Following a highly successful week of racing at the 91st running of the International Six Days Enduro in Navarra, Spain, Yamaha's Jamie McCanney (Great Britain) and Tayla Jones (Australia) earned podium results in the Enduro 2 and Enduro Women's classes respectively. Further strengthening Yamaha's presence at this year's event, Yamaha Australia's Jemma Wilson and Jessica Gardiner joined Jones in claiming the Women's World Trophy title, with WR250F mounted Mikael Persson playing an important role in helping Sweden become Junior World Trophy Team champions.
Proving to be more challenging than expected, the 2016 ISDE in Navarra saw competitors battle through changing weather and track conditions over the course of the six days of competition. From the extreme dust of the first two days conditions changed drastically when rain started falling heavily on day three of the event.
Wrapping up his week of racing in Navarra on a high, Jamie McCanney was Yamaha's best performing rider at the 91st running of the prestigious ISDE. Making his competitive debut aboard Yamaha's WR450F, the young Brit battled his way through the event's demanding conditions to claim third in the highly competitive Enduro 2 class and eighth in the outright individual classification. Jamie was also a vital part of Great Britain's World Trophy Team, who came away with a runner-up result in their respective nations classification.
Putting in an impressive week-long performance aboard his WR450F Grant Baylor claimed eighth in Enduro 2 class, while helping Team USA secure the runner-up spot in the Junior World Trophy Team classification.
Racing his WR250F machine in Enduro 1, Mikael Persson played a key role in helping Sweden's Junior Trophy Team claim a deserved class win. Posting some very competitive times during the week, Mikael wrapped up the ISDE with tenth in Enduro 1. Yamaha's top performer in Enduro 1 was Portugal's Luis Oliveira, who placed seventh overall.
In the Enduro Women's category Tayla Jones put her WR250F on the podium claiming a strong third in the class. Along with her Yamaha Australia teammates Jemma Wilson and Jessica Gardiner the trio of Aussie ladies were simply unbeatable in Spain. Claiming the lead in the Women's World Trophy Team classification early on day one, they never looked back and went on to secure the respective title for the fourth time in a row.
Following his runner-up result last year, Daniel Milner entered the event looking to battle for the overall victory, but was unable to go further than day two due to a broken gearbox sprocket.
Untitled Jamie McCanney (Great Britain World Trophy Team)
3rd E2 / 2nd World Trophy Team
"This has been an amazing way to end the season. It was a last minute decision to race the WR450F. We've had a completely stock bike and despite only getting a few hours on it before the event everything went well here in Spain. To finish such a tough event and get on the podium on a standard bike is great. The first two days when it was dry were good for me. I could control my pace and push hard to improve my times. When the rain came on day three things became harder. I had a big crash in the enduro test and lost over one-minute. The damage was done there so I kept pushing as hard as I could to improve my overall result. Overall, it's been a good ISDE and I really enjoyed it. I'm also happy that Team Great Britain came away with a runner-up result in World Trophy."
Untitled Mikael Persson (Sweden Junior World Trophy Team)
10th E1 / 1st Junior World Trophy Team
"It's been a long and demanding week but I'm very happy I helped my team secure victory. I struggled to maintain a steady race pace throughout the week and was pushing probably too hard sometimes. I could get some really competitive test times in the mornings and then was dropping back down the rankings in the afternoons. The ISDE is a very, very long event and I guess everyone struggled with the changing weather and track conditions. I remained focused and kept improving my times as the week went on. Overall, I'm over the moon Team Sweden managed to pull off this victory in Juniors. It's been a very long time since Sweden topped any class at the ISDE, so it feels amazing we managed to make it happen this year."
Results - FIM International Six Days Enduro 2016
World Trophy Team
1. USA - 13:46:40.93
Kailub Russell (KTM), Taylor Robert (KTM), Michael Lane (Husqvarna), Thad Duvall (Husqvarna)
2. Great Britain - 13:50:19.59
Jamie McCanney (Yamaha), Daniel McCanney (Husqvarna), Jamie Lewis (Yamaha), Nathan Watson (KTM)
3. Czech Republic - 14:16:23.27
Ondrej Helmich (KTM), Patrik Markvart (KTM), Jaromir Romancik (KTM), Jiri Hadek (KTM)
Junior World Trophy
1. Sweden - 10:30:55.71
Mikael Persson (Yamaha), Albin Elowson (Husqvarna), Jesper Borjesson (Husqvarna)
2. USA - 10:31:40.94
Trevor Bollinger (Honda), Steward Baylor (KTM), Grant Baylor (Yamaha)
3. Italy - 10:35:17.21
Davide Soreca (Honda), Matteo Pavoni (KTM), Matteo Cavallo (Beta)
Women's World Trophy
1. Australia - 07:57:39.29
Tayla Jones (Yamaha), Jemma Wilson (Yamaha), Jessica Gardiner (Yamaha)
2. Spain - 08:01:27.96
Laia Sanz (KTM), Mireia Badia (Husqvarna), Sandra Gomez (Husqvarna)
3. Germany - 08:15:47.75
Maria Franke (KTM), Vanessa Danz (KTM), Heike Petrick (KTM)