Posted November 14, 2007   Email   Print

Caselli stays out front; U.S. women extend their dominating lead

Story and photos by Steve Berkner

U.S. World Trophy Team rider Kurt Caselli used his desert racing skills to continue his domination of the E3 class during Day Two of the International Six Day Enduro, while the U.S. Women's World Cup team extended its lead to a dominating 46 minutes.

Caselli's performance increased his lead over Finland's Marko Tarkkala by 51 seconds in his class. Tarkkala is now nearly 2 minutes back.

Caselli narrowly lost his unofficial overall lead to Finland's Juha Salminen, however. Salminen edged out Caselli by 14.58 seconds for the day, giving Salminen a net 1.37-second lead.

The U.S. World Trophy Team dropped to 10th place overall with Finland now atop the World Trophy Team division. All scoring was unofficial, pending FIM jury approval.

The U.S. Women's World Cup team, made up of riders Amanda Mastin, Nicole Bradford and Lacy Jones, built on their Day One performance and extended their lead over the closest women's team by more than 46 minutes.

The GoFaster.com-sponsored women's team was one of only two of the Women's World Cup teams that has not lost a single rider. The French team, which is now in second place and still has all three riders, overtook Sweden, which is down to two riders.

The U.S. Junior Trophy Team, made up Russell Bobbitt, David Kamo, Cole Kirkpatrick and Ben Smith, moved up two places and now sits in sixth place, less than 30 seconds out of fifth. Spain leads the division.

The Trail Riders of Houston team of Jeff O'Leary, Wes McKnight and Brian Storrie moved up into 10th place from their 13th-place finish after Day One.

U.S. club team rider Kevin Hutchinson was the only U.S. rider to DNF for the day.

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