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hind the eight ball, I'd say, from the beginning. I'm not the happi- est with my performance on the week, but you've got to live with it and improve from here." The exception was Grant Davis making his WT team debut after three years on Club and JWT teams and notching not one but two test times that topped the field—his first-ever overall test wins. Asked about his week overall at the finish of the fifth day, he declared, "It's been a good week [for me] so far with two overall test [wins] and being in the top three quite a few times, so I'm pumped on it. This is my best 6Days I've ever had—I'll take it—and [being] top American right now, which is pretty cool." But for their myriad of trials on the trails and tests of the today. I went down three or four times [in the second half of the day], and after that, it was all she wrote." Girroir added midweek, "The week's been a roller-coaster for sure! I would say we had our best day [as a team on day three]. I had a big get-off [though], and got a pretty swollen elbow, so today I was pretty sore." As the week went on, things improved a little for the team, but they mostly wondered why the months of hard work in preparation and training hadn't let them rise to the level they're accustomed to. Oliveira shared, "Shoot, I've had highs and lows [this week], but honestly, noth- ing really [happened] like crazy progression [for us as the week went on]. I was kind of just be- The U.S. brought in four very capable, experienced 6Days vet- erans: Steward Baylor Jr, Grant Davis, Johnny Girroir and Dante Oliveira. But from the outset, it was clear the Italian foursome were going to set the pace. With Verona the first day's individual winner by 29.89 seconds over Garcia, they established an early lead of a minute and 23.76 seconds over France, followed by Sweden, Great Britain and the U.S. The best the Americans could offer was Girroir's 12th for the day, with Davis 15th, Oliveira 23rd and Baylor 26th. This was clearly a concern for the Americans, with Baylor noting about the first day of his seventh 6Days, "I was actually top American in the first half Grant Davis was the fastest American at week's end, placing fourth overall individually and leading Team USA to fourth. After starting the week the best of the Americans, crashes impacted Johnny Girroir's performance, leaving him battered and sore to end 6Days 13th-fastest individual rider. OCTOBER 12-17, 2026 GRANDOLA, PORTUGAL OFF-ROAD I 100TH 6DAYS FIM ENDURO OF NATIONS P64