As the 91st International Six Days Enduro (2016 ISDE) hit the halfway point in Navarra, Spain, today, Team USA enjoyed a day of good fortune, its various teams generally improving across the board.
The U.S. World Trophy team remained atop the standings, padding its lead over Italy by just over a minute so that the cushion is now one minute, 35.88 seconds. Spain is third, 8.89 seconds behind Italy.
Leading the way for the Americans is Taylor Robert who, in fact, leads the overall standings on an individual basis by 19.52 seconds over Australia’s Daniel Sanders.
“My day was really good,” Robert said. “I stayed off the ground all day, which was nice, especially since it was muddy conditions [today], which isn’t my forte. Luckily, I did all the [Enduro] World Championship races this year, and it rained at six of the eight races so I got a little bit of practice in! “Everybody [on the team] is still going, which we’ve got to keep that going; some guys have some bumps and bruises here [so] we’ve just got to keep things going smooth. We’ve been slowly getting a bigger gap every day so if we just keep doing that, things should go good.”
For the day, Robert prevailed by 7.73 seconds, Portugal’s Luis Correia second fastest and Sanders just 0.66 behind Correia. Fellow American Kailub Russell fared well in the muddy, misty conditions to end the day fifth fastest overall individually, Thad Duvall 19th and Layne Michael 29th.
In the Junior World Trophy standings, Team USA’s Grant Baylor, Steward Baylor and Trevor Bollinger moved up another slot and now sit in second, 1:55.60 behind Sweden, after Spain lost a rider today. Grant Baylor had the best day of the American bunch, his time the 16th fastest overall.
The U.S. Women’s World Trophy team isn’t close to defending champs Australia or the trios from Spain and Germany, but the Americans did move up to fourth today. Tarah Geiger led the way for the Americans, with Nicole Bradford edging Rachel Gutish by about a minute on the day.
Finally, the Club team standings say the Trail Jesters (Ben Kelley, Jason Klammer and Josh Toth) hold firmly onto second behind Italy, Toth the fastest Club rider overall. Kelley had a big tumble in the first test and slowed a bit with a broken clutch perch and throttle cable. Once he got those items replaced, he was back up to speed and once again among the leaders.
The Eric Cleveland Memorial trio (Alex Dorsey, Broc Hepler and Jimmy Jarrett) moved into third, 3:18.04 behind the Trail Jesters who are 5:32.89 behind Italy. The Missouri Mudders (JT Baker, Nate Ferderer and Ryan Powell) climbed back up to sixth after dropping to seventh after the second day. Tony Agonis Memorial (Kale Elworthy, Joey Fiasconaro and AJ Lehr) moved up to 10th; Michigan Offroad Events (Mike Pillar, Luke Ross and Talon Soenksen) dropped from 20th to 22nd, and the Elizabeth Scott Community trio of Senior-class riders (Dan Capparelli, Jayson Densley and Brian Storrie) found themselves jumping from 26th to 24th.
The second half of the Six Days begins tomorrow on the same loop as today, though no more rain is forecast for the week.
2016 International Six Days Enduro
Navarra, Spain
Results: October 13, 2016 (Day 3 of 6)
World Trophy Standings: 1. USA; 2. Italy; 3. Spain.
Junior World Trophy Standings: 1. Sweden; 2. USA; 3. Italy.
Women’s World Trophy: 1. Australia; 2. Spain; 3. Germany; 4. USA.
Overall: 1. Taylor Robert (USA)-KTM/1:59:39.02; 2. Daniel Sanders (AUS)-KTM/1:59:58.54; 3. Josep Garcia (ESP)-Hus/2:00:22.17; 4. Giacomo Redondi (ITA)-Hon/2:00:37.41; 5. Kailub Russell (USA)-KTM/2:00:48.01; 6. Luis Correia (PRT)-Bet/2:00:48.93; 7. Daniel McCanney (GBR)-Hus/2:01:37.06; 8. Jamie McCanney (GBR)-Yam/2:02:04.70; 9. Ivan Cervantes (ESP)-KTM/2:02:12.83; 10. Jonathan Barragan (ESP)-Gas/2:02:13.56.
Special Test 1: 1. Daniel Sanders (AUS)-KTM/10:56.18; 2. Daniel McCanney (GBR)-Hus/10:59.36; 3. Taylor Robert (USA)-KTM/11:00.27; 4. Kailub Russell (USA)-KTM/11:01.46; 5. Josep Garcia (ESP)-Hus/11:02.11; 6. Oscar Balletti (ITA)-Hon/11:02.11; 7. Victor Guerrero (ESP)-KTM/11:04.60; 8. Grant Baylor (USA)-Yam/11:05.16; 9. Luis Correia (PRT)-Bet/11:07.01; 10. Jaromir Romancik (CZE)-KTM/11:09.53… 15. Steward Baylor Jr. (USA)-KTM/11:11.81… 18. Thad DuVall (USA)-Hus/11:13.71… 21. Layne Michael (USA)-Hus/11:15.55… 28. Josh Toth (USA)-KTM/11:18.24… 50. Broc Hepler (USA)-Gas/11:36.55… 53. Trevor Bollinger (USA)-Hon/11:38.20.
Special Test 2: 1. Taylor Robert (USA)-KTM/5:12.24; 2. Luis Correia (ESP)-5:12.35; 3. Jaromir Romancik (CZE)-KTM/5:13.10; 4. Kailub Russell (USA)-KTM/5:14.93; 5. Nathan Watson (GBR)-KTM/5:15.08; 6. Josep Garcia (ESP)-Hus/5:15.40; 7. Giacomo Redondi (ITA)-KTM/5:16.82; 8. Daniel McCanney (GBR)-Hus/5:17.81; 9. Jonathan Barragan (ESP)-Gas/5:18.28; 10. Luis Oliveira (PRT)-Yam/5:18.95… 19. Thad DuVall (USA)-Hus/5:22.53… 25. Layne Michael (USA)-Hus/5:26.78… 40. Grant Baylor (USA)-Yam/5:30.64… 58. Josh Toth (USA)-KTM/5:36.03… 69. Broc Hepler (USA)-Gas/5:39.91; 70. Joey Fiasconaro (USA)-KTM/5:39.99… 74. Nate Ferder (USA)-Yam/5:41.56… 84. Steward Baylor Jr. (USA)-KTM/5:43.85… 87. Kale Elworthy (USA)-Hus/5:44.48… 105. Trevor Bollinger (USA)-Hon/5:48.22.
Special Test 3: 1. Luis Correia (PRT)-Bet/3:40.79; 2. Daniel Sanders (AUS)-KTM/3:41.25; 3. Jonathan Barragan (ESP)-Gas/3:41.53; 4. Jaromir Romancik (CZE)-KTM/3:41.54; 5. Matteo Cavallo (ITA)-Bet/3:41.94; 6. Jaume Betriu (ESP)-KTM/3:42.01; 7. Emanuele Facchetti (ITA)-KTM/3:42.26; 8. Micke Persson (SWE)-Yam/3:42.57; 9. Jamie McCanney (GBR)-Yam/3:42.69; 10. Nathan Watson (GBR)-KTM/3:43.02… 26. Taylor Robert (USA)-KTM/3:47.27… 28. Grant Baylor (USA)-Yam/3:47.80… 36. Broc Hepler (USA)-Gas/3:48.65… 38. Kailub Russell (USA)-KTM/3:48.71… 49. Thad DuVall (USA)-Hus/3:50.19… 56. Ryan Powell (USA)-KTM/3:50.66… 62. Layne Michael (USA)-Hus/3:51.23; 63. Steward Baylor Jr. (USA)-KTM/3:51.23… 80. Josh Toth (USA)-KTM/3:53.20… 82. JT Baker (USA)-Hus/3:53.33… 91. Jimmy Jarrett (USA)-KTM/3:54.50; 92. Trevor Bollinger (USA)-Hon/3:54.65.
Special Test 4: 1. Daniel McCanney (GBR)-Hus/11:26.51; 2. Taylor Robert (USA)-KTM/11:26.79; 3. Daniel Sanders (AUS)-KTM/11:32.34; 4. Luis Correia (PRT)-Bet/11:35.33; 5. Giacomo Redondi (ITA)-Hon/11:36.33; 6. Jamie McCanney (GBR)-Yam/11:41.65; 7. Kailub Russell (USA)-KTM/11:41.81; 8. Josep Garcia (ESP)-Hus/11:45.33; 9. Victor Guerrero (ESP)-KTM/11:47.49; 10. Ivan Cervantes (ESP)-KTM/11:52.53; 11. Steward Baylor Jr. (USA)-KTM/11:57.78; 12. Grant Baylor (USA)-Yam/11:59.13… 19. Thad DuVall (USA)-Hus/12:06.57… 28. Josh Toth (USA)-KTM/12:22.90… 31. Layne Michael (USA)-Hus/12:26.20… 42. Trevor Bollinger (USA)-Hon/12:39.20.
Special Test 5: 1. Luis Correia (PRT)-Bet/5:31.22; 2. Taylor Robert (USA)-KTM/5:31.79; 3. Jaromir Romancik (CZE)-KTM/5:32.75; 4. Luis Oliveira (PRT)-Yam/5:34.66; 5. Daniel Sanders (AUS)-KTM/5:35.61; 6. Nathan Watson (GBR)-KTM/5:38.21; 7. Pascal Rauchenecker (AUT)-Hus/5:38.41; 8. Jamie McCanney (GBR)-Yam/5:38.97; 9. Jonathan Barragan (ESP)-Gas/5:39.10; 10. Jaume Betriu (ESP)-KTM/5:39.92… 16. Josh Toth (USA)-KTM/5:41.79… 32. Thad DuVall (USA)-Hus/5:46.92… 41. Grant Baylor (USA)-Yam/5:49.92… 49. Kailub Russell (USA)-KTM/5:52.29… Nate Ferderer (USA)-Yam/5:52.46… 56. Layne Michael (USA)-Hus/5:53.67… 62. Joey Fiasconaro (USA)-KTM/5:55.23… 64. Trevor Bollinger (USA)-Hon/5:55.38… 71. Kale Elworthy (USA)-Hus/5:56.88… 83. Alex Dorsey (USA)-KTM/6:01.16… 89. Ben Kelley (USA)-KTM/6:03.32… 93. Steward Baylor Jr. (USA)-KTM/6:06.00.
Special Test 6: 1. Jonathan Barragan (ESP)-Gas/3:32.58; 2. Jamie McCanney (GBR)-Yam/3:34.73; 3. Luis Correia (PRT)-Bet/3:34.80; 4. Taylor Robert (USA)-KTM/3:36.05; 5. Kailub Russell (USA)-KTM/3:36.05; 6. Victor Guerrero (ESP)-KTM/3:36.76; 7. Josep Garcia (ESP)-Hus/3:36.84; 8. Jaromir Romancik (CZE)-KTM/3:37.08; 9. Daniel Sanders (AUS)-KTM/3:37.30; 10. Albin Elowson (SWE)-Hus/3:37.84… 14. Grant Baylor (USA)-Yam/3:39.36… 21. Thad DuVall (USA)-Hus/3:40.70… 40. Broc Hepler (USA)-Gas/3:44.54… 45. Ben Kelley (USA)-KTM/3:45.45; 46. Trevor Bollinger (USA)-Hon/3:45.55… 83. Alex Dorsey (USA)-KTM/3:53.07; 84. Nate Ferderer (USA)-Yam/3:53.15… 92. JT Baker (USA)-Hus/3:54.56… 96. Josh Toth (USA)-KTM/3:54.97; 97. Ryan Powell (USA)-KTM/3:55.00… 120. Joey Fiasconara (USA)-KTM/3:58.40… 132. Kale Elworthy (USA)-Hus/4:00.81… 142. Steward Baylor Jr. (USA)-KTM/4:02.68.
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