Australia takes ISDE title - two months late
By Team TMX on 19th Nov 15
Following a massive delay , the 2015 ISDE champions are now Australia, rather than France who were awarded the win at the end of the competition.
The controversy started when eight of the top riders were disqualified from the first day of the competition due to missing a route check - alledgedly due to poor course marking. This then put the Australian team into the leading position.
However following an appeal straight after the disqualification, the French riders were allowed to continue riding and their positions re-instated on the penultimate day of the competition where they took the overall win the following day.
In protest at the decision, the Aussies briefly stood on the top steps of the podium to show they believed they had been robbed of a legitimate win, before then refusing to take the second step for the photos.
However, now a couple of months on, the FIM have upheld their original decision to disqualify the riders that missed the check, handing the win to the Australians (Matthew Phillips, Josh Green, Daniel Milner, Beau Ralston, Lachlan Stanford and Glen Kearney)
The official statement is as follows...
Following a hearing held at the FIM headquarters in Mies on November 2, the CDI Sole Judge appointed to hear the case, Mr Jan Stovicek (Czech Republic) took a decision on the merits. The operative part of the decision was notified to the parties earlier today. The reasoned decision will be issued shortly.
The CDI rejected the Appeals lodged by the Fédération Française de Motocyclisme (FFM), the Real Federación de Motociclimo (RFME) and the Auto-Cycle Union (ACU) against the decision of the International jury disqualifying eight riders who missed a Route Check. The disqualification will therefore stand.
The first place in the rankings for the FIM World Trophy therefore goes to Australia, with Italy in second place and Finland in third. Australia is therefore the FIM World Trophy team winner of the 2015 FIM International Six Days Enduro (ISDE).
The amended rankings of the FIM World Trophy of the 2015 FIM International Six Days of Enduro are attached to the present document. In its Appeal, the FFM petitioned for a stay of execution of the Decision in application of Article 4.8 of the FIM Disciplinary and Arbitration Code, which was granted by the CDI in view of the urgent nature of the matter and the exceptional circumstances of the case.
