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Madison Healey and Danielle McDonald. The next day, France (Mau- ricette Brisebard, Lorna Lafont and Justine Martel) passed Australia for the runner-up spot, with the American lead nearly doubled to over 16 minutes. Positions held for a day, though the lead continued to grow for USA—20 minutes, then 31 minutes, with Australia back into second spot, and then 35- plus minutes heading into the sixth and final day. There, at the Pista Covo MX track (beautifully watered by overnight storms then gently dried by a sunny day, defying weather forecasts), the Ameri - cans demonstrated superiority on a well-attended stage. Steede slipped past Richards early, but America's Six Days queen struck back not long after and inched away to beat Steede by just over eight seconds. Mc - Donald was third, 39 seconds behind the winner, with Gutish— always more comfortable at hard enduro than moto—classi- fied eighth among WWT riders. Naturally, that sealed both the day's win and locked up the week for the American team, which finished with a massive 37-min- ute lead over Australia and 44 minutes over third-place France. Now the owner of the five WWT teams triumphs as well as the top woman four times, Richards said, "I think this one's a little more special [consider- ing] the way I came into it [off injury and surgeries and having very little pre-race seat time]—it feels great!" position and margin of victory. They started early and they started fast, with Richards, Steede and Gutish going 1-2-3 at the end of the first day in the Motorex Women's World Trophy (WWT) category. That put them nearly seven minutes ahead of Australia's Jess Gardiner, WOMEN'S WORLD TROPHY However, all was not doom and gloom for Team USA. In fact, the U.S. trio of Rachel Gutish, Brandy Richards and Korie Steede was unquestionably the most dominant team of the week, considering both their op- AUGUST 24-29, 2025 BERGAMO, ITALY OFF-ROAD I 99TH FIM INTERNATIONAL SIX DAYS ENDURO P78 Korie Steede leads Rachel Gutish (hidden) and Brandy Richards (back). The trio led runner-up Australia by over 37 minutes at the finish.