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 the first Heat, the defending Champion arrived second behind a very motivated Tomi Ahmasalo, who crashed in the final Heat. Ericson took his revenge in Heat 2, and won in front of countryman Marcus Evensson.
Ericson increased his advantage in the Championship standings, and has now 28 points more than runner up Johan Eriksson.
In the first Heat Johan Eriksson was third, behind the duo Ahmasalo-Ericson. Swedish Fredrik Granberg rode his Ski-Doo to a consistent fourth place, ahead of Finn Niko Korsumaeki.Ski-Doo mounted Stein Kristian Strand was sixth, being the first Norwegian rider.
In the final Heat, Polaris mounted Marcus Evensson tried to catch Ericson but finished second. Fellow Polaris rider Johan Eriksson was third, and Fredrik Granberg conquered another fourth place. Viktor Stenman was fifth, ahead of the fastest Norwegian rider, Stein Kristian Strand, who was once again sixth.
There is just one round left before the end of the Championship. The final will be held in Sweden, Falun, on Saturday the 31st of March.
2007 FIM Snowcross World Championship standings after the first three rounds:
1 ERICSON Peter SWE LYNX 139
2 ERIKSSON Johan SWE POLARIS 111
3 AHMASALO Tomi FIN SKI-DOO 102
4 STENMAN Viktor SWE ARCTIC CAT 102
5 GRANBERG Fredrik SWE SKI-DOO 91
6 OLOFSSON Daniel SWE SKI-DOO 78
7 EVENSSON Marcus SWE POLARIS 72
8 HONKA Jussi FIN ARCTIC CAT 58
9 ÖHMANN Emil SWE LYNX 54
10 KORSUMÄKI Niko FIN LYNX 51
11 TOPPALA Hannu FIN POLARIS 45
12 PLONER Alessandro ITA POLARIS 42
13 LANG Dan SWE LYNX 36
14 BACKMAN Jorgen SWE ARCTIC CAT 36
15 STRAND Stein Kristian NOR SKI-DOO 30
16 HERTEN Fredrik FIN SKI-DOO 28
17 LINDBAECK Magnus NOR POLARIS 27
18 BITI Jostein NOR LYNX 25
19 GRUBER Harald ITA LYNX 24
20 TAPIO Janne FIN LYNX 22
21 NÄKKÄLÄJÄRVI Jarmo FIN ARCTIC CAT 19
22 TAMNES Mads NOR SKI-DOO 18
23 MERLI Christian ITA LYNX 18
24 NILSEN Lars Ostby NOR SKI-DOO 17
25 HERTEN Viktor FIN SKI-DOO 16
26 LJUNGBERG Andreas SWE LYNX 13
27 DALENG Vidar NOR POLARIS 12
28 HEGGELI Bjorn Terje NOR SKI-DOO 8
29 LUNDEN Flemming NOR SKI-DOO 7
30 CONTESSI Michele ITA ARCTIC CAT 5
31 GURNDIN Peter ITA SKI-DOO 4
32 PETTERSEN Jorn Tore NOR SKI-DOO 2
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