week, the final motocross test
on the Vasco da Gama public
beach in Sines proved the Ameri-
cans hadn't lost a step when
it came to that contest, which
physically pits riders against
each other for the first and only
time of the week. (In order to
minimize the horribly dusty
conditions that prevailed in every
test during the week, which led
to many riders losing time while
waiting in line to begin tests,
organizers separated riders at
the start by up to a minute. To
counteract the extended days
this delay tactic promised, the
days were shortened in an un-
precedented manner, especially
on the fifth day when WT/JWT/
WWT riders rode two loops for a
total of five tests while the Club
riders set off from the paddock
beginning at noon and rode a
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Toby Cleveland
avoided crashing here
on the shortened day
five, pressing on to
lead the U.S. Junior
World Trophy team to
second behind Italy.
Brandy Richards
achieved her fifth
individual Women's
victory along with
helping the U.S.
Women's World
Trophy team pick
up its seventh
championship in total
and fourth in a row.
