such a comfortable margin, you
can just kind of relax and ride.
"I was happy with my own
performance. I think fourth is
the highest at a Six Days I've
ever placed as an individual, and
as I said, as a team, what more
could you possibly ask for?"
Indeed, how much do you
need to win by? The American
WWT team ended up trounc
-
ing the field with 37:23.58 in
hand over Australia, and France
44:05.32 behind for third. That's
three in a row for the U.S.
women, tying them with Aus
-
tralia for most Women's team
triumphs at six apiece and ready
to break that record next year in
Portugal.
nitely had my downs through
the week—I got stuck a couple
times, made a couple silly
rookie mistakes, but that's kind
of part of it. It's a really long
week out here; it's grueling, but
overall, I'm super, super happy
with how I rode and how the
team crushed it."
The veteran of the group
with 10 Six Days now under her
helmet, Gutish summarized her
week. "Boring in the best pos
-
sible way. We all had our little
incidents throughout the week—
Brandy and Korie struggled in
the one enduro test where they
got stuck; I dropped a minute in
the work area. Things happen,
for sure! But when you have
She added, "The lappers
were a little sketchy [the Mo
-
torex Women's Club riders also
raced in this heat] because they
weren't hitting the jumps. That
was a little dangerous, so I was
pretty cautious there, but the
track was absolutely epic—that
was so much fun!"
"It was [an] up-and-down
[week] for sure!" Steede said. "I
fought every day for the overall
with Brandy, which was really
cool—that was a big goal of
mine [since] she's the GOAT at
these. To be fighting with her in
the tests and for day wins and
overalls is pretty badass!
"As a team overall, we ab
-
solutely crushed them! I defi-
VOLUME ISSUE SEPTEMBER , P79
This was Gutish's
10th ISDE, helping
lift the U.S. Women's
team to its third
consecutive win.
