Aussie women second, juniors fourth as ISDE 100 ends in Portugal
Danielle McDonald was runner-up in the women's class as Australia finished second behind the USA in the Women's World Trophy at the 100th Six Days in Portugal.
By ROOST Australia desk ·
Australia's women finished second in the Women's World Trophy at the 100th FIM International Six Days Enduro, which ended with the Final Cross Test on the beach at Sines, Portugal, on Saturday 17 October.
Yamaha riders Danielle McDonald, Madi Simpson and Jess Gardiner held second from the opening day. The official final classification has them 9:23.76 behind the United States, with France more than 58 minutes further back in third and New Zealand fourth.
It was the USA's seventh Women's World Trophy win. In the FIM's final-day report, American Brandy Richards said: "To get seven victories and break the tie we had with Australia really means a lot."
McDonald was the best of the Australians in the women's individual standings, second to Richards by 5:39.63. The FIM called it a career-best result. Simpson, on her ISDE debut, finished fourth and Gardiner sixth.
The Junior World Trophy team of Will Dennett (Triumph), Kogan Lock (GASGAS) and Max Midwinter (Husqvarna) finished fourth, 11:12.05 behind Italy, who won from the United States and Spain. The trio climbed from sixth after Day 3 and finished 2:24.42 ahead of the Czech Republic in fifth.
Their Day 5 team time was quicker than those of Italy, the USA and Spain. Individually, Dennett was ninth of the Junior World Trophy riders and Lock, also on his ISDE debut, 11th, with Midwinter 23rd.
The World Trophy team's week was decided on Day 1, when Korey McMahon (KTM) was timed out with a faulty fuel pump. With his maximum time counting, Australia finished 16th of the World Trophy teams.
The other three still rode strongly. Gus Riordan (Honda) was seventh in E1 and 19th outright, and Kyron Bacon (Kawasaki) ninth in E1 and 23rd outright. Josh Strang (Beta) was sixth in E3 and 28th outright.
Up front, Italy won the World Trophy for the second year running, ahead of France and Sweden. Italy's Andrea Verona (KTM) took his first outright individual win by 41.56 seconds from Spain's Josep García (KTM), with France's Zachary Pichon (TM) third.
Six Australian club teams also made the trip. The best of them was the Dandenong Australia 2 MCC trio of Scott Noble, Marley Camp and Billy McCulloch, 15th in the Club Team Award.
Sources
- FIM 6DAYS, Day 6 final report
- Official timing (Microplus/FICR), Women's World Trophy final team classification
- Official timing (Microplus/FICR), Junior World Trophy final team classification
- Official timing (Microplus/FICR), World Trophy final team classification
- Official timing (Microplus/FICR), final overall individual classification
- AusEnduro (Motorcycling Australia), Day 1 report and photo
- AusEnduro (Motorcycling Australia), Day 4 report
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