The first day of Enduro Grand Prix AMV Euskadi, held last Saturday in the town Munitibar Vizcaya, was not particularly lucky for Gas Gas team riders, except for the two representatives of the brand in females, Laia Sanz and Ludivine Puy, who maintained an intense duel with final victory for the Catalan. In what was the world premiere of the female Enduro, Sanz was faced with 'Lulu' Puy with her two World titles in 2010 and 2011, but in the very first day’s Extreme test, Laia added a considerable advantage over her known superior and held that advantage the rest of morning.

In Enduro 2 Ivan began the day by a mistake in the very first step for the Enduro Test, where he suffered a fall that caused him to lose nearly half a minute over their rivals and drop to eighth place. With this drag and on a very slippery slope and not conducive to his riding, the Gas Gas rider began a comeback that led him to fight again for approaching the places of honor. Finally, the victory would be to ‘Pela’ Renet, while Ivan was sixth, which would still allow him to maintain the lead with 79 points, three more than the Frenchman.

Gonçalo Reis E1 finished 11th in his World Cup debut this season, while in E3 Sebastien Guillaume, who also contested the citations from Chile and Argentina because of a lung problem, ended in a remarkable sixth. Jordi Figueras was 11th in E3, while Danny McCanney got sixth in Junior after a more or less difficult day.

Ivan Cervantes

“It was a tough day. With so much mud it was very complicated and at every turn everything became more difficult. Still, after the fall I've been feeling good, feeling good, and I trying to trace, although nobody in the world breathing stops for a second and has been a little difficult to recover positions. I was sixth, but I think it’s a positive result, because I've been within only two seconds of fourth place”.

Laia Sanz

“I am very happy and quite surprised. It is true that I entered with the plan to try to win a race this season, but did not expect so soon, and less here, because although we are close to home, this area is more favorable to the French riders. However, we have learned to manage well the advantage in getting the Extreme special test, especially after the first step, and go without making mistakes. It was not to make mistakes nand take no chances and it went well”.