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Day 6 - International Six Days of Enduro, Czech Republic
By- Lexy Thorogood:
The Six Days of Enduro came to a close today, as the final motocross was ridden in cloudy conditions, without rain.
Stefan Merriman has won the 125cc class, despite finishing third in the final moto. The track was set on a ploughed field and after all the rain we've had it wasn't the best conditions. The wind had dried it out not too badly, but it got faster as the day went on.
The final moto was more of a special test as it wasn't very wide and weaved from left to right not leaving many places for passing. Stefan was third off the holshot and was unable to pass Finnish junior rider, Saarenoski and Italian, Bazzuri who finished first. There was limited space for passing and only 5 laps of the 3min track to race.
As Merriman had more than a 4 minute lead coming into Day 5 behind Silvan, he had no trouble securing first place over all six days in the 125cc class. Silvan finished 8th in the final moto, 31 secs behind Merriman. Samuli Aro won the 250cc 2 stroke class, Juha Salminen won the 400cc class and Mika Ahola won the 500cc class.
Unfortunately for the Australian Trophy Team we were unable to place as 125cc rider, Damien Smith was excluded at the end of Day 5 as the organisers believe he received outside assistance to change a tyre. This was not true at all, and despite efforts by our jury man, Peter Dooley, he was excluded and unable to start the final moto. As we had two riders out, we were unable to be included in the country trophy team results.
