World Enduro Championship

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The Maxxis FIM World Enduro Championship (WEC) is the world championship series for enduro, a popular form of off-road motorcycle sport.

The World Enduro Championship consists of eight two-day racing events. The 2006 championship includes six races in Europe, one in the United States and one in Canada.

1 Current bike classes
2 World Champions
- 2.1 Overall World Champions
3 External links

[edit] Current bike classes

Enduro 1 (E1) – 100 to 125 cc 2-stroke or 175 - 250 cc 4-stroke
Enduro 2 (E2) – 175 to 250 cc 2-stroke or 290 - 450 cc 4-stroke
Enduro 3 (E3) – 290 to 500 cc 2-stroke or 475 - 650 cc 4-stroke

[edit] World Champions

Year	80 cc 2-stroke	125 cc 2-stroke	250 cc 2-stroke	350 cc 4-stroke	500 cc 2-stroke	500 cc 4-stroke
1990	Image:Flag of East Germany.svg Thomas Bieberbach Simson	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Edmondson KTM	Image:Flag of Finland.svg Kari Tiainen Suzuki	Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Otokar Kotrba Husqvarna	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Hansson KTM	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmie Eriksson Husaberg
1991	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Pierfranco Muraglia Kawasaki	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Jeff Nilsson KTM	Image:Flag of Finland.svg Kari Tiainen Husqvarna	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Kent Karlsson Husaberg	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Svenerik Jönsson Husqvarna	Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Katrinak Husaberg
1992	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Gian-Marco Rossi HRD	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Jeff Nilsson KTM	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Grasso Kawasaki	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Mario Rinaldi KTM	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Tulio Pellegrinelli Honda	Image:Flag of Finland.svg Kari Tiainen Husqvarna
1993	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Gian-Marco Rossi TM	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Edmondson Husqvarna	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Grasso Kawasaki	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Svenerik Jönsson Husqvarna	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Sala KTM	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Farioli KTM
1994		Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Edmondson GasGas	As over 175 cc --> Image:Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Sala KTM	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Mario Rinaldi KTM		Image:Flag of Finland.svg Kari Tiainen Husqvarna
1995		Image:Flag of Finland.svg Petteri Silván Husqvarna	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Sala KTM	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Eriksson Husaberg		Image:Flag of Finland.svg Kari Tiainen Husqvarna
1996		Image:Flag of Italy.svg Fausto Scovolo Yamaha	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Edmondson GasGas	As 400 cc --> Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Eriksson Husqvarna		Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Jansson Husaberg
1997		Image:Flag of Australia.svg Shane Watts KTM	Image:Flag of France.svg Stéphane Peterhansel Yamaha	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Mario Rinaldi KTM		Image:Flag of Finland.svg Kari Tiainen Husqvarna
1998	As 250 cc 4-stroke --> Image:Flag of Italy.svg Gian-Marco Rossi Honda	Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Michalik TM	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Sala KTM	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Björne Carlsson Husaberg		Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Eriksson Husqvarna
1999	Image:Flag of Finland.svg Vesa Kytönen Kawasaki	Image:Flag of Finland.svg Juha Salminen KTM	Image:Flag of Finland.svg Petteri Silván GasGas	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Sala KTM		Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Eriksson Husqvarna
2000	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Rubin KTM	Image:Flag of Finland.svg Juha Salminen KTM	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Stefan Merriman Husqvarna	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Mario Rinaldi KTM		Image:Flag of Finland.svg Kari Tiainen Husqvarna
2001	Image:Flag of France.svg Stéphane Peterhansel Yamaha	Image:Flag of Finland.svg Petteri Silván Husqvarna	Image:Flag of Finland.svg Juha Salminen KTM	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Stefan Merriman Husqvarna		Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Eriksson Husqvarna
2002	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Bergvall Yamaha	Image:Flag of Finland.svg Petteri Silván Husqvarna	Image:Flag of Finland.svg Samuli Aro Husqvarna	Image:Flag of Finland.svg Juha Salminen KTM		Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Eriksson Husqvarna
2003	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Bergvall Yamaha	Image:Flag of Finland.svg Petri Pohjamo GasGas	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Stefan Merriman Honda	As 450 cc --> Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Eriksson Husqvarna		Image:Flag of Finland.svg Juha Salminen KTM
	E1		E2		E3
2004	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Stefan Merriman Yamaha		Image:Flag of Finland.svg Juha Salminen KTM		Image:Flag of Finland.svg Samuli Aro KTM
2005	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Ivan Cervantes KTM		Image:Flag of Finland.svg Samuli Aro KTM		Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Knight KTM
2006	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Ivan Cervantes KTM		Image:Flag of Finland.svg Samuli Aro KTM		Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Knight KTM

[edit] Overall World Champions

Year	Rider	Bike
1998	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Sala	250 cc KTM
1999	Image:Flag of Finland.svg Petteri Silván	250 cc GasGas
2000	Image:Flag of Finland.svg Juha Salminen	125 cc KTM
2001	Image:Flag of Finland.svg Juha Salminen	250 cc KTM
2002	Image:Flag of Finland.svg Juha Salminen	400 cc KTM
2003	Image:Flag of Finland.svg Juha Salminen	500 cc KTM
2004	Image:Flag of Finland.svg Juha Salminen	E2 KTM