France take ISDE
By TMX Archives on 22nd Oct 09
FRANCE enjoyed Trophy Team success for the second consecutive year while Spain proved their worth to top the Junior Trophy Team competition. But for Britain it's was a bittersweet week as the 84th International Six Days Enduro ended in delight for Paul Edmondson and disappointment for David Knight
For Britain's two most successful enduro riders, this year's ISDE in Figueira de Foz was a hugely important event for two very different reasons. For David Knight it was the chance to continue his good form and bring what has largely been a difficult and disappointing season to a positive end. For Edmondson it was the chance to do something no other rider has done before – claim an amazing 16th six day gold medal.
A third consecutive dry, hot, and drama filled, ISDE, come the end of the near week-long Portuguese event it was Paul Edmondson who was celebrating, while Knight was left wandering what could have been.
Securing a record-breaking 16th gold medal result, Edmondson, like most riders, found the event anything but easy. But at least he managed to go the distance and finish with a ninth place Enduro 1 class result. For Knight an impressive Enduro 2 class winning result on day one was followed by a hugely disappointing early exit on day two.
Sitting at the top of the E2 class results, Knight's event was ended following a crash on the second day's very first special test. Determined to match his day one result, Knight parted company with his Kawasaki at speed, hitting the deep sand headfirst. Having well and truly rung his bell, David exited the test and after trying to ride on headed back to the paddock and onto hospital.
Edmondson's event ended the way he hoped it would despite the now 40-year-old finding things tough towards the end of the week. Suffering with sickness prior to the start of the fourth day, Eddy eased his pace to make sure he got to the finish.
"I'm more than pleased with the way things have gone. It's been hard on a smaller bike with the deep sand but getting my 16th gold medal makes all the hard work worth it,” commented Eddy. "Losing David from the team was a big disappointment for everyone, but that's what can happen at the six days.”
With Eddy managing a top ten Enduro 1 class result, as well as finishing as the highest placed Brit in the event, the remaining Trophy team riders all had a relatively trouble free week, despite all being surprised by just how dry and sandy the event was.
FOR FULL STORY SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009
2009 INTERNATIONAL SIX DAYS ENDUROFigueira Da Foz, PORTUGAL
TROPHY TEAM RESULTS – OVERALL
1 FRANCE – 15:44:24.5 (Julien Gauthier (Honda) E1, Rodrig Thain (TM) E2, Antoine Meo (Husqvarna) E3, Mark Bourgeois (Husqvarna) E3, Christophe Nambotin (Gas Gas) E3, Mark Germain (Yamaha) E1).
2 ITALY – 15:48:47.2 (Simone Albergoni (KTM) E1, Alessandro Botturi (KTM) E3, Oscar Baletti (Honda) E2, Alessandro Belometti (KTM) E2, Fabio Mossini (Honda) E3, Alex Salvini (Husqvarna) E3.
3 FINLAND – 16:08:00.2 (Eero Remes (KTM) E1, Juha Salminen (BMW) E2, Valtteri Salonen (Husaberg) E2, Marko Tarkkala (BMW) E3, Samuli Aro (KTM) E3, Simo Kirssi (BMW) E2).
4 AUSTRALIA – 16:08:12. 8 (Chris Hollis (Husqvarna) E1, Kirk Hutton (Yamaha) E1, Glenn Kearey (Husqvarna) E3, Stefan Merriman (Yamaha) E1, Toby Price (Kawasaki) E2, Jarrod Bewley (Yamaha) E2).
5 USA – 16:15:00.6 (Destry Abbott (Kawasaki) E2, Kurt Caselli (KTM) E3, Ricky Dietrich (Kawasaki) E2, Nathan Kanney (KTM) E3, Timmy Weigand (Honda) E1, Damon Huffman (Kawasaki) E2).
6 PORTUGAL – 16:15:24.0 (Helder Rodrigues (Yamaha) E1, Goncalo Reis (KTM) E1, Luis Correia (Yamaha) E2, Mario Patrao (Suzuki) E2, Gustavo Gaudencio (KTM) E3, Paulo Felicia (Husqvarna) E3).
7 GREAT BRITAIN – 16:32:31.2 (Paul EDMONDSON (Suzuki) E1, David KNIGHT (Kawasaki) E2, Greg EVANS (KTM) E1, Euan McCONNELL (KTM) E3, Tom SAGAR (Suzuki) E2, Si WAKELY (Husqvarna) E2).
8 HOLLAND – 16:34:11.1 (Ralph Hubers (Yamaha) E1, Amel Advokaat (KTM) E1, Jirry van Veen (Yamaha) E1, Erwin Plekkenpol (Honda) E2, Dave Elsigna (Yamaha) E2, Mark Wassink (KTM) E3).
9 POLAND – 16:49:14.4 (Lukasz Kedzierski (Yamaha) E2, Michal Szuster (Yamaha) E1, Sebastian Krywult (KTM) E3, Pawet Szymkowski (KTM) E2, Marcin Frycz (Yamaha) E1, Mateusz Bembenlik (KTM) E2).
10 GERMANY – 17:04:52.0 (Otto Freund (KTM) E1, Marco Straubel (KTM) E2, Stefan Geyer (KTM) E2, Jens Pester (Honda) E2, Marcus Kehr (KTM) E3, Derrick Goerner (Husaberg) E3).
JUNIOR TROPHY RESULTS – OVERALL
1 SPAIN – 9:48:13.8 (Victor Guerrero (Yamaha) E1, Oriol Mena (Husaberg) E3, Lorenzo Santolino (KTM) E2, Mario Ramon (KTM) E1).
2 FRANCE – 9:49:00.2 (Sebastien Bozzo (Husqvarna) E2, Benoit Fortunato (Yamaha) E2, Yannick Bossi (TM) E3, Adrien Metge (Husqvarna) E2)
3 USA – 9:52:58.6 (Russell Bobbitt (KTM) E2, David Kamo (KTM) E3, Jamie Lanza (Kawasaki) E1, Cory Buttrick (KTM) E1).
4 ITALY – 9:56:44.6 (Jonathan Manzi (Husqvarna) E2, Michael Pogna (KTM) E2, Edoardo d'Amabrosio (KTM) E2, Massiomo Mangini (Husqvarna) E1).
5 SWEDEN – 10:09:53.3 (Fredrik Berg (KTM) E1, Jonas Karlsson (KTM) E3, Martin Sundin (Husaberg) E2, Anton Nordh (KTM) E1).
6 PORTUGAL – 10:10:07.2 (Diogo Ventura (Suzuki) E1, Nuno Oliveria (Kawasaki) E2, Goncalo Bandeira (Yamaha) E1, Luis Olivera (Yamaha) E1).
7 GERMANY – 10:16:54.6 (Sepp Wiegand (KTM) E1, Edward Huebner (KTM) E2, Marco Neubert (KTM) E2, Nick Emmrich (KTM) E3).
8 CZECH REPUBLIC – 10:19:32.7 (Martin Kuklik (KTM) E1, Milan Engel (KTM) E1, Jakub Horak (KTM) E1, Jiri Bittner (KTM) E2).
9 SLOVAKIA – 10:20:00.9 (Thomas Hostinsky (KTM) E1, Marek Giertl (KTM) E1, Robert Kapajick (KTM) E2, Miroslav Sevela (Gas Gas) ).
10 ARGENTINA – 10:22:42.6 (Franco Caimi (BMW) E2, Stefano Caimi (KTM) E1, Kevin Benavidez (KTM) E3, Lucas Moreno (KTM) E3).
12 GREAT BRITAIN – 10:52:06.4 (Ollie MOYCE (Husaberg) E2, Ashley WOOD (Gas Gas) E2, Jamie PAGET (TM) E3, Lee EDMONDSON (Honda) E1).
CLUB TEAMS: 1 Haruda Team Rac Sedlcany 9:59:12.0, 2 Motoklub Jiretin-Nejelnejsipneu.cz 10:13:00.1, 3 Team Ostra Junnior 10:30:47.2, 4 DMSB 1 Adac Sachsen 10:41:44.51, 5 Motoclub Intimiano Natale Noseda 1 10:42:37.65, 6 Wales A (Dylan JONES, Andrew EDWARDS, Gethin PRICE) 10:44:53.21, 7 Team Ostra 10:50:47.77, 8 Hengelo 10:57:28.20, 9 Motoklub Jiretin-Batex 11:01:11.83, 10 Team Carter Engineering 11:08:20.78,... 23 Scotland (Derek LITTLE, Ricky MAIR, Grant SMITH) 11:57:00.19,... 29 Southern MCC Isle of Man (Michael TURNER, Russell MILLWARD, Karl GREENALL) 12:29:30.76,... 48 Southern Counties EC (Daniel HALL, Wayne PLAYER, Tyson MAYTOM-JONES) 14:10:27.89,... 53 Foyle Club (Philip CALDWELL, Gordon ROBERTS, Seamus MULDDON) 15:17:06.50,... 56 BAFMA British Army (Darren WILCOCK, Steve HUNT, Kevin MURRAY) 16:08:59.14,... 58 Wales B (David BRICK, Rheinallt DAVIES, Tim FOREMAN) 16:42:10.12, 59 St George MCC (James JACKMAN, Julien HARVEY, James YEARLEY) 16.51:52.88.
WOMEN'S TROPHY TEAM: 1 France 7.44:06.96, 2 Sweden 7:52:54.10, 3 Australia 7:58:50.44, 4 USA 8:10:34.67, 5 Finland 12:14:22.42.
ENDURO 1 CLASS: 1 Eero Remes (KTM), 2 Simone Albergoni (KTM), 3 Michal Szuster (Yamaha), 4 Fabio Mossini (Honda), 5 Chris Hollis (Husqvarna), 6 Marc Germain (Yamaha), 7 Amel Advokaat (KTM), 8 Victor Guerrero (Yamaha), 9 Paul EDMONDSON (Suzuki), 10 Ralph Hubers (Yamaha), 11 Cedric Cremer (KTM), 12 Goncalo Reis (KTM), 13 Timmy Weigand (Honda), 14 Helder Rodrigues (Yamaha), 15 Greg EVANS (KTM), 16 Kirk Hutton (Yamaha), 17 Jamie Lanza (Kawasaki), 18 Diogo Ventura (Suzuki), 19 Damon Huffman (Kawasaki), 20 Cory Buttrick (KTM).
ENDURO 2 CLASS: 1 Rodrig Thain (TM), 2 Luis Correia (Yamaha), 3 Cristobal Guerrero (Yamaha), 4 Alessandro Belometti (KTM), 5 Oscar Balletti (Honda), 6 Joakim Ljunggren (Husaberg), 7 Toby Price (Kawasaki), 8 Calle Sjoo (Husaberg), 9 Lorenzo Santolino (KTM), 10 Valtteri Salonen (Husaberg), 11 Destry Abbot (Kawasaki), 12 Jarrod Bewley (Yamaha), 13 Benoit Fortunato (Yamaha), 14 Marc Bourgeois (Husqvarna), 15 Russel Bobbit (KTM), 16 Mario Patrao (Suzuki), 17 Oskari Kantonen (KTM), 18 Sebastien Bozzo (Husqvarna), 19 Edoardo D'Ambrosio (KTM), 20 Edward Huebner (KTM),... 21 Tom SAGAR (Suzuki),... 27 Si WAKELY (Husqvarna),... 30 Ollie MOYCE (Husaberg),... 33 Ashley WOOD (Gas Gas).
ENDURO 3 CLASS: 1 Christophe Nambotin (Gas Gas), 2 Samuli Aro (KTM), 3 Antoine Meo (Husqvarna), 4 Kurt Caselli (KTM), 5 Alex Salvini (Husqvarna), 6 Alessandro Botturi (KTM), 7 Marcus Kehr (KTM), 8 Marko Tarkkala (BMW), 9 Glenn Kearney (Husqvarna), 10 Nate Kanney (KTM), 11 Mark Wassink (KTM), 12 Karl Svensson (KTM), 13 Geoffrey Braico (KTM), 14 Paulo Felicia (Husqvarna), 15 Yannick Bossi (TM) 3:20:03.04, 16 Euan McCONNELL (KTM), 17 Anders Eriksson (BMW), 18 Sebastien Krywult (KTM), 19 Kevin Benavidez (KTM), 20 Marc Sola (Gas Gas),... 30 Jamie PAGET (TM).
CLUB TEAM ENDURO 1: 1 Jan Zaremba (KTM), 2 Maurizio Gerini (KTM), 3 Lauri Salonen (KTM), 4 Fred Hoess (Kawasaki), 5 Alessandro Paparelli (Kawasaki),... 11 Dylan JONES (Yamaha), 13 Derek LITTLE (KTM) 3:37:40.73,... 14 James JACKMAN (Yamaha), 16 Steve HUNT (Yamaha),... 35 Karl Greenhall (KTM),... 67 Alan Flinter (Honda).
CLUB TEAM ENDURO 2: 1 Luca Cherunini (TM), 2 Jacob Morhed (KTM), 3 Henrick Linholm (KTM), 4 Vita Kuklik (Husaberg), 5 Michael Harper (Honda),... 18 Andrew EDWARDS (KTM),...20 Tim FORMAN (KTM),... 31 David BRICK (Yamaha), 32 Julian HARVEY (KTM),... 33 Grant SMITH (KTM),... 38 Russell MILLWARD (KTM),... 55 Matt RIDGWAY (Suzuki),... 73 Kevin MURRAY (Yamaha),... 76 Tyson MAYTOM-JONES (Husaberg), 77 Ricky Mair (KTM),... 95 Daniel Hall (Honda),... 98 Gordon Roberts (Husaberg),... 100 Philip Caldwell (Husaberg).
CLUB TEAM ENDURO 3: 1 Michal Kadlecek (TM), 2 David Cadek (KTM), 3 Rory Sullivan (Husaberg), 4 Martin Zerava (KTM), 5 Zlatko Novosad (Gas Gas),... 10 Gethin PRICE (KTM),... 30 Wayne PLAYER (KTM), 31 Michael TURNER (KTM).
TM mounted British Junior Trophy teamster Jamie Paget kicks up the dirt.