FIN-Tastic - The 2006 ISDE
By TMX Archives on 23rd Nov 06
FINLAND claimed top honours at the 81st running of the ISDE, held in Taupo, New Zealand, last week producing a dominant Trophy team win over France and Spain.
In the Junior Trophy competition team USA claimed the top spot, placing ahead of France and Australia, while Great Britain finished in ninth overall in the Trophy class and sixth in the Junior Trophy category.
Finn Juha Salminen produced the event's best overall individual performance to top the scratch and the Enduro 1 class, while countrymen Samuli Aro and Marko Tarkkala won the Enduro 2 and Enduro 3 classes respectively to make it a clean sweep for Finland...
Finland, thanks to E1, E2 and E3 class-topping rides by Juha Salminen, Samuli Aro and Marko Tarkkala, claimed a convincing win at the 81st ISDE in Taupo, New Zealand, finishing a massive 15 hours ahead of their nearest class rivals, France, in the Trophy team competition.
Expected to be the team to beat having claimed numerous Trophy team wins in previous years, Finland's team of world enduro champions, former world enduro champions and WEC regulars proved simply too strong to be beaten and for the eighth time in ten years they finished the event as the world's strongest enduro nation.
But at the start of the 81st ISDE it was France that took an early Trophy team lead when Yamaha rider Marc Germain and KTM's Fabien Planet topped the E1 and E3 classes respectively. Things didn't stay that way for long though as Finland soon got into their stride and started opening up a convincing advantage in the Trophy team competition.
At the same time as Finland's top riders upped their pace, France started running into troubles. First, Germain was unable to repeat his day one winning performance, handicapped by being the first rider in the event, while E3 class riders Seb Guillaume and Fabien Planet both picked up injuries mid-week that hampered their performances.
Despite being unable to challenge Finland, France continued to perform well and placed ahead of Spain in the final Trophy team standings, and with the three countries expected by many to fill the first three spots doing so, last year's Trophy team winners, Italy, placed a creditable fourth having fielded a team much less experienced than they did last year in Slovakia.
With Sweden finishing in fifth, having found conditions in Taupo remarkably close to those in Scandinavia, Australia placed in sixth, helped largely by the efforts of Yamaha rider's Stefan Merriman in the E2 class and Christopher Hollis in the E1 class.
81ST INTERNATIONAL SIX DAYS ENDURO
Nov 14-19, Taupo, New Zealand
TROPHY TEAM COMPETITION:
1 Finland 9:50.59 - Mika Ahola (Honda) E2; Samuli Aro (KTM) E2; Jari Mattila (Honda) E2; Petri Pohjamo (TM) E1; Juha Salminen (KTM) E1; Marko Tarkkala (KTM) E3.
2 France 24:59.89 - Emmanuel Albepart (Honda) E2; Johnny Aubert (Yamaha) E2; David Fretigne (Yamaha) E1; Marc Germain (Yamaha) E1; Seb Guillaume (Gas Gas) E3; Fabien Planet (KTM) E3.
3 Spain 29:56.83 - Ivan Cervantes (KTM) E1; Xacob Agra (Yamaha) E2; Joan Jou (Yamaha) E2; Oriol Mena Gas Gas E3; Cristobal Guerrero (Gas Gas) E3; Xavier Galindo (KTM) E3.
4 Italy 33:15.53 - Simone Albergoni (Honda) E1; Maurizio Micheluz (Yamaha) E1; Roberto Bazzurri Husqvarna) E2; Fabrizio Dini (Yamaha) E2; Alessio Paoli (TM) E3; Alessandro Zanni (Aprilia) E3.
5 Sweden 34:01.32 - Bjorne Carlsson (Husaberg) E3; Joakim Ljunggren (Husaberg) E2; Andreas Toresson (Husaberg) E2; Daniel Persson (Husaberg) E3; Fredrik Georgsson (KTM) E1; Niklas Gustafsson ( KTM) E1.
6 Australia 34:42.04 - Damian Smith (Husqvarna) E1; 2. Glenn Kearney (Suzuki) E2; Stefan Merriman (Yamaha) E2; Anthony Roberts (Yamaha) E1; Bradley Williscroft (KTM) E3; Jake Stapleton (TM) E2.
7 New Zealand 52:29.65 - Paul Whibley (Honda) E2; Shayne King (Honda) E2; Darryl King (Yamaha) E1; Scott Columb (Suzuki) E2; Cameron Negas (Yamaha) E2; Chris Birch (KTM) E3.
8 Slovakia 1.08:23.57 - Jaroslav Katrinak (KTM) E2; Stefan Svitco (KTM) E3; Ivan Jakes (Gas Gas) E3; Radek Matoska (KTM) E2; Robert Kapajcik (Yamaha) E1; Zlatko Novosad (Gas Gas).
9 Great Britain 1.10:49.34 - Richard Hay (KTM) E1; Edward Jones (KTM) E1; Chris Hockey (Husqvarna) E2; Dylan Jones (Yamaha) E1; Andrew Edwards (KTM) E1; Euan McConnell (TM) E3.
10 USA 1.15:41.78 - Ron Schmelzle (Yamaha) E1; Fred Hoess (Gas Gas) E2; Aaron Kopp (KTM) E1; Paul Neff (KTM) E3; Eric Bailey (Gas Gas) E3; Jimmy Jarrett (Suzuki) E2.
11 Germany 1.42:23.79 - Andre Decker (KTM) E3; Dirk Peter (KTM) E1; Stefan Geyer (Suzuki) E2; Udo Grellmann (Beta) E3; Ralf Dennenmoser (Beta) E3; Mark Risse (Gas Gas) E2.
12. Belgium 1.47:49.22 - Joel Smets (Suzuki) E2; Thierry Klutz (Sherco) E2; Jean-Francois Goblet (Gas Gas) E3; Marc Fraikin (KTM) E1; Pierre Saeys (KTM) E2; Frank Lorge (KTM) E1.
13 Canada 1.52:49.94 - Patrick Beaule (KTM) E1; Shane Cuthberston (KTM) E1; Klade Glasgow (KTM) E2; Ian McKill (KTM) E2; Jamie Skinner (KTM) E1; Kelly Graffunder (KTM) E3.
14 Ireland 2.48:57.76 - Adrian Lappin (TM) E2; Vinnie Fitzsimon (Honda) E1; Chris Mathews (KTM) E2; Philip Powderly (TM) E1; Raymond Tolan (Yamaha) E1; Gordon Clarke (TM) E3.
15 Japan 2.52:01.52 - Kenji Suzuki (Yamaha) E1; Hiroli Fujiwara (Yamaha) E1; Iwao Hakata (Gas Gas) E3; Masahito Takahashi (Yamaha) E1; Yutaro Uchiyama (Yamaha) E1; Tomoyasu Ikeda (Husqvarna) E2.
16 Mexico 3.00:08.09 - Alejandro Aldana (KTM) E3; Frederico Goeters (KTM) E1; Alberto Quijano (Husqvarna) E1; Jaime Garcia (KTM) E3; Jean Paul Cortes (Yamaha) E2; Jose Luis Rubio (Husqvarna) E1.
17 Chile 7.51:18.78 - Ricardo Leon (Honda) E1; Nicolas Urrutia (Yamaha) E1; Vincente Israel (Honda) E2; Francisco Ramdohr (Honda) E3; Gabriel Benoit (Honda) E2; Josue Smith (Honda) E2.
18 Netherlands 10.49:55.4 - Amel Advokaat (Suzuki) E2; Erik Davids (KTM) E3; Erwin Plenkkenpol (KTM) E3; Ralph Hubers (Yamaha) E1; Mark Wassink (KTM) E1; Michel Visser (Yamaha) E2.
19 Greece 11.24:53.6 - Adamos Prassos (KTM) E1; Panayiotis Maniatis (Husqvarna) E2; Dimitris Kokkinos (KTM) E3; Vasileios Orfanos (Aprilia) E2; Stamatis Mantas (Husqvarna) E2; Dimitris Athanasoulpoulos (Husaberg) E2.
20 Venezuela 11.39:57.6 - Pedro Gonzalez (KTM) E3; Fernando Macia (Yamaha) E1; Raul Cutillas (KTM) E2; Rafael Eraso (KTM) E2; Rcarso Gimon (KTM) E2; Ricardo Schiappa (KTM) E2.
21 Hungary 15.28:17.1 - Tamas Boras (KTM) E1; Janos Desi (Honda) E2; Peter Katai (KTM) E2; Ivan Banga (KTM) E3; Norbert Kovacs (KTM) E2; Aros Varga (KTM) E3.
22 Poland 20.46:19.3 – Lukas Kedzierski (Honda) E2; Michal Szuster (Yamaha) E1; Lukasz Kurawski (Honda) E1; Marek Przybysz (Honda) E2; Marek Swiderski (Honda) E2; Pawel Swiderski (Honda) E3.
JUNIOR TROPHY TEAM COMPETITION
1 USA 16:27.77 - Kurt Caselli (KTM) E2; Ricky Dietrich (Kawasaki) E1; David Pearson (KTM) E3; Russell Bobbitt (KTM) E2, 2 France 24:47.55 – Marc Bourgeois (Husqvarna) E1; Julien Gauthier (Honda) E1; Julien Dubac (KTM) E1; Christophe Nambotin (Husqvarna (E3), 3 Australia 28:21.98 - Christopher Hollis (Yamaha) E1; Blake Hore (Yamaha) E2; Joshua Strang (Kawasaki) E2; Darren Lloyd (TM) E3, 4 Germany 30:34.31 - Mike Hartman (KTM) E1; Andreas Beier (KTM) E1; Bert Meyer (KTM) E3; Marcus Kehr (KTM) E3, 5 Italy 31:48.25 - Thomas Oldrati (Husqvarna) E1; Carlo Conforti (Honda) E2; Oscar Balletti (Honda) E2; Vanni Cominoto (Kawasaki) E1, 6 Great Britain 34:20.03 - Simon Wakely (Honda) E2; Daryl Bolter (Husqvarna) E2; Tom Sagar (Honda) E2; Jason Thomas (Honda) E1, 7 Finland 35:48.63 - Roni Nikander (KTM) E1; Eero Remes (Honda) E1; Valtteri Salonen (Husaberg) E3; Patrick Wikman (KTM) E1, 8 Netherlands 36:29.01 - Hans Vogels (Yamaha) E2; Erald Lammertink (Yamaha) E1; Mike Kock (Honda) E2; Jirry Van Veen (Yamaha) E1, 9 Spain 42:55.11 - Guillem Pares (Gas Gas) E1; Armand Monleon (KTM) E2; Lorenzo Santolino (KTM) E2; Lucas Puerto (KTM) E3, 10 New Zealand 51:44.27 - Michael Phillips (Kawasaki) E2; Jason Davis (KTM) E1; Karl Power (Husaberg) E2; Adrian Smith (Honda) E2, 11 Sweden – 53:40.17 - Jonas Karlsson (KTM) E2; Sebastian Adielsson (Honda) E1; Richard Wressel (Husaberg) E2; Charlie Tiresson (Gas Gas) E2, 12 Canada 1.04:11.97 - Marlon Baker (KTM) E2; Cory Graffunder (KTM) E2; Geoff Nelson (KTM) E2; Derrick Sproule (KTM) E3, 13 Chile 2.13:06.37 - Benjamn Israel (Honda) E2; Vincent Huidobro (Honda) E1; Konrad Burchardt (Honda) E2; Daniel Gouet (Honda) E1, 14 Portugal 7.09:27.06 – Goncalo Reis (KTM) E1; Antonio Maio (Yamaha) E1; Paulo Felicia (Beta) E2; Gustavo Gaudencio (KTM) E2, 15 Mexico 9.34:38.38 - Arturo Arino (KTM) E3; Roberto Swaine (Husqvarna) E2; Farid Assmar (Husqvarna) E2; Luis Mata (Husqvarna) E2, 16 Venezuela 18.59:10.2 - Dario Castellano (KTM) E2; Christoan Birarda (KTM) E1; Fabian Birarda (KTM) E3; Juan Luis Vargas (KTM).
CLUB TEAM COMPETITION: 1 Motoklub Jiretin Topservis - 28:02.38 (Jan Zaremba, Roman Michalik, Vita Kuklik), 2 MA - Macarthur MCC 1 41:19.50 (Jarrod Bewley, Ben Kearney, Mark Goggin), 3 Motoklub Jiretin Pfanner - 48:45.28 (Zdenek Gottvald, Martin Gottvald, Radek Toman), 4 Trail Riders of Houston - 53:42.60 (Cole Kirkpatrick, David Kamo, Luke McNeil), 5 Motoklub Jiretin Batex - 1.01:26.33 (Tomas Dokoupil, Martin Kuklik, Martin Malet), 6 Gota MS - 1.08:28.56 (Fritz Andersson, Andreas Rosendahl, Samuel Zetterberg), 7 GoFasters.com - 1.15:48.06 (Patrick garrahan, Brian Spearle, Daniel Janus), 8 Merced Dirt Riders - 1.19:26.32 (Jordan Brant, Eric Ducray, Sam Buffa), 9 Rodney 2 - 1.20:38.68 (Chris Power, Peter Broxholme, Renny Johnston), 10 Motorcycle Club of Wales A Team - 1.20:58.20 (Robert Jones, Rowan Jones, Tim Foreman), 11 Motorcycling Club of Wales B Team - 1.25:57.59 (Craig Bounds, Gethin Price, Jonathan Williams),... 27 Rydale MC - 2.05:19.98 (Lee Edmondson, Oliver Moyce, Michael Seward),... 29 North Riding MC - 2.17:50.20 (Luke Lusher, William Midgley, Mark Weaver),... 31 IOM Club Team - 2.34:59.91 (Ben Begbie, Andy Walton Nigel Beaumont),... 34 Witley Warriors - 3.11:19.13 (Darren Wilcock, Paul Jay, James Alldred),... 42 West of England - 3.34:18.25 (Ashley Woods, Tom Knill, Julian Crimp),... 54 St George MCC - 5.27:53.88 (James Yearley, Gavin Hockey, Andy Frost),... 62 British Armed Forces Motorcycle Association - 7.11:52.55 (Stephen Hunt, David Johns, Kevin Murray),... 90 RAF Team - 12.20:54.8 (Jason Maruszewicz, Paul Hearn, Nicholas Bartle),... 106 TORC 1 - 15.35:28.8 (Gary Ennis, Alan Graham, David McDonald)..., 108 TORC - 2:15.41:38.0 (Ciaran Hayes, Niall Stapleton),... 125 Dyfed Dirt Bike Club - 23.17:18.1 (Dylan Davies, Tom Williams, Cefin Evans),... 135 WTRA - 32.55:59.5 (Paul Kingston, Mark Gary, Gary Clarke).
MANUFACTURER CLASS: 1 KTM Factory - 1: 2:34.32 (Juha Salminen, Samuli Aro, Marko Tarkkala), 2 KTM Factory 2 - 8:08.30 (Ivan Cervantes, Kurt Caselli, Fabien Planet), 3 Yamaha UFO Course A - 8:45.85 (Stefan Merriman, Johnny Aubert, Marc Germain), 4 Honda HM 1 - 10:40.86 (Simone Albergoni, Mika Ahola, Jari Mattila), 5 Husaberg 1 - 13:08.08 (Joakim Ljunggren, Bjorne Carlsson, Valtteri Salonen), 6 TM Racing - 1: 19:43.49 (Petri Pohjamo, Jake Stapleton, Alessio Paoli), 7 Husqvarna 1 - 28:13.82 (Marc Bourgeois, Thomas Oldrati, Roberto Bazzuri), 8 Gas Gas - 29:11.51 (Cristobal Guerrero, Oriol Mena, Seb Guillaume), 9 Honda HM 2 - 29:11.53 (Eero Remes, Oscar Balletti, Carlo Conforti), 10 Yamaha UFO Course B - 29:38.22 (Maurizio Micheluz, Fabrizio Dini, Robert Kapajcik).
ENDURO 1: 1 Juha Salminen (KTM) 2.31:19.08, 2 Simone Albergoni (Honda) 2.34:16.59, 3 Ivan Cervantes (KTM) 2.34:56.99, 4 Marc Germain (Yamaha) 2.35:37.88, 5 Eero Remes (Honda) 2.36:49.19, 6 Ricky Dietrick (Kawasaki) 2.37:53.51, 7 Petri Pohjamo (TM) 2.38:23.31, 8 Maurizio Micheluz (Yamaha) 2.38:33.65, 9 Marc Bourgeois (Husqvarna) 2.38:55.28, 10 Christopher Hollis (Yamaha) 2.39.06.12, 11 Fredrik Georgsson (KTM) 2.40:03.04, 12 Niklas Gustafsson (KTM) 2.40:08.38, 13 Thomas Oldrati (Husqvarna) 2.40:17.64, 14 Anthony Roberts (Yamaha) 2.40:49.60, 15 David Fretigne (Yamaha) 2.40:59.56,... 24 Ed Jones (KTM) 2.44:59.94,... 33 Andrew Edwards (KTM) 2.48:54.85,... 40 Dylan Jones (Yamaha) 2.50:06.39,... 48 Ashley Woods (Honda) 2.52:39.93,... 53 Stephen Hunt (Yamaha) 2.54:05.29,... 59 Philip Powderly (TM) 2.57:12.08,... 67 Rowan Jones (Yamaha) 2.59:20.15,... 75 Richard Hay (KTM) 3.01.40.47,... 78 James Yearly (KTM) 3.03:18.42,... 84 Vinnie Fitsimon (Honda) 3.05:27.52, 86 Tim Foreman (Kawasaki) 3.06:03.03,... 92 David Johns (Yamaha) 3.08:37.45,... 95 Raymond Talon (Yamaha) 3.11:23.28,... 134 Ciaran Hayes (Yamaha) 4.22:21.74,... 152 Dylan Davies (Husqvarna) 6.15:04.47.
ENDURO 2: 1 Samuli Aro (KTM) 2.34:15.10, 2 Mika Ahola (Honda) 2.34:41.34, 3 Stefan Merriman (Yamaha) 2.34:51.99, 4 Kurt Caselli (KTM) 2.35:01.54, 5 Johnny Aubert (Yamaha) 2.35:19.92, 6 Shayne King (Honda) 2.37:09.75, 7 Jari Mattila (Honda) 2.38:46.87, 8 Joakim Ljunggren (Husaberg) 2.39:15.42, 9 Glenn Kearney (Suzuki) 2.39:16.27, 10 Emmanuel Albepart (Honda) 2.39:50.09, 11 Paul Whibley (Honda) 2.40:04.54, 12 Joel Smets (Suzuki) 2.40:19.11, 13 Jake Stapleton (TM) 2.40:19.11, 14 Joshua Strang (Kawasaki) 2.40:42.12, 15 Jimmy Jarrett (Suzuki) 2.40:48.89,... 23 Tom Sagar (Honda) 2.43:15.90,... 30 Si Wakely (Honda) 2.44:53.41,... 43 Chris Hockey (Husqvarna) 2.48:28.82,... 50 Robert Jones (Yamaha) 2.50:25.00,... 63 Luke Lusher (Honda) 2.55:23.01,... 77 Lee Edmondson (Husqvarna) 2.58:16.79,... 80 Craig Bounds (Gas Gas) 2.59:01.22,... 84 Gethin Price (Yamaha) 3.00:55.89,... 93 William Midgley (KTM) 3.03:48.75,... 102 Tom Knill (Gas Gas) 3.07:36.46,... 108 Adrian Lappin (TM) 3.10:01.59,... 113 Ben Begbie (Gas Gas) 3.11:30.07,... 115 Gavin Hockey (Suzuki) 3.12:13.17,... 124 Andy Walton (Gas Gas) 3.15:11.41,... 131 Chris Matthews (KTM) 3.20:37.67, 132 Oliver Moyce (Husqvarna) 3.21:34.87,... 140 Michal Seward (Husqvarna) 3.24:46.23, Paul Jay (Husqvarna) 3.43:21.14,... 165 Nigel Beaumont (Gas Gas) 3.47:36.34,... 171 James Alldred (KTM) 4.05:13.53, Jason Naruszewicz (KTM) 4.21:54.11,... 188 Paul Hearn (Honda) 5.05:28.15.
ENDURO 3: 1 Marko Tarkkala (KTM) 2.37:24.63, 2 Cristobal Guerrero (Gas Gas) 2.38:20.35, 3 Fabien Planet (KTM) 2.38:34.26, 4 Bjorne Carlsson (Husaberg) 2.39:23.02, 5 Xavier Galindo (KTM) 2.39:33.72, 6 Valtteri Salonen (Husaberg) 2.40:28.65, 7 Alessio Paoli (TM) 2.41:25.56, 8 Euan McConnell (TM) 2.41:42.03, 9 Vita Kuklik (KTM) 2.43:04.14, 10 Marcus Kehr (KTM) 2.43:20.20, 11 Christophe Nambotin (Husqvarna) 2.43:33.83, 12 Jean-Francois Goblet (Gas Gas) 2.44:29.46, 13 Daniel Persson (Husaberg) 2.44:50.91, 14 Alessandro Zanni (Aprilia) 2.45:14.84, 15 Erwin Plekkenpol (KTM) 2.45:50.55,... 48 Jonathan Williams (Gas Gas),... 70 Mark Weaver (KTM) 4.01:16.90,... 81 Gary Ennis (Gas Gas) 5.04:30.51,... 83 Julian Crimp (KTM) 5.14:26.35, 84 Alan Graham (Gas Gas) 5.28:12.65.
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX News, Friday, November 24, 2006.