in front, 1:39.33 ahead of the
strong Australian women, with
Sweden third.
Team Italy tops the Club team
standings after the first day, with
GTBN (Jaden Dahners, Layton
Smail and Jhak Walker) from the
U.S. fourth, one slot ahead of
XC Gear (Cooper Jones, Hunter
Smith and Cole Whitmer).
Follow the team's progress
during the week on the Cycle
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Mark Kariya
T
he 98th NOCO FIM Interna-
tional Six Days Enduro (ISDE)
got underway before the sun
came up this morning (Monday,
October 14) in Northwest Spain.
After nearly seven and a half
hours of racing, France's depth
gave it the lead in the prestigious
World Trophy category by two
minutes and 5.81 seconds over
defending champ Team USA
with riders Cody Barnes, Johnny
Girroir, Dante Oliveira and Josh
Toth. Host country Spain is third,
2:43.96 back of the French quar
-
tet, home country hero Josep
Garcia the top individual, 8.96
seconds ahead of Great Britain's
Steve Holcombe.
Four Frenchmen fill individual
spots 3-4-5-6, with Oliveira sev-
enth despite a spill in one test,
Barnes ninth, Toth 11th, and Gir-
roir 12th.
"Overall, it was decent," Oliveira
said. "I'm not too stoked on how I
rode and how I attacked the track.
In test one, I went down in the
mud real quick, so that put a little
damper on things. I felt better on
loop two. I kind of struggled find-
ing a flow. The team's [still] driven
to take the French down!"
Sweden leads the Junior World
Trophy category over France,
with the U.S. trio of riders un-
der the age of 23 (Grant Davis,
Mateo Oliveira, and Josh Tino)
third, 1:25.47 behind the mighty
Swedes.
Defending Women's World
Trophy champion is the U.S., with
Rachel Gutish, Brandy Richards
and Ava Silvestri, and the three
women started the week off
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It was still dark at 8:31
a.m. when Dante Oliveira
(13) and Josh Toth (12)
left the start platform in
Silleda for day one at the
ISDE.
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As expected, Josep
Garcia did his home
country proud.
He leads the way
individually after the
first day.
France Leads In Spain
