marc Bourgeois
8. Nicolas Deparrois
9. Maurizio Micheluz
10. Anthony Boissiere

E1 class day two:
1. Jeremy Tarroux
2. Eero Remes
3. Marc Bourgeois
4. Antoine Meo
5. Anthony Boissiere
6. Jeremy Joly
7. Cristobal Guerrero
8. Juha Salminen
9. Matti Seistola
10. Nicolas Deparrois

E1 class championship standings (after six of six rounds):
1. Antoine Meo 264
2. Juha Salminen 190
3. Matti Seistola 185
4. Eero Remes 177
5. Jeremy Joly 136
6. Cristobal Guerrero 133
7. Nicolas Depparois 112
8. Anthony Boissiere 110
9. Jeremy Tarroux 97
10. Simone Albergoni 92

E2 class day one:
1. Alex Salvini
2. Ivan Cervantes
3. Antoine Basset
4. Oriol Mena
5. Pierre Alexandre Renet
6. Lorenzo Santolino
7. Johnny Aubert
8. David Knight
9. Oscar Baletti
10. Jean-francois Goblet

E2 class day two:
1. Alex Salvini
2. Johnny Aubert
3. Pierre Alexandre Renet
4. David Knight
5. Ivan Cervantes
6. Antoine Basset
7. Romain Dumontier
8. Lorenzo Santolini
9. Oriol Mena
10. Oscar Balletti

E2 class championship standings (after six of six rounds):
1. Alex Salvini 263
2. Pierre Alexandre 216
3. Ivan Cervantes 211
4. Johnny Aubert 205
5. Oriol Mena 136
6. Victor Guerrero 127
7. Lorenzo Santolino 126
8. Antoine Basset 116
9. Oscar Balletti 83
10. David Knight 65

E3 class day one:
1. Christophe Nambotin
2. Joakim Ljunggren
3. Fabien Planet
4. Deny Philippaerts
5. Benoit Fortunato
6. Marcus Kehr
7. Aigar Leok
8. Manuel Monni
9. Christophe Robert
10. Luis Correia

E3 class day two:
1. Matthias Bellino
2. Aigar Leok
3. Luis Correia
4. Joakim Ljunggren
5. Fabien Planet
6. Manuel Monni
7. Deny Philippaerts
8. Marcus Kehr
9. Benoit Fortunato
10. Christophe Robert

E3 class championship standings (after six of six rounds):
1. Christophe Nambotin 250
2. Aigar leok 197
3. Joakim Ljunggren 191
4. Luis Correia 164
5. Mathias Bellino 133
6. Deny Philippaerts 131
7. Fabien Planet 125
8. Manuel Monni 115
9. Marcus Kehr 114
10. Benoit Fortunato 84

EJ class day one:
1. Daniel McCanney
2. Matt Phillips
3. Niccolo Mori
4. Mario Roman
5. Luis Oliveira
6. Giacomo Redondi
7. Gianluca Martini
8. Rudi Moroni

EJ class day two:
1. Loic Larrieu
3. Daniel McCanney
4. Gianluca Martini
5. Matt Phillips
6. Rudi Moroni
7. Kevin Rohmer
8. Nicolo Mori
11. Mario Roman
14. Diego Rojas

EJ class championship standings (after six of six rounds):
1. Matt Phillips 243
2. Giacomo Redondi 196
3. Daniel McCanney 186
4. Mario Roman 167
5. Loic Larrieu 154
6. Nicolo Mori 126
7. Luis Oliveira 120
8. Rudi Moroni 113
9. Robert Kvarnstrom 110
10. Johan Edlund 63

Women’s class day one:
1. Jane Daniels
2. Laia Sainz
3. Geraldine Fournel
4. Valeria Roche

Women’s class day two:
1. Jane Daniels
2. Laia Sainz
3. Juliette Berrez
4. Jessica Gardiner
5. Valerie Roche
6. Geraldine Fournel

Women’s class championship standings (after four of four rounds):
1. Laia Sainz 134
2. Jane Daniels 128
3. Jessica Gardiner 107
4. Juliette Berrez 91
5. Geraldine Fournel 80
6. Audrey Rossat 72
7. Jemma Wilson 66
8. Valerie Roche 24
9. Rosa Romero 18
10. Toni Jardine 17

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