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A Good Start USA leads from Italy with Great Britain in 3rd. The ninety-first edition of the FIM International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) got underway at dawn on Tuesday 9th October at the Navarra Circuit in Spain. It was a cold start and several riders had to push across the 20m line. The Day 1 schedule called for 2 laps of the course - a total of 300km. The sky was clear with no sign of the forecast rain on the plain. The long day started well for the team USA with Kalub Russell setting the fastest time on the first test at Ancin with Taylor Robert in second. Australian Daniel Sanders was 3rd. The British Trophy team also got off to a flying start with Jamie McCanney posting the 6th fastest time, Danny McCanney was 11th, Nathan Watson 24th and Jamie Lewis 44th. Josep Garcia thrilled the home crowd in 7th - the quickest Junior rider. Jack Edmondson led the British Juniors in 47th. Tom Ellwood was 70th, Josh Gotts 76th, Charlie Evans 85th, Daryl Bolter 89th, Kev Murray 93rd, Frazer Norrie 95th, Fraser Flockhart 100th, Lee Sealey 121st; Adam James 126th, Euan McConnell 131st. Roger Holland 133rd, Jack Lee 185th, James Jackman 198th, Kalem Hicks 203rd, Aaron Smith 233rd, Giacomo Redondi improved on his 4th fastest time on the first test to set the quickest test 2 time and take the lead by 3 seconds, In the overall Danny McCanney was 14th and Jamie McCanney 16th. Nathan Watson was 19th and Jamie Lewis 30th. Jack Edmondson moved up to 34th. At the end of the first lap Giacomo Redondi's pressure paid off and he took the lead from Kalub Russell. Daniel Sanders was 3rd, Josep Garcia 4th, Taylor Robert 5th, Luís Correia 6th, Ivan Cervantes 7th, Henric Stigell 8th, Daniel McCanney 9th and , Jamie McCanney 10th Nathan Watson was 14th and Jamie Lewis 31st. Jack Edmondson 38th. Josh Gotts 67th, Lee Sealey 71st; Daryl Bolter 83rd. Tom Ellwood 89th, Kev Murray 101st, Fraser Flockhart 104th, Frazer Norrie 118th, Charlie Evans 146th, Euan McConnell 148th, Roger Holland 152nd, Adam James 175th, Jack Lee 193rd, Kalem Hicks 203rd, James Jackman 246th, Craig McGee 294th, Jack Collins 316th, Richard McCurphey 372nd, Neil Bowker 378th. Iwan Rees 336th, Phil Jenkins retired. Lap 2 started badly for last year's winning Trophy team - Australia - when Josh Stang crashed and he was forced to pull out with a suspected broken ankle. It was doubly disappointing as he set 3rd fastest time on test 3 and his team mate Daniel Sanders set the fastest time on the 4th test to take the overall lead. Giacomo Redondi was runner up and Kalub Russell was 3rd.
Jamie McCanney was the best placed British rider despite having to replace his entire front brake system mid race. Lee Sealey was also elbows deep in spanners with a crushed expansion chamber. Daryl Bolter representing the St George's team was best Club rider finishing 3rd. Tom Ellwood was doing well in the top 100 until his chain came off on the 5th test. The USA team ended the day twenty-six seconds ahead of Italy with Great Britain in third. “Team USA had a pretty good day, so we’re hoping we can continue that. Aside from Thad (Duvall – Husqvarna) having to do a little work to his bike everything was good,” commented USA World Trophy team rider Kailub Russell. “There’s a long way to go, but it’s good to have made a positive start. It was a tough day being in the dust all day. I only had one test that didn't go so well, so I was pleased with how I rode.” In the Junior World Trophy competition Sweden’s youngsters ended the day twenty-three seconds clear of Italy with Spain third. Although down in seventh in the World Trophy results Sweden’s World Junior Trophy team established themselves at the top of the opening day’s results, lead by Albin Elowson – Husqvarna. Just twenty-three seconds ahead of Italy – who hold the runner-up position in both the World Trophy and Junior World Trophy classes – finished less then one-second ahead of Spain. With Josep Garcia - Husqvarna placing fourth overall, Spain sit six seconds ahead of the USA. Italian World Trophy team rider Giacomo Redondi – Honda topped the Enduro 3 class, also ending the day as the outright fastest rider. “Day one went really well for me, better than I expected,” confirmed the Italian. “I wasn’t thinking about winning, so it was a big surprise to be the fastest overall rider. But a nice surprise.” Daniel Sanders – KTM, the Enduro 3 class winner at last year’s ISDE in Slovakia, placed second with Portugal’s Luis Correia – Beta in third. The USA’s Kailub Russell – KTM and Taylor Robert – KTM battled one another to respectively take the top two spots in the Enduro 2 class with Britain’s Jamie McCanney – Yamaha third. Spain’s Ivan Cervantes – KTM claimed fourth. Junior World Trophy riders Josep Garcia – Husqvarna, Henric Stigell – TM and Davide Soreca – Honda filled the top three positions in the Enduro 1 class respectively. As expected Australia’s Women’s World Trophy team took an early class lead, despite the mechanical issues that affected Jessica Gardiner – Yamaha. Close to one and a half minutes ahead of Spain it was Australia’s Tayla Jones – Yamaha who ended the day as the fastest outright Women’s competitor. Helped by the strong performance from Maria Franke – KTM, Germany are placed third with the USA and Sweden rounding out the top five. Trophy Team Standings 1 USA 2 Italy 3 Great Britain 4 Spain 5 Portugal 6 Czech Republic 7 Sweden 8 Estonia 9 Poland 10 Germany 11 Argentina 12 Hungary 13 Chile 14 Mexico 15 Switzerland 16 Ecuador 17 Greece 18 Norway 19 Honduras 20 Australia 21 Austria 22 Columbia Junior Team Standings 1 Sweden 2 Italy 3 Spain 4 USA 5 Finland
Taylor Robert leads on Day 2 The second day of 2016 ISDE got off to a flying start for the Great Britain Trophy team with 3 out of 4 team members in the top ten on the first test at Ancin. USA's Taylor Robert set the fastest time ahead of Nathan Watson (GB). Spain's Josep Garcia was 3rd - less than a second ahead of Jamie McCanney. Daniel Sanders (AUS) was 5th, Kalub Russell (USA) 6th, Jonathan Barragan (ESP) 7th. Danny McCanney (GB) 8th, Albin Lowson (SWE) 9th and Jaromir Romancik.(10th). Taylor Robert took over the lead from Giacomo Redondi. One of the biggest problems the riders face is the dust. Fortunately on Day 2 the start order is based on the Day 1 results so there is less need to overtake slower riders. Light rain showers also helped. Jack Edmondson has kicked up a lot of dust this year as World Youth Champion. He was 44th on the first test of the day - 2 places ahead of Jamie Lewis. Josh Gotts was 67th, Daryl Bolter 78th, Euan McConnell 82nd, Lee Sealey 83rd, Charlie Evans 88th, Fraser Flockhart 92nd Kev Murray 93rd. Frazer Norrie 95th, Roger Holland 140th, Tom Ellwood 147th,Aaron Smith 179th, Kalem Hicks 185th, Adam James 190th, Jack Lee 203rd, James Jackman 238th, Craig McGee 286th, Jack Collins 353th. Spain's Junior Team rider Josep Garcia pleased his fans by setting the fastest time on the second test ahead of Daniel Sanders in 2nd, Taylor Robert 3rd, Giacomo Redondi 4th and Kalub Russell in 5th. Taylor Robert maintained his hold on the overall and Jamie McCanney moved up into 6th. Garcia was on a roll and he set the fastest time on the 3rd test to move up into 3rd overall at the end of the first lap behind Giacomo Redondi and Taylor Robert. Jamie McCanney was 6th, Danny McCanney 13th, Nathan Watson 15th and Jamie Lewis 29th. The British Juniors were keeping up a good pace with Jack Edmondson 39th, Lee Sealey 58th and Josh Gotts 64th, Garcia again set the fastest time on the 4th test at Ancin and he moved up into 2nd place overall behind Taylor Robert. Jamie McCanney consolidated his 6th place only 43 seconds off the lead. Nathan Watson and Danny McCanney were spurring each other on in 10th and 11th respectively. Jamie Lewis moved up into 28th. Danny McCanney lost a bit of time with a crash on the final test. In the Junior World Trophy team competition Spain topped the day while Sweden maintained their position at the head of the overall class results. Once again it was Australia’s Women who led the Women’s World trophy class home, holding station at the top of the class results. Using the exact same trails and special tests as on day one, the second day of competition saw Spanish youngster Josep Garcia – Husqvarna claim an impressive overall, individual day win. With Italy and the USA again both performing impressively in the World Trophy class, for last year’s winners Australia there was yet more bad news. Following the retirement of Josh Strang – Husqvarna on day one through injury, day two saw Daniel Milner – Yamaha also side-lined, his day coming to an end due to a technical issue. One rider who enjoyed a good day was Taylor Robert – KTM who placed second overall, helping his team extend their World Trophy team lead. “It was a great day for me and the team,” commented Robert. “I had one pretty big crash on the day’s third test, but the others went well. It was a little strange with it raining a bit during the end of the day, while riding in such dry and dusty conditions. Tomorrow takes us to the half way point of the race and a new track so we’re excited to keep pushing and hopefully stay out front.” Helped in no small part by the individual performance of Josep Garcia – Husqvarna, Spain just managed to squeeze ahead of Sweden in the day’s Junior World Trophy team results with third going to the USA. After two days of competition things are equally close with Sweden leading the way, just fifteen seconds ahead of Spain with the USA only twenty-four seconds further behind. Through in the Women’s World Trophy class Australia claimed the day win ahead of Spain with Germany third. Maria Franke – KTM ended day two as the fastest Women’s rider, placing ahead of Tayla Jones – Yamaha with Spain’s Laia Sanz – KTM third. Australia’s women have further extended their lead in the overall order, but Spain still keeping them under some level of pressure. In the Enduro 1 class Spain’s Garcia continued his impressive form, topping the class as well as finishing as the day’s overall fastest rider. Close to fifty seconds ahead of his closest challenger, Garcia placed comfortably ahead of Italy’s Manuel Monni – TM with Spain’s Victor Guerrero – KTM close behind in third. “I had a very good day today,” admitted a pleased Garcia. “The most important thing was that I didn’t crash. The special tests are getting very rough and it is easy to make mistakes, but everything went well for me. I hope I can continue to be fast tomorrow when we have a new track.” The Enduro 2 class results confirm that Taylor Robert – KTM was another rider to claim a commanding class win as the Arizona native finished twenty-seven seconds ahead of Great Britain’s Jamie McCanney – Yamaha. Third in Enduro 2 went to USA’s Kailub Russell – KTM, despite the US GNCC racer crashing and hurting his right shoulder. Youngsters Daniel Sanders – KTM and day one overall fastest rider Giacomo Redondi – Honda finished at the head of the Enduro 3 class, with Australian Sanders placing nineteen seconds clear of his Italian rival. Third went to Portugal’s Luis Coreia - Beta. Day three of 2016 ISDE will see competitors tackle a new course, which will feature two laps, a total of six special tests and a total distance of two-hundred and forty-seven kilometres.
The rain in Spain on Day 3 On the third day of the 2016 ISDE the riders embarked on a new course and the rain was definitely on the plain. It started badly for the British Trophy team when the 13th test at Zuniga proved to be unlucky for Jamie McCanney. He crashed heavily snapped a lever and finished 63rd. Ironically Danny McCanney posted his best result - finishing runner up to the fastest man Daniel Sanders. Danny moved up into 7th overall, Nathan Watson was 13th and Jamie Lewis was 43rd. The Juniors were progressing well. Jack Edmondson was 23rd fastest. Lee Sealey 54th and Josh Gotts 58th. In the overall Taylor Robert led from Josep Garcia by 2 seconds. Daniel Sanders was 3rd, Kailub Russell 4th and Giacomo Redondi 5th. With concerns about Jamie McCanney all eyes turned to the 2nd test of the day at Gastiain. The news wasn't good. He finished 71st. Taylor Robert set the fastest time and Nathan Watson was 5th. Danny McCanney was 8th and Jamie Lewis 33rd. In the Juniors Jack Edmondson again upped a gear to set the 16th fastest time. Lee Sealey was 28th and Josh Gotts 35th. In the Clubman class Daryl Bolter was consistent posting a 77th and Euan McConnell put in a flyer (82nd). At the end of the first lap the riders returned to the Circuit of Navarra for the 3rd test and Jamie McCanney with a new lever was back on track in 9th. Nathan Watson was 10th and Jamie Lewis 48th, Unfortunately Danny McCanney had a problem and he dropped 9 seconds on the leaders. Jack Edmondson was 24th, Lee Sealey 42nd and Josh Gotts 48th. Starting lap 2 the overall top ten were Taylor Robert, Daniel Sanders, Josep Garcia, Kailub Russell, Giacomo Redondi, Luís Correia, Daniel MCCanney, Manuel Monni Ivan Cervantes and Jonathan Barragan. Despite losing some time Jamie McCanney was still in the game in 12th. Nathan Watson was 13th and Jamie Lewis 33rd, Jack Edmondson 38th, Lee Sealey 54th and Josh Gotts 57th. On his second visit to Zuniga Danny McCanney set the fastest time. On the last test Jamie McCanney posted his best result as second fastest to Jonathan Barragan. Taylor Robert took the overall win. Daniel Sanders was runner up and Josep Garcia was 3rd. “It was definitely a different kind of day today,” explained Taylor Robert. “I’ve had some good results in slippery, muddy conditions in the World championship races this season so I wasn’t too worried about the conditions. The tests were certainly slippery in places, but I kept mistakes to a minimum and had a good day. It was cool to be riding on some fresh trails. For me it was a great day.” The USA Trophy team extended their lead by one and a half minutes from Italy but Great Britain dropped to 4th as Spain moved up to 3rd. Sweden continued to lead the way in the Junior World Trophy team competition, winning day three by just over one-minute. Italy managed to finish fifteen seconds ahead of USA with Finland and Great Britain fourth and fifth. The big news from the day was that Spain dropped from second to sixteenth following the DNF result of Tosha Schareina. At the half way stage of the competition Sweden’s Junior World Trophy team riders Mickael Persson – Yamaha, Albin Elowson – Husqvarna and Jesper Borjesson – Husqvarna sit one-minute fifty-five seconds ahead of the USA with Italy and France third and fourth respectively. The British Junior team moved up one place to 6th. Australia’s Women claimed a third consecutive class win in the Women’s World Trophy team competition, ending the day ahead of Spain, Germany and the USA. In the overall classification the Aussie trio of Tayla Jones – Yamaha, Jemma Wilson – Yamaha and Jessica Gardiner – Yamaha now sit just under three and a half minutes clear of Spain with Germany in third. The fastest overall individual rider on day three was Taylor Robert – KTM, who finished close to eight seconds ahead of Portugal’s Luis Correia – Beta who in turn just edged out Australian Daniel Sanders – KTM. Josep Garcia – Husqvarna topped the Enduro 1 class, as the youngster finished ahead of countryman Victor Guerrero – KTM with Portugal’s Luis Oliveira - Yamaha in third. As the day’s fastest outright rider Taylor Robert – KTM also haeded the Enduro 2 category ahead of fellow USA World Trophy team rider Kailub Russell – KTM with Jaromir Romancik – KTM third. Sitting second, third and fourth overall for the day Luis Correia – Beta, Daniel Sanders – KTM and Danny McCanney – Husqvarna finished as the top three in Enduro 3, separated by just twenty-three seconds.
Day 4 Dropping a place on a wet Day 3 of the 2016 ISDE has done nothing to dampen the resolve of the British Trophy team as Danny McCanney posted the fastest time on the first test of Day 4 at Zuniga. Heavy overnight thunderstorms had soaked the ground. Taylor Robert in 10th was 18 seconds off Danny's time but he still retained the overall lead ahead of Daniel Sanders with Josep Garcia in third. Jamie McCanney put yesterday's tumble behind him and he posted the 6th fastest time. Nathan Watson was 15th and Jamie Lewis 49th, In the Juniors Jack Edmondson was 31st, Josh Gotts 67th and Lee Sealey 68th. Daryl Bolter 59th, Fraser Flockhart 63rd, Charlie Evans 79th, Kev Murray 83rd, Frazer Norrie 91st, Tom Ellwood 99th, Roger Holland 108th, Euan McConnell 115th, Adam James 116th, Kalem Hicks 169th, James Jackman 192nd. Jack Lee 193rd. Jeromir Romancik was quickest on test 2 at Gastiain. Nathan Watson was 5th, Danny McCanney 8th, Jamie McCanney 10th, Jamie Lewis 30th, In the Juniors Jack Edmondson was 34th, Lee Sealey 49th and Josh Gotts 63rd. Kev Murray 85th, Daryl Bolter 88th, Charlie Evans 94th, Euan McConnell 95th, Adam James 102nd, Fraser Flockhart 104th, Kalem Hicks 107th, Tom Ellwood 146th, Jack Lee 152nd. Frazer Norrie 156th, Roger Holland 188th, James Jackman 198th. Returning to the Navarra circuit Josep Garcia posted the fastest time on the 3rd test. The British boys all put in a great effort with some cracking times. Jamie McCanney was 6th, Danny McCanney 13th, Nathan Watson 14th and Jamie Lewis 29th. Josh Gotts was 52nd. Jack Edmondson was 53rd and Lee Sealey 60th. Fraser Flockhart and Daryl Bolter broke into the top 50 with a 43rd and 46th respectively. Euan McConnell was 59th, Tom Ellwood 63rd, Kev Murray 66tth, Frazer Norrie 86th, Charlie Frost 91st. Roger Holland 102nd. On his second run at Zuniga Danny McCanney posted the second fastest time to Taylor Robert and he moved up into 6th overall. Nathan Watson was 6th, Jamie McCanney 12th and Jamie Lewis 62nd. In the Juniors Jack Edmondson was 29th and Josh Gotts was 77th but Lee Sealey failed to post a time. His motor had seized and he would be stranded on the course for several hours. Fraser Flockhart was 42nd, Daryl Bolter 81st. Euan McConnell 81st. Kev Murray 82nd. Frazer Norrie 97th. Roger Holland 105th. The results at Gastiain were open to interpretation with 2 club riders in the top 5. All 4 British Trophy team members made it home safely on Day 4. Jamie McCanney was runner up to Josep Garcia on the last test. Nathan Watson was 5th and he made the biggest break of the day rising from 15th to 10th overall, Danny McCanney was 15th and Jamie Lewis 28th. Daryl Bolter finished 67th despite a groin strain. Making the most of a sizeable mistake from team USA’s Taylor Robert - KTM on the day’s opening enduro test, Italy’s World Trophy team rose to the occasion to top the category at the end of another demanding day. With Italy’s four riders more than thirty seconds quicker than the USA’s quartet on the first test alone, a close battle was fought throughout the day with Italy eventually placing fourteen seconds ahead. Enjoying one of their best days of the event so far Great Britain placed third, just nine seconds behind the USA. Despite their day win Italy still remain second in the World Trophy team classification with the USA one minute and twenty-two seconds ahead. Great Britain hold third ahead of Spain and the Czech Republic. “Today was a tough one,” explained Giacomo Redondi – Honda at the end of the day. “I don't think I’ve ever ridden a special test as slippery as the first enduro test today – there was just no traction on the wet rocks. But it was a good day for me. To win the overall like I did on day one is great. It’s very close between myself and Sanders in the Enduro 3 class now and also between Italy and the USA in the Trophy team results.” Sweden’s lead in the Junior World Trophy team competition was slashed from close to two minutes to just twenty-four seconds as the USA’s Trevor Bollinger – Honda, Steward Baylor – KTM and Grant Baylor – Yamaha claimed the day win in style. Finland placed second with Italy third and Sweden – the winning team on days one and three - down in fourth. With less than half a minute separating the top two teams in the Junior World Trophy competition after four days of intense competition, Italy currently sit third ahead of Finland. Great Britain were the unfortunate losers on day four with Lee Sealey – Yamaha failing to finish, dropping team GB from sixth to fourteenth. Laia Sanz – KTM was the overall fastest Women’s rider on day four, helping Spain to finish second and hold the runner-up position in the Women’s World Trophy competition. But once again it was Australia who took the win, extending their lead at the top of the class after four days to three minutes over Spain and Germany. The overall fastest rider on day three was Enduro 3 class rider Giacomo Redondi - Honda, the Italian Junior World Trophy team rider who also topped the opening day of competition. The runner-up spot was taken by Taylor Robert – KTM with Daniel Sanders – KTM third, Luis Correia – Beta fourth and Danny McCanney – Husqvarna fifth. Despite being beaten by Redondi and having a near disastrous opening special test, Robert maintains his outright individual lead. Second, twenty-five seconds adrift of the American is Sanders with Redondi third. In the Enduro 1 class things were extremely close at the top with Spanish youngster Josep Garcia – Husqvarna securing the win, placing just two seconds ahead of Great Britain’s Nathan Watson – KTM with Italy’s Manuel Monni – TM third. Meanwhile in the Enduro 2 class Taylor Robert – KTM claimed a commanding thirty-second margin of victory over Jamie McCanney – Yamaha with Robert’s team-mate Kailub Russell – KTM third. Day four of the ISDE also saw the start of the first ever FIM Enduro Vintage Trophy, with the acceleration test getting the action underway in this new competition. Quotes Danny McCanney (7th Overall): “I had a massive crash on the Cross Test today, just where we jump across the road. It was a big one so I’m just happy to be in one piece and have my bike in one piece too!” Jamie McCanney (8th Overall): “I’m still taking a bit of time to get used to the bike, but little by little I’m feeling happier with it. I’m really pleased with my progress and the progress of the team, we’re aiming to carry on pushing!” Nathan Watson (10 Overall): “Today was a good one for me! I finally felt really comfortable with the bike and everything just clicked really. It’s the best I’ve felt all week and I hope to keep it that way for the remaining two days”. Josh Gotts (58th Overall): “I’m pretty pleased with today, everything went smoothly and I didn’t have any problems or make any mistakes really! But I really feel for Lee, as I went out early on last year and it’s not a nice feeling!” Jack Edmondson (32nd Overall): “I’m really happy with my results the last few days, and today I surprised myself with some of my tests times. I just got on with it and managed to stay out of trouble luckily. It’s just a real shame for Lee” Lee Sealey (DNF): “I’m absolutely gutted. It’s hard to put it into words really. I was planning to change my piston at this evening’s service in the paddock as I felt the bike was losing power but unfortunately it seized on the liaison section before the Enduro Test on the 2nd lap. I was stuck out in the middle of nowhere on the side of a mountain for several hours in the cold, but that’s nothing compared with the feeling of letting the team down".
Good Day 5 for Team GB Day 5 of the 2016 ISDE is the last full day of racing and the return of the sun introduced the riders to a third new course. In a week heavy with clouds the heaviest hung over the British team with the DNF of Lee Sealey. In a competition that demands so much commitment the new ruling that all results count has introduced an increased element of luck that will be discuss in the weeks to come. Meanwhile the race goes on and the riders had little time to warm up before the first test of the day which was close to the start. Josep Garcia set the fastest time. Jamie McCanney was 6th, Jamie Lewis 25th. Nathan Watson 29th and Danny McCanney 31st. Jack Edmondson 37th, Kev Murray 45th, Fraser Flockhart 51st. Josh Gotts 57th, Euan McConnell 64th, Frazer Norrie 65th. Tom Ellwood 67th. Roger Holland 104th, Adam James 127th, Sadly Daryl Bolter was unable to start Day 5 due to a mechanical problem. Spain’s Ivan Cervantes – KTM was also unable to take to the start following an injury he picked up on day four, dropping the host nation from fourth to fifteenth in the World Trophy competition. Italy had a bad start to the day when Manuel Monni – TM crashed heavily on the opening special test. He was forced to retire from the event with a broken right hand. The 2nd test at Larraga proved to be a lottery with Jamie Lewis posting his best result of the week finishing 8th and Josh Gotts 20th. Nathan Watson was 25th, Jamie McCamney 30th and Danny McCanney 46th.
Overall Taylor Robert finished the day in first. Daniel Sanders was 2nd and Josep Garcia 3rd. Just three seconds separated Sweden from the USA at the top of the day’s Junior World Trophy team results as the battle for the overall class win continued. Overcoming a disappointing, crash filled day four, Sweden’s Albin Elowson – Husqvarna, Mikael Persson – Yamaha and Jesper Borjesson – Husqvarna outpaced the USA by the narrowest of margins to enter the final day of competition just under thirty seconds ahead. Finland placed third on day five with Italy holding third overall. Maria Franke – KTM posted the day’s fastest outright time in the Women’s class with Germany placing third in the Women’s World Trophy classification. Australia’s Jessica Gardiner – Yamaha, Tayla Jones – Yamaha and Jemma Wilson – Yamaha posted the fastest team result, moving to just over three and a half minutes ahead of Spain in the overall Women’s World Trophy results. The fastest outright rider on day five was Spain’s Junior World Trophy team rider Josep Garcia – Husqvarna who finished eighteen seconds ahead of Australia’s Daniel Sanders – KTM with Giacomo Redondi – Honda, Taylor Robert – KTM and Luis Correia – Beta taking second to fifth respectively. With just the final motocross races to go Robert still sits at the top of the overall individual results with Sanders just twelve seconds behind after more than three hours of special test racing completed. Garcia sits third overall with Giacomo Redondi – Honda fourth. “This overall day win is for my friend Ivan Cervantes,” explained Josep Garcia. “It is disappointing for everyone in the Spanish team that Ivan isn't able to finish what is his last ISDE, so my win is for him. He’s helped me so much and it is my way of saying thank you to him. I had a great day, it’s been an amazing week – so much better than I expected. I have a good lead in the Enduro 1 class but I am thirty seconds behind Taylor in the overall. I will push on the final day and I hope everything will be good for me.” Focused on his individual Enduro 1 class result Josep finished comfortably ahead of his closest challenger, distancing himself from Great Britain’s Nathan Watson – KTM by thirty-eight seconds. Third went to Spain’s Victor Guerrero – KTM. Taylor Robert - KTM heads into the final day of competition all but assured of victory in the Enduro 2 category as he sits close to two and a half minutes ahead of his USA World trophy teammate Kailub Russell – KTM. On day five Taylor topped the Enduro 2 class by eighteen seconds from Jaime McCanney – Yamaha. Third went to USA rider Grant Baylor – Yamaha. Daniel Sanders – KTM placed ten seconds ahead of Giacomo Redondi – Honda to extend his lead in the Enduro 3 category to just over forty seconds. Third both on the day and in the Enduro 3 classification was Luis Correia – Beta. Team Scotland are one place away from a podium finish in 4th. On the second day of the inaugural FIM Vintage Trophy America’ Fred Hoess – Husqvarna is the overall leader with over a minute in front of his nearest challenger Peter Lenselink – SWM from Holland. Day six of the 2016 ISDE will see all the riders, including those in the Vintage Trophy, compete in the final motocross races, at a purpose built MX track within the confines of the Circuit of Navarra. Quotes Charlie Evans "not really sure where it went wrong but it has a few too many offs and a big crash on an enduro test didn't help matters, I'm through day 5 now started to ride the way I should be but it shouldn't of taken me 5 days to figure it out. Never the less still got the mx test tomorrow. Got to say a massive thank you to everyone who has helped me out here. Taking my bag at tests to the advice. Big thanks to Brett Corbett-Griffiths and Andrew James for all there running around this last 2 weeks. Also my dad Andrew Evans and Karleene Coates for their effort so far in this event, Must also say thanks to Yamaha off road experience Dylan Jones Rowan Jones the bike has been great. Looking forward to the mx race tomorrow!!!" Tristan Robinson "Day five at the International Six Day Enduro complete! Had a really good day today, slipped into a nice rhythm and the new test was good too. Great to have Mum and Dad supporting me today too! Just the final motocross to go tomorrow! Thanks to all the Witley MCC and Team GB crews."
USA make history by claiming first ever World Trophy team victory The final day of competition at the 2016 FIM International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) in Navarra, Spain saw the USA World Trophy team make history as Taylor Robert – KTM, Kailub Russell – KTM, Thad Duvall – Husqvarna and eleventh hour replacement rider Layne Michael – Husqvarna claimed their nation’s first ever class win. Sweden and Australia were the day’s other big winners as Mikael Persson – Yamaha, Albin Elowson – Husqvarna and Jesper Borjesson – Husqvarna secured the Junior World Trophy win for Sweden while Jessica Gardiner – Yamaha, Tayla Jones – Yamaha and Jemma Wilson – Yamaha claimed a fourth consecutive Women’s World Trophy team win for Australia.
“I’ve been so stressed the last few days, this is a huge deal for me and for the USA,” commented a delighted Taylor Robert – KTM “I kept trying to tell myself that everything would work out, but I know anything can happen during the final motos. This is my sixth ISDE and it feels so good to have won with team USA and also to have got the overall individual result. My final moto went well, I got a good start and quickly worked my way into the lead. Then half an hour after my race was over was the worst because I was waiting for a phone call to tell me how Daniel Sanders got on, to find out if I'd got the overall. The team’s been great, we’ve been getting closer and closer to this year-on-year. This one’s for Kurt Caselli.” With just twenty-two seconds separating the USA from Junior World Trophy class leaders Sweden at the start of day six everything was to play for. But with each of their three team riders performing well in their respective final motocross races Sweden extended their lead to forty-five seconds and with it claimed the 2016 Junior World Trophy team win. With the USA in second Italy placed third with Finland fourth and France fifth. Not expected to do anything other than win, Australia’s women showed exactly why they are the nation to beat in the Women’s World trophy class as each of their three riders safely reached the end of their motocross races to claim a fourth class win in as many years. Host nation Spain held on to the runner-up result with Germany third. Italy won the Club team category ahead of Trail jesters (USA) and Eric Cleveland Memorial (USA) with Team Scotland fourth and Missouri Mudders (USA) fifth. KTM 1 topped the manufacturers award with Nathan Watson, Kailub Russell and Taylor Robert, ahead of Husqvarna 1 and Beta Boano 1. The fastest rider in the E1 class on day six was Great Britain’s World Trophy team rider Nathan Watson – KTM. Claiming a start to finish win the former MXGP racer placed ahead of Australia’s Jack Simpson – KTM with Josep Garcia – Husqvarna battling his way to an eventual third place result. Although unable to end his impressive week-long performance with a motocross win Garcia nevertheless secured a well-deserved Enduro 1 class overall win, placing three minutes ahead of Watson. Third went to Spain’s World Trophy team rider Victory Guerrero – KTM. Taylor Robert – KTM rounded out a near perfect week with a controlled win in his motocross race, finishing ahead of Jaromir Romanick – KTM with Denny Philippaerts – Beta third. Comfortably topping the Enduro 2 class overall result Robert placed ahead of countryman Kailub Russell – KTM with Jamie McCanney – Yamaha rounding out the top three. Spain’s Jonathan Barragan – Gas Gas brought his ISDE participation to a close in the best possible way by winning his Enduro 3 class final motocross race. Second off the start Barragan caught and passed Danny McCanney – Husqvarna for a convincing win. McCanney held on to the runner-up result with Jaume Betriu – KTM third. For the Enduro 3 class overall result Australia’s Daniel Sanders – KTM held on for the win, finishing close to one-minute ahead of Giacomo Redondi – Honda. Third went to Portugal’s World Trophy team rider Luis Correia – Beta. The first ever FIM Vintage Trophy was won by America’s Fred Hoess – Husqvarna. Quotes Danny McCanney What a week !! Team GB 2nd overall for the first time in so many years, I finished 6th overall and so happy to have been back on the 300 two stroke husqvarna. Thanks to all the team for helping us and to the lads for a perfect weeks racing we all did it together; Jamie McCanney ISDE done and dusted for another year! Jack Edmondson Finished my first six days with a 33rd position in the overall, only 30 years after my dads first one ?????? Happy and thankful for the support from my family, friends and supporters. Huge congrats goes to @jamielewismx @jamiemccanney @dannymccanney @nathanwatson91 for 2nd position in the world trophy! Josh Gotts ISDE done and dusted, finished on a gold medal with
54th outright, and 21st in e2! Frazer Norrie Well that's my 4th 6 days complete and my 3rd Gold medal. The team did a good job and finished 4th for the week. Team scotlands best yet! I had an average week with some good tests and a few bad ones. The sherco never missed a beat all week needing nothing other than tyres and plenty clean filters. Huge thanks to everyone who helped get us there and to everyone who supported us out there, it couldn't be done otherwise. Now Holland to finish off the year with the last European. Kev Murray Thanks to all the sponsors, the support crews, logistics, cook's, administrators, and everyone else who helped or showed support along the way! A fantastic week for the team, and for me my best class result with 4th in C2 after a wild final mx! Charlie
Evans Well
that's ISDE number 2 in the bag with a gold medal. Can't thank everybody
enough for there efforts in helping me. I didn't ride my best this week but
I finished so can't be too disappointed. Want to say a big well done to Adam
James and Roger Holland on there first isde. Both rode well all week well
done Roger Holland Well that's my first six days in the bag. Really happy to have made it to the finish !!! The team did really well to finishing up 11th out of 123 club teams #teamwales and individually I came 15th overall out of 177 in e2. Couldn't have asked for a better team with Adam James and Charlie Evans both did really well! Can't thank everyone who helped and supported me and team Wales enough!! Honestly the support out here is incredible. Far to many people to name but a massive thank you to all. Now time to sink a few pints in the town Adam James Had a cracking two weeks out here in Spain for my first ISDE, had a slow start and picked up a few injuries along the way but I finished. unreal experience and even managed to get 11th in the club team with Charlie Evans and Roger Holland! Thanks to everyone who helped. Shaun Smith (Aaron's Dad) Just got home after an amazing 2 weeks at the ISDE in Spain,& he did it,but what an up & down week, starting with the handlebars coming loose on day 1 a crash in the wet on day 2 which caused more bar problems but still managed to stay clean on time then day 3 riding off of a big drop up in the hills & bending the bar mounts which cost him 28 minutes. Day 4 started with new top triple clamp borrowed from a REME bike & what a come back he made with straight bars :-) 32nd overall in the 1st Moto X test & a good day on the bike moved him back up the pack from starting almost last in the morning, followed by a steady ride on day 5 with his bruised & broken body. The icing on the cake was the Moto X on day six with Aaron winning his heat, there were tears from all 3 of us. We would like to thank every body who helped us, the support crews & all the people who give up their spare time to come & help, Witley MCC, Enduro tyres.com Elderfield MCs ACU & the legend Phil Cooper :-) also well done to all the other British teams & Especially the Trophy team, great result. Bring on France 2017. Tristan Robinson Day six completed at the International Six Day
Enduro! Was running fourth in my motocross before sliding off and bringing
it back for a top 10. Another bronze medal for the collection! Robbie Turner That's the 2016 ISDE done and dusted for team IOM!
The boys all can be proud of themselves ?? It has been an up and down week
to say the least, with bike problems for Craig McGee at times and Curphstar
failing to finish due to no fault of his own with mechanical problems, and
Jack Collins riding steady and consistent all week. British overall positions
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Danny McCanney finished with a flourish by setting the fastest time on the final test at Juniga.
Nathan Watson was 9th, Jamie McCanney 15th and Jamie Lewis 45th. The
team's consistency was rewarded by a second place overall going into the
final day. The Czech Republic posted the third fastest World Trophy team
result on day five with Sweden fourth. The USA, Great Britain and the Czech
Republic hold first through third in the overall World Trophy standings
respectively, with the USA sitting almost four minutes ahead.
The final day motocross races saw close action in all classes, with all
of the category leaders making it to the end of the event without any
problems. Led by Taylor Robert – KTM the USA World Trophy team put the
finishing touches to their impressive week-long performance to secure a
well-deserved World Trophy team win. With the likes of Australia and Italy
failing to get all four of their team riders to the finish Great Britain
claimed the final runner-up result with the Czech Republic claiming third
and with it the Watling Trophy for the most improved nation. Sweden ended up
fourth with Estonia fifth.