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OFF-ROAD 94TH FIM INTERNATIONAL SIX DAYS ENDURO NOVEMBER 11-16, 2019 PORTIMAO, PORTUGAL P52 Junior World Trophy The U.S. trio showed good speed from the start and would've been the team to beat had it not been for Australia's under-24 lineup. Where the Aussies shined was consistency by nearly always having at least one and sometimes two of its scoring riders post daily times within the top 10 overall. Getting a single rider into the top 10 overall at the end of each day was exceptional for the Americans and didn't happen until Grant Baylor finished day five with the third-best E2 time to put himself seventh overall in- dividually. He came within less than two seconds of doing that in the final E2 moto on day six, finishing fourth in the moto and 12th-best overall for the day. Issues earlier in the week held him to 14th overall in the final reckoning, Kelley 19th and Toth 31st. Australia thus kept the U.S. from improving on last year's runner-up finish with Baylor saying, "I can't complain with that [result]. The team gave it their all and we pushed 100 percent. We were just outdone by the Aussies. "The rest of the [U.S.] team—the women and the [WT] and the [winning] Club team—they all killed it. To say that we were part of that team that won every division except for one, that's pretty awesome, and the one division we didn't win, we were second place in so I think that's pretty great. "This year was my best personal result. On top of that, I had my best [final] moto result on day six here. I was happy with that on day six and to finish out the Six Days strong." Women's World Trophy Though Germany led the Women's World Trophy (WWT) standings after the first day, it was by a slim 5.45 seconds over a hungry and talented U.S. team which took over the category the next day by a notable 1:08.65 over the surprising Germans. From there, the American women continued build- ing on that lead and finished with a commanding margin of 8:51.21 over Germany, with Great Britain just over 10 minutes farther behind. Six-time and defending champion Australia, would not claim the prize for a seventh straight year after losing first Mackenzie Tricker and then because it's fresh. "But just to back it up [means a lot] and the team just rode so good this year! In Spain, we got a little lucky; I know some of the other teams had some issues, but here, none of the other teams had issues—we just straight up rode the best [as a team]. All four of us were really consistent, espe- cially the three scores that counted every day, we were really tight. I think we got three guys in the top seven [overall] every day which is unheard of for us, so that felt really good. "It felt amazing. Just being able to get through that final moto was such a relief, and I know every- body's stoked. It was an unreal feeling." Steward Baylor had a great day four, finishing fifth overall. At the end of the week, he claimed third in E3.