OFF-ROAD
94TH FIM INTERNATIONAL SIX DAYS ENDURO
NOVEMBER 11-16, 2019
PORTIMAO, PORTUGAL
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the week, the lead was nearly 10
minutes and after the final motos,
it stood at 18:03.05.
The six other American Club
teams had a mixed bag of for-
tune, as is always the case. Gas-
Gas USA's J.T. Baker, Tyler Vore
and Trent Whisenant finished
eighth with Baker the most con-
sistent throughout the week to
earn 12th overall, the fourth-best
U.S. Club rider. Vore satisfied
himself by winning the C3 final
moto in that class's fastest time.
Mojo Motorsports (Anson
Maloney, Josh Knight and Tanner
Whipple) finished the week 12th
with Knight the best finisher at
32nd Club rider overall, 18th in C2.
But Oliveira immediately tried
matching the French star's pace
and, little by little, drew closer,
finally beating him as the top Club
team rider on day four and the
final two days, including the final
C2 moto where he beat Meo by
16.53 seconds.
Meo, however, had built
enough of a cushion earlier to
come out on top, 38.46 seconds
better than Oliveira with Russell
third in his first Six Days, another
2:26.27 back.
As a team, however, XC Gear
proved the best. From day one, it
enjoyed a 2:03.67 lead over Meo
and teammates Hugo Blanjoue
and Luc Maliges. Midway through
plan has come to perfection."
Club
With 124 teams entered in the
Club category and former World
Trophy riders and even world
champions among the competi-
tors, it's probably not fully accu-
rate to describe this as a race for
amateur or hobby riders.
Indeed, leading from the start,
Antoine Meo of the Team Lozere
AMV 4 of France is both a for-
mer WT rider and world champ,
though he's now 35, making
him nearly twice as old as Dante
Oliveira of the XC Gear squad
that included Ricky Russell and
Austin Walton.
Brandy Richards
was a major factor
in returning the
U.S. Women's
World Trophy
team to the top
step for only the
second time.
