Day 2: Australians Up to 2nd
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www.fullnoise.com Enduro News By: Aaryn Minerds
Australian ISDE
Slides Up Into 2nd Place After Day Two. Junior Trophy
team slip to 6th while our Women extend their lead.
Click here for Day 2 Highlights
Daniel Milner for
the second day straight has lead the charge for the Australian International
Six Day team, with our Trophy team making the move from third to second place
after another strong team effort.
Milner
once again opened the day winning the opening two stages of the day and was on
track to claiming the day's overall win until he lost 18 seconds to Antoine
Meo in
the final stage after a crash to finish 16 second behind the world champion.
Josh Strang and Chis
Hollis also had a strong day, finishing 8th and 9th
respectively in the Trophy standings. Josh Green, Matthew Phillips and Glenn
kerney ensured the Aussies moved up the rankings
finishing in 22nd, 23rd and 24th respectively for the day.
The
team effort now has the team just over five minutes behind the leading French
team and 15 seconds in front of the United States in third.
Tom McCormack had
another solid day for the Australian Junior Trophy team finishing in 12th
place, just ahead of fellow Australian Lachlan Stanford. Ben
Burrell finished the day 31st and Scott
Keegan in 32nd as our Junior team slipped to 6th in the
standings and now sit just under 8 minutes from leading team France, with the
Italian's currently second followed by Great Britain in third.
The
United States hold down fourth position and Sweden 5th just 22 seconds in front
of the Aussies.
The
Australian Women once again dominated the Women's Trophy Class, winning five of
the six stages between themselves on the way to extending their lead to over
three minutes over second placed Sweden and over 16 minutes to third placed
Canada.
Jessica Gardiner lead
the way winning tests three, four and Six and claiming the top spot for the
day, while Tayla Joneswon
tests one and five to finish the day just 16 second behind her team mate.
Jessica Jonsson from
Sweden finished in front of fourth placed Jemma Wilson denying Australia a perfect podium
for the day.
In the Individual class results at the conclusion of day two, Spanish rider Cristobal Guerrero leads the way in the E1 class from from fellow countryman Lorenzo Santolino and French rider Jeremy Joly.
Glenn Kearney is the leading
Australian buried deep inside the top ten in 6th place, while Tom McCormack is an impressive 12th
Daniel Milner continues to
lead the E2 class ahead of French rider Johnny Aubert by 22 seconds with American Robert Taylor in third. Josh Strang currently holds down 7th, Josh Green
12th, Lachlan Stanford 20th, Matthew Phillips 22ndScott Keegan 31st and Ben Burrell 34th
Antoine Meo continues to
lead the way in the E3 class by nearly three minutes ahead of American Michael Brown, who sits just
nine seconds head of Australia's only E3 competitor Chris Hollis in third.
In the Women's Class Australia's Jessica
Gardiner leap frogged team
mate Tayla Jones for the lead overnight, though at
seven seconds nothing separates the two. Jessica
Johnson is nearly a full
minute behind Gardiner in 3rd position while Australia's Jemma Wilson moved up to fifth after a solid day on
the bike.
Day three will get underway shortly with riders taking on the same stages used
on days one and two, but ran in reverse.
Trohy Team Standings After Day 2:
1. FRANCE - 8:33:18.00
2. AUSTRALIA - 08:38:15.00
3. UNITED STATES - 08:38:30.00
4. ITALY - 08:41:44.00
5. SPAIN - 08:42:44.00
6. GREAT BRITAIN - 09:03:21.00
7. SWEDEN - 09:05:54.00
8. ARGENTINA - 09:17:43.00
9. ESTONIA - 09:19:46.00
10. AUSTRIA - 09:23:53.00
Junior Trophy Team Standings After day 2:
1. FRANCE - 05:15:31.00
2. ITALY - 05:16:37.00
3. GREAT BRITAIN - 05:18:11.00
4. UNITED STATES - 05:21:38.00
5. SWEDEN - 05:23:01.00
6. AUSTRALIA - 05:23:27.00
Womens Trophy Team Standings After day 2:
1. AUSTRALIA - 04:04:17.00
2. SWEDEN- 04:07:38.00
3. CANADA - 04:20:23.00
4. UNITED STATES - 04:23:54.00
5. FRANCE - 04:24:59.00
For full up to date results CLICK
HERE
Top Image: Daniel Milner
was once again the man who lead the way for the Aussies on day two.
Credit: Future 7
