ISDE kicks off on Portuguese coast

From KTM Racing

Some 500 Enduro enthusiasts gathered in Figuera da Foz, Portugal on Monday for the first of six days of grueling riding as the 84th FIM International Six Days of Enduro got underway. The ISDE is the oldest offroad event in the FIM calendar.

The ride tests professional and amateur enthusiasts and their racing machines against the elements on six consecutive days of competition competing for individual and national team glory.

Riders faced their fair share of soft sand on the opening day on Portugal's Atlantic coast and KTM Enduro Factory Team riders were in the forefront of the first day's action with teammates Eero Remes of Finland and Italian Simone Albergoni finishing 1-2 in the E1 class. In E3 KTM's Samuli Aro was second across the line to boost Finland's overall position. KTM USA's Kurt Caselli was fourth in the class and Alessandro Botturi of Italy finished fifth. Alessandro Belometti of Italy finished seventh in the E3 class.

E1 Results Day One
1. Eero Remes, Finland, KTM
2. Simone Albergoni, Italy, KTM
3. Julien Gauthier, France, Honda
4. Marc Germain, France, Yamaha
5. Michel Szuster, Poland, Yamaha

E2 Results Day One
1. David Knight, Britain, Kawasaki
2. Rodrig Thain, France, TM
3. Juha Salminen, Finland, BMW
4. Oscar Balletti, Italy, Honda
5. Cristobal Guerrero, Spain, Yamaha

E3 Results, Day One
1. Christophe Nambotin, France, Gas-Gas
2. Samuli Aro, Finland, KTM
3. Antoine Meo, France, Husqvarna,
4. Kurt Caselli, USA, KTM
5. Alessandro Botturi, Italy, KTM