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OFF-ROAD 94TH FIM INTERNATIONAL SIX DAYS ENDURO NOVEMBER 11-16, 2019 PORTIMAO, PORTUGAL P46 performances, with Brandy Rich- ards nabbing several day wins but ultimately finishing second woman overall to Germany's Maria Franke. Becca Sheets and Tarah Gieger ended up sixth and eighth, respectively, at the end compared to Germany's 1-9-18 with Franke, Anne Borchers and Selina Schit- tenhelm. Great Britain returned to Six Days after skipping last year and brought a solid team (Jane Daniels, Nieve Holms and Rosie Rowett) that took third, 18:55.73 behind the Americans. Then there's the Club teams with 124 doing battle in Portugal. XC Gear's Dante Oliveira, Ricky Russell and Austin Walton led from the start and sailed away to add to the small U.S. tally of victo- ries in that division. IIIMY OWN RACE: 11 DANIEL "CHUCKY" SANDERS 2ND WORLD TROPHY/1ST E3/1ST OVERALL Daniel Sanders made it back-to-back for Australians at the top of the indi- vidual honors following Daniel Milner's winning performance last year in Chile and said, "I did [take on the role of team leader] a er the year I've had back home in Australia ba ling with Milner every weekend racing. I knew if I could beat him [at home], I could have a good shot at the overall here at the Six Days and also hope to lead the team to victory, but it's been a tough, tough week for the boys." He added, "I've finished fourth, third and second [overall previously] now so winning overall was the goal. I felt this year I was riding as good as I ever have on this bike, the Husky 501, so it's been going good. I knew this year was going to be the hardest year to win because everyone especially the top Europeans was going to be here." 20 RYAN SIPES 1ST WORLD TROPHY/ 2ND E1/6TH OVERALL A er a year spent compe ng in a greater variety of events than a profes- sional racer normally would—from supercross to extreme enduro to flat track to hillclimbs and more—Ryan Sipes insisted that it didn't detract minute, 45.34 seconds over the Aussies with Italy (Matteo Cavallo, Davide Guarneri, Rudi Moroni and Thomas Oldrati) a fairly distant third, 12:37.50 behind the winners. In the Junior World Tro- phy race, Australia (Michael Driscoll, Fraser Higlett and Lyndon Snodgrass) dominated, with the U.S. trio second by 9:13.94, thanks to some excel- lent if not always consistent performances by Grant Baylor, Ben Kelley and Josh Toth. Spain (Sergio Navarro, Marc Sanz and Pau Tomas) was a distant third, 28:49.31 behind the winning group from Down Under. Though the U.S. women started the Women's World Tro- phy competition by winning the inaugural running of the class in Chile in 2007, the class has been ruled by other countries since—France and Australia piling up every single win since with France amassing five in a row followed by Australia's six consecutive victories. But the Aussies weren't able to make it seven, due to losing first Mackenzie Tricker and then Tayla Jones. Though Jessica Gardiner kept on plugging away by herself from day four to the finish, the team was relegated to the back of the pack. Instead, the U.S. women came through with standout Daniel "Chucky" Sanders was the top E3-class and overall individual rider.