Andy Noakley the big winner of Kastamonu’s East European Championship in Turkey

Andy Noakley was the fastest rider on the special tests of the Kastamonu’s Eastern European Enduro Championship in Northen Turkey.

Andy Noakley in the SuperTest of Est European Enduro Championship in Turkey

In the SuperTest Andy had not a really good start, he had a puncture in the timed practice. “I took a rear puncture in timed practice so I had to take a quick pit stop to change the tube. Still, at the end of the day I took the win by a 3 seconds margin,” said Andy.

Second day in Turkey starts for the English rider with the SuperTest where he beats his previous time with another 3 seconds. Also at the end of the day Andy had almost 1 minutes in front of his closest rival in E2, Giannis Trigas. “The Cross Test and the Enduro Test where real nice! Enduro Test was a mix of fire road, rivers, mud holes and forest trails. Suited me perfect, kind of like the Romanian trails.”

Andy Noakley decided to slow down a little bit for last day of racing. “I decided to slow the pace a little on lap 2 and the Greek rider in 2nd made 10 seconds back which got me a little worried. So on lap 3 I pushed hard and gained another 40 seconds which set me up comfortably going in to the final lap with over a minute lead. In last lap on the Enduro Test I got stuck for 20 seconds or so in a mud hole! So I went full gas to the finish and managed to gain the time back to still be over 1 min in the lead and winning the Turkish Championship and East European Championship.”