The only senior title left to decide was in the E2 category but with the leading KTM rider Cristobal Guerrero of Spain not fully recovered from a dislocated shoulder in the International Six Days Enduro in Germany last month, the team’s chances were narrowed.Both Guerrero and his teammate Johnny Aubert put in an inspired joint effort to prevent the leader Pierre-Alexandre Renet from taking the title.

The gap between Guerrero and Renet was narrowed to 15 points after Saturday’s round but even though Aubert took the win on Sunday, Renet finished third to Guerrero’s fourth to secure the victory.To the excitement of the many French fans, Nambotin and Meo engaged in a personal competition on Sunday and team boss Fabio Farioli said they had been so evenly matched that before the final test there had been less than a second between them. Aubert also had a great last round and was extremely fast on Sunday, Farioli said.

“This has been a great year for us,” Farioli said. He said his riders and support staff had made a great effort to vault the factory team back into the spotlight following a season of bad luck and injuries in 2011. Reflecting on the 2012 season, Farioli also praised the efforts of Giacomo Redondi, the young Italian rider who had a brilliant overall victory in the Youth Cup.

On Sunday Redondi moved up to the EJ class and also finished second.

Enduro World Championship Rd. 16 at Brignoles France, Final Round

E1 Results Sunday 1, Antoine Meo, France, KTM 2, Thomas Oldrati, Italy, Husaberg 3, Fabien Planet, France, Sherco 4, Eero Remes, Finland, KTM 5, Jeremy Joly, France, Yamaha

E1 Standings after Rd. 16 1, Meo 277 points (Already declared World Champion) 2, Oldrati, 196 3, Thain, 191 4, Remes 190 5, Matti Seistola 172

E2 Results Sunday 1, Johnny Aubert, France, KTM 2, Juha Salminen, Finland, Husqvarna 3, Pierre-Alexandre Renet, France, Husaberg 4, Cristobal Guerrero, Spain, KTM 5, Ivan Cervantes, Spain, Gas-Gas Other KTM 11, Franco Caimi, Argentina, KTM 13, Jeremy Tarroux, France, KTM

E2 Standings after Rd. 16 1, Renet 260 2, Guerrero, 243 3, Salminen, 236 4, Cervantes, 173 5, Aubert, 162

E3 Results Sunday 1, Christophe Nambotin, France, KTM 2, Joakim Ljunggren, Sweden, Husaberg 3, Aigar Leok, Estonia, TM 4, Manuel Monni, Italy, KTM 5, Sebastien Bozzo, France, Beta

Other KTM 7, David Knight, Britain, KTM E3 Standings after Rd. 16 1, Nambotin, 314 (already declared World Champion) 2, Ljunggren, 238 3, Leok, 232 4, Knight, 178 5, Mena, 167

EJ Results Rd. 16 1, Mathias Bellino, France, Husaberg 2, Giacomo Redondi, Italy, KTM 3, Victor Guerrero, Spain, KTM 4, Nicolo Mori, Italy, TM 5, Alexandre Queyreyre, France, Yamaha Other KTM 8, Kevin Benavides, Argentina, KTM 9, Rudi Moroni, Italy, KTM 10, Jonathan Manzi, Italy, KTM 11, Marc Sola, Spain, KTM

EJ Standings after Round 16 1, Bellino, 299 2, Manzi, 222 3, Daniel McCanney, Britain, Gas-Gas, 216 4, Benavides, 172 5, Moroni, 151 6, Victor Guerrero, 137

Youth Cup, Results Round 16 1, Luis Oliviera, Portugal, Yamaha 2, Jaime McCanney, Britain, Husaberg 3, Davide Soreca, Italy, Yamaha 4, Nicolas Trainini, Italy, KTM 5, Kirian Mirabet, Spain, KTM

Youth Cup Standings after Round 16 1, Giacomo Redondi, Italy, KTM, 277 2, Matteo Bresolin, Italy, Husaberg, 161 3, McCanney, 115 4, Oliviera, 95 5, Albin Elowson, Sweden, Husaberg, 93

Mika Ahola “Brave One” Trophy (awarded for skills in the Enduro test) 1, Christophe Nambotin, France, KTM 2, Antoine Meo, France, KTM 3, Juha Salminen, Finland, Husqvarna 4, Johnny Aubert, France, KTM 5, Pierre-Alexandre Renet, France, Husaberg 6, Cristobal Guerrero, Spain, KTM