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Day 4 - International Six Days of Enduro, Czech Republic
By- Lexy Thorogood:
Merriman remains the leader of the 125cc class, after the fourth day of racing but today didn't go as smoothly as the others for the Husqvarna 125 rider.
After a night of solid rain the trail was very wet, and it was no surprise that the special tests deteriorated rapidly. The first riders of the 125cc class had the best track and the latter riders as the track dried throughout the day.
Merriman ran into difficulties on the third test (enduro) on a steep ski hill, his clutch started to fail and he took 30 seconds to get up the hill. After an adjustment at the next service time control, Merriman was able to replace the clutch plates and continue. However Stefan said, he found it difficult to get good lines in the special tests and made many mistakes throughout the day.
Thankfully he did not lose any time at the controls and finished third behind Albergoni (1st) and Silvan (2nd) by a small margin(less than 30 secs). Actual results are not available as yet due to computer problems at the special tests.
However Merriman has more than a 3 minute lead over Silvan and a 33 minute lead over Albergoni. Thus he will remain in the lead after Day 4. Pohjamo broke down today and did not appear at the last special test.
Fellow Aussie 125 rider, Damien Smith produced some excellent test times today and finished fourth behind Stefan.
Tomorrow is the same track as Day 1 and 2, so we hope it dries out a little.
