Enduro World Series Race Action - Stages 1-3 from La Thuile, Italy

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<b>Rene Wildhaber is the original wild man of enduro. 38-years young and smashing the DH-style Stage 3 by 8-seconds. Won't back down and in the overall lead by 1.5-seconds. </b> -Sven Martin
<b>Rene Wildhaber. Smuggling two frozen chickens. Literally. Adam Craig in the hilarious audio.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Anne Caroline Chausson finished 8-seconds up for the overall lead today with a 1st and two 2nd places.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Damien Oton came just a few seconds from winning the last round in Valloire. He picked up where he left off with 2 stage wins, and 2nd place overall, only 1.5-seconds behind.</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>Cecile Ravanel 2nd today with a Stage 2 win, backed up by a 2nd and 3rd. </b> -Sven Martin
<b>Race day started out with the warmest weather we've had all week, but high up at the start, sunshine was quickly replaced by high winds, hail, and snow showers.</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>Tracy Moseley won the first stage by 20-seconds, but gradually lost time in the next two stages to finish 3rd on the day, 15-seconds down.</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>Cedric Gracia keeping it steady today with a 12th overall and 7th on the longest Stage 1. Sliding around the tight switchbacks on two. </b> -Sven Martin
<b>Ben Cruz, baguette chaser.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Ben loves everything lefty style.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Michael Ronning after his first day of REAL enduro. Aussie legend feeling like a kid again.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Jared Graves in the beautiful woods on Stage 3. Fast, flowy and peppered with roots, rocks, streams and stumps.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Today's parting of the Shred Sea brought to you by Nico Lau in 4th place. #enduromoses</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>Joe Barnes proving that he is not just fast in Scotland. 5th overall today. </b> -Sven Martin
<b>Oliver Munnik's Pyga, straight from South Africa.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Oliver Munnik from South Africa enjoying a cold one after the day #TeamDarkcloud #XCDHMARATHONENDURO</b> -Sven Martin
<b>JC with CK's Vivid Air.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Curtis Keene started off with a strong 8th place on Stage 1. Leaning and roosting the loam dust hero dirt mix for 17th overall on day 1. Cancellier in audio</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Paul Aston hightails it to lower elevations after being caught in the sudden hailstorm at the the top of Stage 1.</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>Jesse Melamed took a break from hucking to flat to land himself smoothly into 15th place. #canadianpuddlemassacre</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>Anneke Beerten is in 4th, but at only 29-seconds down she's still right in contention for one of the podium spots on Sunday. @vitalmtb</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>Rocky Mountain's Isabeau Courdurier is sitting in 6th place, it's just a matter of time before she lands on the podium.</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>Francois Bailly-Maitre in a sketchy, slippery, mud-coated rock slab with derailleur-grabbing rocks and stumps waiting at the bottom of the chute. This after about 12-minutes of physical, high alpine descending.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Whatever he wrote on his handlebars yesterday it must have worked. 8th place for the wild Frenchman after day 1.</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>#allthelads at DirtTV have finished their day 1 video before we even captioned the slideshow. Go watch Mongo face plant the easiest bit of Stage 1.</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>After dominating Valloire, Justin Leov surprised a few people ending the day in 9th.</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>After his performance in previous rounds, expectations are high for Martin Maes. Unfortunately he could only mange a 7th place best stage result and 13th overall.</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>Nukeproof's Greg Callaghan enjoyed the mud so much, he decided to share it all over the side of my face. 22nd today for the Irishman.</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>Alexandre Cure, the youngster that won the opening stage in Punta Ala last year, is maturing nicely. </b> -Sven Martin
<b>Florian Nicolai took 2nd on the final stage of the day to move up to 6th overall. Add in an 11th, 15th, and 6th in women's and the small Rocky Mountain squad might be the best team in the race.</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>Rene Wildhaber running the Stages Power Meter. </b> -Sven Martin
<b>Richie Rude's waterbottle is so filthy, even the Italian soil is getting out of its way.</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>Nicholas Legrand demonstrates why you can't run 800mm bars if you want to keep all your fingers.</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>#doyouevensplashbro? Stay tuned for more mud-flinging action from La Thuile as the race concludes on Sunday.</b> -Lee Trumpore
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Racing began in Italy today as the 4th round of the 2014 Enduro World Series kicked off in La Thuile. Diverse weather conditions that ranged from near snow, to downpours to warm temperatures kept racers on their toes as they raced Stages 1-3 of the 2-day event. Enduro veteran, Rene Wildhaber was the fastest overall, leading out the Pro Men by just 1.5 seconds over Damien Oten. Anne Caroline Chausson put a minor dent on her competition's efforts with solid 1st and 2nd places finishes, giving her the overall in the women's class by 8-seconds.

Sven Martin and Lee Trumpore report from the front lines of enduro battle with the stories and photos that tell the tale.

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