Seb says hes getting quite used to this!.

CH Racing Husqvarna rider Seb Guillaume secured his second successive double Enduro 3 class podium result by placing as runner-up and in third position at the GP of Canada, staged for the second year in Parry Sound north of Toronto. Finishing on the podium on both days at the GP of USA, staged one week before the Canadian event, Seb continued his good form in the dry, dusty and lose Canadian conditions to make it four podium finishes during the four days of the WEC held in North America. In the Enduro 1 class Bartosz Oblucki claimed fifth on both days while Nate Kanney claimed two top 10 results in the Enduro 2 class with seven-time world champion Anders Eriksson finishing in fifth and seventh in the Enduro 3 category.

Disappointingly for Husqvarna’s E1 class rider Bartosz Oblucki the GP of Canada didn’t go quite as well as planned. With competition fierce at the top of the class Bart’ performed well on both the event’s extreme and motocross tests on day one but lost out to his class rivals on the enduro test and missed a podium result by less than 25 seconds. Day two brought no better luck for Oblucki as he again placed in fifth having performed consistently. Disappointingly, a problem on the day’s final motocross test cost him over 20 seconds, which ended his hopes of improving his day one result.

Producing his best results of the ’07 WEC series so far at his home round of the championship in New York, Nate Kanney again performed well during his debut world championship season placing inside the top 10 on both days in Canada. Making no mistakes during either day aboard his WR250 Nate placed as the team’s highest finishing E2 class rider with eighth on day one and ninth on day two. The CH Racing Husqvarna team’s second E2 class rider Nicolas Deparrois struggled during the sixth round of the ’07 WEC series due to injuring his foot prior to the event. With a severely bruised and blackened foot Nico’ bravely took to the start and finished both days placing in a creditable 11^th and 12^th.

Enjoying the first day’s competition and feeling as if he didn’t need to push that hard in order to secure the runner-up spot in the E3 class Seb Guillaume continued to show that he is the only rider capable of pushing Spaniard Ivan Cervantes and Finn Marko Tarkkala in the WEC’s largest capacity class. With Tarkkala failing to finish Seb claimed a comfortable runner-up result winning the opening day’s first and last special tests. On day two Seb hoped to again place as runner-up but despite his best efforts, and again winning the first and last tests of the day, he finished third, less than two seconds behind Marko Tarkkala.

Bartosz Oblucki had a tough time

For Husqvarna’s seven-time world champion Anders Eriksson the GP of Canada proved to be both a good and a bad race. On day one Eriksson finished fifth and just 24 seconds off the podium. But on day two the experienced Swede failed to perform at his best and following two mistakes on the day’s first enduro test placed seventh.

In the Enduro Junior class Frenchman Marc Bourgeois finished in fourth and fifth. On day one the WR125 mounted rider placed just under 12 seconds off the podium while on day two a mistake in the final enduro test in part ended his hopes of bettering his day one result.

Seb Guillaume: "The first day was really good for me. I didn’t push too hard but I finished second behind Cervantes. I started the second day wanting to fight for the class win but I crashed on the first extreme test and lost at least 10 seconds. After that I was having one good test, one bad test, one good test. I just didn’t have a good feeling. I finished on the podium on both days, which is good, but I want to be closer to the top of the podium."

Bartosz Oblucki: "It’s not been the best of races for me. Finishing fifth on both days isn’t what I had hoped for. I just didn’t feel good on my bike, partly still because of the injury I picked up at the GP of Italy. I made some mistakes on both days but also had a small problem with the gearbox, which affected the way I could ride. It’s not been a great race but it’s not been too bad I suppose."

Nate Kanney: "The GP of Canada was pretty good for me. I think I got all my crashes out of the way at the race in New York so I was pleased with the way I rode. I wasn’t outstanding in any of the tests but I was consistent and didn’t make many mistakes. I stalled my bike once but didn’t crash at all and got eighth and ninth, which I’m pretty pleased with. I’ve had my best two results of the season in the States and Canada so I’m heading into the final two rounds of the world championship on a much higher note than when I arrived so I’m looking forward to getting back to racing in Europe."

Anders Eriksson: "Day one went well for me. I felt that I was riding well and although I finished in fifth I was only 24 seconds away from the podium, which was pleasing. But on day two I made two crashes on the enduro test on the first lap. After that my test times improved, but it was too late. I finished in seventh and a long way away from where I did on day one, so I’m not pleased with how I rode on day two."

Grand Prix of Canada – Day 1

Enduro 1 class

1. Juha Salminen (KTM) 31:50.71; 2. Simone Albergoni (Yamaha) 32:02.65; 3. Marc Germain (Yamaha) 32:24.32; 4. Cristobal Guerrero (Yamaha) 32:30.08; 5. Bartosz Oblucki (CH Racing Husqvarna) 32:47.64; 6. Alessandro Belometti (KTM) 32:55.90; 7. Maurizio Micheluz (Yamaha) 33:20.76; 8. Mike Hartman (KTM) 32:57.45; 9. Jurak Dozsa (KTM) 35:41.41; 10. Guy Giroux (Suzuki) 36:20.49; 11. James Skinner (KTM) 39:45.89

Enduro 2 class

1. Samuli Aro (KTM) 31:18.56; 2. Mika Ahola (Honda) 31:20.17; 3. Johnny Aubert (Yamaha) 32:35.90; 4. Fabien Planet (KTM) 32:43.88; 5. Stefan Merriman (Aprilia) 33:21.17; 6. Valtteri Salonen (Husaberg) 33:21.32; 7. Xavi Galindo (KTM) 33:35.67; 8. Nate Kanney (CH Racing Husqvarna) 33:39.52; 9. Kurt Caselli (KTM) 33:48.61; 10. Fabrizio Dini (Yamaha) 34:17.83; 11. Nicolas Deparrois (CH Racing Husqvarna) 34:51.90; 12. Nicolas Paganon (Aprilia) 34:55.22; 13. Shane Cuthbertson (KTM) 37:50.21; 14. Robert Reed (KTM) 39:51.84; 15. Allan Lachapelle (KTM) 42:48.43; 16. Craig Kennedy (Suzuki) 45:08.69; 17. Kevin Cockayne (KTM) 1.06:09.80; 18. Bruce Moffatt (Husaberg) 1.09:09.08

Enduro 3 class

1. Ivan Cervantes (KTM) 31:29.89; 2. Seb Guillaume (CH Racing Husqvarna) 31:56.18; 3. Alessandro Botturi (Honda) 32:33.95; 4. Bjorne Carlsson (Husaberg) 32:35.49; 5. Anders Eriksson (CH Racing Husqvarna) 32:57.52; 6. Vita Kuklik (KTM) 33:39.00; 7. Marcus Kehr (KTM) 34:00.75; 8. Michel Metcalfe (KTM) 37:20.86; 9. Jason Schrage (KTM) 38:08.35; 10. Erwin Plekkenpol (Honda) 48:16.59; 11. Dennis Liebersan (KTM) 49:09.33

Enduro Junior class

1. Joakim Ljunggren (Husaberg) 32:39.22; 2. Christophe Nambotin (Gas Gas) 32:42.48; 3. Tom Sagar (KTM) 32:54.12; 4. Marc Bourgeois (CH Racing Husqvarna) 33:05.57; 5. Thomas Oldrati (KTM) 33:11.15; 6. Russell Bobbitt (KTM) 34:02.44; 7. Yannick Bossi (Husqvarna) 35:01.15; 8. Cory Graffunder (KTM) 35:11.56; 9. David Kamo (KTM) 35:24.44; 10. Ricard Wressel (Husaberg) 35:32.35; 11. Cole Kirkpatrick (KTM) 35:48.03; 12. Sylvain Lebrun (Husqvarna) 35:54.90; 13. Kyle Redmond (Gas Gas) 35:57.57; 14. Benoit Fortunato (Husqvarna) 36:05.32; 15. Jakub Horak (KTM) 36:26.72; 16. Wallace Palmer (Honda) 36:38.57; 17. Scott Bowes (KTM) 29:48.51; 18. Nick Schrage (KTM) 40:15.56

Grand Prix of Canada – Day 2

Enduro 1 class

1. Juha Salminen (KTM) 43:56.35; 2. Simone Albergoni (Yamaha) 44:22.70; 3. Marc Germain (Yamaha) 44:46.99; 4. Cristobal Guerrero (Yamaha) 44:56.81; 5. Bartosz Oblucki (CH Racing Husqvarna) 45:22.91; 6. Mike Hartman (KTM) 47:22.82; 7. Alessandro Belometti (KTM) 47:40.86; 8. Juraj Dozsa (KTM) 49:30.80; 9. Guy Giroux (Suzuki) 50:03.48; 10. James Skinner (KTM) 54:18.30

Enduro 2 class

1. Mika Ahola (Honda) 43:34.33; 2. Samuli Aro (KTM) 43:41.91; 3. Johnny Aubert (Yamaha) 44:22.31; 4. Valtteri Salonen (Husaberg) 44:41.81; 5. Fabien Planet (KTM) 44:52.77; 6. Xavier Galindo (KTM) 46:05.73; 7. Stefan Merriman (Aprilia) 46:12.88; 8. Kurt Caselli (KTM) 46:16.53; 9. Nate Kanney (CH Racing Husqvarna) 46:30.38; 10. Fabrizio Dini (Yamaha) 46:30.38; 11. Nicolas Paganon (Aprilia) 47:07.57; 12. Nicolas Deparrois (CH Racing Husqvarna) 47:49.98; 13. Shane Cuthbertson (KTM) 51:54.31; 14. Allen Lachapelle (KTM) 55:27.64; 15. Robert Reed (KTM) 56:59.64; 16. Craig Kennedy (Suzuki) 58:45.80; 17. Kevin Cockayne (KTM) 1.09:24.17

Enduro 3 class

1. Ivan Cervantes (KTM) 43:33.71; 2. Marko Tarkkala (KTM) 44:09.81; 3. Seb Guillaume (CH Racing Husqvarna) 44:11.60; 4. Bjorne Carlsson (Husaberg) 45:10.87; 5. Alessandro Botturi (Honda) 45:15.90; 6. Marcus Kehr (KTM) 45:55.05; 7. Anders Eriksson (CH Racing Husqvarna) 45:57.76; 8. Vita Kuklik (KTM) 46:57.71; 9. Erwin Plekkenpol (Honda) 50:22.78; 10. Michel Metcalfe (KTM) 50:43.00; 11. Jason Schrage (KTM) 51:33.40; 12. Dennis Liebersan (KTM) 1.05:05.74

Enduro Junior class