83rd international six-day trip

The 83rd international six-day race was the team world championship in enduro sport and took place from September 1 to 6, 2008 in Serres, Greece, and the surrounding area. The national teams of France won the World Trophy for the third time and the Women's Trophy for the first time. The Italian national team won the Junior Trophy for the sixth time.

Serres , start and finish point of the individual stages

competition

organization

The event took place in Greece for the first time. The parc fermé and the paddock were on the "Racecircuit Serres".

26 teams for the World Trophy, 16 for the Junior Trophy, four for the Women's Trophy and 74 club teams from 32 nations took part in the competition.

Germany took part in the World Trophy, Junior Trophy, Women's Trophy and four club teams. Austria and Switzerland each took part in the World Trophy. There was also an Austrian club team at the start.

1 day

Particular challenges for all drivers were the heavy dust formation on the track and the high temperatures. The highest points of the stage were well over 1,600 meters.

After the first day of driving, the team from France led in the World Trophy classification, ahead of Italy and the USA. The German team was 9th, the Swiss team 14th and the Austrian team 20th.

In the Junior Trophy classification, the Italian team was ahead of Australia and France. The German team was in 7th place.

In the Women's Trophy, the French team led the teams from the USA and Sweden. The German team was in 4th place. The German drivers Martina Singer and Christine Steinkraus were eliminated from the competition due to a timeout. Since a restart was possible according to the regulations, Martina Singer started again the following day.

The club ranking was led by the SLOVAKIA HANT TEAM ahead of the MOTOCLUB ITALIA and the CATALUNYA TEAM. The best German club team was the DMSB 1 ADAC team in 8th place. The Austrian MSC Mattighofen was in 36th place.

2 day

The route on the second day was identical to the previous day. The dust development due to the drought was again a particular challenge. However, since the start was made from day 2 after the ranking, it was less likely to run into those in front.

As on the previous day, the team from France led the World Trophy ranking ahead of Italy and the USA. The German team improved to 8th place, the Swiss team was on 14th place. The Austrian team improved to 18th place.

In the Junior Trophy classification, the Italian team continued to lead ahead of Australia and France. The German team improved to 6th place.

In the Women's Trophy, the French team continued to lead the teams from the USA and Sweden. In the German team, a technical defect prevented Martina Singer from restarting, so she was finally eliminated. The German team was hopelessly in 4th and last place.

As on the day before, the club ranking was led by the SLOVAKIA HANT TEAM ahead of the MOTOCLUB ITALIA and the CATALUNYA TEAM. The DMSB 1 ADAC team improved to 7th place, the MSC Mattighofen to 28th place.

3rd day

In the World Trophy ranking, the team from France continued to lead ahead of Italy and the USA. The German team slipped to 8th place. The teams from Switzerland and Austria were still in 14th and 18th place respectively.

The Italian team continued to lead the Junior Trophy ranking ahead of Australia and France. The German team was unchanged in 6th place.

In the Women's Trophy, the French team continued to lead the teams from the USA and Sweden. The German team was in 4th place.

As on the day before, the club ranking was led by the SLOVAKIA HANT TEAM ahead of the MOTOCLUB ITALIA and the CATALUNYA TEAM. The DMSB 1 ADAC team was still in 7th place, the MSC Mattighofen improved to 25th place.

4th day

The route on the fourth day was identical to the previous day.

At the end of the fourth day of driving, the team from France continued to lead ahead of Italy and the USA in the World Trophy classification. The German and Austrian teams were unchanged in 8th and 18th place respectively, the Swiss team improved to 13th place.

In the Junior Trophy classification, the Italian team continued to lead ahead of Australia and France. The German team was still in 6th place. Jörg Haustein no longer started in the German team. He was in a clinic for treatment after an injury the day before.

In the Women's Trophy, the French team was still ahead of the teams from the USA, Sweden and Germany.

The club ranking was still led by the SLOVAKIA HANT TEAM ahead of the MOTOCLUB ITALIA and the CATALUNYA TEAM. The DMSB 1 ADAC team was still in 7th place, the MSC Mattighofen slipped to 26th place.

5th day

The stage of the fifth day was 270 kilometers. Temperatures of over 40 ° C were a particular challenge.

The intermediate results after the fifth day of driving: In the World Trophy standings, the team from France was ahead of Italy and Finland. The German team was on the 8th place, the Swiss team on the 13th place. The Austrian team improved to 17th place.

In the Junior Trophy, the Italian team continued to lead ahead of Australia and France. The German team remained unchanged in 6th place.

In the Women's Trophy, the French team continued to lead the teams from the USA, Sweden and Germany.

The club ranking was led by the SLOVAKIA HANT TEAM ahead of the MOTOCLUB ITALIA and the TEAM OSTRA GOTA 1. The DMSB 1 ADAC team improved to 5th place, MSC Mattighofen to 24th place.

6th day

No stage was driven on the last day of driving, the final motocross as the last special stage took place on the “Racecircuit Serres”.

During the race, the German Junior Trophy driver Andreas Baier fell, was hit by a following driver and dislocated his right arm. He couldn't finish the race.

Final results

World Trophy

space	team	time
1.	France	14: 50: 25.78
2.	Italy	14: 51: 19.37
3.	United States	14: 58: 45.82
4th	Spain	15: 06: 52.83
5.	Finland	15: 08: 48.17
6th	Australia	15: 12: 03.82
7th	Sweden	15: 15: 32.88
8th.	Germany	15: 32: 31.11
9.	Netherlands	15: 37: 11.50
10.	Poland	15: 39: 13.49
11.	Czech Republic	16: 08: 29.58
12.	Portugal	16:15: 02.76
13.	Switzerland	16: 38: 04-08
14th	Greece	16: 55: 19.53
15th	Canada	17: 30: 41.90
16.	New Zealand	17: 39: 52.01
17th	Venezuela	17: 44: 20.57
18th	Austria	17: 45: 30.07
19th	Japan	18: 27: 55.77
20th	Mexico	20: 00: 37.45
21st	United Kingdom	20:15: 09.12
22nd	Israel	21: 52: 11.51
23.	Belgium	25: 15: 28.37
24.	Hungary	29: 20: 12.96
25th	Denmark	44: 32: 51.69
26th	Turkey	60: 00: 00.00

Junior Trophy

space	team	time
1.	Italy	9: 02: 23.57
2.	Australia	9: 14: 36.57
3.	France	9: 17: 21.88
4th	Spain	9: 21: 56.76
5.	Finland	9: 26: 10.52
6th	Germany	9: 32: 24.83
7th	Portugal	9: 36: 40.25
8th.	United Kingdom	9: 38: 47.15
9.	Sweden	9: 43: 22.87
10.	New Zealand	9: 48: 34.72
11.	Czech Republic	10: 03: 31.53
12.	United States	10: 28: 51.44
13.	Greece	10: 58: 28.42
14th	Chile	12: 56: 28.49
15th	Mexico	18: 00: 22.68
16.	Belgium	22: 45: 44.62

Women's Trophy

space	team	time
1.	France	7: 10: 18.72
2.	United States	7: 30: 26.39
3.	Sweden	8: 46: 50.04
4th	Germany	15: 43: 36.32

Club team award

space	team	time
1.	SLOVAKIA HANT TEAM	9: 21: 47.41
2.	MOTOCLUB ITALIA	9: 31: 03.56
3.	TEAM OSTRA GOTA 1	9: 44: 23.72
4th	MOTO SZKOLA TEAM BEMBENIK	9: 46: 32.39
5.	DMSB 1 ADAC	9: 54: 41.73
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10.	DMSB 3 ADAC	10: 22: 22.86
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17th	DMSB 2 ADAC	10: 48: 03.28
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20th	DMSB 4 ADAC	11: 02: 06.96
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24.	MSC MATTIGHOFEN	11: 29: 57.39

Manufacturer's Team Award

space	team	time
1.	KTM 1	8: 54: 29.40
2.	Honda HM Zanardo	8: 58: 31.55
3.	Team Husqvarna 1	9: 00: 33.26
4th	Husaberg 1	9: 03: 16.57
5.	KTM 3	9: 03: 50.29
6th	GasGas team	9:08:34.91
7th	KTM Germany 1	9: 11: 29.73
8th.	BMW Motorrad Motorsport	9: 17: 08.01
9.	KTM Germany 2	9: 34: 43.24
10.	Husaberg 2	9: 44: 47.83
11.	TM	10: 28: 42.29
12.	KTM Germany 3	14: 03: 34.02
13.	Yamaha UFO Corse	15:02: 30.04
14th	KTM 2	15: 03: 55.18
15th	Beta Boano Racing	16: 21: 26.52
16.	Husaberg 3	17: 07: 02.21

Individual evaluation

class	starter	gold	silver	bronze	without a medal	Failure / disqualification	Class winner	time
E1 (a)	76	24	33	4th		15th	Iván Cervantes	2: 55: 23.78
E2 (b)	77	21st	38	5		13	Alessandro Belometti	2: 57: 02.61
E3 (c)	63	30th	24	2		7th	Marko Tarkkala	2: 56: 31.87
EW (d)	12	4th	3	2	0	3	Ludivine Puy	3: 28: 56.46
C1 (a)	78	18th	30th	9	3	18th	Mazrizio Gerini	3: 07: 44.93
C2 (b)	92	17th	34	15th	8th	18th	Robert Kapajcik	3: 05: 33.72
C3 (c)	49	12	21st	7th	3	6th	Stefan Svitko	3: 06: 24.49
total	447	126	183	44	14th	80

^(a) 100–125 cm³ two-stroke or 175–250 cm³ four-stroke

^(b) 175–250 cm³ two-stroke or 290–450 cm³ four-stroke

^(c) 290–500 cm³ two-stroke or 475–650 cm³ four-stroke

^(d) Women

Attendees

Country	World Trophy Team	Junior Trophy Team	Women's Trophy Team	Club teams
Australia	Christopher Hollis (Yamaha) Kirk Hutton (Yamaha) Ben Kearney (KTM) Glenn Kearney (Husqvarna) Stefan Merriman (Aprilia) Anthony Roberts (Honda)	Jarrod Bewley (Yamaha) Geoff Braico (KTM) Blake Hore (Yamaha) Andrew Lloyd (Moto TM)		MOTORCYCLING AUSTRALIA CLU… (3x) (i) MULTINATIONAL CLUB 3
Belgium	Fred Huynen (Yamaha) Frank Lorge (KTM) Pierre Schmits (KTM) Wim Vanderheyden (KTM) Arnaud Dermine (GasGas) Bertrand Bailleux (Beta)	Steve Goblet (KTM) Frederic Gauniaux (Beta) Adrien Vandommele (Moto TM)
Brazil				BRASIL 1 BRAZILIAN TEAM
Chile		Daniel Gouet (KTM) Vicente Israel (KTM) Benjamin Israel (KTM) Josue Smith (KTM)		MULTINATIONAL CLUB 2 (h) (1 driver)
Denmark	Curt Steen Andersen (Husqvarna) Lars Christoffersens (Husaberg) Torben Lund Nielsen (Husaberg) Remus Haupt (KTM) Andre Larsen (KTM)
Germany	Mike Hartmann (KTM) Stefan Hau (Husqvarna) Marcus Kehr (KTM) Marco Straubel (KTM) Ralf Scheidhauer (KTM) Christoph Seifert (KTM)	Andreas Beier (KTM) Jörg Haustein (KTM) Edward Hübner (KTM) Derrick Görner (KTM)	Heike Petrick (KTM) Martina Singer (KTM) Christina Steinkrauss (GasGas)	DMSB 1 ADAC DMSB 2 ADAC DMSB 3 ADAC DMSB 4 ADAC
Finland	Roni Nikander (KTM) Jari Mattila (Honda) Valtteri Salonen (Husaberg) Juha Salminen (KTM) Marko Tarkkala (KTM) Kari Tiainen (BMW)	Jari Pulkkinen (Honda) Olli Turma (KTM) Anti Hellsten (Husqvarna) Oskari Cantons (KTM)		DYNASET OFFROAD AREENA KTM CLUB FINLAND JUNIOR TEAM SML RACING BIKE FINLAND
France	Julien Gaultier (Honda) Jordan Curvalle (Suzuki) Rodrig Thain (Moto TM) Christophe Nambotin (GasGas) Sebastian Guillaume (Husqvarna) Nicolas Deparrois (GasGas)	Sylvain Lebrun (KTM) Jeremy Joly (Husqvarna) Benoit Fortunato (Husqvarna) Yannick Bossi (Moto TM)	Alice Geneste (Moto TM) Audrey Rossat (KTM) Ludivine Puy (GasGas)	AMV BOUVESSE CANTAL ISDE MTTE (MOTO TOUT TERRAIN EVOLUTION)
Greece	Vasileios Siafarikas (Honda) Gergios Kinonas (KTM) Dimitrios Tsakatsonis (KTM) Stamatis Mantas (Husqvarna) Adamos Prassos (KTM) Dimitrios Kokkinos (Husaberg)	Leonidas Kouloukatsis (Husqvarna) Michalis Ouslios (Honda) Yiannis Pavlidis (KTM) Ioannis Trigkas (KTM)		EDIL EXTRA PRODUCTS HELLENIC POLICE ENDURO RACING LAMS SERRES POM HELLAS CLUB
Ireland				FASTLANE MULTINATIONAL CLUB 2 (h) (1 driver)
Israel	Shahar Sulimani (Husqvarna) Uriah Carmelli (Yamaha) Hadar Etziony (KTM) Ido Karmon (Yamaha) Nadav Lugasy (KTM) Tomer Shemesh (Husqvarna)			CLAL SIXT MEMSI
Italy	Maurizio Micheluz (Yamaha) Simone Albergoni (Yamaha) Alessandro Belometti (KTM) Dini Fabrizio (Yamaha) Fabio Mossini (HM-Honda) Alessandro Botturi (HM-Honda)	Thomas Oldrati (KTM) Oscar Balleti (HM-Honda) Mirko Gritti (Beta) Vanni Cominotto (KTM)		MOTOCLUB ALTASERRA MOTOCLUB COSTA VOLPINO MOTOCLUB DESIO MOTOCLUB ITALIA MOTOCLUB LA MARCA TREVIGIANA MOTOCLUB TRIESTE SCUDERIA DOLOMITI
Japan	Yaturo Uchiyama (Yamaha) Yasuomi Uchiyama (Husqvarna) Takatoshi Fujita (Yamaha) Taisuke Mizukami (Husqvarna) Iwao Hakata (KTM)			LAST SAMURAI
Canada	Guillaume Pronovost (Husqvarna) Brian Wojnarowski (Yamaha) Trent Burgiss (KTM) Paul Neumeister (KTM) Dave Neumeister (KTM) Scott Kinakin (KTM)			QC / BC OFF ROAD
Mexico	Erick Sanchez (KTM) Carlos Gracida (KTM) Juan Carlos Gardenas (Husqvarna) Rene Assmar (KTM) Arturo Garza (KTM) Octavio Valle (KTM)	Jose Eduardo Vanzzini (KTM) Guillermo Gomez (KTM) Luis Mata (KTM)		MEXICO 1 MEXICO 2
New Zealand	Christopher Birch (KTM) Sean Clarke (Yamaha) Mark Delautour (KTM) Jonathan Kight (KTM) Luke Uhrle (Kawasaki) Duncan McLaren (Yamaha)	Adrian Smith (Yamaha) Morgan Dransfield (KTM) Rory Mead (Yamaha) Jason Davis (KTM)		KIWI RIDER
Netherlands	Ralph Hubers (Yamaha) Amel Advokaat (KTM) Alex van de Broeck (Honda) Hans Vogels (Yamaha) Erwin Plekkenpol (Honda) Mark Wassink (KTM)			BMCC BEILEN WESTERBORK MCC HEEMSKERK 1 MCC HEEMSKERK 2 MCNH 1 MOTORCLUB NIJVERDAL HELLENDOORN
Austria	Bernhard Walzer (KTM) Eduard Ederer (KTM) Andreas Halsmayer (KTM) Eduard Neufelner (KTM) Gunther Schopohl (KTM) Paul Barn (KTM)			MSC MATTIGHOFEN
Poland	Lukasz Bartos (Yamaha) Michal Szuster (Yamaha) Waclaw Skolarus (Yamaha) Jakub Przygonski (Yamaha) Bartosz Oblucki (Husqvarna) Sebastian Krywult (KTM)			KTM NOVI TEAM AUGUSTYN MOTO SZKOLA TEAM BEMBENIK
Portugal	Joao Sares (Yamaha) David Megre (KTM) Pedro Oliveira (Yamaha) Fernardo Ferreira (Yamaha) Mario Patrao (Suzuki) Paulo Felicia (GasGas)	Goncalo Reis (KTM) Goncalo Bandeira (Suzuki) Tomas Neves (Yamaha) Gustavo Gaudencio (Yamaha)
Sweden	Fredrik Georgsson (KTM) Niklas Gustafsson (Honda) Anders Eriksson (BMW) Joakim Ljunggren (Husaberg) Bjorne Carlsson (Husaberg) Patrik Wicksell (KTM)	Karl Svensson (KTM) Victor Karlsson (Honda) Robert Kvarnstrom (TM) Martin Sundin (Husaberg)	Paulina Andersson (KTM) Vanja Kollmann (KTM) Jessika Jonsson (GasGas)	SWEDISH ARMED FORCES TEAM OSTRA FME TEAM OSTRA GOTA 1 VASTRA JUNIOR
Switzerland	Jonathan Rosse (Yamaha) Bertrand Fellay (Yamaha) Jonathan Roselet (Yamaha) Marc Bieri (Beta) Nikolas Joye (Husaberg) Christophe Robert (KTM)
Slovakia				MOTOSPORTRACING TEAM SLOVAKIA SLOVAKIA HANT TEAM PB RACING TEAM SLOVAKIA
Spain	Iván Cervantes (KTM) Xacob Agra (BMW) Cristobal Guerrero (Yamaha) Oriol Mena (KTM) Xavier Galindo (KTM) Gerard Farres (KTM)	Guillem Pares (Yamaha) Lorenzo Santolino (KTM) Armand Monleon (Yamaha) Lucas Puerta (Yamaha)		CAMILLO E PEPPONE-MURIEL CATALUNYA TEAM MC SITGES-CAN CALET PETARDOS TEAM-ESC CAUCA
South Africa				CLUB SOUTH AFRICA
Czech Republic	Martin Gottvald (Husqvarna) Tomas Loukota (KTM) Jakub Horak (KTM) Michal Rudolf (Husaberg) Michal Kadlecek (Husaberg) Radek Toman (KTM)	Milan Engel (KTM) Lukas Sedlacek (KTM) Petr Husek (Sherco) Marek Borak (GasGas)		EnC Sherco RACING CZ ENDURO KLUB ZRUC NAD SAZAVOU MOTORSPORT BOZKOV 1 MOTORSPORT BOZKOV-KBS UAMK
Turkey	Koray Ozkaplan (KTM) Serkan Ozdemir (KTM) And Tfekci (KTM) Batu Derer (KTM) Kemal Kantar (KTM) Selcuk Bektas (KTM)
Hungary	Janos Desi (KTM) Tamas Nador (Suzuki) Norbert Jager (KTM) Istvan Marko (Suzuki) Laszlo Toth (Yamaha) Peter Katai (KTM)
Venezuela	Fernando Macia (Yamaha) Jeronimo Puppio (Yamaha) Nicolas Cardona (Yamaha) Marco Fridegotto (KTM) Raul Cuttilas (KTM) Gomez Leopoldo (KTM)
United Kingdom	Tom Sagar (KTM) Dylan Jones (Yamaha) Daryl Bolter (Husqvarna) Jason Thomas (KTM) Simon Wakley (Husqvarna) Edward Jones (KTM)	Lee Edmondson (Honda) Ashley Wood (KTM) Oliver Moyce (Yamaha) Jamie Paget (Moto TM)		BAFMA SOUTHERN MCC ISLE OF MAN WALES A WALES B WEST OF ENGLAND
United States	Ricky Dietrich (Kawasaki) Destry Abbott (Kawasaki) James Jarrett (Suzuki) Nathan Woods (Suzuki) Kurt Caselli (KTM) Nathan Kanney (KTM)	Ben Smith (Husqvarna) Joe Giordano (KTM) Ryan Powell (Yamaha) David Kamo (KTM)	Nicole Bradford (KTM) Amanda Mastin (Yamaha) Maria Forsberg (KTM)	CARTER ENGINEERING DESERT MC JAFMAR RACING LUBBOCK TRAIL RIDERS MISSOURI MUDDERS TEAM OREGON TRAIL RIDERS OF HOUSTON
Cyprus				CYPRUS ENDURO TEAM

^(H) binational Chilean-Irish team

⁽ⁱ⁾3 teams took part under this name. In the available result lists, however, the team names are never written out in full, which does not allow any distinction.

Web links

• Detailed results of the ISDE 2008
• enduro-dm.de - ISDE 2008 ( Memento from November 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive )