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Day 3 - International Six Days of Enduro, Czech Republic
By- Lexy Thorogood:
After an inch of snow last night where we are staying in the hotel, the race continued today. Stefan Merriman set a blistering pace today, winning the 125cc class by 28 seconds, and finished second overall behind 500cc rider Mika Ahola.
The trail today was different from the first two days. All four tests today had a lot of steep off-camber corners. One enduro test was set on a ski run and became very difficult to get up, as the rain from the night before made it very slippery. Today a few riders had problems, Bjorne Carlsson from the Swedish team got a two minute penalty at a time check and Juha Salminen got a 4 minute penalty after arriving to a time check late due to mechanical problems.
Fortunately, Damien Smith has been included in the Australian trophy team results, as he faced the jury panel last night and explained how the person at the route check missed writing his number down. Unfortunately, Ben Grabham was forced to retire today, after a he lost a bolt from his bike and the engine seized.
At the end of Day 2 the Australian Trophy Team were running 6th behind Finland, Sweden, France Great Britain and Italy respectively.
At the end of Day 2, Merriman was winning the 125cc class by more than a minute, but was coming 9th overall. The tests on Day 3 and 4 are better suited to Stefan as they are more technical.
