The 2015 Enduro World Series Comes to a Close - Finale Ligure, Italy

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Richie Rude taking it easy today coming in at 11th overall to seal the series title, which in this sport, is Enduro World Champion. What a quick path it has been for this still-very-young rider. -Sven Martin
The price some people would pay to have the strava times on that Garmin. What an impressive season from Richie Rude. -Duncan Philpott
Moments after Richie crossed the line of the final stage of the 2015 season. Jerome, Nico, Fabien, Graves and Florian all hung about to see him in. -Sven Martin
What can you say about Tracy Moseley? The best EWS racer in the short three-year history of the sport with more event wins and overalls than any other human on the planet. Throw in her DH World Cup and World Champs wins and some Elite XCO racing and you have one of the best cyclists on the planet. -Sven Martin
All eyes on Tracy as she starts her last day of racing, Parkin 1 was on hand to document the occasion. -Duncan Philpott
One last day of racing for Tracy and a pensive start to the day. -Duncan Philpott
Jared Graves going hard to seal the event win today. - Parkin
Here are some of the hazards and distractions these riders face. Media and spectators on the track, hazard taping, blind corners, river crossings just to name a few. It looks vastly different from the one practice run you were able to squeeze in three days ago. Barel with a 3rd on Stage 6. -Sven Martin
The crowds were out in numbers to hear Fabien announce his retirement. -Duncan Philpott
The roots were slick and unpredictable, but Cecile Ravanel put down two solid 2nd place runs to finish just behind Tracy. -Duncan Philpott
For one of the oldest competitors out there, Nico Vouilloz still has it and took 3rd place this weekend. -Duncan Philpott
Ines Thoma has reason to celebrate, ending her season with a career-best result! 3rd place this weekend. -Duncan Philpott
Adrien Dailly takes the Junior overall title. Learning from Nico has its perks. -Sven Martin
Woody Hole was the man to beat all season and always had one of the blingest bikes kitted out with Hope components. The trophy is appropiately woody as well. -Duncan Philpott
Beautiful Simon Muir trophies for the winners today and for the year's overall. -Sven Martin
Beautiful Simon Muir trophies for the winners today and for the year's overall. -Sven Martin
Three bikes, 10 Euros. That's all it cost for Vital to cover the EWS racing for two days here in Finale. Ludo May and Jamie Nicoll with an even smaller carbon footprint. #pimpmyride -Sven Martin
Media Squids don't need no fancy Dakar-capable rides to get about in the back hills of Finale. The Vital Scooters went where no scooter has gone before. -Sven Martin
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The little creeks that were dry during practice were filled with water for the race runs today. Jerome managed to slip from 1st to 4th place over the second day of racing, much to his disappointment -Duncan Philpott
Angle A, Jerome. -Sven Martin
A bit of style from Anneke who still has the energy for turn bars after one of the most physical rounds this year. -Duncan Philpott
Martin Maes had the only convincing stage win this weekend, winning the final stage by 4 seconds. -Duncan Philpott
The obligatory finish to a Finale race.The sun came out and XC racers Nathalie Schneitter and Annie Last joined Tracy for a frolic in the Med. -Sven Martin
Vital RAW master filmer Joe Bowman out for the count after a much more physical Finale than he bargained for. -Sven Martin
Shaun Hughes had a phone call early this morning from the boys. Within the minute-long conversation, they changed their minds three times on tire choice. EXO's for Graves and DH casings for Richie in the end. -Sven Martin
Overheard, "check out how fast my Instagram followers are growing." -Duncan Philpott
Some Italian flair for T-mo this week. #itsthelittlethings -Sven Martin
It was a surprise to see how muddy the tracks were first thing this morning. The Juniors had a slick, slip and slide on the first stage. -Duncan Philpott
The night before finals the wind picked up and the odd pit set up relocated itself! The quantity of rain affected the tracks more than the Saturday racing. -Duncan Philpott
Lucas Frigout gets his lean on, ducking under trees on Stage 5 today. -Sven Martin
Today's trails were slick and greasy with ruts, puddles, rocks and well, everything. Bottom of Stage 5. -Sven Martin
Variable light would cause issues after sections of pedalling where riders' goggles would steam up -Duncan Philpott
Nico Lau in the middle of nowhere on Stage 5. These spectators walked at least three or four kilometers from the nearest road to get here. The crowds seem to grow every year at every stop. -Sven Martin
Isabeau Courdurier still gave it her all to fight for that last podium spot in the overall today. She needed to beat Anneke to hold on to 3rd. -Sven Martin
Nico Vouilloz just a few months shy of his 40th birthday and finishing 3rd today just one and a half seconds off the win for the Ten Time DH World Champion. Taking a stage win today, too. -Sven Martin
e*thirteen's TRS Race Tire proto. -Sven Martin
Josh Carlson finishes 12th today and 12th for the year. He has come close to the win a few times and I'm sure we will see him much closer to the top next year. -Sven Martin -Sven Martin
Cecile Ravanel 2nd today and 2nd in the series, taking many stage wins over the year. She is still hungry for the event win and with Tracy not competing in a full series next year I'm sure it will happen. -Sven Martin
Yoann Barelli didn't have a good day today. Crashing only a few feet from the finish of the last stage of the year he tossed his bike and crawled over the line. -Sven Martin
Martin Maes is back on track, taking a stage win by a big margin (in today's standards) in the final stage. It was also a physical stage which goes counter to his poor performance on Stage 1. It's a mental game for Maes from here on out into his bright future. If it wasn't for Stage 1 he would have won this race by a fair bit. -Sven Martin
Joe Bow going full ewok through the woods -Duncan Philpott
Joe Flanagan in the jungle. Stage 5 was a mix of rock, tech, flow and flat corners -Duncan Philpott
Hunkered down and hauling ass to the line, Francois Bailly-Maitre would have been on the steps if it stretched to a five man podium. -Duncan Philpott
From 17th to 2nd, Fabien made up a lot of time this weekend after the pedaling of the first stage. -Duncan Philpott
That slightly dazed look after you give your head a good knocking. Not the ideal finish to the day for Alex Cure. -Duncan Philpott
These kind of ruts would be highly illegal in Yoann's new residency in Whistler. He had no problem handling this but got caught out later on the stage by some sniper roots -Duncan Philpott
Jerome has run a custom kit for each round. This final round had it all tied in with this amazing Metallica -nspired TLD paint job! Bravo! -Sven Martin
Nobody told Jared you can't have two hat deals in one year. -Duncan Philpott
Back-to-back #1's in the EWS overall for Yeti. -Duncan Philpott
Three stoked guys and three legends of the sport. -Duncan Philpott
Richie, in Aussie fashion, chaired up to podium to accept his first EWS overall World Champion award. -Sven Martin
Fabien, the master tactician and statesman of MTB racing be it DH or Enduro. There will definitely be a void next year without him at the races. -Sven Martin
Your top three overall for 2015 Enduro World Series. It's been an incredible season of racing around the world. -Sven Martin
The season goes out with bang. -Duncan Philpott --- <b>Vital thanks Sven, Duncan and everyone else who has helped bring the best Enduro World Series coverage of 2015 to your screens. They're death-marching every stage with heavy bags and coming home each night to deliver the goods. THANK YOU! It's been an incredible season.</b> -gordo
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The 2015 Enduro World Series has come to an end in Finale Ligure, Italy. Richie Rude and Tracy Moseley took coveted 2015 Enduro World Champ titles. Jared Graves and Tracy Moseley won the race this weekend that featured some controversial flatter-than-normal stages. Sven and Duncan report with the conclusion to the series.

Vital thanks Sven, Duncan and everyone else who has helped bring the best Enduro World Series coverage of 2015 to your screens. They're death-marching every stage with heavy bags and coming home each night to deliver the goods. THANK YOU! It's been an incredible season.

Complete Enduro World Series Finale Ligure Results

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