isde final results

Seniors: 1. Finland ; 2. France at 15'09'' ; 3. Spainat 20'06'' ; 4 Italy at 23'24'' ; 5. Sweden at 24'10''…

Juniors: 1. USA ; 2. France at 8'19'' ; 3. Australia at 11'54'' ; 4. Germanyat 14'06'' ; 5. Italy at 15'20''

Lots of pics from the official swedish ISDE site. Mainly 'bergs but also some orange...
Enjoy.

2 days to raceday
http://www.hardrace.se/sixdays/bildspel/2006-11-11

opening day
http://www.hardrace.se/sixdays/bildspel ... -INVIGNING

day 1
http://www.hardrace.se/sixdays/bildspel/2006-11-14-dag1

day 2
http://www.hardrace.se/sixdays/bildspel/2006-11-15-dag2

day 3
http://www.hardrace.se/sixdays/bildspel ... 1-116-DAG3

day 4
http://www.hardrace.se/sixdays/bildspel/2006-11-16-dg4

day 5
http://www.hardrace.se/sixdays/bildspel/2006-11-17-dag5

Two example pics for'ya

Two 'Berg legendes, bottom left. Thomas and Roland


Jocke Ljunggren shows how light the 'Bergs are

Whats with the KTM-esque graphics on Jockes bike?

Scott,

I think that is KW service which is a company that they contract to help out with their race effort who provide technicians, chefs & other race site support. There were 3 Italians guys from KW helping them out at the WEC round in Parry Sound this past summer. 2 Techs to support Roland & a cook. They were alot of fun to be around.

It's nice to see my riding style is gaining popularity around the globe.

Hey fellas

Thomas certainly has found the fountain of youth, he still rides like the wind and looks way too young for his age. The bike Joakim is carrying is Thomas' preride bike. His bike looks much like his WEC bike.

Yes little bikes ruled, but I would guess that most riders that had a choice rode 2t rather than 4ts ( Merriman for example ) as they were easier to handle in the ruts. And there were ruts. The region was pummeled with rain, and they threw out sections on day 3 and 4 and only scored the first two sectio and tests on day 5. Riders became very cold and there was some hypothermia ( Dylan Debel was in doctors hands with Hypothermia and recovered to finish 2nd in his moto. He was a happy man and wishes that the moto was a lap longer as he was moving through the pack and had just passed up to the leader at the check flag. Congrats to Dylan on a fabulous ride. )

I really enjoyed the preride, but most of my notes were useless as the weather completely changed the face of the course. What were challenging trails filled with shallow ruts, roots and whoops were slop holes full of bike eating ruts and water holes.

The Fins slaughtered the event, taking the lead on day 2. In the final moto, Ricky Deitrich was running away with the moto until Juha chased him down and passed him. Kurt Caselli and led the majority of the E2 moto until Joel Smets had enough of being in second and took the lead, much like he's done many time during his career. The final motos were full of bergs in the top ten, Bjorne, Daniel Perrson, and Vallterri Salonen in E3, Joakim and ....his name escapes me, he normally rides Suzuki's in the WEC and rode a berg for the ISDE, rode E2.

That's all I have for now, I'll add more later when I get home.

fry