Antoine Méo (born 29 August 1984) is a French

enduro Enduro is a form of motorcycle sport run on extended cross-country, off-road courses. Enduro consists of many different obstacles and challenges. The main type of enduro event, and the format to which the World Enduro Championship is run, is ...

rider and five-time world champion from 2010 to 2013 and 2015.

Career

A former

motocross Motocross is a form of off-road motorcycle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits. The sport evolved from motorcycle trials competitions held in the United Kingdom. History Motocross first evolved in Britain from motorcycle trials competiti ...

rider, he debuted in the

World Enduro Championship The FIM Enduro World Championship, formerly known as the World Enduro Championship, is the world championship series for enduro, a popular form of off-road motorcycle sport. The championship currently features three classes (E1, E2 and E3), along ...

in 2008 with Husqvarna, where he placed fifth. In the following year, Méo finished second to

Mika Ahola Mika Ahola (13 December 1974 – 15 January 2012) was a Finnish enduro rider and a five-time world champion. He was also a seven-time winner of the International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) World Trophy with Team Finland, and was the fastest overall in ...

in the E1 category. Continuing with Husqvarna, he won the world title in 2010 ahead of countryman

Johnny Aubert Johnny Aubert (born 31 May 1980) is a French enduro rider and two-time world-champion. A former motocross rider, Aubert debuted in the World Enduro Championship riding for Yamaha in 2006. He claimed the world championship in the E2 class in the ...

. For the 2011 season, Méo moved to the E2 class and claimed his second title. He returned to the E1 class, winning the 2012 and 2013 titles with

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. In 2009 and 2010, he won the

International Six Days Enduro The International Six Days Enduro (ISDE), formerly known as the International Six Days Trial (ISDT), is the oldest 'off-road' motorcycle event on the FIM Calendar. The ISDT was first held in 1913 at Carlisle, England. It has occurred annually, ...

(ISDE) World Trophy with the French national team. Méo also won the Italian round of the 2007/08 FIM Indoor Enduro World Cup. In 2009/10 he got a second-place finish at the first race in Great Britain. He competed in the

2016 Dakar Rally The 2016 Dakar Rally was the 38th edition of the event and the eighth successive year that the event was held in South America. The event started in Buenos Aires, Argentina on January 2, then ran through Argentina and Bolivia. Sébastien Loeb and ...

, a rally raid competition which takes place annually in

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, riding for the factory Red Bull KTM team. In his first attempt he won the 11th stage and finished 7th overall. He returned in

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, again winning a stage and improving to 4th overall.

Career summary

ISDE

References

External links

Profile at EWC
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