honors for the eventual third-
place team. Franke spent most
of the week fending off Spain's
favorite daughter Laia Sanz, who
led the host nation's team to
runner-up, 3:48.67 behind the
Aussies' 7:57:39.29. Germany
was 14:19.79 back of Spain for
third while Team USA settled for
fourth, another 13:52.97 adrift
after Rachel Gutish DNFed on
day four with a broken engine
and banged up knee.
Motocrosser-turned-off-road
racer Tarah Geiger performed
well in her first Six Days, claim-
ing fourth-fastest among all
women, while veteran Nicole
Bradford was ninth in what she
claims will be her final ISDE.
"Motocross is a lot like you
know your line and you just
have to hit it perfect every lap.
[Enduro] is you really have to be
able to adapt and kind of go with
the flow," Geiger observed.
"I've been trying to be pretty
smart on the trail and not go
bashing down the trails but be
smart about it and take my time
to pick the better lines, thinking
about my bike."
CLUB
The Italian team Italy took con-
trol of the Club team standings
from the second day on, with
Team USA's Trail Jesters trio
of Ben Kelley, Jason Klammer
and Josh Toth moving in behind
them on day two and the Eric
Cleveland Memorial trio of Alex
Dorsey, Broc Hepler and Jimmy
Jarrett sliding into the third spot
the next day.
In the end, Italy proved
too quick as the Trail Jesters
couldn't cut into Italy's lead,
finishing 5:13.69 back of the
OFF ROAD
91ST INTERNATIONAL SIX DAYS ENDURO
OCTOBER 11-16, 2016
KARTING CIRCUITO DE NAVARRA / NAVARRA, SPAIN
P66
Fred Hoess
added yet
another
medal to his
collection, this
time a gold
in the new
Vintage class.
