ISDE Day Two: France Extends Lead, USA Slips To Third

Day Two of the International Six Days Enduro on the Italian island of Sardinia ended with Team France extending its lead in the World Trophy standings, thanks mainly to France’s Antoine Meo, who won three of the six special tests on the day, while Team USA slipped to third, behind Team Australia. The following information […]

Team Australia's Daniel Milner won two of the six special tests on Day Two to help move Team Australia into second at place in the World Trophy Standings at the ISDE in Sardinia.
Team Australia’s Daniel Milner won two of the six special tests on Day Two to help move Team Australia into second at place in the World Trophy Standings at the ISDE in Sardinia.

Day Two of the International Six Days Enduro on the Italian island of Sardinia ended with Team France extending its lead in the World Trophy standings, thanks mainly to France’s Antoine Meo, who won three of the six special tests on the day, while Team USA slipped to third, behind Team Australia.

The following information is from the FIM-ISDE press office:

France's Johnny Aubert won a special test on Day Two. That, combined with solid riding by Team France and three special test wins by teammate Antoine Meo, strengthened Team France's lead in the World Trophy standings.
France’s Johnny Aubert won a special test on Day Two. That, combined with solid riding by Team France and three special test wins by teammate Antoine Meo, strengthened Team France’s lead in the World Trophy standings.

World Trophy
Antione Meo (KTM) had an excellent day, the Frenchman claiming three out of the six special tests, while Australia’s Daniel Milner (Yam) started the day with the first two special test wins to help vault his team into second place in the World Trophy standings, and Meo’s teammate Johnny Aubert (KTM) won special test number four. The three men now occupy the top of the individual leaderboard as well, with Meo leading the field and the E3 class with a time of 1 hour, 40 minutes and 50.20 seconds. Milner is second overall and leads the E2 class with a time of 1:41:01.34, and Aubert is third overall and second in E2, with a time of 1:41:33.48.

Despite slipping to third, Team USA had another solid day in Sardinia and remains very much in contention for the World Trophy, with Taylor Robert pnce again (Kaw) leading the way. Robert finished the day’s route with the third fastest time in the E2 class, behind Milner and Aubert and sits fourth overall and third in the E2 class. Charlie Mullins (KTM) finished fifth in E2 today and is fifth in the class and sixth overall. Kurt Caselli (KTM) finished ninth in E2 and is currently 10th in the class standings. Mike Brown (KTM) suffered clutch woes early in the day and was forced to make trailside repairs, which cost him precious time, but he managed to get his machine back together and remain on time to the next checkpoint by a single tick of the clock to keep Team USA in the World Trophy hunt. Brown is 11th overall but remains second in the E3 class, just under three minutes behind Meo. Zach Osborne (Hon) finished the day 11th in the E1 class and is currently eighth in the class standings.

As it stands after Day Two, Team France leads the overall standings with a combined time of 8 hours 33 minutes, 18 seconds,’ followed by Team Australia, which is 4 minutes and 56 seconds back and Team USA, which is 5 minutes and 11 seconds back. ‘

Junior World Trophy
France and Italy continue to battle at the top of the standings in the Junior World Trophy category. Led by Loic Larrieu (Hbg), who finished seventh in E2 and remains ninth overall in the individual standings, Team France leads the Junior World Trophy with a combined time of 5 hours, 15 minutes and 31 seconds. Team Italy is second 1 minute and 6 seconds behind France, while Great Britain is third, 2 minutes and 39 seconds behind France.

Women’s World Trophy

Team Australia’s women are going strong in Sardinia, with three of its riders occupying the first three spots in the Women’s standings (Jessica Gardiner 1st, Tayla Jones 2nd and Jemma Wilson 4th), with the third- and fifth-place positions currently occupied by Sweden’s Jessica Jonsson and Emelie Karlsson. As a result, Team Australia leads the Women’s World Trophy standings with a combined time of 4 hours, 4 minutes and 17 seconds, with Team Sweden in second place 3 minutes and 20 seconds down. France is third, 12 minutes and 5 seconds down. Team USA has dropped to fourth place.

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