Spain leads ISDE 2022 after Day One | Australia P7

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Spain leads ISDE 2022 after Day One | Australia P7

2022 International Six Day Enduro – Day 1

World Trophy Team

The 96th edition of the FIM International Six Days of Enduro has kicked off, with Spain taking an early World Trophy team lead in Le Puy-En-Velay, France for Day One.

It was down to the serious business of racing for the competitors from thirty-two nations in this year’s FIM ISDE. Glorious sunshine greeted those with an early start time this morning as they left the start ramp for the first time.

Immediately setting the pace, Spain’s Josep Garcia (KTM) hit the front by setting the quickest time on the first of the day’s five special tests. The KTM rider was not hanging about today and went on to dominate all five tests.

Strong support from his teammates ensured Spain would lead the World Trophy classification by twenty-two seconds at the end of Day One.

Josep Garcia – Team Spain

“I won every test today, so it has been a great start to the week. I just tried to be smart with my riding and push at a comfortable level. I’m happy to have put a result in like that on Day One. Overall, it is brilliant to lead the World Trophy classification with Spain. We are really motivated for this and want to do our country proud.”

While Spain carved out an early lead, behind them Italy and Great Britain are separated by just fractions of a second. Italy, in second place, are just three hundredths of a second in front of Great Britain.

A further four seconds behind Great Britain are the United States in fourth. The United States figure highly in the overall individual results and will look to close that gap to Italy and Great Britain on Day Two.

Home favourites France got their FIM ISDE off to a solid start on Day One, finishing fifth overall. However, they are already one minute behind leaders Spain and will need to fight back tomorrow.

Positions sixth to tenth are a little more spread out. Bolstered by Mikael Persson (Husqvarna) ending his day in third overall, Sweden are sixth.

Steve Holcombe - Team UK — Steve Holcombe – Team UK

Australia and Belgium ended day one in seventh and eighth respectively, with Australia 3m35.31 off leaders Spain. Completing the top ten World Trophy nations are Finland and Poland.

World Trophy Team Day 1 Results

Pos	Team/Rider	Class	Times	Gap
1	TEAM SPAIN		2:14′ 43. 88	–
	SANS Marc	E3	33′ 56. 44
	BETRIU Jaume	E3	33′ 38. 95
	GARCIA Josep	E2	32′ 50. 77
	CORTES Bernat	E2	34′ 17. 72
2	TEAM ITALY		2:15′ 06. 14	+22.26
	VERONA Andrea	E1	33′ 14. 12
	OLDRATI Thomas	E1	33′ 51. 87
	SALVINI Alex	E2	34′ 09. 12
	BERNARDINI Samuele	E1	33′ 51. 03
3	TEAM UNITED KINGDOM		2:15′ 06. 17	+22.29
	HOLCOMBE Steve	E2	33′ 29. 32
	WATSON Nathan	E2	33′ 23. 73
	ETCHELLS Jed	E1	34′ 13. 41
	MCCANNEY Jamie	E1	33′ 59. 71
4	TEAM UNITED STATES		2:15′ 09. 98	+26.10
	RUSSELL Kailub	E2	33′ 40. 98
	TOTH Joshua	E2	33′ 59. 25
	MICHAEL Layne	E2	33′ 48. 92
	OLIVEIRA Dante	E2	33′ 40. 83
5	TEAM FRANCE		2:15′ 43. 81	+59.93
	DE CLERCQ Till	E1	34′ 08. 65
	CHARLIER Christophe	E2	33′ 59. 33
	BLANJOUE Hugo	E2	33′ 46. 85
	LE QUERE Leo	E3	33′ 48. 98
6	TEAM SWEDEN		2:16′ 30. 69	+1m46.81
	PERSSON Mikael	E3	33′ 22. 54
	ELOWSON Albin	E2	33′ 48. 38
	GRELSSON Joakim	E1	34′ 31. 47
	LJUNGSTROM Oskar	E2	34′ 48. 30
7	TEAM AUSTRALIA		2:18′ 19. 19	+3m35.31
	MILNER Daniel	E1	33′ 37. 11
	WATERS Todd	E2	34′ 55. 51
	GREEN Josh	E1	35′ 17. 03
	WILKSCH Andrew	E3	34′ 29. 54
8	TEAM BELGIUM		2:21′ 10. 19	+6m26.31
	WILLEMS Erik	E2	34′ 13. 10
	VANHOENACKER Dimitri	E2	36′ 38. 86
	LOUIS Tim	E3	35′ 23. 65
	DAMIAENS Dietger	E3	34′ 54. 58
9	TEAM FINLAND		2:21′ 48. 14	+7m04.26
	JUUPALUOMA Pyry	E1	35′ 31. 99
	POHJOLA Eemil	E1	35′ 15. 93
	HANNINEN Antti	E3	35′ 47. 37
	JUUPALUOMA Peetu	E1	35′ 12. 85	*
10	TEAM POLAND		2:22′ 55. 26
	KULESZO Patryk	E1	35′ 48. 60
	BABICZ Dawid	E1	35′ 43. 36
	WIECKOWSKI Maciej	E2	35′ 07. 06
	BRACIK Aleksander	E3	36′ 16. 24

E1

Australia’s Daniel Milner topped the E1 class for Day 1 on his Fantic machine, ahead of Andrea Verona and Oldrati Thomas, while Junior rider Zachary Pichon was fourth.

Other Aussies competing in the E1 class were all Yamaha mounted, with Kyron Bacon 13th, Josh Green 14th, Blake Hollis in the Junior category 33rd, and Jess Gardiner in the Women’s in 55th.

E1 Results – Top 10

Pos	Rider	Cat	Bike	Gap
1	MILNER Daniel	WT	FANTIC	–
2	VERONA Andrea	WT	GASGAS	+1.51
3	OLDRATI Thomas	WT	HONDA	+3.91
4	PICHON Zachary	JWT	SHERCO	+5.69
5	BERNARDINI Samuele	WT	HONDA	+6.11
6	ETCHELLS Jed	WT	FANTIC	+9.33
7	MCCANNEY Jamie	WT	HUSQVARNA	+10.05
8	GRELSSON Joakim	WT	KTM	+11.96
9	DE CLERCQ Till	WT	KTM	+12.91
10	OLIVEIRA Mateo	JWT	KTM	+15.22
…13	BACON Kyron	JWT	YAMAHA	+18.66
…14	GREEN Josh	WT	YAMAHA	+20.67
…33	HOLLIS Blake	JWT	YAMAHA	+36.39
…55	GARDINER Jessica	WWT	YAMAHA	+1′ 08

E2

Josep Garcia was the fastest E2 competitor, clear of Steve Holcombe and Hugo Blanjoue, with the top Australian Todd Waters in 20th, followed by Aussie Junior Korey McMahon in 25th, and Women’s riders Emelie Karlsson in 52nd and Ebony Nielsen in 58th.

E2 Results

Pos	Rider	Cat	Bike	Gap
1	GARCIA Josep	WT	KTM	–
2	HOLCOMBE Steve	WT	BETA	+5.71
3	BLANJOUE Hugo	WT	KTM	+6.57
4	OLIVEIRA Dante	WT	KTM	+8.51
5	WATSON Nathan	WT	HONDA	+8.82
6	TOTH Joshua	WT	KTM	+10.31
7	MICHAEL Layne	WT	YAMAHA	+10.98
8	RUSSELL Kailub	WT	KTM	+11.27
9	ELOWSON Albin	WT	HUSQVARNA	+15.89
10	SALVINI Alex	WT	HUSQVARNA	+15.93
…20	WATERS Todd	WT	HUSQVARNA	+29.39
…25	MCMAHON Korey	JWT	GASGAS	+38.59
…52	KARLSSON Emelie	WWT	KTM	+1’26
…58	NIELSEN Ebony	WWT	GASGAS	+1’55

E3

Mikael Persson topped the E3 class for Day One, a second and a half ahead of Jaume Betriu, with Leo Le Quere in third. Top and only Aussie in the class was Andrew Wilksch in seventh.

E3 Results

Pos	Rider	Cat	Bike	Gap
1	PERSSON Mikael	WT	HUSQVARNA	–
2	BETRIU Jaume	WT	KTM	+1.58
3	LE QUERE Leo	WT	SHERCO	+3.05
4	SANS Marc	WT	HUSQVARNA	+3.44
5	AHLIN Max	JWT	BETA	+9.59
6	FARGIER Luc	JWT	BETA	+10.19
7	WILKSCH Andrew	WT	6’40. 40	+10.42
8	LESIARDO Morgan	JWT	6’43. 42	+13.44
9	DAMIAENS Dietger	WT	6’47. 98	+18.00
10	LOUIS Tim	WT	6’49. 41	+19.43

Junior World Trophy

Defending nation Italy have shot out to an early Junior World Trophy team lead in this year’s FIM International Six Days of Enduro (ISDE), leading closest rivals Finland by over one minute and thirty-two seconds, with Great Britain in third.

Drama hit home nation France with team rider Antoine Alix (KTM) exiting the race with a mechanical issue in the opening special test. Sweden and the United States also suffered similar problems on Day One with both nations each losing a rider to drop them out of the running order.

However, at the head of the standings it was all about Italy. Collectively the trio of Morgan Lesiardo (Sherco), Enrico Rinaldi (GASGAS) and Claudio Spanu (Honda) looked impressively strong as they stretched out a comfortable lead to top the opening day of racing.

Behind them, Finland slotted into second. Great Britain sit third overall on Day One to match their position in the provisional World Trophy standings and are about thirty three seconds behind Finland.

Chile enjoyed a strong start to their week with fourth, while Czech Republic rounding out the top five.

While France’s hopes of a Junior World Trophy win ended early on Day One, Zach Pichon (Sherco) still gave them reason to cheer by finishing as the fastest Junior Trophy rider in sixth overall.

Australia’s Junior efforts were led by Kyron Bacon, with the team sitting in seventh, with Korey McMahon and Blake Hollis completing the line-up.

Junior World Trophy Results

Pos	Team/Rider	Class	Time	Gap
1	TEAM ITALY		1:44′ 45. 77	–
	LESIARDO Morgan	E3	34′ 44. 54	*
	RINALDI Enrico	E2	35′ 19. 51	*
	SPANU Claudio	E1	34′ 41. 72	*
2	TEAM FINLAND		1:46′ 18. 74	1′ 32. 97
	HALJALA Hermanni	E1	35′ 24. 31	*
	PUHAKAINEN Samuli	E1	36′ 33. 03	*
	KYTONEN Roni	E1	34′ 21. 40	*
3	TEAM UNITED KINGDOM		1:46′ 50. 78	2′ 05. 01
	GORDON Aaron	E2	35′ 31. 58	*
	WALTON Alex	E3	35′ 22. 18	*
	EDMONDSON Harry	E1	35′ 57. 02	*
4	TEAM CHILE		1:47′ 49. 44	3′ 03. 67
	DE GAVARDO Eloy	E1	36′ 37. 52	*
	CORTEZ Agustin	E1	35′ 37. 07	*
	SCHIELE Jeremias	E1	35′ 34. 85	*
5	TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC		1:48′ 09. 82	3′ 24. 05
	PITEL Zdenek	E1	35′ 54. 74	*
	SKUTA Matej	E2	36′ 04. 57	*
	KALNY Jaroslav	E3	36′ 10. 51	*
6	TEAM SPAIN		1:48′ 11. 69	3′ 25. 92
	FONTOVA Albert	E1	35′ 52. 71	*
	SANCHEZ Adria	E1	36′ 18. 46	*
	PANDO Julio	E2	36′ 00. 52	*
7	TEAM AUSTRALIA		1:48′ 34. 49	3′ 48. 72
	BACON Kyron	E1	35′ 01. 16	*
	MCMAHON Korey	E2	37′ 12. 06	*
	HOLLIS Blake	E1	36′ 21. 27	*
8	TEAM NEW ZEALAND		1:48′ 50. 35	4′ 04. 58
	SCOTT James	E1	35′ 34. 43	*
	WATTS Thomas	E1	36′ 13. 33	*
	YEOMAN Will	E1	37′ 02. 59	*
9	TEAM NETHERLANDS		1:50′ 40. 72	5′ 54. 95
	JOCHEMS Tommie	E1	36′ 31. 41	*
	BOKSLAG Mike	E2	36′ 52. 79	*
	ZOMER Marc	E1	37′ 16. 52	*
10	TEAM PORTUGAL		1:51′ 21. 33	6′ 35. 56
	CLEMENTE Tomas	E1	37′ 41. 92	*
	ROCHA Frederico	E1	36′ 58. 55	*
	SILVA Renato	E1	36′ 40. 86	*

Women’s World Trophy

Setting the benchmark United States lead the Women’s World Trophy category after Day One. Eager to make their mark in France, the United States were unstoppable. Brandy Richards (KTM) and Korie Steede (KTM) finished first and second in the individual women’s classification, and with teammate Rachel Gutish (GASGAS) close behind in sixth. USA ends Day One with a healthy three minute and fifty-five second lead over Great Britain, with France in third.

From the first of today’s five special tests, Richards was on top form. Winning the opening special test, she was never headed for the rest of the day and comfortably topped the classification by one minute and fourteen seconds.

Brandy Richards – Team USA

“It’s awesome to start off today with a team win and be first in class. You never quite know how the opening day will go, but we were determined to make the best of it. We don’t race this format of Enduro at home, so it’s rewarding to be on pace already. Let’s hope we can build on this for tomorrow!”

The fight for second was close with Steede battling hard with Great Britain’s Jane Daniels (Fantic). The duo swapped positions during the day, before Steede finally got the upper hand on the final test.

Ending Day One in third, France will be pleased with their efforts today. Multiple FIM ISDE champions Australia completes the top four, with Sweden Spain next in fifth.

Women’s World Trophy Results

Pos	Team/Rider	Class	Time	Gap
1	TEAM UNITED STATES		1:54′ 29. 46	–
	RICHARDS Brandy	E2	37′ 09. 13
	GUTISH Rachel	E2	38′ 57. 18
	STEEDE Korie	E1	38′ 23. 15
2	TEAM UNITED KINGDOM		1:58′ 24. 48	+3′ 55. 02
	DANIELS Jane	E1	38′ 27. 69
	ROWETT Rosie	E2	39′ 28. 95
	HOLMES Nieve	E2	40′ 27. 84
3	TEAM FRANCE		2:00′ 50. 82	+6′ 21. 36
	LEMOINE Marine	E2	40′ 40. 36
	CHAPLOT Elodie	E2	40′ 15. 34
	MARTEL Justine	E1	39′ 55. 12
4	TEAM AUSTRALIA		2:01′ 24. 50	+6′ 55. 04
	GARDINER Jessica	E1	39′ 17. 60
	KARLSSON Emelie	E2	40′ 15. 20
	NIELSEN Ebony	E2	41′ 51. 70
5	TEAM SPAIN		2:08′ 50. 20	+14′ 20. 74
	CALVO Julia	E2	45′ 01. 64
	BADIA Mireia	E3	38′ 39. 14
	ESTEBAN Nora	E1	45′ 09. 42
6	TEAM SWEDEN		2:12′ 58. 08	+18′ 28. 62
	BERZELIUS Hanna	E2	50′ 00. 33
	BORG NILSSON Emelie	E1	41′ 46. 89
	AKESSON Linnea	E2	41′ 10. 86
7	TEAM CANADA		2:15′ 08. 41	+20′ 38. 95
	BRODERICK Kristen	E3	45′ 27. 38
	BOUDREAU Marie-Claude	E2	50′ 55. 05
	TURNER Shelby	E2	38′ 45. 98
8	TEAM GERMANY		2:37′ 29. 06	+42′ 59. 60
	BUHMANN Samantha	E1	56′ 15. 38
	SCHLOSSER Tanja	E1	41′ 23. 34
	BORCHERS Anne	E1	59′ 50. 34