Emil Ohman wins hard fought Oppdal

02.03.2008: Emil Ohman wins hard fought Oppdal

The most exciting snowcross series on the planet, the FIM Snowcross World Championship, has finally started today on the Norwegian track of Oppdal, in the heart of the country.

After the unexpected withdrawal of two time World Champion Peter Ericson, who was stopped by a tough flu but proved his bravery by racing the free practice session, Sweden fellow rider Emil Ohman, who classified 12th in last year’s World Championship standings, took the overall victory from Finn Niko Korsumaeki, the winner of the final round of 2007.

The two were the stars of this extremely battled opening round, collecting a win and a second place each.

Viktor Stenman completed the podium courtesy of two solid heats while Tom Johansson and Hannu Toppala rounded off the top five.

Home rider Stale Eggen was a surprising eighth in the overall standings, as he was the youngest rider on the field because of his age of 16 and a half years.

The next meeting is scheduled for the 8th of March in Tuuri, Finland, where Ohman will enter as the current series leader.

Heat one (top five): 1. Niko KORSUMÄKI; 2. Emil ÖHMAN; 3. Tom JOHANSSON; 4. Adam RENHEIM; 5. Viktor STENMAN

Heat two (top five): 1. Emil ÖHMAN; 2. Niko KORSUMÄKI; 3. Viktor STENMAN; 4. Hannu TOPPALA; 5. Ståle EGGEN

Overall (top five): 1. Emil ÖHMAN, 47 points; 2. Niko KORSUMÄKI, 47; 3. Viktor STENMAN, 36; 4. Tom JOHANSSON, 29; 5. Hannu TOPPALA, 28

Championship (top five): 1. Emil ÖHMAN, 47 points; 2. Niko KORSUMÄKI, 47; 3. Viktor STENMAN, 36; 4. Tom JOHANSSON, 29; 5. Hannu TOPPALA, 28

Information, photos and results are online at http://www.youthstream.org, the official website of the FIM Snowcross World Championship.

Youthstream is the company that manages the exclusive television, marketing and promotional world wide rights of the FIM Motocross World Championship, the FIM Motocross of Nations, the FIM SuperMoto World Championship, the FIM SuperMoto of Nations, the FIM Snowcross World Championship, the UEM Motocross European Championship and the UEM SuperMoto European Championship.

- Daniele RIZZI -

Permanent-URL: http://www.automobilsport.com/fim-snowcross-emil-ohman-oppdal-wins-peter-ericson-tom-johansson-hannu-toppala-tuuri-finland---33583.html

02.03.2008 / MaP

More News

FIM Snowcross World Championship to start in Oppdal this weekend
28.02.2008

After the first two rounds scheduled in Sayda, Germany, for the 2nd and the 3rd of February were cancelled due to the weather conditions, Oppdal, Norway, will become the opening round of the 2008 season. Considering the massive participation of the top riders from last year, with the only exception of legendary more >>

February 2nd and 3rd SAYDA opens Snowcross World Championship season
19.01.2008

The FIM Snowcross World Championship, the finest expression of snow motor sports that ended last year in Falun, Sweden, with the second World Crown of home rider Peter Ericson, will start in the German venue of Sayda this year. Peter Ericson on the gas (Photo from www.peterericson.se) more >>

Peter Ericson clinches second World Title
04.04.2007

The FIM Snowcross World Championship finished with a breathtaking Swedish round last Saturday, March 31, at Falun. Home rider Peter Ericson did not race for victory, but he did a good job anyways and brought the second Snowcross World Title home. On the other hand, Swedish Johan Eriksson and Finnish Niko Korsumaeki squeezed their respective Polaris more >>

Ericson going for second world title in home round
27.03.2007

The final round of the FIM Snowcross World Championship will be held in Falun, Sweden, this Saturday. The Swedish leaders of the standings, Peter Ericson –first- and Johan Eriksson –second- will ride in front of their home crowd, and their confidence will be surely very high. Finn Tomi Ahmasalo will try to chase them from his third place in the points standings; more >>

Peter Ericson dominates Norwegian round
06.03.2007

The third round of the FIM Snowcross World Championship was held last Saturday at Oppdal, one of the most beautiful spots of Norway. Swedish Peter Ericson made the most of this round by topping the overall classification, followed by Johan Eriksson, second, and Fredrik Granberg, third. In th more >>

FIM Snowcross World Championship continues in Oppdal
28.02.2007

After the first two thrilling rounds in Switzerland, the FIM Snowcross World Championship did not have much luck. The round in Lahti, Finland, was cancelled because of prohibitive weather conditions, and the standings did not change from Veysonnaz. Defending Champion Peter Ericson is still leading, but this Saturday’s round in Oppdal, Norway, will reopen the chase for th more >>

2007 World Championship standings after the first 2 rounds in Veysonnaz
27.01.2007

SNOWCROSS VEYSONNAZ Photos here 1 ERIKSSON Peter SWE LYNX 92 2 OLOFSSON Daniel SWE SKI-DOO 78 3 STENMAN Viktor SWE ARCTIC CAT 77 4 ERIKSSON Johan SWE POLARIS 71 5 AHMASALO Tomi FIN SKI-DOO 67 6 GRANBERG Fredrik SWE SKI-DOO 55 7 ÖH more >>

Veysonnaz- Peter Eriksson leads the Swedish revolution
27.01.2007

SNOWCROSS VEYSONNAZ PHOTOS HERE The FIM Snowcross World Championship kick-started in Switzerland, and this was one of the most demanding weekends for the snowmobile racers. Two rounds - one on Friday and one on Saturday - took p more >>

27.01.2007

Snowcross in Veysonnaz more >>

Fim Snowcross World Championship to take off in Veysonnaz this Friday
24.01.2007

Switzerland will open the FIM Snowcross World Championship season, that will begin this Friday at Veysonnaz. The track location has been moved up to an altitude of 2000 metres. The change will make the event even more selective, because the riders need to be perfectly fit to give their best at such an altitude. But they all are, because the FIM Snowcross Wor more >>

Meet the Snowcross World Champion: Interview with Peter ERICSON
17.01.2007

The FIM Snowcross World Championship is about to start, and World Champion Peter Ericson is ready to defend his Title from the many challengers. Peter Ericson is Swedish. He was born on the 1st of December 1981 in Skellefteå, where he currently lives. "Mini E-son" is a "big lad", being 1,91 metre tall and weighting 92 kilos, but this is not a disadvantage for his Snowcros more >>

FIM SNOWCROSS World Championship 2007
14.01.2007

Being among the first FIM World Championship to start, the FIM Snowcross World Championship is the highest expression of snow motorsport in the world. The best riders in the world will gather together at the Snowcross GP campaign, that will last until the end of March, and they will battle their hardest for the World Title during all the seven rounds of the calendar. more >>

Kategorien

STROOSSEN ENGLEN asbl

Motorsport Live Results

on Flashscore not only Motorsport Live Results