Mika Ahola

Mika Ahola
Ahola at the 2008 WEC GP of Italy.

Mika Ahola (born 13 December 1974) is a Finnish enduro rider and a five-time world champion. He is also a seven-time winner of the International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) World Trophy with Team Finland, and was the fastest overall in the competition in 1999, 2001 and 2002.

Ahola debuted in the World Enduro Championship in a Husqvarna in 1993, and became a regular title contender after joining the TM factory team in 1997. In 2001, he finished runner-up for the third time, after losing the 500 cc world title to Anders Eriksson by a single point. Ahola took three more wins than Eriksson, but a retirement in the second round in Slovakia proved costly for his title chase. After another second placing in 2002 and a third in 2003, he briefly moved to Husqvarna until signing for Honda for the 2006 season, which saw him finish second to KTM's Samuli Aro in the E2 class.

In 2007, Ahola took seven wins and finished on the podium in all but one event, beating compatriot Aro and Yamaha's Johnny Aubert to finally win the world championship. For the 2008 season, he moved to the E1 class and took his second world title ahead of KTM's Iván Cervantes.[1] Ahola went on to win a fourth consecutive title in 2010.[2] In 2011, he moved to the E3 class and became the first rider to win the world championship in all the three current categories.[3]

Career summary

Season Series Class Team Wins Final placing
1993 World Enduro Championship 125 cc Husqvarna 0 10th
1994 World Enduro Championship 125 cc Husqvarna 0 13th
1995 World Enduro Championship 125 cc Husqvarna 0 15th
1996 World Enduro Championship 125 cc Husqvarna 0 9th
1997 World Enduro Championship 125 cc TM 5 2nd
1998 World Enduro Championship 250 cc TM 3 9th
1999 World Enduro Championship 250 cc TM 1 3rd
2000 World Enduro Championship 250 cc TM 3 2nd
2001 World Enduro Championship 500 cc VOR 5 2nd
2002 World Enduro Championship 500 cc VOR 6 2nd
2003 World Enduro Championship 500 cc VOR 2 3rd
2004 World Enduro Championship E3 Husqvarna 0 4th
2005 World Enduro Championship E3 Husqvarna 0 4th
2006 World Enduro Championship E2 Honda 2 2nd
2007 World Enduro Championship E2 Honda 7 1st
2008 World Enduro Championship E1 Honda 9 1st
2009 World Enduro Championship E1 Honda 9 1st
2010 World Enduro Championship E2 Honda 10 1st
2011 World Enduro Championship E3 Honda 9 1st

ISDE

Season Location Class Team Final placing
1993 Netherlands Assen, Netherlands World Trophy Finland 10th
1994 United States Tulsa, United States World Trophy Finland 5th
1995 Poland Jelenia Góra, Poland World Trophy Finland 3rd
1996 Finland Hämeenlinna, Finland World Trophy Finland 1st
1997 Italy Brescia, Italy World Trophy Finland 2nd
1998 Australia Traralgon, Australia World Trophy Finland 1st
1999 Portugal Coimbra, Portugal World Trophy Finland 1st
2000 Spain Granada, Spain World Trophy Finland 18th
2001 France Brive-la-Gaillarde, France World Trophy Finland 16th
2002 Czech Republic Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic World Trophy Finland 1st
2003 Brazil Fortaleza, Brazil World Trophy Finland 1st
2004 Poland Kielce, Poland World Trophy Finland 1st
2005 Slovakia Považská Bystrica, Slovakia World Trophy Finland 2nd
2006 New Zealand Taupo, New Zealand World Trophy Finland 1st

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