U.S. Ready to Roll at 95th ISDE;
Third After Day One
A
s is the norm, the week be-
fore an event like the Inter-
national Six Days Enduro (ISDE)
is a whirlwind of activity on many
fronts, but it hasn't been quite
like this in many years.
Among the most noteworthy
headlines is that of Utah's Kobee
Knight becoming an unexpected
and very 11th-hour replacement
on the Missouri Mudders Club
team, joining Reid Brown and
A.J. Lehr.
The process actually started
last week in Idaho when Mateo
Oliveira crashed at round six of
the AMA National Grand Prix
Championship (NGPC) Series.
Slated to be on the powerful
GTBN team and expected to
fight for top Club honors (which
the U.S. won in 2019 in Portugal
with the XC Gear trio of Dante
Oliveira, Ricky Russell and Aus-
tin Walton), U.S. World Trophy
Team Manager Antti Kallonen
ultimately decided to move Nate
Ferderer from the Missouri
Mudders to GTBN.
That left the Mudders a man
short and with no shot at placing
well at the 95th ISDE.
After a flurry of phone calls,
e-mails and debate, Knight was
promoted from video-content
provider for older brother Josh
to an official ISDE entrant on
the Missouri Mudders. A lot of
effort in a short time rounded up
the necessary gear as well as a
brand-new Sherco 300 SE that
Sherco's mechanics set up on
IN
THE
WIND
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The U.S. Trophy Team is placed third
after the first day of competition at the
ISDE in Italy.
PHOTO: FUTURE7MEDIA
