Practice Ounasvaara Finland Trek Enduro Series Round 3 2014

The third round is heading to Rovaniemi in the Arctic circle. There are four stages that the riders had to practice on today. The course seams to be very technical and hard going in many places. One of the most challenging stages would be Rysky in practice today. The top of this stage is unique to the Lapland region. With moss growing in the holes amongst the rock. Riders have to go through this making the exposed rocks slippery and the rest of the Retro stage very tricky. This will make the correct line vital in tomorrows race. The other stages are just as demanding. A long flat pedaling across the top of the early parts of the Happo will soon tired the riders out. Letkee the 1st stage has plenty of off camber and tricky sections. Retro the 3 stage starts off as fast pedalling then has a series of rock gardens again making it technical for riders.

Riders at the Top of stage 3.

Simo-Pekka Tuure.

Reindeer can be found in lapland.

Rider taking Just a little bit of skin off today !!

Sauli Hjerppe on one of the drops on Retro.

Anna Ojala.


Iida Airola on a off camber section on the 1st stage (Letkee).

Ville Tuppurainen

Juha Korpinen


Sami Maukonen
Riders were faced with mud holes in the rocks.

Juha Korpinen
Moss soon turned into mud.

Patrick Öblom

Ville Tuppurainen explaining line choice to Jouko Kotkansalo.


Tommi Kolehmainen

Aleksi Taiponen

Winter conditions can be harsh on the environment.

Aki Färm in the rock garen on stage 2 (Retro).

Antti Laiho

Henri Huossa

Both Enduro rider and ski jumper practicing.