On The Pegs December 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 12 | Page 74

On The Pegs
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fter six long and physically
demanding days of World-
class Enduro racing, Australia
won the FIM World Trophy
team category ahead of the United
States and Italy.
Day six saw the ninety-third edition of
the FIM ISDE brought to a spectacular
close with the traditional Motocross
race. Staying close to the host city of
Viña del Mar, all professional and ama-
teur riders went head-to-head for the
final day of racing on the sandy moto-
cross track.
With a comfortable lead in the classi-
fication, Australia entered day six with a
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virtual grasp on the FIM World Trophy.
Putting in a calm, cool and safe ride,
they knew winning the Motocross race
was not necessary to secure the over-
all podium. With Italy and the United
States fastest, Australia crossed the fin-
ish line third overall to claim the cov-
eted prize of FIM World Trophy cham-
pions, backing up their earlier victory
from Slovakia in 2015.
Although knowing that beating Aus-
tralia would be a tall ask, the United
States still put in a determined perfor-
mance in the hope their rivals would
fall at the final hurdle. However, their
dream of a second FIM ISDE victory was