Six of the best
By TMX Archives on 19th Aug 11
At the end of a challenging and incident filled week, Britain's World Junior Trophy team of Jack Rowlands, Alex Rockwell, Danny McCanney and Jonny Walker claimed a superb third place result, finishing behind France and Sweden in what was the team's first ever ISDE.
With Jonny Walker finishing in an impressive fourth overall in the Enduro 3 class and Alex Rockwell placing 13th in Enduro 2, for the other half of the squad it proved to be a demanding and frustrating event.
Disappointingly Jack Rowland was forced to retire from the event on day three with mechanical troubles while for Danny McCanney, seemingly not one day passed without the Manxman having some kind of drama.
On the very first day it looked like the British Junior team might struggle to deliver the results all knew they were capable of as Gas Gas mounted E3 class rider McCanney drowned his bike when he dived off a forest bridge and into a pond.
Thankfully, Danny was able to get his bike going again despite losing time, but came close to exiting the event once again on day four. Damaging a radiator and riding much of the day with little coolant in his engine, Danny was forced to switch to survival mode. Limping his way through the special tests, as he tried to keep his bike as cool as possible, he finished the day before completing day five with damaged cylinder head ‘0' rings.
Unable to attack any of the special tests, Danny nevertheless made it to the end of the event and played an important role in ensuring the British junior team claimed their top three finish.
Enduro 2 class rider Alex Rockwell endured a largely problem-free week. Enjoying the event like all the British Junior team riders, 'Rocky' got his head down and got on with the job in hand. With only routine maintenance to take care of he was able to attack each day and arrived at the final motocross more than happy with his week's work.
Getting a great jump out of the gate in the main Enduro 2 class motocross race on Saturday, 'Rocky' came agonisingly close to taking the holeshot only to lose his front wheel going into the first turn before getting buried beneath more than half a dozen bikes. He remounted to charge his way back through the pack and finished with a well-deserved Gold medal.
For Jonny Walker, the 86th ISDE also went extremely well with the KTM rider finishing a strong fourth in the E3 class.
Taking a few days to settle into the event, once Jonny found his feet he revelled in the sandy conditions.
FOR FULL REPORT SEE T+MX AUGUST 19
INTERNATIONAL SIX DAYS ENDURO
TEAM CLASSIFICATIONS
WORLD TROPHY CLASS
OVERALL: 1 Finland: Eero Remes (Finland) E1, Matti Seistola (Finland) Husqvarna) E1, Juha Salminen (Husqvarna) E1, Jari Mattila (KTM) E2, Valtteri Salonen (TM) E3, Marko Tarkkala (Husaberg) E3.
2 Spain: Victor Guerrero (Yamaha) E1, Mario Roman (KTM) E1, Lorenzo Santolino (KTM) E1, Cristobal Guerrero (KTM) E2, Ivan Cervantes (Gas Gas) E3, Oriol Mena (Husaberg) E3.
3 USA: Coltan Udall (Honda) E1, Destry Abbott (Kawasaki) E2, Russell Bobbitt (KTM) E2, Jimmy Jarrett (Honda) E2, Kurt Caselli (KTM) E3Nate Kanney (KTM) E3.
4 Sweden, 5 The Netherlands, 6 Germany, 7 Chile, 8 Portugal, 9 Poland.
10 Great Britain: Paul Edmondson (KTM) E1, Simon Wakely (Husaberg) E2, Tom Sagar (KTM) E2, Ashley Wood (KTM) E2, Greg Evans (KTM) E3, Jordan Rose (Husqvarna) E3.
11 Italy,12 Norway, 13 Australia, 14 Estonia,15 Switzerland,16 Iceland, 17 Belgium.
WORLD JUNIOR TROPHY CLASS
OVERALL: 1 France: Alexandre Queyreyre (Yamaha) E2, Benoit Fortunato (Yamaha) E2, Mathias Bellino (Husaberg) E2, Romain Dumontier (Yamaha) E2.
2 Sweden: Martin Sundin (Husaberg) E2, Calle Sjoo (Honda) E1, Johan Carlsson (Beta) E2, Karl Svensson (Husaberg) E3.
3 Great Britain: Jack Rowland (Husqvarna) E1, Alex Rockwell (Husaberg) E2, Jonny Walker (KTM) E3, Danny McCanney (Gas Gas) E3.
4 USA, 5 Australia, 6 Spain, 7 Italy, 8 Czech Republic, 9 Chile, 10 Germany, 11 The Netherlands, 12 Finland, 13 Switzerland, 14 Norway. Women: 1 France, 2 Finland, 3 Australia, 4 Sweden.
INDIVIDUAL CLASSIFICATIONS
ENDURO 1 CLASS: 1 Eero Remes (KTM), 2 Juha Salminen (Husqvarna), 3 Lorenzo Santolino (KTM), 4 Antti Hellsten (KTM), 5 Matti Seistola (Husqvarna), 6 Mario Roman (KTM),... 13 Paul Edmondson (KTM) Gold.
ENDURO 2 CLASS: 1 Kurt Caselli (KTM), 2 Luis Correia (Yamaha), 3 Cristobal Guerrero (KTM), 4 Toby Price (KTM), 5 Matthew Phillips (Yamaha), 6 Jari Mattila (KTM),... 13 Alex Rockwell (Husaberg) Gold,... 16 Tom Sagar (KTM) Gold,,... 26 Ashley Wood (KTM) Silver,... 30 Si Wakely (Husaberg) Silver.
ENDURO 3 CLASS: 1 Marko Tarkkala (Husaberg), 2 Ivan Cervantes (Gas Gas), 3 Valtteri Salonen (TM), 4 Jonny Walker (KTM) Gold; 5 Jonas Karlsson (KTM), 6 Karl Svensson (Husaberg) 3.39:54.50,... 21 Danny McCanney (Gas Gas) Silver.
CLUB TEAM CLASSIFICATIONS
OVERALL: 1 Husaberg-Czech, 2 Team West, 3 Wellard Club Team, 6 Wales (Lee Edmondson, Jon Hinam, Gethin Price),... 9 SACU Team Scotland (Ricky Mair, Neil Chatham, Frazer Norrie),... 25 Foyle Team Ireland (Philip Caldwell, Seamus Muldoon, Gordon Roberts),... 34 St Georges (James Giddings, Tyson Maytom-Jones, James Jackman),... 37 Army MCA (Steve Hunt, Neil Hawker, Gareth Davies).
Enduro 1 (Club): 1 Adrian Smith (Yamaha) Gold, 2 Maurizio Gerini (Husqvarna) Gold, 3 Albin Elowson (Husaberg) Gold, 4 Lee Edmondson (KTM) Gold,... 9 Neil Chatham (KTM) Gold,... 15 Ricky Mair (KTM) Silver,... 18 Steve Hunt (KTM) Silver,... 20 James Giddings (KTM) Silver.
Enduro 2 (Club): 1 Olle Lothman (KTM) Gold, 2 Karl Power (Yamaha) Gold, 3 Nicolo Mori (TM) Gold,... 23 Fraser Norrie (KTM) Silver,... 32 Phillip Caldwell (Husaberg) Bronze.
Enduro 3 (Club): 1 Michal Kadlecek (Husaberg) Gold, 2 Miko Mellin (KTM) Gold, 3 Martin Zerava (Husaberg),... 6 Jon Hinam (Husaberg) Gold,... 8 Gethin Price (KTM) Gold,... 13 James Jackman (Husaberg),... 35 Neil Hawker (KTM) Bronze,... 41 Gordon Roberts (Husaberg).
