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two Italians, a Spaniard and Great Britain's
David Knight, the overall individual winner
in the 2005 ISDE held in Povaska Bystrica
in the western side of Slovakia.
That, of course, threw everything into a
tizzy. With five of six riders' scores count-
ed for World Trophy team results, France,
Spain and the U.S. plummeted to the bot-
tom with Australia taking control.
As expected, the affected countries
immediately cried foul and lodged protests
in that night's FIM jury meeting, but no de-
cision came out until the afternoon of day
five when all eight riders and their scores
were reinstated, retroactive to day three.
Briefly...
Next year's ISDE will be presented
for the first time in Los Arcos, Spain,
not far from Pamplona, at the Circui-
to de Navarra road race facility. The
dates will be October 11-16, making it
one of the few Six Days that starts on
Tuesday and ends on Sunday. The
organizers are planning on having up
to 630 riders plus an additional 100
for a special vintage class that will
run on the final two days.
Beyond 2016, there are only rumors
at this point, but France is being
talked about for 2017. Jeff Russell,
who's an integral part of the GNCCs
as well as being Kailub Russell's
dad, had meetings with several key
European officials to explore the
possibility of an ISDE in the U.S. in
the not-too-distant future and if not
that, then at least a round or two of
the Enduro World Championship.
Though Australia experienced great
success and came close to sweep-
ing all three elite categories in Slova-
kia, its future at Six Days could be in
doubt. The top Australians get some
financial assistance from their fed-
eration, Motorcycling Australia (MA),
but MA is said to be on the verge of
losing its government funding. If MA
doesn't get money, neither would
future Aussie Six Days riders, mean-
ing they'd have to foot the entire bill
themselves. (For the past few years,
U.S. World Trophy and Junior World
Trophy riders have had the major-
ity of their expenses covered by the
AMA and supplemented that with in-
dividual fundraisers.)
The last time AMA enduro legend
Randy Hawkins raced the ISDE
was 2003 in Brazil, but he showed
(Top left) Not to be
outdone by his brother,
Grant Baylor had a clean,
fast week in leading the
U.S. Juniors. (Above)
Riding his first Six Days
as a 40-year-old, ISDE
veteran Brian Garrahan
ended the week the
fastest American Club
rider. (Left) Though both
race primarily in the U.S.,
Ivan Ramirez (left) and
Eric Yorba represented
Mexico's Junior World
Trophy team in Slovakia,
the team finishing a
creditable seventh.
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