The opposite was true for the USA World Trophy Team, which consisted of Factory FMF/KTM riders Taylor Robert, Charlie Mullins, Kailub Russell plus Mike Brown, Zach Osborne and Thad Duvall. The team had unfortunate luck from the very first day when team member Zach Osborne’s bike had a mechanical issue in the second test which took him out of the race. Despite his DNF, the rider’s still ended day one in contention for the lead. 

On day two, the USA Trophy Team moved into the lead position after the second test and held it until the third test when Mullins took a hard crash on a technical section. Mullins recovered from the crash but lost time as he sought medical attention and had to repair damage to his bike.

The remainder of the week would be up and down for the USA Team as they battled with France and topped their times each day but couldn’t move into the lead as a result of penalties. The rider’s gained nearly 6 minutes on the French Team on day four before a mechanical issue with Robert’s bike cost the team 9 penalty points. The boys made up for it on the fifth day with Robert taking the overall win for the day. They again dominated on the final day of the event with USA riders Brown, Russell and Robert finishing in the top three overall for the final motocross test. At the end of the ISDE, the USA Trophy Team secured 2^nd place overall for the second year in a row.

Factory FMF/KTM rider Kailub Russell finished 3^rd overall in the combined standings and earned the Top American Award for this event. “This was definitely a rough ISDE,” stated Russell. “I’m happy to finish safely and land on the podium again but our entire team is ready to come back next year and finish on that top step.”

The Women’s Trophy Team finished 3^rd overall at the ISDE event. Both Rachel Gutish and Sarah Baldwin encountered technical issues on day three and could not finish the event. However, the final member of the team Mandi Mastin would push forward for the Women’s Team. Mastin finished the event and placed 6^th overall.