The 2013 International Six Days Enduro in Sardinia, Italy maybe five months away but Australia has announced its team line up for this year’s race.
Following on from Great Britain’s triumphant success at the 2012 International Six Days Enduro in Germany, plans are already in progress for the 2013 running of the race in Sardinia, Italy...
Australia delivered a cracking result in this year's ISDE in Germany with second overall in the World Trophy team classification - but it didn't come easy. Relive the final week of September with the Aussies as they fight their way onto the podium through injury and setbacks...
Here are five things that you may not have known about this image of Gas Gas’ Danny McCanney at the ISDE in Saxony, Germany…
Husaberg won the Manufacturers Award at the 87th FIM International Six Days Enduro in Germany with Pela Renet, Mathias Bellino and Joakim Ljunggren. Here’s a few images of the guys doing their thing…
At the end of day five at the International Six Days Enduro in Germany just seconds separated Antoine Meo (KTM) from overall individual race leader Christophe Nambotin (KTM). Both comfortably ahead in their respective Enduro 1 and Enduro 3 classes, whoever recorded the fastest time in their final motocross race would secure the prestigious outright win.
During a press conference at the end of day five Antoine Meo made it perfectly clear that he was going to go for it during his final day motocross race – give his absolute all in the hope of securing his first overall ISDE win. But it wasn’t to be.
If you look closely you'll see Antoine barely made it into shot... © Edmunds / Enduro21.com
The newly crowned Enduro 1 World Champion and now three-time EWC title winner was left standing at the start of his E1 moto, forcing the Frenchman to battle his way through traffic while Mike Brown cleared off into the distance, dominating the moto.
The reason for Meo’s disastrous start? He forgot to put his bike in gear!
“I made a really stupid mistake at the start of my race,” laughed Antoine shortly after the end-of-event podium celebrations. “I was in neutral! I can’t believe I did it, but I did. I saw Mike Brown start on the inside of me, so I knew I needed to start well. I wanted to get a good jump so I selected first gear, or I thought I had. I was last off the line, all the other riders had gone. I managed to recover well in the first corner, but then I crashed. I had a great battle with Nambo’ all the week and really wanted to do try and get the overall win.”
Maybe next year in Sardinia Antoine…
Monday’s Morning Glory is enduro21’s salute to a rider that delivered the goods over the weekend. This morning Christophe Nambotin is our guy...
For the second year in a row at the International Six Days Enduro Great Britain have one again proved that they are one of the fastest Junior nations in the world. After their breakthrough podium result in Finland in 2011, they improved to second position in Germany.
Captured - We've reached the end of the 2012 International Six Days Enduro in Saxony, Germany. Here's a final look at day six of the event...
It's hard to believe but the ISDE is now over for another year. Here's day six's excellent edit from our friends at digitaloffroad.com...
