the day over Finland and
Australia. The U.S. is 16th
of 19 with Chile, Japan
and Belgium also losing
one rider apiece.
Sweden, last year's
Junior World Trophy
Champion, has a slim
28.85-second lead over
Italy followed by France
(32.48 seconds behind
the reigning champs) and
the U.S. (53.38 seconds
back).
Of the three U.S. Juniors (for
riders under 24 years old), vet-
eran Grant Baylor put in the best
day, finishing 10th E2, perhaps
his best opening day ever de-
spite having to pass a number of
slower riders in the tests, some
of whom weren't eager to let a
faster rider pass.
Josh Toth and Layne Michael
(who replaced Sipes on the
U.S. World Trophy team at the
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2015 ISDE in Slovakia, is fifth
in E1 (125cc two-stroke/250cc
four-stroke), while Kailub Russell
sits a disappointed ninth in E2
(250cc two-stroke/450cc four-
stroke) after a series of mistakes
in the second test. French World
Trophy riders Jeremy Tarroux
and Christophe Charlier lead E1
and E2, respectively.
France established its lead im-
mediately and grew it throughout
last minute last year after Sipes
got hurt the day before flying to
Spain) put in respectable rides,
finishing the day 13th and 14th in
E1, respectively.
Led by rally and observed trials
star Laia Sanz, Spain leads the
Women's World Trophy category
over four-time reigning champion
Australia. The U.S. threesome
of Kacy Martinez-Coy, Brandy
Richards and Becca Sheets is
third, 3:05.13 behind the leader.
Though Sheets suffered a me-
chanical problem that caused her
to DNF the day, only two of the
three scores are counted so she
plans to re-impound and rejoin
the race tomorrow. Richards
enjoyed the best day, finishing
fifth in class while Martinez-Coy
was ninth.
The SRT Off-Road trio was
the best of the American teams
in the three-man Club teams
division. Unofficially dubbed
"Team Too Tall," the Ben Kelley/
Ty Tremaine/Cody Webb team
ended the day fourth out 167
behind teams from France, Italy
and Great Britain.
The FIM announced that a
50-year-old British rider, Michael
Alty, passed away while compet-
ing in the first day. According to
a release, it is suspected that
this was as the result of an acute
medical condition. Alty was
attended to immediately by the
event medical team. Despite their
best efforts to resuscitate him,
he sadly passed away at approxi-
mately 5:30 p.m. local time.
Mark Kariya
Grant Baylor leads
the U.S. Junior
World Trophy trio
performances,
finishing 10th in E2
for the day. The team
is fourth after the
first day.
The U.S. Women's World
Trophy team is third behind
Spain and Australia.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
MARK
KARIYA
