Complete entry list of all riders in all World Trophy and Club Team categories at the 2025 FIM International Six Days of Enduro in Bergamo, Italy – Team Sweden start as favourites.

The 99th edition of the longest running offroad motorcycle race on the FIM calendar is underway with over 650 riders from 33 nations already walking the tests in Italy.

The contest for the World Trophy, Junior World Trophy and Women’s World Trophy naturally take centre stage next week, from August 24-29, but the contest for individual honours and the Club Team award will be equally fierce, given the depth of talent in the entry list below.

Garcia aiming for scratch honours but Team Sweden are favourites

Aiming for an unprecedented fifth consecutive overall win at the ISDE, Spain’s Josep Garcia starts as the rider everyone will be aiming to match. His record at this competition, plus his run of form in the EnduroGP World Championship, make him the benchmark in the tests.

His greatest challenger during three of the previous four wins has been Italy’s Andrea Verona. In 2021, the pair fought intensely for the top step of the podium at Verona’s home ISDE, with the Italian forced to settle for the runner-up result in the final moments on day six. Back on home soil four years later, the GASGAS rider will certainly want to amend that result.

Who else? Without their nearest challenger in the world championship riding for the French team, Zach Pichon, Garcia and Verona in theory have only each other to worry about for individual honours – although both will surely be concentrating on the World Trophy just as much.

Italy versus Sweden in the WWT?

The impressive Swedish men’s team is stacked and for our money are World Trophy favourites. Mikael Persson joins the all-conquering trio of Max Ahlin, Albin Norrbin and Axel Semb to make a formidable quartet which it is hard not to place as top contenders.

Team USA has a chance, as do the tight unit from France who arrive as reigning WWT holders, but the biggest challenge will naturally come from the home heroes Italy.

As with Sweden, the Italian World Trophy squad is full of podium contenders in EnduroGP and the Italian championship: Verona, Samuele Bernadini, Morgan Lesiardo and Manolo Morettini. This will be a fascinating contest between these top dogs.

Junior World Trophy wide open

With the reigning Junior World Trophy trio moving up to the senior ranks for ISDE ‘25, the JWT contest is wide open for new winners.

Team Italy will be super-strong with Alberto Elgari, Manuel Verzeroli and Kevin Cristino all carrying ingrained Bergamasche local knowledge and support equal to their speed.

But they have serious rivals from France and Australia which will make this the hottest contest of the Six Days ’25, and don’t rule out the USA Juniors.

Australia’s Kyron Bacon, Korey Macmahon and Angus Riordan are candidates with impressive pedigree back home in OZ but also in EnduroGP, US enduro and GNCC.

The French Juniors could easily be the pick of the Juniors however with three proven world championship contenders in Thibault Giraudon, Romani Dagna and Leo Joyon.  

Richards heads Women’s class

In the Women’s category, team USA’s long standing taliswoman Brandy Richards arrives in Bergamo as main contender for a repeat victory scratch overall and in the team competition. Her teammates, Rachel Gutish and Korie Steede form a formidable trio with a vast amount of experience.

Jess Gardiner lacks no experience and heads the Aussie women of Danielle Macdonald and Madison Healey. Collectively the strongest teams they will contest the overall and leave the rest to rally for the podium.

As ever we take our hats off the rank and file riders in this list below who ride away from the limelight of the World Trophy contests. Those in all the nations, categories and classes all take equal merit in contesting the ISDE for its physical, mental and mechanical challenge like no other. Good luck!

Complete ISDE 2025 Italy entry list:

The 6DAYS® Italia takes place in Bergamo, from August 24-29.

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