VOLUME 62 ISSUE 35 SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 P73
Josep Garcia was
close to unbeatable all
week to claim his fifth
consecutive overall
individual win.
WORLD TROPHY
Second behind France after the
first day, the Italian WT team
of Samuele Bernardini, Morgan
Lesiardo, Manolo Morettini and
Andrea Verona stepped up on
day two to take the WT lead
from France and held onto it for
the rest of the week. Sweden's
Max Ahlin, Albin Norrbin, Mikael
Persson and Axel Semb also
proved faster, moving into second
place midweek but unable to
catch the Italians and settling
for second spot, eight minutes
and 53.27 seconds behind. The
French team of Hugo Blanjoue,
Theo Espinasse, Leo Le Quere
and Julien Roussaly kept the final
podium spot, finishing 11:42.15
behind the winners, with Team
USA's Cody Barnes, Johnny Gir
-
roir, Dante Oliveira and Josh Toth
15:52.10
back after starting the
week fifth.
Individually, Girroir delivered
the best overall performance of
the week with the eighth-fastest
time, followed by JWT leader
Grant Davis, who was just five
seconds slower overall. Dante
Oliveira was the third-fastest
American rider, frustrated at not
even making it into the top 10
fastest riders of the week.
Riding with a fairly recent
broken throttle hand, Girroir was
at his best when the tests and
trials were smoothest, as shown
