Rome - WAM
Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, was crowned, for second running year, champion of the 160-km European Endurance Race 2012 at Ancona race track in Italy. By this wonderful victory, Sheikh Mohammed will lead UAE riders to the World Endurance Championship 2012 in England next August. Last year, Sheikh Mohammed won the first round of the European Endurance Championship, staged in Verona, Italy. Sheikh Mohammed clocked in at 8:51:10 beating an elite of the world\'s rival riders. H. H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, and H.H. Sheikh Majed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, came second and third respectively.