French perfection

Entering the event as one of the strongest teams, Great Britain's Junior quartet of Jamie McCanney (Husaberg), Danny McCanney (Gas Gas), Jack Rowland (Husqvarna) and Steve Holcombe (KTM) lived up to expectations as they finished third overall behind eventual champions France and runner-up Italy.

 

Although hoping to go one place better than their second place finish in 2012, the young Brits faced determined French and Italian teams. 

 

The French – led by Husaberg duo Loic Larrieu and Mathias Bellino – hit the ground running on day one. 

 

As defending champions they benefitted from a slightly better starting position, which proved vital in avoiding the dust clouds that lingered on the special tests enabling them to open up an early lead. 

 

Once out front they were never headed and marched on to successfully defend their crown. 

 

The Italians too were hungry for success and with home support behind them chased France home for second on day one. 

 

Not faltering throughout the remainder of the week – but unable to gain time on France – Italy ended their home race in second overall.

 

For the Brits, day one proved costly as dust and a change in weather caused plenty of problems. 

 

Unable to see the special tests due to the billowing clouds of dust, they were forced to play it safe. 

 

And with Jamie McCanney's bike suffering from jetting issues, they ended day one in fourth, more than a minute behind the French. 

 

From then on it was a week of catch-up. Overhauling the USA on day two, Great Britain eventually ended their week in third overall.

 

Faring best, Jamie McCanney settled into the race on day two and began to claw some valuable time back. 

 

Fourteenth on day one in the Enduro 2 class he ended day two 10th in class and moved up to 20th place in the overall classification. 

 

Now up to speed, the Manxman retained his pace for the rest of the week. Ending his race 11th in E2 and 20th overall, he also finished behind Larrieu and Bellino as the third fastest outright Junior rider.

 

Backing the Husaberg rider up, Danny McCanney was never too far behind his younger brother, despite also being hampered by dust on the opening day, 

 

Danny steadily improved on his day one result of 33rd overall to end his week inside the top 30 while placing 10th in the Enduro 3 class and finishing sixth fastest Junior rider.

 

Competing in the highly competitive Enduro 1 class, both Rowland and Holcombe acquitted themselves well. 

 

For Rowland – his third time with team GB – his week didn't go to plan. 

 

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ISDE 2013

FIM World Trophy

1 France: Jeremy Joly (Honda), Johnny Aubert (KTM), Pierre-Alexandre Renet (Husaberg), Fabien Planet (Sherco), Rodrig Thain (Gas Gas), Antoine Meo (KTM).

2 United States: Thad Duvall (Honda), Zach Osborne (Honda), Mike Brown (KTM), Kurt Caselli (KTM), Taylor Robert (Kawasaki), Charlie Mullins (KTM).

3 Italy: Simone Albergoni (Honda), Thomas Oldrati (Husaberg), Alex Salvini (Honda), Oscar Balletti (KTM), Manuel Monni (KTM), Denny Philippaerts (Beta).

4 Australia: Glenn Kearney (Husqvarna), Daniel Milner (Yamaha), Matthew Phillips (Yamaha), Joshua Strang (KTM), Josh Green (Yamaha), Chris Hollis (KTM).

5 Spain: Lorenzo Santolino (Husqvarna), Cristobal Guerrero (KTM), Victor Guerrero (KTM), Ivan Cervantes (KTM), Mario Roman (Husaberg), Oriol Mena (Husaberg).

6 GREAT BRITAIN: Jason Thomas (KTM), Lee Edmondson (Beta), Jordan Rose (TM), Tom Sagar (KTM), Jamie Lewis (Honda), Daryl Bolter (KTM).

7 Sweden, 8 Argentina, 9 Estonia, 10. Austria.

FIM Junior World Trophy

1 France: Swan Servajean (Yamaha), Loic Larrieu (Husaberg), Kevin Rohmer (Yamaha), Mathias Bellino (Husaberg).

2 Italy: Rudy Moroni (KTM), Giacomo Redondi (KTM), Nicolo Mori (Beta), Gianluca Martini (Beta).

3 GREAT BRITAIN: Steve Holcombe (KTM), Jack Rowland (Husqvarna), Jamie McCanney (Husaberg), Danny McCanney (Gas Gas).

4 USA, 5 Sweden, 6 Australia, 7 Chile, 8 Finland, 9 Czech Republic, 10 Portugal, 11 Poland.

FIM Women's World Trophy

1 Australia: Jessica Gardiner (Sherco), Tayla Jones (KTM), Jemma Wilson (Yamaha).

2 Sweden: Jessica Jonsson (Gas Gas), Emelie Karlsson (Husaberg), Sanna Bergman (Gas Gas).

3 France: Audrey Rossat (KTM), Geraldine Fournel (Husaberg), Juliette Berez (Yamaha).

4 Canada: Lexi Pechout (Fantic), Felicia Robichaud (KTM), Shelby Turner (KTM).

5 Italy: Cristina Marrocco (Yamaha), Paola Riverditi (Gas Gas), Anna Sappino (Honda).

6 United States: Rachel Gutish (KTM), Amanda Mastin (KTM), Brooke Hodges (KTM).

 

ISDE 2013

Club Team

1 Treviglio, 2 Wellard, 3 La Marca, 4 Go Fasters, 5 Lumezzane.

9 SACU Team Scotland: Richard Mair, Neil Chatham, Frazer Norrie.

20 Wales B: Shaun Buchan, Jonathan Evans, Charlie Evans.

28 St Georges: James Jackman, Rudy Austin, Jack Lee.

34 Army: Phil Cooper, Kalem Hicks, Kevin Murray.

57 Witley A: Neil Bowker, Arnaud Didey, Robert Carey.

82 Wales A: Rheinallt Davies, Mark Roberts, Carl Jones.

84 Witley 1: Robert Johnson, Daniel Alldred, Aaron Smith.

122 Isle of Man: Russell Millward, Robbie Turner, Michael Turner.

Enduro 1: 1 Cristobal Guerrero (KTM), 2 Jeremy Joly (Honda), 3 Lorenzo Santolino (Husqvarna), 4 Thomas Oldrati (Husaberg), 5 Giacomo Redondi (KTM), 6 Zach Osborne (Honda), 7 Rudy Moroni (KTM), 8 Thad Duvall (Honda), 9 Simone Albergoni (Honda), 10 Luis Oliveira (Yamaha). 13 Jack Rowland (Husqvarna), 18 Jason Thomas (KTM), 22 Steve Holcombe (KTM).

Enduro 2: 1 Daniel Milner (Yamaha), 2 Pierre Alexandre Renet (Husaberg), 3 Johnny Aubert (KTM), 4 Ivan Cervantes (KTM), 5 Taylor Robert (Kawasaki), 6 Loic Larrieu (Husaberg), 7 Josh Strang (Suzuki), 8 Charlie Mullins (KTM), 9 Kurt Caselli (KTM), 10 Alex Salvini (Honda), 11 Jamie McCanney (Husaberg), 17 Jamie Lewis (Honda), 24 Daryl Bolter (KTM), 27 Thomas Bolter (KTM), 39 Lee Edmondson (Beta).

Enduro 3: 1 Antoine Meo (KTM), 2 Mathias Bellino (Husaberg), 3 Michael Brown (KTM), 4 Chris Hollis (KTM), 5 Manuel Monni (KTM), 6 Deny Philippaerts (Beta), 7 Aigar Leok (TM), 8 Fabien Planet (Sherco), 9. Oriol Mena (Husaberg), 10 Danny McCanney (Gas Gas).

Club Enduro 1: 1 Maurizio Micheluz (Valenti), 2 Ian Blythe (KTM), 3 Jonathan Zecchin (KTM), 4 Wade Young (Husaberg), 5 Dawid Ciucci (KTM), 6 Robert Johnson (Husqvarna), 7 Fredrik Johansson (Yamaha), 8 Erik Ljungberg (Kawasaki), 9 Kevin Olsen (Kawasaki), 10 Emil Gustavsson (Husaberg)...23. Richard Mair (KTM), 35 Rheinallt Davies (KTM), 43 James Jackman (Honda), 74 Rudy Austin (Honda).

Club Enduro 2: 1 Ryan Sipes (Suzuki), 2 Edoardo D'Ambrosio (Honda), 3 Guido Conforti (KTM), 4 Alessandro Botturi (KTM), 5 Jimmy Jarrett (Kawasaki), 6 Matteo Bresolin (KTM), 7 Jens Hillgren (KTM), 8 Alex Dorsey (KTM), 9 Linus Karlsson (KTM), 10 Mattia Giulietti (Beta), 12 Kevin Murray (KTM), 14 Neil Chatham (KTM), 15 Carl Jones (KTM), 29 Kalem Hicks (KTM), 30 Jonathan Evans (KTM), 33 Shaun Buchan (KTM), 63 Michael Turner (KTM), 66 Daniel Alldred (KTM), 90 Neil Bowker (KTM), 99 Phillip Cooper (KTM).

Club Enduro 3: 1 Mirko Gritti (KTM), 2 Geoffrey Braico (KTM), 3 Nicholas Fahringer (Husaberg), 4 Vanni Cominotto (Beta), 5 Bjorn Feldt (KTM), 6 Amel Advokkat (Husbaerg), 7 Luca Politano (Husaberg), 8 Jakub Horak (Husaberg), 9 Davide Cutuli (Beta), 10 Frazer Norrie (KTM), 15 Charlie Evans (KTM), 30 Jack Lee (Beta), 41 Robert Carey (Husaberg).