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place RPM/Mt. Baker Club team,
he earned a gold medal in his first
Six Days by finishing a strong eighth
in C2, seeing his tests get better
throughout the week.
WHERE TO?
While Portugal is officially the venue for
Six Days from October 21-26, 2019,
the host countries beyond that are the
stuff of rumors. Among those: Northern
Italy is a strong possibility for 2020 and
Mexico is interested in 2022.
Briefly...
After going to school
all week, Zach Bell
relished the chance
to turn the tables on
the enduro specialists
on the beachside
motocross track. Not
only did he win the E3
moto, he set the day's
fastest time.
curve throughout the week. He ob-
served, "I finally got the tire changes
down so now I just need to be more
consistent and figure out better lines
because the Australians, they were
ripping all weekâthey obviously had
better lines than us."
Despite all the walking done the
week before (and even the evening
before, in many cases, after racing
all day, there's nothing like riding a
test at race pace to determine how
hard you can hit each turn or ob-
stacle.
As U.S. WT member Steward Bay-
lor said after day four, "That's where I
really struggle. Our first time around
[any test], I always seem to make
mistakes that cost me, so tomorrow,
the biggest focus is nail my lines and
don't allow those mistakes to hap-
pen."
Despite several mishaps that af-
fected him, as well as teammates
Zach Bell, Ryan Sipes (who started
the week as the E1 leader and fourth
outright) and Robert, the U.S. effort
was never in real danger of los-
ing second to eventual third-place
