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minutes, 50.77 seconds to also top the E2 category. Combined with the scores/times of his three teammates (Jaume Betray, Bernat Cortes and Marc Sans), the Spanish World Trophy team's score/time is a world-leading 2:14:43.88 which puts them 22.26 seconds ahead of Italy, last year's FIM World Trophy (WT) team winners. Italian Andrea Verona was the second-fastest individual and the best of the E1 class with his 33:14.12 followed by Sweden's Mi- kael Persson, the E3 leader after the day's racing with 33:22.54. The U.S. quartet finished the day fourth fastest, 26.10 seconds be- hind Spain, while Team United King- dom finds itself a whisker behind Italy—just 0.03 seconds behind. "I think the Spaniards are whip- ping our butts, but overall for me, it was a pretty good day," Oliveira said. "There's some pretty cool tests. I'm looking forward to finding a little more speed for tomorrow but all in all, it's one of my better starts to Six Days than in the past so I can't complain about that, but I want to win so we've got some work to do to win." Individually, he sits ninth overall after the first day. Russell is 10th overall individual, and he added, "I feel like I've got a little bit more [speed in me], but I'm just trying to keep it on two wheels and mitigate my risks out there. If I could find three, four seconds a test, I'd be super-stoked. Reaching Josep's level is out of the realm [of possibility right now]. The guy's on top of his game; he's on another planet right now." The U.S. Junior World Trophy (JWT) team is already out of the hunt. Sophomore Barnes com- pleted only one test before his bike suffered a suspected electri- cal failure that drained his battery dead. With no scores allowed to be dropped, the team is destined to finish last, though Oliveira and Walton will pursue individual glory. Italy leads the JWT standings just a minute and 32.97 seconds ahead of Finland with the United Kingdom third here as well, 2:05.01 behind Italy. America's Women's World Trophy (WWT) team provided the best result by leading over the UK and France. As she did last year, Brandy Richards led the way all day, her final score/time a stunning 37:09.13. Newcomer Korie Steede shook her early jitters to post the second-fastest time of the day for women with her 38:23.15, Jane Daniels of the U.K. third-fastest woman at 38:27.69. Canada's Shelby Turn- er was fourth for the day followed by American Rachel Gutish. "I was keeping myself feeling pretty cool and collected, feeling good [after walking the tests last week]," Steede noted. "Then we took off this morning and kind of everything hit me at once and I was like, 'Oh, this is real!' At Six Days for the first time, this is my first day and I was just kind of freaking out. Then I tried to calm myself back down and ride behind Brandy. She helped me a lot just staying calm. Finally, towards the end of the day, I started to feel much better and find a little bit of a flow." Club team standings weren't available at press time, pending ratification by the FIM jury. The fastest American Club rider turned out to be Craig DeLong of the XC Gear team, his 35:36.85 the fourth best of the day and second in C2. Teammate Kai Aielllo wasn't far behind with his 36:24.75. Mark Kariya VOLUME 59 ISSUE 35 AUGUST 30, 2022 P29 The U.S. World Trophy team promoted Dante Oliveira from the Junior ranks, and he rewarded them with the best result by an American on the first day. The U.S. Trophy Team finished day one in fourth.