SEPTEMBER 30-OCTOBER 5, 2013
OLBIA, SARDINIA, ITALY
OFF ROAD
P40
88TH INTERNATIONAL SIX DAYS ENDURO
Large cargo ships
provided the
backdrop at this
year's ISDE in the
coast city of Olbia
in Sardinia.
SARDINIA: The Venue
This year's ISDE was held on Sardinia, the second largest island
in the Mediterranean at 9,197
square miles, which is just slightly smaller than Sicily. It has a very
rugged and mountainous interior
with most of the population living
on the coasts.
The paddocks for the Six Days
competition were situated in the
town of Olbia, on one of its ports,
along a natural pier where large
cargo ships come in and out of
the port each day. From there,
the course reached out into the
surrounding mountains, in the
Gallura region, on some of the
numerous trails used during the
recent FIM Rally of Sardinia. During the first five days, riders cov-
ered close to 140 miles per day,
According to Kallonen, the
before finishing up with the tradi- idea was to add a bit of diversity
tional motocross test on the sixth to the lineup.
and final day at the 'Sergio Brus"I recruited Zach just for the
chi' cross park in Tempio.
pure speed," said Kallonen. "We
need pure speed. Not to comZACH OSBORNE:
pare our team to other countries,
Pulling Double Duty
but most of the World Enduro ridOne of the wrinkles that second- ers are motocrossers, and you
year team manager Antti Kal- need the pure sprint speed that
lonen threw into the mix this year comes from motocross, or pracwas the recruitment of a couple ticing motocross. Not that we will
of motocross riders to the teams. replace the entire team with moFormer GP MXer and current tocrossers, that's not the idea,
GEICO Honda SX/MX rider Zach but Zach has been very interOsborne was brought in to ride ested and motivated to race offthe E1 class on the U.S. Trophy road. He was interested last year,
Team, while another motocross- but I didn't have enough proof to
er, Rockstar Suzuki Racing's have him on the team, so I told
Ryan Sipes, was paired with the him to go race GNCC and show
well-funded Wellston Club team. that you could handle it, and he
