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Italy wins 2021 ISDE World & Junior Trophy | USA tops Women’s

ISDE 2021 – Day Six


The 95th running of the International Six Days of Enduro (ISDE) has come to an end, after the sixth day of competition saw Italy claim top honours after a week of dominant performances, that never saw them headed, despite tough competition from Team Spain.

Rider's setting of for the final Cross Test of the 2021 ISDE
Rider’s setting of for the final Cross Test of the 2021 ISDE

Making it a memorable double for Italy, the host nation also topped the Junior World Trophy category, while the USA put the finishing touches to their incredible week-long performance to win in the Women’s World Trophy category. 

Those results saw the three teams that have dominated this year’s event claim their respective class winning results.


World Trophy – Day 6

Not needing to take any unneeded risks, Italy’s Andrea Verona (GASGAS), Davide Guarneri (Fantic), Thomas Oldrati (Honda), and Matteo Cavallo (TM) finally finished four minutes and forty-one seconds ahead of second placed Spain after the final day of competition. 

Andrea Verona

“I’m really happy with my week here at the Six Days, to take the win in E1, and the World Trophy title for my country feels amazing! I had a big fight all week with Josep (Garcia) for the overall, and although I only beat him overall on one day, we both pushed each other really hard, and I think that definitely increased our pace over the whole event and improved our skills. My bike has been perfect, so much fun to race. It’s been an incredible event for the Italian teams, claiming both the World Trophy and the Junior Trophy shows the level that we’re at right now as a country, in enduro. It was so good to race at home in front of all the fans, they have been so supportive all through the event and to reward them with a result like this feels great.”

Andrea Verona celebrates Italy's win
Andrea Verona celebrates Italy’s win

With strong final day results from Josep Garcia (KTM) and Jaume Betriu (KTM), Spain, like Italy ahead of them, put the finishing touches to a solid week-long performance. Not quite able to match the pace of the home nation, Spain nevertheless did all they could to win, finishing as deserved runners-up. 

Entering the event with hopes of claiming another World Trophy team win, the USA completed their week as the third fastest team, having not quite had the pace to challenge the two European squads ahead of them. 

Sweden completed a successful ISDE campaign in fourth in the World Trophy competition, finishing closer to third-placed USA than many would have guessed at the start of the competition and comfortably ahead of fifth place Portugal. The Czech Republic, Canada, Brazil, Belgium, and Germany rounded out the top-ten World trophy Teams.

Italy has won the 2021 ISDE World Trophy
Italy has won the 2021 ISDE World Trophy ahead of Spain and USA

World Trophy Team Overall Results – Day 6

POS TEAM TOT GAP
1 TEAM ITALY 12:55′ 23.02
2 TEAM SPAIN 13:00′ 04.48 4′ 41. 46
3 TEAM UNITED STATES 13:03′ 22.27 7′ 59. 25
4 TEAM SWEDEN 13:08′ 01.23 12′ 38. 21
5 TEAM PORTUGAL 13:32′ 03.62 36′ 40. 60
6 TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC 13:33′ 05.30 37′ 42. 28
7 TEAM CANADA 13:38′ 06.96 42′ 43. 94
8 TEAM BRAZIL 13:45′ 42.85 50′ 19. 83
9 TEAM BELGIUM 13:46′ 05.00 50′ 41. 98
10 TEAM GERMANY 13:47′ 01.41 51′ 38. 39
11 TEAM POLAND 13:48′ 29.61 53′ 06. 59
12 TEAM FINLAND 13:48′ 53.84 53′ 30. 82
13 TEAM AUSTRIA 13:58′ 21.60 1: 02′ 58. 58
14 TEAM NETHERLANDS 14:03′ 03.37 1: 07′ 40. 35
15 TEAM MEXICO 14:20′ 27.09 1: 25′ 04. 07
16 TEAM ESTONIA 14:21′ 54.67 1: 26′ 31. 65
17 TEAM SWITZERLAND 14:32′ 27.61 1: 37′ 04. 59
18 TEAM VENEZUELA 14:58′ 30.62 2: 03′ 07. 60
19 TEAM FRANCE
20 TEAM SLOVENIA

Junior World Trophy

Ending their winning Junior World Trophy campaign eight minutes and thirty-one seconds ahead of second-placed France, Italy’s Lorenzo Macoritto (TM), Manolo Morettini (KTM), and Matteo Pavoni (TM) delivered a dominant team performance.

Italy also took the win with their Junior World Trophy team
Italy also took the win with their Junior World Trophy team of Lorenzo Macoritto, Manolo Morettini and Matteo Pavoni

Fast from the start of the event, and remaining that way day after day, despite the best efforts of France and Sweden, Italy did what they needed to do on day six and completed their amazing week.

Matteo Pavoni

“This week has been very good for me, and of course the team. I was able to start fast, which was very important. I like this terrain and that has helped me a lot. After the first few days I was more calm with my riding, no big risks. As a team we knew that we could produce a good result, and we have. We’ve had a lot of dust on some special tests this week, so taking no risks has been very important to our team the last few days. Today, we knew what we needed to do, and, well, it’s fantastic to win.”

Matteo Pavoni

With their World Trophy teammates enduring a rough week, France’s Junior World Trophy team kept themselves ahead of Sweden to secure a deserved runner-up result. With Italy, France, and Sweden, separated by less than ten minutes after more than thirteen hours of special test action, the three nations all did themselves proud.

Some way back from Sweden, Chile finished fourth ahead of the Czech Republic, Norway, The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, and Portugal.

Junior World Trophy Team Overall Results – Day 6

POS TEAM TOT GAP
1 TEAM ITALY 13:09′ 35.91
2 TEAM FRANCE 13:18′ 07.12 8′ 31. 21
3 TEAM SWEDEN 13:19′ 29.36 9′ 53. 45
4 TEAM CHILE 14:01′ 04.04 51′ 28. 13
5 TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC 14:07′ 28.73 57′ 52. 82
6 TEAM NORWAY 14:13′ 26.48 1: 03′ 50. 57
7 TEAM NETHERLANDS 14:26′ 57.41 1: 17′ 21. 50
8 TEAM GERMANY 14:30′ 12.58 1: 20′ 36. 67
9 TEAM BELGIUM 14:33′ 29.44 1: 23′ 53. 53
10 TEAM PORTUGAL 14:33′ 40.31 1: 24′ 04. 40
11 TEAM UNITED STATES 18:20′ 30.84 5: 10′ 54. 93
12 TEAM SPAIN 20:29′ 23.46 7: 19′ 47. 55
13 TEAM SWITZERLAND 21:55′ 46.30 8: 46′ 10. 39
14 TEAM FINLAND 22:48′ 35.47 9: 38′ 59. 56

Women’s World Trophy

In the Women’s Trophy, Team USA put the finishing touches to their dominant week-long performance to complete the 2021 ISDE just over fifteen minutes ahead of second-placed Great Britain.

Once again it was Brandy Richards (KTM) who stole the show, winning the women’s day six motocross race ahead of Spain’s Mireia Badia (GASGAS) and Rachel Gutish (Husqvarna) and in doing so completing her amazing week with a dominant victory.

Brandy Richards

“I’m absolutely stoked for myself and the team here in Italy. My goals coming here were to take the overall in the Women’s class and keep Team USA at the top of the Women’s World Trophy competition and I’ve done both. There are so many fast, skillful riders here so to be inside the top 100 overall is a massive achievement for me, also. It’s been a tough week, but with the tests not being too technical, the riding has suited me perfectly.”

Brandy Richards
Brandy Richards

With no World Trophy or Junior World Trophy teams representing Great Britain, GB’s women upheld national pride and did exactly what they needed to do during the final day’s motocross races and secured a deserved runner-up overall Women’s World Trophy result.

Despite eventual third place finishers Spain closing to within less than one minute of Nieve Holmes (GASGAS), Jane Daniels (Fantic), and Rosie Rowett (KTM), GB’s women held firm and took the runner-up spot.

Team USA won the 2021 ISDE Women's World Trophy class
Team USA won the 2021 ISDE Women’s World Trophy class, ahead of GB and Spain

With Spain rounding out the podium, fourth went to Portugal, ahead of Sweden, Germany, Italy, and France, with France being the only team unable to get all three of their riders to the finish of the event.

Women’s World Trophy Overall Results

POS TEAM TOT GAP
1 TEAM UNITED STATES 9:31′ 16.84
2 TEAM GREAT BRITAIN 9:46′ 19.47 15′ 02. 63
3 TEAM SPAIN 9:47′ 12.29 15′ 55. 45
4 TEAM PORTUGAL 10:03′ 38.49 32′ 21. 65
5 TEAM SWEDEN 10:26′ 47.23 55′ 30. 39
6 TEAM GERMANY 11:00′ 43.74 1: 29′ 26. 90
7 TEAM ITALY 11:15′ 36.73 1: 44′ 19. 89
8 TEAM FRANCE 12:55′ 22.09 3: 24′ 05. 25

Josep Garcia undisputed fastest rider

Securing his first ever outright individual ISDE win, Josep Garcia (KTM) ended the 2021 ISDE as the undisputed overall fastest rider. Making his intentions of winning clear from the very beginning of the event, Garcia’s eventual winning margin was one minute and fifty-six seconds. 

Josep Garcia

“I’m really happy, it’s a dream come true to win the Six Days overall. Thanks to all my team and KTM for giving me the opportunity to do this. It’s been a really tough week, as I knew it would be tight at the top of the standings and you are forced to focus 100 percent the whole time. The days are very long too with many hours on the bike. My crash on day four thankfully didn’t cost me too much time, and I came out of it ok physically. I’m really pleased with my week and my bike has been perfect. Winning four of the five full days is great and I think I only had three falls over the whole week. Sadly, we didn’t quite manage to take the win in the World Trophy, but the team gave their all and to finish as runner-up is really good. It’s been an incredible event for me.”

Josep Garcia
Josep Garcia

Claiming one overall day win while being the most consistent challenger to Garcia, Andrea Verona (GASGAS) ended his home ISDE as second-fastest overall, followed by Mikael Persson (KTM), Matteo Cavallo (TM), and Taylor Robert (KTM).

Taylor Robert

“I’m not exactly where I wanted to be this week, obviously I wanted to compete for the overall again, but I was a little off the pace. I had only managed four days of riding before I jumped on the plane to come to Italy after breaking my collar bone and being off the bike for six weeks. I’m happy with how I rode and put in some good, consistent days, it just wasn’t quite enough to fight with the top guys. In the World Trophy we’ve finished third, which is great, especially with a couple of younger, less experienced riders in the team. We’ve definitely learned a lot and have some things we can work on for next year. All-in-all it’s been a great event, very tough, but I’ve enjoyed it.”

Taylor Robert

While unable to stop Garcia concluding the event as the outright fastest rider, Andrea Verona (GASGAS) was able to end his week as the fastest Enduro1 class rider. Carrying his strong world championship pace into the event, Verona took to the top of the E1 result sheets on day one and remained there throughout the event.

Andrea Verona
Andrea Verona

Delivering one of the stand-out results of the event, in placing as second-fastest E1 rider Mikael Persson (KTM) delivered Sweden’s best individual performance. Third-fastest E1 rider was Italian Lorenzo Macoritto (TM).

The competition’s fastest Enduro2 rider by virtue of being the event’s overall fastest competitor, Josep Garcia (KTM) sat comfortably ahead of his closest E2 challenger having been pushed hardest by E1 and E3 mounted riders throughout the week. Second in E2 went to USA’s Taylor Robert with Dante Oliveira (KTM) third-fastest.

Josep Garcia
Josep Garcia

Finishing fourth-fastest overall, Italy’s Matteo Cavallo (TM) posted the fastest overall Enduro3 result, also ending the event as the highest-placed two-stroke competitor. Cavallo’s Italian teammate Matteo Pavoni (TM) placed second-fastest in E3, also finishing as the highest overall Junior World Trophy rider. Third went to Spain’s Jaume Betriu (KTM).

In the Manufacturer’s Team Award, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing topped the results with their trio of Josep Garcia (KTM, Taylor Robert (KTM), and Dante Oliveira (KTM). Second went to the all-Italian trio of TM Boano Factory’s Matteo Pavoni (TM), Lorenzo Macoritto (TM), and Matteo Cavallo (TM).

Dante Oliveira
Dante Oliveira

Showing that nothing is over until after the final day motocross races are completed, in the Club team competition, Team Ostra Enduro 1 leapfrogged ahead of day five class leaders MC Sebino to take the win. Twenty seconds behind going into the final motocross races, come the end of the final day they sat at the top of the results and just over one-minute up on MC Sebino. Third went to MX Pavia Senior.

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing topped the Manufacturer results with their trio of Josep Garcia (KTM, Taylor Robert (KTM), and Dante Oliveira (KTM)
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing topped the Manufacturer results with their trio of Josep Garcia (KTM, Taylor Robert (KTM), and Dante Oliveira (KTM)

2021 ISDE Day 6 Results – Individual Top 25

Pos Rider Class Stage Gap
1 RICHARDS Brandy E2 8’55.05
2 BADIA Mireia E2 9’14.85 19.80
3 GUTISH Rachel E2 9’17.36 22.31
4 GONCALVES Joana E1 9’18.71 23.66
5 SCHLOSSER Tanja E1 9’19.73 24.68
6 DANIELS Jane E1 9’32.42 37.37
7 GALLEGOS Britney E1 9’38.45 43.40
8 GOMEZ Sandra E3 9’44.41 49.36
9 ROWETT Rosie E1 9’47.19 52.14
10 MARTEL Justine E1 9’48.18 53.13
11 HOLMES Nieve E1 10’01.64 0.59
12 VIEIRA Rita E1 10’05.00 0.95
13 BORG NILSSON Emelie E1 10’05.74 0.69
14 BERZELIUS Hanna E1 10’10.00 0.95
15 CALVO Julia E2 10’14.54 0.49
16 WENNBOM Emma E1 10’26.16 0.11
17 SAPPINO Anna E1 10’27.25 0.20
18 SONNENBERG Stefanie E1 10’36.87 0.82
19 GIVONETTI Elisa E1 10’50.45 0.40
20 BUHMANN Samantha E1 11’13.91 0.86
21 TERRANOVA Raissa E1 12’08.56 0.51
22 ANTUNES Bruna E1 12’44.99 0.94
23 OLIVEIRA Dante E2 13’51.28 0.23
24 GARCIA Josep 13’54.02 0.97
25 MEDAGLIA Tyler 14’01.32 0.27

2021 ISDE Individual Standings after Day 6

Pos Rider Class Nat Man TOTAL GAP
1 GARCIA Josep E2 ESP KTM 4:14’16.07
2 VERONA Andrea E1 ITA GAS 4:16’12.52 1′ 56
3 PERSSON Mikael E1 SWE KTM 4:17’46.67 3′ 30
4 CAVALLO Matteo E3 ITA TM 4:19’10.57 4′ 54
5 ROBERT Taylor E2 USA KTM 4:19’17.23 5′ 01
6 PAVONI Matteo E3 ITA TM 4:20’18.95 6′ 02
7 BETRIU Jaume E3 ESP KTM 4:20’45.91 6′ 29
8 MACORITTO Lorenzo E1 ITA TM 4:20’50.46 6′ 34
9 GUARNERI Davide E1 ITA FAN 4:20’54.87 6′ 38
10 OLIVEIRA Dante E2 USA KTM 4:21’13.27 6′ 57
11 MICHAEL Layne E2 USA YAM 4:22’03.22 7′ 47
12 OLDRATI Thomas E2 ITA HON 4:22’26.76 8′ 10
13 AHLIN Max E2 SWE HUS 4:23’07.64 8′ 51
14 ELOWSON Albin E2 SWE HUS 4:23’13.23 8′ 57
15 GIRROIR Jonathan E1 USA GAS 4:23’24.54 9′ 08
16 SIPES Ryan E3 USA GAS 4:24’01.03 9′ 44
17 LE QUERE Leo E3 FRA SHER 4:24’33.50 10’17.43
18 MEDAGLIA Tyler E2 CAN GAS 4:24’33.59 10’17.52
19 CRIQ Antoine E3 FRA BETA 4:24’44.27 10’28.20
20 BARNES Cody E1 USA HON 4:25’01.40 10’45.33

Images courtesy of ISDE

Source: MCNews.com.au

Italy set to claim ISDE World Trophy victory after Day 5

ISDE 2021 – Day Five


There’s a final day of the 95th running of the International Six Days of Enduro yet to run, however Italy took another victory on Day Five, making their overall victory in the World Trophy now almost a sure thing, despite a hard charging Spain just 20-seconds behind for the day. The total gap sits at five-minutes, with the USA over eight-minutes off the leader.

Italy likewise dominated the Junior World Trophy class, extending their lead on France to over seven-minutes, while Sweden is now third. USA continued their domination in the Women’s World Trophy, now holding a 13-minute lead over Team Great Britain with Spain third.


World Trophy – Day 5

Baring a final day disaster, Italy are now all but assured of winning the World Trophy competition. Although only extending their team lead by just over twenty seconds, it was a case of taking no risks for Andrea Verona (GASGAS), Davide Guarneri (Fantic), Thomas Oldrati (Honda), and Matteo Cavallo (TM).

Pushing hard to the very end of the competition, Spain, just as they have throughout this year’s ISDE, were the team that got closest to Italy and sit well-placed to secure a World Trophy runner-up result, once again helped by Josep Garcia (KTM) finishing as the day’s fastest overall rider.

Josep Garcia

“To be honest, today was really good. I had one goal, not to crash in the enduro test like I did yesterday, but I crashed again. But I’ve ridden well today, and it was all about managing the gap over the other riders. I was pushing, but not taking big risks. This week has been awesome – I’ve won four of the five days and many, many tests, so it’s been great. Now I have to finish the work with the final motocross tomorrow.”

Josep Garcia - 2021 ISDE Day 5
Josep Garcia – 2021 ISDE Day 5

For the USA, day five was similar to previous days with solid performances from all team members but unable to significantly reduce the gap to Spain ahead of them. Sweden also had a good day to finish fourth, while France dropped from fifth to nineteenth following DNFs from both Theo Espinasse (Honda) and Hugo Blanjoue (KTM) after crashes.

World Trophy Team Overall Results – Day 5

POS RIDER DAY  5 TOT GAP
1 TEAM ITALY 2:21’31.39 12:12′ 09.74
2 TEAM SPAIN 2:21’52.82 12:17′ 32.60 5′ 22. 86
3 TEAM UNITED STATES 2:23’02.27 12:20′ 42.22 8′ 32. 48
4 TEAM SWEDEN 2:23’30.42 12:23′ 39.26 11′ 29. 52
5 TEAM PORTUGAL 2:27’28.65 12:47′ 26.14 35′ 16. 40
6 TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC 2:27’16.79 12:48′ 55.88 36′ 46. 14
7 TEAM CANADA 2:29’12.42 12:54′ 29.27 42′ 19. 53
8 TEAM BRAZIL 2:29’29.83 12:59′ 46.19 47′ 36. 45
9 TEAM GERMANY 2:32’37.12 13:00′ 56.06 48′ 46. 32

Junior World Trophy

Carrying a seven minute and ten second advantage into the sixth and final day, Italy’s Junior World Trophy team of Lorenzo Macoritto (TM), Manalo Morettini (KTM), and Matteo Pavoni (TM) managed the fifth day perfectly, doing enough to win by fourty four seconds, but not overstepping the mark and making mistakes or crashing.

Dante Olivera - 2021 ISDE Day 5
Dante Olivera – 2021 ISDE Day 5

With France’s World Trophy team’s hopes of a strong result ended on day five, their Junior World Trophy team stepped up with another strong performance to finish second and position themselves perfectly for an expected final runner-up result. Going one better than their senior teammates, Sweden sit third in the Junior World Trophy class going into the final day, just nine-and-a-half minutes down on Italy.

Holding fourth and looking very much like they will finish in the same position come the end of the event, Chile continue to fly the flag for South American enduro, followed by the Czech Republic, Norway, The Netherlands, and Germany.

With Austin Walton (Husqvarna) unable to make the start of day five following a crash on day four, the USA dropped from fourth to eleventh. While it was a disappointing day for the USA squad, for team member Dante Olivera (KTM), it turned out to be his best of the event so far.

Dante Olivera

“Yeah, today certainly felt like the best day of the week for me. Like a lot of riders, I guess, I felt a little better every day. I was on edge the first few days, didn’t want to lay the bike down in any of the tests. Getting used to this terrain getting comfortable sliding the bike around, that’s been really important this week. I’d been close to the top ten overall, so today I really just wanted to go for it and break the top ten, which thankfully I managed to do. It’s disappointing to be out as a team, but I’ll do my best tomorrow.”

Junior World Trophy Team Overall Results – Day 5

POS RIDER DAY  5 TOT GAP
1 TEAM ITALY 2:24’23.33 12:25′ 14.33
2 TEAM FRANCE 2:25’07.38 12:32′ 24.69 7′ 10. 36
3 TEAM SWEDEN 2:25’28.67 12:34′ 52.71 9′ 38. 38
4 TEAM CHILE 2:34’40.15 13:14′ 19.64 49′ 05. 31
5 TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC 2:33’40.07 13:21′ 32.15 56′ 17. 82
6 TEAM NORWAY 2:35’34.66 13:27′ 07.94 1: 01′ 53. 61
7 TEAM NETHERLANDS 2:39’23.41 13:39′ 43.57 1: 14′ 29. 24
8 TEAM GERMANY 2:38’58.35 13:43′ 18.01 1: 18′ 03. 68
9 TEAM BELGIUM 2:39’46.59 13:44′ 52.78 1: 19′ 38. 45
10 TEAM PORTUGAL 2:34’40.30 13:47′ 09.82 1: 21′ 55. 49

Women’s World Trophy

Now more than thirteen minutes ahead in the Women’s World Trophy competition, day five was again all about team USA and their lead rider Brandy Richards (KTM). All but assured of the class win, the USA’s women’s team leader completed another day of test wins, needing just to win the final day’s motocross race to have finished the week undefeated.

Brandy Richards

“I’m stoked with how this week has gone for me. I had one clear goal – to go for the overall women’s class win and keep the USA at the top of the Women’s World Trophy class results, and I’ve done that. There’re so many fast riders here, to also be inside the top 100 of the overall is really cool. It’s been a tough week, the terrain here in Italy has been unique and pretty hard to master, but with one day to go things are looking good.”

Brandy Richards - 2021 ISDE Day 5
Brandy Richards – 2021 ISDE Day 5

With no changes of position to any of the Women’s World Trophy teams, Great Britain and Spain go into the sixth day separated by one minute and thirteen seconds and with everything to play for.

Mireia Badia

“We have to push the most we can and see what happens. It’s been a really good day for us today as Sandra (Gomez) made some good times in the special tests. Today was more technical, and that suited here much better. I had another good battle with Jane (Daniels – Fantic), which is the story of the race for me. It’s been fun and for me, it’s been a good week. I’ve had some days with mistakes, but overall, it’s been good.”

Mireia Badia
Mireia Badia – 2021 ISDE Day 5

Women’s World Trophy Team Overall Results – Day 5

POS RIDER DAY  5 TOT GAP
1 TEAM UNITED STATES 1:47’30.26 9:13′ 04.43
2 TEAM GREAT BRITAIN 1:49’51.04 9:26′ 59.86 13′ 55. 43
3 TEAM SPAIN 1:49’07.65 9:28′ 13.03 15′ 08. 60
4 TEAM PORTUGAL 1:52’54.65 9:44′ 14.78 31′ 10. 35
5 TEAM FRANCE 1:52’29.73 9:45′ 33.91 32′ 29. 48
6 TEAM SWEDEN 2:00’03.91 10:06′ 31.49 53′ 27. 06
7 TEAM GERMANY 2:03’25.50 10:40′ 47.14 1: 27′ 42. 71
8 TEAM ITALY 2:05’52.41 10:54′ 19.03 1: 41′ 14. 60

Garcia fastest Day Five, ahead of Verona and Persson

With Josep Garcia (KTM) again finishing as the day’s outright fastest rider, in the Enduro1 class it was Italy’s Andrea Verona (GASGAS) who topped the results, ahead of Mikael Persson (KTM) and Davide Guarneri (Fantic).

Davide Guarneri - 2021 ISDE Day 5
Davide Guarneri – 2021 ISDE Day 5

Andrea Verona

“My goal was to do my best for Italy and also to try and win the Enduro1 class. I can say that, so far, I have done all I can to achieve those two goals. I’ve also enjoyed some great battles with Josep Garcia in the overall. It’s been fantastic to race an ISDE at home – wearing the Italian jersey in Italy has been everything I expected it to be. It’s been an incredible week, now I want to finish safely and with a good result in the final motocross.”

Behind Garcia in Enduro2 it was again the USA’s Taylor Robert (KTM) in second with USA Junior World Trophy team rider Dante Oliveira (KTM) third fastest.

Taylor Robert

“I’m not exactly where I wanted to be this week, coming into the event I really wanted to try and compete for the overall, but maybe I expected a little too much of myself. I broke my collarbone and didn’t ride for six weeks before getting here, so I only had four days on a bike before flying to Italy. As a team we’ve given the event our best shots. It’s been fun.”

In Enduro3 it was again the two-stroke of Matteo Cavallo (TM) that was fastest. With teammate Matteo Pavoni (TM) not wanting to take any chances and risk crashing, he finished third. Second went to Spain’s Jaume Betriu (KTM).

Matteo Cavallo

“I only spent two weeks on this bike before racing at the ISDE, so I am very, very happy with the way everything has gone this week. Also, in June I broke my leg and also crashed very hard at the world championship race in Sweden and injured my back. So, I’m really pleased that I have been able to ride well, ride without problems, and help Italy all of this week. It’s been a fantastic experience for me.”

Italy set to claim the 2021 ISDE World Trophy title
Matteo Cavallo – 2021 ISDE Day 5

The 2021 FIM International Six Days of Enduro (ISDE) will conclude tomorrow with the sixth and final day motocross races at the Crossodromo Valle Scrivia.

2021 ISDE Day 5 Results – Individual Top 15 Overall

Pos Rider Total
1 GARCIA Josep 46’10.07
2 VERONA Andrea 46’28.27
3 PERSSON Mikael 46’54.55
4 ROBERT Taylor 47’06.77
5 OLIVEIRA Dante 47’21.71
6 CAVALLO Matteo 47’26.92
7 BETRIU Jaume 47’30.40
8 GUARNERI Davide 47’36.20
9 PAVONI Matteo 47’36.26
10 MACORITTO Lorenzo 47’38.22
11 AHLIN Max 47’43.00
12 ELOWSON Albin 47’43.14
13 MICHAEL Layne 47’54.11
14 CRIQ Antoine 48’00.39
15 GIRROIR Jonathan 48’01.39

2021 ISDE Individual Standings after Day 5

Pos Rider Class Nat Man TOTAL
1 GARCIA Josep E2 ESP KTM 4:00’22.05
2 VERONA Andrea E1 ITA GAS 4:01’45.56
3 PERSSON Mikael E1 SWE KTM 4:03’32.76
4 ROBERT Taylor E2 USA KTM 4:04’47.52
5 CAVALLO Matteo E3 ITA TM 4:04’49.30
6 PAVONI Matteo E3 ITA TM 4:05’28.85
7 MACORITTO Lorenzo E1 ITA TM 4:06’17.06
8 GUARNERI Davide E1 ITA FAN 4:06’29.82
9 BETRIU Jaume E3 ESP KTM 4:06’37.69
10 OLIVEIRA Dante E2 USA KTM 4:07’21.99
11 ELOWSON Albin E2 SWE HUS 4:07’44.48
12 MICHAEL Layne E2 USA YAM 4:07’47.80
13 OLDRATI Thomas E2 ITA HON 4:07’59.42
14 AHLIN Max E2 SWE HUSQ 4:08’12.73
15 GIRROIR Jonathan E1 USA GAS 4:09’09.51

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Source: MCNews.com.au

Italy retains ISDE lead Day 4 | Verona fastest overall

ISDE 2021 – Day Four


Day Four of the FIM International Six Days of Enduro saw riders tackling new conditions, heading south from Rivanazzano Terme Airport, with a 198 km section of new trails and special tests offering new challenges as competitors pass the halfway mark.

In the World Trophy team competition there was no change at the top of the class results, with Italy continuing to lead on home soil. In the Women’s World Trophy, the USA once again dominated, while in the Junior World Trophy, the USA dropped from second to fourth following a costly crash from Austin Walton (Husqvarna). Andrea Verona (GASGAS) ended the day as the fastest outright rider.

Josep Garcia went into Day 4 in the lead
Josep Garcia went into Day 4 in the lead

World Trophy – Day 4

With team rider Andrea Verona (GASGAS) arguably hitting his best form of the competition to date, and with three of their four riders placed inside the top five of the overall individual results, Italy was again the team to beat in the World Trophy competition.

Davide Guarneri
Davide Guarneri

Placing one-minute and forty seconds ahead of Spain, with two days of competition remaining, Italy extended their overall lead to just over five minutes.

Andrea Verona

“It took me four days, but finally I managed to get an overall day win. I really enjoyed the tests today, but the ground was very hard, which made them very, very slippery. It was easy to make mistakes with no ruts or berms, like we had on the previous days. It’s been a great day for the team also, taking a few more seconds from Spain. I’m here as part of the Italian team, so I’ll continue doing my best for them as well as pushing hard for the best individual result I can get.”

Although unable to stop Italy claiming yet another World Trophy day win, Spain again produced a spirited team performance, despite a heavy crash for their fastest rider Josep Garcia (KTM) early in the day.

Collectively, Spain’s riders extended their advantage over third-placed USA by twelve seconds. Outside of the top three, but well-positioned to strike if any of the leading teams run into troubles, Sweden rode well, with another notably strong performance from Mikael Persson (KTM).

Lorenzo Macoritto
Lorenzo Macoritto

World Trophy Team Overall Results – Day 4

POS TEAM DAY  4 TOT
1 TEAM ITALY 2:40′ 21. 16 9:50′ 38.35
2 TEAM SPAIN 2:42′ 01. 88 9:55′ 39.78
3 TEAM UNITED STATES 2:42′ 14. 17 9:57′ 39.95
4 TEAM SWEDEN 2:42′ 59. 16 10:00′ 08.84
5 TEAM FRANCE 2:43′ 35. 47 10:00′ 54.10
6 TEAM PORTUGAL 2:47′ 50. 20 10:19′ 57.49
7 TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC 2:47′ 39. 70 10:21′ 39.09
8 TEAM CANADA 2:48′ 50. 26 10:25′ 16.85
9 TEAM GERMANY 2:50′ 27. 37 10:28′ 18.94
10 TEAM BELGIUM 2:50′ 48. 59 10:29′ 53.41

Junior World Trophy

The day’s biggest result shake-up came in the World Junior Trophy category. Second behind Italy at the end of day three, following a big crash from Austin Walton (Husqvarna), which resulted in a sizeable loss of time, the USA dropped to fourth on day four.

Italy was the fastest team in the Junior World Trophy, completing the day more than one-minute ahead of France to now sit six minutes and twenty-six seconds ahead in the overall results. With the USA running into troubles, France was able to capitalise and inherited the runner-up position, but sit a long way behind Italy. Sweden is holding strong, and now hold third behind Italy and France.

Junior World Trophy Team Overall Results – Day 4

POS TEAM Day 4
1 TEAM ITALY 2:42′ 46. 29
2 TEAM FRANCE 2:44′ 03. 88
3 TEAM SWEDEN 2:45′ 01. 92
4 TEAM CHILE 2:53′ 30. 57
5 TEAM PORTUGAL 2:54′ 29. 95
6 TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC 2:54′ 47. 85
7 TEAM UNITED STATES 2:55′ 02. 58
8 TEAM NORWAY 2:56′ 25. 50
9 TEAM BELGIUM 2:59′ 46. 00
10 TEAM NETHERLANDS 2:59′ 53. 16

Women’s World Trophy

Despite their troubles in the Junior World Trophy class, the USA powered ahead in the Women’s World Trophy competition on day four, much like on every other day of this year’s ISDE. With no change in the top three in the class, USA remain ahead of Great Britain and Spain. With one full day of competition and the final motocross races remaining, the USA sit a sizeable eleven minutes and thirty-four seconds ahead.

Mireia Badia
Mireia Badia

On day four alone the USA were close to three minutes faster than their closest challengers, with Brandy Richards (KTM) the only female competitor to end the day with combined special test times of less than sixty minutes.

With Great Britain’s trio of Jane Daniels (Fantic), Nieve Holmes (GASGAS), and Rosie Rowett (KTM), standing firm in second, Spain hold third, and like the USA and Great Britain ahead of them, Spain look all-but assured of a podium finish.

Sandra Gomez

“We’re in third, Mireia (Badia – GASGAS) is flying, so we have to stay focused on these final two days and keep pushing to the very end. I started the event really well, which was a little unexpected. The special tests are really fast, and I’m a much better rider on technical special tests. I’ll keep pushing, I’m doing my very best, and I’m enjoying the race. I just want to do my best for the team and hope we finish on the podium.”

Raissa Terranova
Raissa Terranova

Women’s World Trophy Team Overall Results – Day 4

POS TEAM DAY  4 TOT
1 TEAM UNITED STATES 2:00′ 50. 64 7:25′ 34.17
2 TEAM GREAT BRITAIN 2:03′ 29. 92 7:37′ 08.82
3 TEAM SPAIN 2:04′ 31. 88 7:39′ 05.38
4 TEAM PORTUGAL 2:08′ 07. 63 7:51′ 20.13
5 TEAM FRANCE 2:07′ 16. 31 7:53′ 04.18
6 TEAM SWEDEN 2:11′ 29. 62 8:06′ 27.58
7 TEAM GERMANY 2:17′ 54. 12 8:37′ 21.64
8 TEAM ITALY 2:17′ 06. 13 8:48′ 26.62

Andrea Verona tops the stage overall

In Enduro1, the day’s overall fastest rider Andrea Verona (GASGAS) topped the class comfortably.

Andrea Verona tops Day 4 at the 2021 ISDE
Andrea Verona tops Day 4 at the 2021 ISDE

With Sweden’s Mikael Persson (KTM) continuing his impressive performances to claim the runner-up spot, just as he had on day three Davide Guarneri (Fantic) rounded out the day four as third fastest in E1.

Davide Guarneri

“I arrived at the ISDE with a big ankle problem. I twisted it five days before the race. I wasn’t able to walk the tests so well, but thankfully things have got better. I made two big mistakes on the first day, and since then I’ve been getting my rhythm back, and improving, which is the most important thing. I’m feeling better and better, but now I have to think about our position as a team in the World Trophy competition.”

Enduro2 was topped for the fourth day running by Josep Garcia (KTM). Finishing ahead of Taylor Robert (KTM), and Michael Layne (Yamaha), Garcia was one of a number of riders to crash on day four.

Josep Garcia

“I started the day well but in the long enduro test I had a big crash and then exited the track twice. I found it difficult to concentrate and lost a lot of time after that. I kept pushing, took some time back, but with one of today’s special tests cancelled I ran out of time to close the gap. I was close to the overall win, but finally second behind Verona.”

Italian teammates Matteo Cavallo (TM), and Matteo Pavoni (TM), again finished as the top two in the Enduro3 class, with Spain’s Jaume Betriu (KTM) making it three E3 class riders inside the overall top three.

The FIM International Six Days of Enduro continues on day five with competitors taking on the one-hundred and ninety-eight-kilometre Valle di Curone lap for the second and final time.

2021 ISDE Day 4 Results – Individual Top 20 Overall

Pos Rider Total
1 VERONA Andrea 53’02.82
2 GARCIA Josep 53’05.71
3 PERSSON Mikael 53’33.88
4 CAVALLO Matteo 53’36.13
5 GUARNERI Davide 53’42.21
6 ROBERT Taylor 53’45.19
7 MACORITTO Lorenzo 53’51.69
8 PAVONI Matteo 53’53.77
9 BETRIU Jaume 53’57.80
10 ESPINASSE Theo 53’57.94
11 MICHAEL Layne 53’59.16
12 OLIVEIRA Dante 54’04.70
13 ELOWSON Albin 54’09.25
14 CRIQ Antoine 54’13.95
15 AHLIN Max 54’15.42

2021 ISDE Individual Standings after Day 4

Pos Rider Cat NAT  Man Total Gap
1 GARCIA Josep E2 ESP KTM 3:14’11.98
2 VERONA Andrea E1 ITA GAS 3:15’17.29 1’05.31
3 PERSSON Mikael E1 SWE KTM 3:16’38.21 2’26.23
4 CAVALLO Matteo E3 ITA TM 3:17’22.38 3’10.40
5 ROBERT Taylor E2 USA KTM 3:17’40.75 3’28.77
6 GUARNERI Davide E1 ITA FAN 3:18’53.62 4’41.64
7 ESPINASSE Theo E1 FRA HON 3:18’54.00 4’42.02
8 BETRIU Jaume E3 ESP KTM 3:19’07.29 4’55.31
9 OLDRATI Thomas E2 ITA HON 3:19’44.27 5’32.29
10 MICHAEL Layne E2 USA YAM 3:19’53.69 5’41.71
11 ELOWSON Albin E2 SWE HUS 3:20’01.34 5’49.36
12 BLANJOUE Hugo E2 FRA KTM 3:20’18.13 6’06.15
13 GIRROIR Jonathan E1 USA GAS 3:21’08.12 6’56.14
14 SIPES Ryan E3 USA GAS 3:21’18.24 7’06.26
15 BASSET Antoine E3 FRA BETA 3:22’05.82 7’53.84

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Italian ISDE domination continues on Day 3

ISDE 2021 – Day Three


Rider’s completed their final circuit of the 2021 ISDE’s Valle di Staffora route on Day 3, with Italy strengthening their hold on both the World Trophy and Junior World Trophy standings in the dry and dusty conditions. In the Women’s World Trophy class, the USA continued to dominate, with Josep Garcia again leading the day’s outright results and maintaining his overall combined lead.

2021 ISDE - Valle di Staffora
2021 ISDE – Valle di Staffora

World Trophy – Day 3

Marking the mid-way point of the race, it was again Italy that led the way in the World Trophy competition, extending their overall advantage from one-minute twenty-two seconds to three minutes and twenty seconds. Edging ever further ahead of Spain, Italy’s riders Andrea Verona (GASGAS), Davide Guarneri (Fantic), Thomas Oldrati (Honda), and Matteo Cavallo (TM), all delivered strong performances.

Davide Guarneri was a strong performer
Davide Guarneri was a strong performer

With gaps starting to increase between teams, despite dropping further behind Italy, Spain were able to edge further ahead of the USA, extending their advantage to one-minute and forty-eight seconds. Once again led by the day’s overall fastest rider Josep Garcia (KTM), Spain remains best placed to capitalise should any issues beset Italy during the last half of the event.

Josep Garcia

“I’ve really enjoyed battling with Andrea (Verona) today, when you have to fight for every second and keep pushing, pushing, pushing all the day, it’s the best way to race. I knew coming into today that it would be like that, and my goal was just to keep on pushing. It’s been a good day for the team as well. We can all look forward to a new course tomorrow.”

With France having held down the fourth-place spot through days one and two, at the end of day three it was Sweden, helped by strong performances by both Albin Elowson (Husqvarna) and Mikael Persson (KTM) who moved into fourth. After three days of competition the two nations are separated by less than ten seconds.

World Trophy Team Overall Results – Day 3

POS TEAM DAY  3 TOT
1 TEAM ITALY 2:20’36.67 7:15′ 27.70
2 TEAM SPAIN 2:22’35.20 7:18′ 36.90
3 TEAM UNITED STATES 2:23’08.75 7:20′ 28.00
4 TEAM FRANCE 2:23’53.96 7:21′ 49.79
5 TEAM SWEDEN 2:22’54.25 7:22′ 24.63
6 TEAM PORTUGAL 2:28’17.35 7:37′ 54.41
7 TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC 2:27’59.35 7:39′ 25.86
8 TEAM CANADA 2:31’12.88 7:42′ 37.91
9 TEAM GERMANY 2:29’47.37 7:43′ 21.80
10 TEAM FINLAND 2:31’06.51 7:44′ 28.57

Junior World Trophy

The end of day three saw no change in the overall top five in the Junior World Trophy category with Italy now more than three minutes ahead and finishing fastest on the day. Comfortably ahead of the USA, who in turn sit ahead of France, Italy’s juniors seem determined to match their senior teammates every step of the way at this year’s ISDE.

Just over a minute outside of the top three in fourth, Sweden enjoyed a strong day three, unquestionably helped by Max Ahlin (Husqvarna), who ended the day as the eighth fastest rider overall.

Max Ahlin

“I’m really pleased with the way things have gone today, and a little surprised. I tried to push a little more on the last test on day two and found some good speed. I guess I brought that speed into today and everything worked out great. I liked today’s test, but I’m looking forward to new tests tomorrow. Let’s see how the last few days go for our team.”

One notable change in the Junior World Trophy competition was Finland dropping from sixth at the end of day two to fourteenth and last at the close of day three. With team rider Peetu Juupaluoma (Husqvarna), are exiting the event, Finland became the first Junior World Trophy team to drop to two riders. Benefiting the most, Chile moved into sixth.

Junior World Trophy Team Overall Results – Day 3

POS RIDER DAY  3 TOT
1 TEAM ITALY 2:23’52.26 7:23′ 15.64
2 TEAM UNITED STATES 2:25’13.23 7:26′ 25.41
3 TEAM FRANCE 2:25’55.58 7:27′ 40.56
4 TEAM SWEDEN 2:25’16.05 7:29′ 32.99
5 TEAM SPAIN 2:28’19.85 7:36′ 39.50
6 TEAM CHILE 2:32’52.94 7:52′ 08.87
7 TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC 2:34’10.29 7:58′ 44.54
8 TEAM NORWAY 2:35’57.18 8:00′ 31.14
9 TEAM NETHERLANDS 2:38’28.15 8:06′ 18.05
10 TEAM GERMANY 2:38’00.01 8:10′ 06.17

Women’s World Trophy

The top three nations in the Women’s World Trophy class are the same as they were at the end of day two with the USA ahead of Great Britain and Spain. Now close to nine minutes ahead of Great Britain, team USA once again saw Brandy Richards (KTM) lead the way as she set the pace as the fastest outright female competitor.

Just as the USA extended their advantage over Great Britain, so did Great Britain extend their lead over Spain. The two countries are now separated by close to one minute. More than one hour now separates the fastest Women’s World Trophy team, the USA, from Italy, who sit eighth in class.

Women’s World Trophy Team Overall Results – Day 3

POS TEAM DAY  3 TOT
1 TEAM UNITED STATES 1:46’18.38 5:29′ 04.00
2 TEAM GREAT BRITAIN 1:49’26.55 5:37′ 50.50
3 TEAM SPAIN 1:49’52.60 5:39′ 06.58
4 TEAM PORTUGAL 1:52’54.50 5:48′ 42.32
5 TEAM FRANCE 1:53’37.53 5:50′ 14.35
6 TEAM SWEDEN 1:55’04.61 5:59′ 27.69
7 TEAM GERMANY 2:10’05.33 6:23′ 36.02
8 TEAM ITALY 2:04’19.85 6:36′ 25.70

Garcia tops overall and E2

After enjoying a sizeable margin of victory as the outright fastest rider on day two, on day three Josep Garcia (KTM) was just under three seconds faster than Andrea Verona (GASGAS) with Mikael Persson (KTM) third.

Verona and Persson also sat at the top of the Enduro1 class results on day three with Italy’s Davide Guarneri (Fantic) enjoying his best day of the event so far in third.

In Enduro2 it was again all about Josep Garcia (KTM) with USA’s Taylor Robert second fastest despite a big crash in the opening special test. Producing his best result of the event so far, Sweden’s Albin Elowson (Husqvarna) placed third fastest E2 class rider.

2021 ISDE Day 3
Sweden’s Albin Elowson – 2021 ISDE Day 3

Taylor Robert

“It’s been a strange day for me. I crashed hard on the first test, then felt great on the final test, but my times don’t seem to tell the same story. Other than that, I’m just pleased to get through today. The tests and some of the time controls are super beat up now, tomorrow’s new trails and tests can’t come soon enough.”

Italian riders Matteo Cavallo (TM) and Matteo Pavoni (TM) put in the two fastest Enduro3 class times on day three, closely followed by Spain’s Jaume Betriu (KTM) in third.

The FIM International Six Days of Enduro continues on day four with competitors taking on the new one hundred and ninety-eight-kilometre Valle di Curone lap.

2021 ISDE Results – Individual Top 20 Overall

Pos Rider Cat Nat Man Total
1 GARCIA Josep E2 ESP KTM 2:22’47.72
2 VERONA Andrea E1 ITA GASGAS 2:23’58.50
3 PERSSON Mikael E1 SWE KTM 2:24’43.03
4 CAVALLO Matteo E3 ITA TM 2:25’28.94
5 ROBERT Taylor E2 USA KTM 2:25’30.40
6 PAVONI Matteo E3 ITA TM 2:25’43.15
7 MACORITTO Lorenzo E1 ITA TM 2:26’26.61
8 ESPINASSE Theo E1 FRA HONDA 2:26’27.74
9 OLDRATI Thomas E2 ITA HONDA 2:26’42.50
10 BETRIU Jaume E3 ESP KTM 2:26’44.70
11 GUARNERI Davide E1 ITA FANTIC 2:26’58.76
12 BLANJOUE Hugo E2 FRA KTM 2:27’13.53
13 OLIVEIRA Dante E2 USA KTM 2:27’29.06
14 MICHAEL Layne E2 USA YAMAHA 2:27’36.64
15 ELOWSON Albin E2 SWE HUSQVARNA 2:27’38.58
16 GIRROIR Jonathan E1 USA GASGAS 2:27’46.97
17 AHLIN Max E2 SWE HUSQVARNA 2:27’57.36
18 LE QUERE Leo E3 FRA SHERCO 2:28’02.04
19 SIPES Ryan E3 USA GASGAS 2:28’27.94
20 BASSET Antoine E3 FRA BETA 2:28’29.87

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Italy retains ISDE lead on Day 2 | USA leads Women’s Trophy

ISDE 2021 – Day Two


Italy’s domination of the 95th FIM International Six Days of Enduro continued on Day Two, topping both the World Trophy and Junior World Trophy classes, while the USA extended their lead in the Women’s World Trophy. Josep Garcia was the standout individual competitor meanwhile, proving fastest.

Rider’s benefited on Day Two, knowing what to expect as they competed on the same trails and, with one notable exception, the same special tests as on day one, with dry and dusty for all competitors. Just as on day one, nothing significantly affected any of the leading nation’s top riders, meaning it was all about the important special test performances.

In a tragic turn of events the ISDE also reported the death of Arnold Staal – rider #901 – from the Netherlands, member of the MCCZ Club Team, competing in the Club Team Award category. He was reported unaccounted for, and when found had passed away. Condolences go to his family and friends.


World Trophy – Day 2

With all of their World Trophy team riders finishing inside the top ten of the overall individual classification on day two, Italy stretched their overall lead in the World Trophy standings to one minute and twenty-two seconds.

Matteo Cavallo
Matteo Cavallo

With Andrea Verona (GASGAS) the event’s fastest Enduro1 class rider, and Matteo Cavallo (TM) the event’s fastest Enduro 3 competitor, together with solid performances from Thomas Oldrati (Honda), and Davide Guarneri (Fantic), Italy served up another impressive team performance.

Boosted by the fact Josep Garcia (KTM) ended day two as the overall fastest rider, Spain also enjoyed a positive second day of competition. Not allowing Italy to get too far ahead, Spain are very much ensuring they keep themselves in the running, as the event nears its mid-way point.

Josep Garcia

“My goal for today was to be more aggressive than I was on day one. I wasn’t quite myself on day one. I pushed hard today and it worked really well. It was a good day for me and also team Spain. All of our riders are going well. If I can stay like this all week, I will be happy.”

Rounding out the top three in the World Trophy team competition, the USA finished third on day two to hold third overall while France and Sweden rounded out the top five.

Team USA tyre change at the ISDE
Team USA tyre change at the ISDE

World Trophy Team Standings

POS TEAM TOT
1 TEAM ITALY 4:49′ 40.52
2 TEAM SPAIN 4:51′ 02.70
3 TEAM UNITED STATES 4:52′ 17.03
4 TEAM FRANCE 4:53′ 24.67
5 TEAM SWEDEN 4:54′ 15.43
6 TEAM PORTUGAL 5:03′ 49.94
7 TEAM CANADA 5:05′ 13.71
8 TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC 5:06′ 00.04
9 TEAM FINLAND 5:07′ 58.71

Junior World Trophy

Extending their lead in the Junior World Trophy competition by a little over forty seconds, Italy were again the team to beat, but were pushed hard by an on-form USA. With Matteo Pavoni (TM) and Lorenzo Macoritto (TM) respectively sixth and seventh in the day’s overall individual results, together with Manolo Morettini (KTM), Italy stepped closer to the Junior World trophy title.

Lorenzo Macoritto
Lorenzo Macoritto

With Dante Oliveira (KTM) mixing it with the World Trophy team riders near the top of the overall results on day two, the USA moved ahead of France, and again delivered a strong result. From two seconds down on France, the USA now sit forty-two seconds ahead. Behind Italy, USA, and France, Sweden hold fourth ahead of Spain and Finland.

Junior World Trophy Team Standings

POS TEAM TOT
1 TEAM ITALY 4:54′ 12.45
2 TEAM UNITED STATES 4:56′ 01.46
3 TEAM FRANCE 4:56′ 57.85
4 TEAM SWEDEN 4:59′ 06.07
5 TEAM SPAIN 5:02′ 14.57
6 TEAM FINLAND 5:06′ 09.28
7 TEAM CHILE 5:13′ 15.98
8 TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC 5:18′ 53.94
9 TEAM NORWAY 5:19′ 10.60
10 TEAM NETHERLANDS 5:21′ 58.85
11 TEAM PORTUGAL 5:24′ 29.54

Women’s World Trophy

Close to six minutes ahead in the Women’s World Trophy category, the USA extended their WWT team lead to complete another day untroubled. Behind them, Spain, who had finished as their closest challengers on day one, dropped to third as Great Britain jumped into the runner-up spot.

Jane Daniels
Jane Daniels

Less than thirty seconds separate Spain and Great Britain after two full days of competition.

Women’s World Trophy Team Standings

POS TEAM TOT
1 TEAM UNITED STATES 3:38′ 25.15
2 TEAM GREAT BRITAIN 3:44′ 12.35
3 TEAM SPAIN 3:44′ 40.90
4 TEAM PORTUGAL 3:50′ 18.00
5 TEAM FRANCE 3:52′ 10.34
6 TEAM SWEDEN 3:59′ 53.35
7 TEAM GERMANY 4:09′ 22.19
8 TEAM ITALY 4:29′ 49.36

Verona tops E1, Garcia E2 and Cavallo E3

In finishing second fastest overall, Andrea Verona (GASGAS) ended day two as the quickest Enduro1 class rider, but with Sweden’s Mikael Persson (KTM) snapping at his heals.

Mikael Persson

“I was a little bit nervous this morning, starting up front, having taken advantage of a good starting position on day one. I tried to do my own race, just focusing on my own riding. It’s great to be up there with the top guys and near the front in E1. I just feel good, and I want to do my best for the team.”

All finishing inside the overall top ten, Lorenzo Macoritto (TM), Davide Guarneri (Fantic) and Theo Espinasse (Honda) round out the top five in Enduro1.

There was never any question who would top the Enduro2 class on day two as Josep Garcia (KTM) upped his determination levels, and his speed, to dominate both his class and the overall. Finishing comfortably ahead of USA’s Taylor Robert (KTM), Garcia set a pace no one could get close to. Thomas Oldrati (Honda) was the third fastest E2 class rider.

Josep Garcia
Josep Garcia

At the top of the Enduro 3 classification TM and Italy teammates Matteo Cavallo and Matteo Pavoni finished three seconds apart and ahead of Spain’s Jaume Betriu (KTM).

Just as she did on day one, USA’s Brandy Richards was comfortably the fastest female competitor.

The FIM International Six Days of Enduro continues on day three as competitors take on the one hundred and ninety five-kilometres Valle Staffora lap for the third and final time.

Day 2 Overall & Combined Results

Pos Rider Class Nat DAY  2 TOTAL GAP
1 GARCIA Josep E2 ESP 46′ 22. 36 1:34’46.55
2 VERONA Andrea E1 ITA 46′ 50. 63 1:35’51.76 1’05.21
3 PAVONI Matteo E3 ITA 47′ 43. 10 1:36’29.23 1’42.68
4 PERSSON Mikael E1 SWE 47′ 09. 85 1:36’20.95 1’34.40
5 CAVALLO Matteo E3 ITA 47′ 40. 19 1:36’41.79 1’55.24
6 ROBERT Taylor E2 USA 47′ 24. 83 1:36’42.55 1’56.00
7 MACORITTO Lorenzo E1 ITA 47′ 44. 07 1:36’59.23 2’12.68
8 ESPINASSE Theo E1 FRA 47′ 49. 36 1:37’08.34 2’21.79
9 OLDRATI Thomas E2 ITA 47′ 52. 80 1:37’14.78 2’28.23
10 BETRIU Jaume E3 ESP 47′ 53. 42 1:37’30.83 2’44.28
11 GUARNERI Davide E1 ITA 47′ 44. 99 1:38’01.91 3’15.36
12 BLANJOUE Hugo E2 FRA 48′ 19. 29 1:37’47.07 3’00.52
13 MICHAEL Layne E2 USA 48′ 14. 40 1:37’49.88 3’03.33
14 SIPES Ryan E3 USA 48′ 31. 33 1:37’55.48 3’08.93
15 OLIVEIRA Dante E2 USA 48′ 00. 26 1:37’49.19 3’02.64
16 CRIQ Antoine E3 FRA 48′ 49. 04 1:38’34.94 3’48.39
17 GIRROIR Jonathan E1 USA 48′ 20. 45 1:38’10.61 3’24.06
18 LE QUERE Leo E3 FRA 48′ 29. 59 1:38’21.99 3’35.44
19 BASSET Antoine E3 FRA 48′ 32. 12 1:38’29.26 3’42.71
20 ELOWSON Albin E2 SWE 48′ 27. 55 1:38’32.89 3’46.34

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Italy claims early ISDE lead on home ground

ISDE 2021 – Day One


The 95th running of the FIM International Six Days of Enduro (ISDE), has commenced, taking place in the Apennine Mountains between Lombardy and Piedmont and running through to Saturday 4 September when it will finish with the traditional final day motocross races.

The FIM’s longest running motorcycle race welcomes over six hundred and fifty competitors from thirty nations to Rivanazzano Terme, for what is expected to be six days of picturesque, but challenging competition.

Postponed in 2020 due to the global COVID pandemic, this year the FIM ISDE has attracted riders from all over the World, both World-class competitors and enthusiastic amateurs, all wanting to enjoy the most-prestigious event on the enduro calendar. There are some notable absences however, with travel restrictions still taking their toll, including preventing the Australian teams from attending.

On days one, two, and three riders compete over one lap of one hundred and ninety-five kilometres, riding for seven-and-a-half hours each day and completing numerous cross and enduro special tests along the way.

Days four and five will feature a different course to that used during the first half of the event, again featuring a mix of cross and enduro special tests and totalling one hundred and ninety-eight kilometres. The sixth and final day will feature the closing motocross races, at the Valle Scrivia circuit in Cassano Spinola.

Josep Garcia
Josep Garcia

Host nation Italy have made the best possible start to the ninety-fifth edition of the FIM International Six Days of Enduro with winning performances in both the World Trophy and Junior World trophy classes. The much-anticipated opening day of competition also saw USA top the Women’s World Trophy result with Josep Garcia (KTM) posting the day’s fastest overall individual performance.


World Trophy – Day 1

A largely dry and dusty day of competition with little in the way of shock results or unfortunate DNFs, it was Andrea Verona (GASGAS), Davide Guarneri (Fantic), Thomas Oldrati (Honda), and Matteo Cavallo (TM) who, at the end of the one hundred and ninety five-kilometre, six-special test day, collectively sat at the top of the World Trophy team results, 52.37 seconds ahead of Spain, with the USA close behind in third.

Right from the off, the three nations all delivered impressive collective performances, with Italy unquestionably helped by the strong showings of Andrea Verona (GASGAS) and Matteo Cavallo (TM). Fast from the off, Verona held a slender outright individual lead with just one special test to go, falling twice on the final test and allowing Spain’s Josep Garcia (KTM) to go on and top the individual results with relative ease. In doing so Garcia helped Spain secure a strong second.

Andrea Verona

“I had a big battle with Josep Garcia all day, which was really good. I was ahead after the penultimate test and, well, I had a small fall in the final test and lost time. I somehow got some soil into my front brake lever, which meant the front brake was stuck on for a while. It was very strange. Then we had some rain and with the brake not so good I crashed again. Anyway, I’m happy. I had a good day and so did the team.”

Andrea Verona
Andrea Verona

While Italy hold the provisional World Trophy team lead at the end of day one, their advantage is anything but substantial. Less than one minute behind Italy, Spain’s Jaume Betriu (KTM), Josep Garcia (KTM), Marc Sans (Husqvarna), and Cristobal Guerrero (Beta) all successfully completed the day, keeping up the pressure on their European rivals and managing to stay ahead of the USA.

Sitting strong in third, the USA, led by former outright ISDE winner Taylor Robert (KTM), completed the day with incredibly similar overall special test times from each of their four riders. Despite Robert crashing on the opening test, the team looks set to battle with Spain and Italy throughout the event.

Taylor Robert

“I felt really good in the first test, but went down pretty hard and busted up my elbow a little. It took a little while to get my rhythm back again. Josep and Andrea were on fire, but I had a decent day, and importantly so did the USA Trophy team. The enduro test wasn’t easy on a 450, but the tests were great. We’re in for a good week of racing.”

Behind the top three, France rounded out the opening day in fourth, a little under thirty seconds behind the USA. With Sweden fifth, helped by an impressive ride by Mikael Persson (KTM), Canada, Portugal, Brazil, the Czech Republic and Finland rounded out the top ten.

Junior World Trophy – Day 1

As it was in the World Trophy class, in the Junior World Trophy category Italy ended day one on top. Just over one minute ahead of France, who in turn finished less than two seconds up on the USA, the three Italians of Lorenzo Macoritto (TM), Manolo Morettini (KTM), and Matteo Pavoni (TM) showed that just like their senior countrymen they are focused on doing just one thing this week – winning. So fast was team member Matteo Pavoni (TM) that he finished as the day’s outright second fastest rider, just twenty-one seconds behind Josep Garcia (KTM).

Not allowing Italy to get too far ahead, France secured a deserved runner-up result thanks to Luc Fargier (GASGAS), Leo Le Quere (Sherco), and Antoine Criq (Beta) as the trio also kept themselves ahead of the USA. France, who sit one minute behind Italy, but also narrowly ahead of the USA, have a lot to play for on day two. Equally, they have a lot to lose to the USA should any of their riders make any costly mistakes.

One better than their World Trophy teammates who sit fifth, Sweden hold fourth in the Junior World Trophy standings ahead of Spain and Finland, with Chile, Portugal, Czech Republic, and Norway rounding out the top ten.

Women’s World Trophy – Day 1

Ending day one with the biggest advantage of all the national teams, the USA stamped their authority on the Women’s World Trophy class with a highly impressive winning result. Collectively Brandy Richards (KTM), Rachel Gutish (Husqvarna), and Britney Gallegos (Husqvarna) sit three minutes and eighteen seconds ahead of Spain.

Brandy Richards

“I started out riding a little tight, but I progressed throughout the day. The tests were mostly long and fast, but they were fun to ride. The dirt and traction was different from place to place, but it was a good day for me.”

Brandy Richards
Brandy Richards

With Spain holding down second, and Great Britain third, it was Portugal and France who rounded out the top five with all eight Women’s World Trophy teams making it to the finish of the day.

Verona tops E1 class, Garcia leads E2, Pavoni fastest E3

Despite his falls in the final special test of the day, Andrea Verona (GASGAS) finished day one at the top of the Enduro1 class results, close to ten seconds ahead of Sweden’s Mikael Persson (KTM). Delivering one of the standout rides of the day, Persson found himself as the Swedish filling in an Italian sandwich with Verona ahead of him and Junior World Trophy team rider Lorenzo Macoritto (TM) behind him.

Although not entirely happy with the way he rode throughout the day, Spain’s Jose Garcia (KTM) has already opened up a near one-minute advantage at the top of the Enduro2 class, ahead of USA’s Taylor Robert (KTM) and Italy’s Thomas Oldrati (Honda).

Jose Garcia

“My day was good, even if I took a lot of dust in some of the special tests, which made things tricky. Also, I didn’t feel perfect on my bike. I’m not sure why, but anyway the day was good and I managed to win the overall too. I hope that tomorrow I can ride like I did on the final test today, and we’ll keep pushing as a team.”

With World Trophy team riders topping the Enduro1 and Enduro2 class result, in Enduro3 it was Italian Junior World Trophy team rider Matteo Pavoni (TM) who topped the time sheets. Fifteen seconds ahead of countryman Matteo Cavallo (TM), Pavoni kept experienced racers like the USA’s Ryan Sipes (GASGAS) and Spain’s Jaume Betriu (KTM) behind him.

At the top of the individual Women’s class results it was the USA’s Brandy Richards (KTM), one minute and forty-seven ahead of Great Britain’s Jane Daniels (Fantic), with Spain’s Mireia Badia (GASGAS) third.

The FIM International Six Days of Enduro continues on day two with riders repeating the one hundred and ninety five-kilometre Valle di Staffora lap.

2021 ISDE Day 1 Overall Results – Top 15

Pos Rider Team Man. Cat. Class Time
1 GARCIA Josep TEAM SPAIN KTM WT E2 7’54.68
2 PAVONI Matteo TEAM ITALY TM JWT E3 8’00.46
3 VERONA Andrea TEAM ITALY GASGAS WT E1 7’55.81
4 CAVALLO Matteo TEAM ITALY TM WT E3 7’56.26
5 PERSSON Mikael TEAM SWEDEN KTM WT E1 8’00.45
6 MACORITTO Lorenzo TEAM ITALY TM JWT E1 8’01.73
7 ROBERT Taylor TEAM UNITED STATES KTM WT E2 8’01.90
8 ESPINASSE Theo TEAM FRANCE HONDA WT E1 7’57.66
9 OLDRATI Thomas TEAM ITALY HONDA WT E2 8’06.63
10 SIPES Ryan TEAM UNITED STATES GASGAS WT E3 8’06.32
11 BLANJOUE Hugo TEAM FRANCE KTM WT E2 8’09.14
12 MICHAEL Layne TEAM UNITED STATES YAMAHA WT E2 8’06.43
13 BETRIU Jaume TEAM SPAIN KTM WT E3 8’10.89
14 CRIQ Antoine TEAM FRANCE BETA JWT E3 8’07.78
15 OLIVEIRA Dante TEAM UNITED STATES KTM JWT E2 8’16.65

Source: MCNews.com.au

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2021 Pro Motocross Championship
Round 4 – Twisted Tea RedBud National

Following its second break of the 2021 season the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing, returned to action for its Fourth of July tradition with the annual Twisted Tea RedBud National.

The fourth round of the season saw a massive crowd line the fences in their red, white, and blue for America’s Independence Day holiday and were treated to an afternoon of perfect weather.

Monster Energy/Star/Yamaha Racing’s Dylan Ferrandis continued his impressive season by leading the way in the 450 Class for his third victory of the season.

In the 250 Class, Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s RJ Hampshire demonstrated incredible speed all day en route to his third career win.

450 Moto1

As the gate dropped on the opening 450 Class moto, Monster Energy/Star/Yamaha Racing’s Aaron Plessinger prevailed with the Motosport.com Holeshot ahead of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Cooper Webb and Team Honda HRC’s Ken Roczen. A quick pass by Webb in the second turn allowed him to steal the lead from Plessinger who retaliated to retake the lead just turns later. It was Plessinger, Roczen, and Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Adam Cianciarulo at the completion of the opening lap. Championship point leader Ferrandis was sixth at the start.

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As the moto surpassed the 10-minute mark, Roczen started to close on Plessinger for the lead, eventually making the pass stick as Plessinger slid back to second. As Cianciarulo continued his charge in third, he would soon find himself under pressure from Ferrandis who was turning the fastest lap times of the race.

Adam Cianciarulo

Ferrandis was relentless in his push to the front and made the move on Cianciarulo just before the halfway point of the moto. The battle for the lead began to tighten up as Plessinger closed in on Roczen while his teammate Ferrandis closed in on them both with 10-minutes remaining. The Star Racing Yamaha teammates pulled alongside each other several times before Ferrandis took possession of second with a pass on Plessinger through the sand rollers.

Ferrandis

Ferrandis’ charge to the front could not be stopped as he struck on his championship rival Roczen to take the lead with just three laps remaining. The Frenchman would hold on to claim his second moto win of the season with 2.9 seconds to spare on Roczen. After leading early, Plessinger would finish third.

450 Moto 2

The deciding 450 Class moto kicked off with Plessinger launching out of the gate to sweep the Motosport.com Holeshots by edging out the Monster Energy Kawasaki duo of Eli Tomac and Cianciarulo, followed by Roczen and Ferrandis. Cianciarulo would lose the front end coming downhill on the opening lap and be forced to rejoin near the tail end of the field as Plessinger, Tomac, Roczen, and Ferrandis led the way on the opening lap.

The deciding 450 Class moto kicked off 450 Moto 2with Plessinger launching out of the gate to sweep the Motosport.com Holeshots by edging out the Monster Energy Kawasaki duo of Eli Tomac and Cianciarulo, followed by Roczen and Ferrandis. Cianciarulo would lose the front end coming downhill on the opening lap and be forced to rejoin near the tail end of the field as Plessinger, Tomac, Roczen, and Ferrandis led the way on the opening lap.

Ken Roczen

The battle immediately intensified up front as Tomac made quick work of Plessinger to take the number one position from Plessinger. Just behind the leaders, Roczen and Ferrandis matched one another’s pace in an effort for valuable championship points and to keep the leaders in sight. Roczen made a costly mistake that saw him go down hard, but he was able to dust himself off and remount in sixth.

Up front, Tomac and Plessinger were separated by no more than two seconds for the majority of the race as they took turns on clocking the better lap times.

With the race winding down, the battle for second began to heat up as Ferrandis closed in on his teammate Plessinger. He would use an excellent drive through the sand rollers to take second and set his sights on the race leader Tomac. As the crowd cheered them on, Tomac held on to take his second moto win of the season by just 1.5 seconds over Ferrandis. A distant third would go to Plessinger, while Roczen recovered for sixth.

Eli Tomac

It was Ferrandis who’s hard charging and consistency would give him the overall victory (1-2). Tomac earned his second consecutive podium of the season in season (4-1), while Plessinger completed the podium with an impressive 3-3 moto scores on the day. Roczen’s 6-2 was good enough for fourth. A jump during the red cross flag in Moto 1 resulted in Ferrandis being docked a single point and Roczen two points, however, the overall finishes remained the same.

Dylan Ferrandis

“I gave it everything and it was a big fight today, I charged really hard at the end of the motos. I wanted to win the second moto, but Eli [Tomac] was riding really good. I dreamed of winning here at RedBud and thanks to the fans for cheering loud for us all day. It’s been a good start to the season and I’m really looking forward to keep working hard so we can stay up front the rest of the season.”

Ferrandis passes Plessinger

With the win Ferrandis was able to extend his lead in the championship standings to 14-points over Roczen who lost crucial points in the second moto. Plessinger sits third, 36-points out of the lead.

Ken Roczen

“I was excited coming into RedBud for Fourth of July; it’s always a special race and the fans always go wild. We had a pretty decent couple of qualifying sessions. I ended up going fifth to the gate, which was totally fine; I felt pretty good on the track and was ready for the moto. In the first moto, I think I was third after the start and just kind of worked my way up there into second right away and made a move on [Aaron] Plessinger and was leading most of the race until about two laps to go. I kind of lost my rhythm a little bit. The track is really hard-packed underneath and soft on top, so it was really tricky to ride. It just wasn’t really my best performance, but at the same time I was okay with the second place. I got passed there with a couple of laps to go and tried to hang on behind [Dylan] Ferrandis and tried to make a pass back, but it just wasn’t enough. I was looking forward to the second moto. Moto 2 was kind of like when everything came undone. I was battling really hard to get to the front. I was in third and [Eli] Tomac was leading and Plessinger was second. I made my way past Ferrandis and just sat in third for a while trying to see what the race gave me. I had a bad case on [LaRocco’s] Leap, as Plessinger’s roost slowed me down so much. I hurt my wrist a little bit, but then a couple laps later I fell right after the leap. I tucked the front end, had a pretty big get-off, and my bars were a little bent. I’m glad I was able to finish at least in sixth and minimize the points damage. We’re healthy leaving RedBud and I’m just looking forward to prepping for next weekend’s race.”

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250 Moto 1

When the gate dropped for the first 250 Class moto of the day it was Monster Energy/Star/Yamaha Racing’s Justin Cooper who emerged with the Motosport.com holeshot just ahead of the Team Honda HRC duo of Jett and Hunter Lawrence, Monster Energy/Star/Yamaha Racing’s Jeremy Martin and Hampshire.

Justin Cooper

As they crossed the finish on the opening lap, Cooper lost traction going up the face of the finish line and crashed out of the lead. Cooper’s mistake allowed a hard charging Hampshire to inherit the lead over the Lawrence brothers and Martin. Cooper would remount in 10th.

Hampshire pushed the pace out front with Jett Lawrence in tow and the duo began to slowly distance themselves from the train of riders behind them. As Jett Lawrence applied the pressure, Hampshire crashed out of the lead, but was able to restart quickly in second. Hunter Lawrence remained a distant third.

Jett Lawrence

With the race closing in on the halfway point of the 30-minute-plus-two-lap moto, Hampshire started to inch back onto the rear wheel of Jett Lawrence and searched for a way around. Hampshire would once again lose the front end of his motorcycle and find himself on the ground while contending for the race lead. Hunter Lawrence took full advantage of Hampshire’s mistake to move into second, while Hampshire remounted in third.

As Jett Lawrence continued to control the race out front, Hunter Lawrence and Hampshire started to gain momentum and slowly reduce the gap to the race leader. With three laps to go, Hampshire muscled his way around Hunter Lawrence for second and began to set his sights on the race leader Jett Lawrence but Jett held on to take the checkered flag for his third moto win of the season by 2.2 seconds over Hampshire. Hunter Lawrence finished third, just ahead of Cooper who recovered for fourth.

Hunter Lawrence

250 Moto 2

The final 250 Class moto of the afternoon saw Cooper capture his second Motosport.com Holeshot of the day, just ahead of his teammate Martin and first moto runner-up finisher Hampshire. The Lawrence brothers found themselves mired deep in the pack as Hunter was scored 11th and Jett 18th at the completion of the opening lap.

Justin Cooper

As the lead trio went to work with a clear track out front, Jett Lawrence put his head down in an attempt to do damage control, however, a costly mistake would see him make contact with another rider and go down, losing valuable time as he remounted outside the top-30.

Out front, Hampshire began to find his momentum as he moved Cooper to within striking distance for the race lead, using every inch of the track to find a way past. At the 15-minute mark, Hampshire would get a drive and out drag race Cooper to become the new race leader.

Just as Hampshire looked to have the race under control he would yet again find himself picking himself up off the ground as he surrendered the lead to Cooper in the late stages of the moto. Cooper emerged with his second moto win of the season by 12.9 seconds over Hampshire. Martin finished third in an impressive return from injury, followed by Hunter Lawrence in fourth. An inspiring ride by Jett Lawrence netted him sixth.

Hunter Lawrence

By virtue of 2-2 finishes Hampshire prevailed for his first win of the season and won the RedBud National for the second consecutive year. Cooper’s second moto win earned him second overall (4-1) as Jett Lawrence completed the podium in third (1-6), followed by his brother Hunter in fourth (3-4).

Jett Lawrence on the podium but saw his series lead trimmed by three points

RJ Hampshire

“This win just feels so good after everything I’ve gone through lately,” said Hampshire. “As you can hear, I’ve been super sick all week, so to be up here today is a bit emotional. I give it my all everytime I’m on the track, and it would have been great to get those moto wins today, but to win here at RedBud for the second year in a row is an amazing feeling. The speed has been really good lately and I’m looking forward to some of my favorite tracks coming up on the schedule.”

Jett Lawrence maintains his hold of the championship point lead by eight over Cooper who reduced the gap by three on the day. Hunter Lawrence remains third, 44-points out of the championship lead.

Jett Lawrence

“The bike setting in the first moto wasn’t good. I had RJ [Hampshire] charging, and if he got me, I didn’t really have any ammo to fight back. Between motos, my team did a great job making some adjustments that made the bike work better for me, but I just didn’t give myself a very good chance for winning or even getting myself into a good position. I came from 37th to sixth, so I think that’s pretty good. I definitely made a lot of passes, maybe the most passes of the day. I think if you look at the result it sucks because I lost three points, but you have to look at the positives; it was a strong ride, and I felt like there’s not many other people in this class that could do that.”

Jett Lawrence

Hunter Lawrence

“My weekend wasn’t bad; it wasn’t great, but we’ll take it. We went 3-4 moto scores for fourth overall. I missed out on the box by two points. That second moto I was in a ‘do or die’ position to catch J-Mart [Jeremy Martin] and make that pass. I was pushing to make up a lot of ground on him, coming from a pretty bad start, so I was ‘damned if I did, damned if I didn’t’; I had to risk it and push. I ended up laying it down and got back up, managing to finish in a position where I was chasing down fourth. All in all, I’m really happy with how the team worked together to make changes on the bike for the second moto, which benefited us a lot. It maybe wasn’t a moto-score result, but as far as my feeling on the bike, and everything else, we left better than what we started in the first moto, so I’m happy with that. RedBud was awesome. That was my first proper Fourth of July RedBud experience, so it was pretty cool. I also checked something else off my bucket list; I really wanted to scream ‘RedBuuuuud’ into the microphone. I hadn’t been able to do that until today, so that was cool.”

Source: MCNews.com.au

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Yearbury wraps up 2021 New Zealand Enduro Championships

By Andy McGechan

There was probably a small moment in time when Waikato man Dylan Yearbury thought his national title hopes had just flown out the window. But, a never-say-die attitude from the Husqvarna man was enough for him to complete the task he’d set himself when forced to settle for overall runner-up at last season’s COVID-19 pandemic-shortened New Zealand Enduro Championships… and that was to fight back and win it in 2021.

Cambridge's Dylan Yearbury (Husqvarna FE350), outright winner of the 2021 New Zealand Enduro Championships - Image by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com
Cambridge’s Dylan Yearbury (Husqvarna FE350), outright winner of the 2021 New Zealand Enduro Championships – Image by Andy McGechan

Yearbury (Husqvarna FE350) was in command after the first three of five rounds in this year’s championships, having compiled a 2-1-1 score-sheet from the events in Tokoroa and the Marlborough and Porirua/Upper Hutt regions respectively, and he arrived in the Wairarapa Region for the final two back-to-back rounds at the weekend in a confident mood.

Yearbury finished runner-up to his main title rival Tommy Buxton at round four on farmland near Masterton on Saturday and was still the favourite to go on and wrap it up on similar terrain near Martinborough the following day. But a high-speed crash during Sunday’s fifth and final round very nearly shattered his dreams.

“I had a huge crash and the impact of that cracked the bike’s rear sub-frame. I knew it was risky to carry on with the bike damaged like that, but I didn’t have a lot of choice,” said the 26-year-old Cambridge builder. “The crash was in the day’s first ‘special test’ and it stunned me a bit. I struggled to get a flow going with my riding after that. I went okay, but not brilliant.”

But even when Yearbury is not at his best, he’s still a lot better than so many others in the competition and he managed to end the day at Martinborough third overall of the 65 starters, finishing behind Whanganui’s Seth Reardon and Buxton.

Fortunately for Yearbury, this was easily enough for him to get the job done and he could therefore celebrate winning his first national enduro championships outright. Buxton finished the series runner-up, with Reardon, Oparau’s James Scott and Taupo’s Wil Yeoman rounding out the top five.

Yearbury also added icing to his cake by claiming the over-301cc four-stroke class win. He is current and two-time winner of the parallel-but-separate New Zealand Extreme Off-Road Championships, but never the enduro nationals and that’s probably largely due to his competing overseas in past years.

With COVID putting a crimp on international travel, it’s likely we’ll see Yearbury’s name feature a little more regularly at home.

The various class winners this season were:

  • Dylan Yearbury (Husqvarna, expert over-301cc 4-stroke class);
  • Seth Reardon (Yamaha, expert under-300cc 4-stroke class);
  • Aston Grey (Yamaha, expert over-201cc 2-stroke class);
  • Wil Yeoman (Yamaha, expert under-200cc 2-stroke class);
  • Sean Clarke (Husqvarna, expert veterans over-40 years class)
  • Julia Williams (KTM, women’s class);
  • Joshua Alexander (KTM, intermediate over-201cc 2-stroke and over 301cc 4-stroke class);
  • Harrison McClintock (KTM, intermediate under-200cc 2-stroke and under 300cc 4-stroke class);
  • Phil Gibson (Husqvarna, intermediate veterans 40-49 years class);
  • George Callaghan (Yamaha, intermediate 50-54 years class);
  • Phil Skinner (Husqvarna, intermediate veterans over-55 years class).
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Bou & Fujinami share TrialGP opener victories

Repsol Honda Team rider Toni Bou became the first leader of the 2021 TrialGP World Championship after claiming victory in the Italian town of Tolmezzo. Team-mate Takahisa Fujinami finished in seventh place.

Toni Bou

Just five weeks ago Toni Bou was lying on a stretcher waiting to be operated on for a left leg fibula fracture. Today, Toni Bou was back in the competition, finishing on the highest step of the podium, having sealed the win at the 2021 Trial World Championship curtain-raiser in Italy.

Without having prepared or trained as he had wished, the Repsol Honda Team rider was nevertheless able to endure the first day of competition held in Tolmezzo (Italy). Despite suffering some discomfort on the second lap of the twelve sections, Bou went on to claim the victory by a mere point ahead of arch rival, Adam Raga.

Takahisa Fujinami, at 41 years of age, claimed victory on the second day of the Italian TrialGP. Toni Bou, runner-up, keeps hold of the overall leadership after the world championship opener.

Takahisa Fujinami

Five years have gone by since Takahisa Fujinami’s last win in Lourdes, France, in July 2016. Today, Repsol Honda Team’s Japanese rider made his return to the top step of the podium sealing victory number 34 in the Outdoor Trial World Championship.

Elevated temperatures marked the second day of the trial in the Italian town of Tolmezzo, wreaking havoc among riders in the more technical sections. Repsol Honda Team rider, Takahisa Fujinami, gradually improving throughout the day, was however, able to overcome many of the tougher sections, picking up just four marks on an extraordinary second lap to capture the final victory. With this superb result, “Fujigas” now holds third place in the overall standings, eight points behind the leader and team-mate, Toni Bou.

Takahisa Fujinami

“Yesterday, I felt comfortable on the bike, but the results didn’t materialize. In general, these last few months I have trained hard and I have felt very good with the bike. Yesterday, I did not expect to finish seventh, but the truth is that I was close to fifth and with room for improvement. What I did not expect was to be able to win today! I was looking for the win, but not 100%. I’m very happy. At 41, I don’t think anyone was expecting it, not my team, nor Toni, and I don’t think I was. It was terrific to be able to achieve it. I felt like I did in 2004, when I was 24 years old. Thank you very much to the whole team for always supporting me and helping me, this victory is a gift for all of you.”

Takahisa Fujinami wins Day 2

Despite starting the day somewhat worse for wear after Day 1’s huge victory effort, Toni Bou once again performed well and was able to finish in a more than commendable second position. The Repsol Honda Team rider leaves Italy leading the world championship.

Toni Bou

“First of all, I want to congratulate my partner Takahisa Fujinami. What he has done today at 41 has been incredible. He works a lot and does such a good job with the whole team. As for me, I am happy with the weekend in general. Today in section 6 I hurt myself a bit, I made a mistake with the line and wasn’t able to secure my foot. Even so, I got a very good result. I hope I haven’t done too much damage and hopefully I will be able to recover fully for the second round of the world championship.”

Toni Bou and Takahisa Fujinami celebrate

Laia Sanz also showed she’s lost none of her feet-up skills by winning the opening day of the Women’s Trial World Championship at the GP of Italy. Giving her all to secure victory, Laia then placed a strong second on day two to sit as joint leader of the women’s championship ahead of the second round.

Laia Sanz

“Overall, it’s been a great trial for me. It’s been so nice to be back in the trial paddock, and to win on the first day was incredible – it felt so, so good to get that result. It wasn’t easy for me with the non-stop rules, but things worked out really well. The second lap was tough, but I managed to push to the end. I found day two hard. I was already struggling physically a little at the end of the first day, and today, with the heat, I wasn’t at 100%. I made some mistakes on the first lap that really I shouldn’t have made, but I was leading, so I was happy. The second lap was hard, I dropped some extra marks, and Emma was riding well. But there are many positives from this weekend, not least the day one victory.”

Laia Sanz

Next stop for the TrialGP World Championship will be a one-day-only event in Charade, France, on July 3.

TrialGP Italy Results

Pos. Rider Nation Team Points
1 Toni BOU SPA Repsol Honda Team 37
2 Adam RAGA SPA TRRS Factory Team 32
3 Takahisa FUJINAMI JPN Repsol Honda Team 29
4 Matteo GRATTAROLA ITA Beta Factory Racing 26
5 Jeroni FAJARDO SPA Sherco Factory Team 24
6 Jaime BUSTO SPA Vertigo Factory Team 22
7 Miquel GELABERT SPA Gas Gas 18
8 Gabriel MARCELLI SPA Montesa Factory 18
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Abestone Hard Enduro next stop for World Championship

The 2021 FIM Hard Enduro World Championship looks to hit its stride for round three at the Italian Abestone Hard Enduro. Despite a difficult start to this year’s championship, due to the Covid-hit Extreme XL Lagares and subsequent cancellation of Red Bull Erzbergrodeo, the fighting spirit of Hard Enduro is very much alive as it regroups for the remainder of season.

Only four weeks out from the Abestone Hard Enduro, all eyes focus towards the Italian event. Injecting a new event into the Hard Enduro scene, taking place in the heart of the Tuscany mountains, the event is set to be both spectacular and exciting. Hard Enduro veteran Michele Bosi and his organising team are hard at work to ensure no stone is left unturned and no trail unexplored, as they work to ensure a race that will undoubtedly put Italy firmly back on the international Hard Enduro map.

With barely time to recover it’s then off to Romania and the incredible Red Bull Romaniacs for round four. An event that needs little introduction, it’s produced some iconic memories during its 17 editions to date. With organisers also planning for a marathon stage, featuring a ‘night under the stars’ for competitors, another show-stopper is on the cards.

From Romania the series heads across the pond to the USA for the Red Bull TKO. North America’s premier Hard Enduro, the Tennessee venue will be one to watch. With a wealth of American talent eager to shine on home soil, everyone will be pushing the limits to win.

Poland’s HERO Challenge in early September brings the series back to Europe for the home stretch. Staged over days there will be a real mix of Urban and Hard Enduro for riders to contend with, plus high-speed elements. The city prologue in the heart of Dabrow Górnicza is sure to become a highlight of the weekend. At a crucial stage in the championship, expect this year’s title contenders to step forward.

Spain’s Hixpania Hard Enduro plays host to the penultimate round of the series. Staged over three days, it offers a wide array of riding. From Friday’s prologue in the heart of the medieval town of Aguilar de Campoo, to Saturday’s extreme cross-country race around the shoreline of a gigantic lake and Sunday’s intense multi-lap quarry-based finale, it’s a technical masterpiece to excel at.

Ready to provide a truly memorable ending to the inaugural season of the FIM Hard Enduro World Championship is Germany’s GetzenRodeo. Arguably one of the smallest venues on the calendar, it punches way above its welterweight. As the venue of the 2019 WESS finale, the racing was electric and we’re certain it will deliver another grandstand ending to sign off 2021.

The FIM Hard Enduro World Championship continues with the Abestone Hard Enduro in Italy on July 10-11.


ProMX set for Gillman, SA return to action at Round 3

The dirt flying action will return to South Australia on July 11 when the 2021 Penrite ProMX Championship, presented by AMX Superstores, hits Gillman, following the forced postponement last month of Round 3 of the Championship.

2021 Australian ProMX

The round was scheduled for May 30 at Gillman but was postponed due to the South Australian Government’s COVID-19 border restrictions only days prior to the event.

ProMX Management Team has now advised the tentative rescheduling of the Gillman round for July 11, 2021, subject to lifting of the SA Government COVID-19 border restrictions. The team will provide confirmation that the round will go ahead no later than June 25.

If restrictions do not allow the July 11 date to occur, a secondary date of September 19 will be considered by the ProMX Management Team and MRA.

Riders and teams are advised to monitor ProMX announcements in the meantime and entries for the event will re-open soon, a further communication will be announced confirming the time.

For the fans who had already purchased tickets, they will be able to use them for entry in July. For spectators wanting to get along to Gillman tickets are available now via www.auspromx.com.au.

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Queensland to host 2021 Australian Senior Dirt Track

The 2021 Australian Senior Dirt Track Championships will fly into action September 4 and 5, at Mick Doohan Raceway, Banyo, Queensland. Originally slated to be held in Canberra, Queensland club North Brisbane Junior MCC will now host the Championships. The club is also hosting the Australian Junior Track Championships July 3 and 4.

The Senior Dirt Track Championships weekend will see Australia’s best dirt trackers fight it out to be crowned Motorcycling Australia’s Senior Dirt Track Champions. Full fields of 10 Championship classes are expected following the success of the recent Track Championships held Tamworth in NSW.

Classes of competition will include:

  • Pro 250 – 100cc to 150cc 2-stroke & 200cc to 250cc 4-stroke (MX)
  • Pro 450 – 250cc 2-stroke & 450cc 4-stroke (MX)
  • MX Open – 500cc 2-stroke & Over 300cc 4-stroke (MX)
  • 250cc Slider – Up to 250cc
  • 500cc Slider – Up to 500cc
  • Slider Open – Unlimited 460cc and over
  • Pro Open – Women Unlimited (MX)
  • Sidecar – Up to 1100cc
  • ATV Open – Up to 550cc 2-stroke & 700cc 4-stroke
  • ATV Open – Women Up to 550cc 2-stroke & 700cc 4-stroke

Jarred Brook who recently had success at Tamworth will be hoping to repeat his 2019 Australian Senior Dirt Track Championships results (the last time the Championship was held) where he clean swept the competition in the MX Open, Pro 450 and Pro Open classes.

Andrew Brook – North Brisbane Junior MCC President

“It’s an honour to host the Championships, we as a committee have worked really hard to get us in this position to hold major meetings and we are very happy that we have secured both the Junior and Senior Dirt Track Championships. We have been doing some fairly major pit extensions which are looking very professional and will be ready in time for the Championships. With the excitement of Australian titles and being so close to the Brisbane, people love to see good riders, and good fast clean action, so we certainly expect a good crowd.”


Oklahoma City OKC Mile I & II this weekend!

Images by Scott Hunter

For the first time in 2021, the full power of Progressive American Flat Track will be unleashed on a big Mile racetrack with this weekend’s Indian Motorcycle of Oklahoma City OKC Mile I & II at Remington Park in Oklahoma City on Friday, June 18 and Saturday, June 19.

Briar Bauman

Coming off of the cathartic victory of reigning two-time champion Briar Bauman at the recent Chicago Half-Mile, his title rival Jared Mees will be seriously motivated to counter with a victory (or two) of his own this weekend.

While he built his reputation largely on his Half-Mile prowess – and later his all-around game – Mees has developed into one of the sport’s all-time great Milers in recent years. Since 2016, he’s racked up an astonishing 15 Mile wins, including all three previous stops at Remington Park.

Even though title hopeful Sammy Halbert is out of action while on the mend from injury, Mees’ path to victory will be all the more difficult to negotiate considering this weekend marks the anticipated return of “Mile Master” Bryan Smith.

Jared Mees
Jared Mees

A tactical genius in high-speed drafting wars, Smith is tied with the iconic Bubba Shobert for third on the all-time Mile wins list at 25. Now picking and choosing his best races and funneling all of his focus and effort into winning those rather than the season-long grind of a championship chase, Smith could be a serious threat at the OKC Mile.

Despite the fact that the OKC Mile is one of the few Miles Smith has yet to conquer, he’s been on the podium in each of his three attempts. Given a sniff of the draft on the final lap, victory #26 could be within his grasp.

AFT Singles

Estenson Yamaha teammates Dallas Daniels and Mikey Rush are separated by just a single point atop the AFT Singles championship order thanks to their consistent excellence. Rush has yet to finish off the podium this year, while Daniels has finished no lower than fourth and holds the slight advantage thanks to his Atlanta Super TT victory.

Dallas Daniels & Max Whale
Dallas Daniels & Max Whale

Both riders are proven Mile experts – Rush in particular – so it would be a surprise if they weren’t among the lead group battling it out for the wins again this weekend.

However, all eyes will be on the class’ all-time winningest rider, Shayna Texter-Bauman. Aggressive, instinctive and intelligent, Texter-Bauman is nearly unbeatable on high-speed tracks when everything is clicking, as evidenced by her record eight-career Mile wins, including one at Remington Park. Should she up that tally to ten, Texter-Bauman would instantly reignite the title pursuit she kicked off in double-win fashion back in March at Volusia Speedway Park.

Even though he’s best known for his legendary TT and ST accomplishments, Henry Wiles was actually the best Miler in the class during last year’s abbreviated schedule with a win and runner-up at the 2020 Indy Mile. The Honda ace could use a similar result this weekend to kickstart his championship campaign.

AFT Production Twins presented by Vance & Hines

Cory Texter leads the AFT Production Twins presented by Vance & Hines field into the OKC Mile fresh off his second victory of the season at the Chicago Half-Mile.

Cory Texter
Cory Texter

The championship’s top four ranked riders – Texter, Chad Cose, Dan Bromley and Dalton Gauthier – have put themselves in that position with consistently strong performances.

Oklahoma native Danny Eslick, fresh off of a third place finish at the Chicago Half-Mile, stands confident as he prepares to line up on his home turf.

In its return, the Indian Motorcycle of Oklahoma City OKC Mile brings back with it the open paddock experience and the return of a rider autograph session to precede Opening Ceremonies both days. Chasing Neon will entertain with its eclectic mix of live party music that ranges from country to classic rock and everything in between. Additionally, the Fan Zone and vendor area will keep spectators fully fed, hydrated, and stimulated all day at the track.

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AMA 2021 ISDE Teams revealed

The American Motorcyclist Association have announced the 10 Trophy team riders selected to represent the United States at the 2021 FIM International Six Days Enduro in Italy on Aug. 30 – Sept. 4, 2021.

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Team USA win ISDE 2019 – Image by Dario Agrati

The 10 Trophy riders will compete as the U.S. World Trophy, Junior World Trophy and Women’s World Trophy teams. Every country participating in the ISDE is allowed four riders on its World Trophy Team, three riders age 23 or younger on its Junior Trophy Team, and three female riders on its Women’s team.

The U.S. World Trophy Team last won the ISDE —- the world’s largest annual off-road motorcycle competition – in 2019, giving the U.S. its second ISDE World Trophy title. The U.S. Women’s Trophy team won in 2019, as well, the first time since 2007 the Women’s Trophy team had taken the award.

The 2021 U.S. World Trophy Team includes: Johnny Girroir of Boonville, N.C., GASGAS EC 250F; Taylor Robert of Scottsdale, Ariz., KTM 450 XC-F; Layne Michael of Boonville N.C., Yamaha YZ450F; and Ryan Sipes of Ekron, Ky., GASGAS EC 300 TPI.

Antti Kallonen – U.S. ISDE Trophy Team Manager

“I’m excited to return to ISDE racing after a long, one-year break from it and our motivation is high with lots of fresh faces on our team roster this year. I’m excited to bring a new rider — Johnny Girroir — to the World Trophy team, as [Girroir] has been dominating in our national races here on a 250F. He is new to ISDE, but I have all the confidence he will perform well. With our seasoned veterans and former ISDE overall winners Taylor Robert’s and Ryan Sipes’ guidance, I have no doubt about it. I’m very excited to welcome back Layne Michael, who was part of our championship team in 2016. Since then, Layne has developed tremendously and I’m looking forward to a great performance from him as well. I’m equally excited about our all-new Junior team this year. Our former riders from the past have all aged out and we have some very fast, next-generation riders eager to step in, prove their speed and continue the title hunt in the Junior class. We have some new faces in the Women’s division as well. Brandy Richards will be returning and gunning for the overall victory together with new team member Rachel Gutish, who is no stranger to ISDE and I’m happy to welcome her back. I’m excited to bring new rider Britney Gallegos to the team and work with her and the entire team to have a successful race. I believe we have been able to form three strong teams to defend our World Trophy and Women titles and aim for a Junior title, as well.”

The 2021 U.S. Junior World Trophy Team, made up of riders age 23 and younger, includes: Cody Barnes of Sterling, Ill., Honda CRF250R; Dante Oliveira of Hollister, Calif., KTM 450 XC-F; and Austin Walton of Sparks, Nev., Husqvarna FX450.

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USA took out the Women’s competition in 2019 – Image by Dario Agrati

The 2021 U.S. Women’s World Trophy team includes: Brandy Richards of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., KTM 250 XC-F; Rachel Gutish of Terre Haute, Ind., Beta 250 RR; and Britney Gallegos of Monte Vista, Colo., Husqvarna 250FX.

Joining the 10 Trophy riders are 21 Club Team riders, who have qualified through the AMA East and West ISDE Qualifier series in the first six months of the season.

Club Team riders include:

  • Tyler Vore — Indianapolis, Ind.
  • Axel Pearson — Panaca, Nev.
  • Tanner Whipple — Colona, Ill.
  • Preston Campbell — Murrieta, Calif.
  • Travis Reynaud — Strafford, Mo.
  • Anson Maloney — Grass Valley, Calif.
  • Cade Henderson — Pacelot, S.C.
  • Josh Knight — Ogden, Utah
  • Talon Soenksen — Fife Lake, Utah
  • Anthony Ferrante — Penn Valley, Calif.
  • Nicholas Swenson — Delano, Minn.
  • Nathan Ferderer— Bend, Ore.
  • Grady Faint — Hoschton, Ga.
  • Joel Tonsgard — Arlington, Wash.
  • Brian Storrie — McKinney, Texas
  • Jayson Densley — Fairfield, Utah
  • Reid Brown — North Plains, Ore.
  • Mateo Oliveira — Hollister, Calif.
  • John Beal — Snohomish, Wash.
  • Cole Martinez — Camp Verde, Ariz.
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