Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

77th International Six Days Enduro (Left) David Pearson was one of America's top riders at this year's ISDE. (Right) U.S. Club rider Paul Krause (5331 got burned by the organizer's decision to add minutes to the checks, which benefited the Trophy riders and harmed the Club riders, especially Krause who rode particularly well all week. rider Amanda Mastin who was reportedly stopped four times. "The police are just doing their job," the AMA's Hugh Fleming reasoned. "It's the organizers I blame for this. They're making the time schedule so tight that it's forcing the riders to break the speed limit." NITPICKING The U.S. Trophy team had a realistic goal - to finish in the top 10. And it was headed in the right direction following a tough day three. Rain the night before had turned the trails into muck and, in places, bike-swallowing mud holes. But the U.S. team likes this stuff and, after a promising day, was hoping to climb from 11 th to 10th, so you can only imagine the look on team boss Drew Smith's face when he saw the day's results later that night and discovered that the U.S. team was sitting in 15th place. Come to find out, two of our riders Greg Gillian and Brian Sperle - had been "excluded" from the event for what turned out to be minor rule infractions. Sperle was given the boot for filling his bike with gas with the engine still running at one of the checks, and Gillian was tossed for entering a check from the wrong direction. "Greg missed a turn arrow," Fleming said. "There were cars parked all around, probably causing him to miss arrows and the turn. When he realized he missed the turn, he saw the check [to his right] through the trees. He blined it through the trees and entered the check inside the white flags." The U.S. team filed an official protest, but to no avail. Gillian, however, was re-instated, but assessed a five-minute penalty. The next day, 24 OCTOBER 1 6, 2002' cue Gillian's bike broke, as did Tim Taber's bike, leaving the U.S. Trophy team with just three riders still running at the finish. And that's not good. The U.S. team wasn't the only team to get picked on. On day five, Australian Trophy rider Damian Smith was approached by a marshal at a check and told right there on the spot that he couldn't proceed for allegedly receiving outside assistance while he was working on his bike. Smith began arguing with the marshal and became so incensed that he reportedly decked the marshal. Smith was officially excluded from that moment on. BUT LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE • Obviously, what I have written here doesn't even scratch the surface of all of what took place at this year's n • _ s • ISDE in the Czech Republic. Every rider has some sort of story, and we'd have to dedicate every page of this issue to tell them (but if I had my way ... ). Even then, that probably wouldn't be enough. Overall, this was a good Six Days, and there were some bright spots where the U.S. team was concerned. Both Fred Hoess and David Pearson turned in some respectable times in the special tests, Jeff Fredette earned yet another ISDE medal, more than half of the 40 American riders who started this year's Six Days finished, and U.S. Club rider David Croy... oh, never mind, maybe some stories should just be left untold. eN Jablanec nad Nisau Sports Stldium Jablanec Nad Nisau, Czech Republic Results: September Z4-Z9, ZOOZ 125: 1. Stef~m Merriman (Hus); 2. Mika SlIarenkoski (Hus); 3. Petteri Silvan (Hus); 4. Roberto Blissurl (Hus); 5. Andre RlIphllel (GG); 22. Fred Hoess (Hus); 56. Jonllthen Seehorn (KTM); USA DNF: WaJlllce Palmer (Hus); Willlllm Redecky (KlIw); (Left) The police set up a table and tent in the impound area and issued warnings to the riders If they were caught on camera speeding. lAbovel Randy Mastin (287), the father of the Randy, Cody and Amanda Mastin Family R Us U.S. Club squad, was their team's only finisher. Gabriel Reos (KTM). 250 TWO-STROKE: I. Samuli Aro (Hus); 2. David Knight (Vl!Im): 3. JlIni ucksonen (GG); 4. Flibien Planet (Hus); 5. Stefano Passeri (YlIm); 28. Dlivid Pellrson (KlIw); 45. Ron Schmelzle (Yam); 49. Brian Storrie (GG); 52. Dove Wolfe (KTM); 57. Jeff Fredette (Kow); 58. Andy Stokely (KTM); 69. Eric Bailey (KTM); 70. Luke McNeil (Vom); 71. Brett Dooley (KTM); 80. John Wells (KTM); 95. Morgon Crowford (KTM); 97. Randy Mastin (KTM); 102. Lars Volin (Hon); 104. Derrick Merril (KTM); 105. Mike McCorren (Vom); USA DNF: Tim Tober (K.TM); 2. Eric Moberg (KTM); Eric Croy (KTM); Amondo Mastin (KTM); Tom Huber (GG); Ken Tomeo (KTM); Coroll Dickerson (KTM); Brian Sperle (KTM). 250 FOUR-STROKE: 1. Dovid Fretigne (Vom); 2. Marc Germajn (Yam); 3. Bartosz Oblucki (Hus); 4. Guiseppe Canova (Hus); 5. Erno Aro (Yam); 34. MlIrk Thompson (Yam); USA DNF: Greg Gillian (KTM); Lance Bross (Vom). 400 FOUR-STROKE: 1. Juho Salminen (KTM); 2. Paul Edmondson (Hus); 3. Niklas Oustafsson (KTM); 4. Morko Torkkolo (Hbg); 5. Olivier s",mofol (Hbg); 45. John Vates (KTM); 51. Chilly White (KTM); USA DNF: Andy Gulish (KTM); J.D. Hemmock (KTM); David Klein (Hbg); Cody Mlistin (KTM); Ryon Dean (Vom). 500 FOUR-STROKE: 1. Miko Ahola (Vor); 2. Anders Eriksson (Hus); 3. BJome Carlsson (Hbg); 4. Johan Boonen (KTM); 5. Karl Tiainen (KTM); 25. Poul Krause (KTM); 30. Curt Wilcox (KTM); USA DNF: Steve Underwood (KTM).

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