Italy have won both the World Trophy and the Junior World Trophy at the 100th edition of the 6DAYS FIM Enduro of Nations in Sines, Portugal. The MOTOREX Women’s World Trophy went to the USA. Andrea Verona (KTM) won the individual overall classification. The event ended on Saturday, 17 October 2026, with the Final Cross Test at Praia Vasco da Gama beach. This is reported by Enduro21, enduro.de and the world governing body FIM. The reports available do not explicitly state whether the results have already been confirmed as the official final result.
The 6DAYS are regarded as the team world championship of enduro: national teams compete against each other in separate classifications. The 2026 edition comprised six competition days, five race days and, on the sixth day, the Final Cross Test.
World Trophy: Italy defend the title
The Italian team of Andrea Verona (KTM), Morgan Lesiardo (Triumph), Samuele Bernardini (Honda) and Matteo Cavallo (TM MOTO) won the World Trophy for the second time in a row. France took 2nd place. Third place was tight: Sweden finished 24 seconds ahead of the USA, who came fourth. Spain were fifth.
Junior World Trophy: a second Italian win
Italy also led the juniors. Alberto Elgari (TM MOTO), Manuel Verzeroli (TM MOTO) and Kevin Cristino (Husqvarna) won by 3 minutes and 49 seconds from the USA. Spain finished third.
Women’s World Trophy: seventh win for the USA
Brandy Richards (KTM), Korie Steede (Husqvarna) and Rachel Gutish (Rieju) won the MOTOREX Women’s World Trophy for the USA. It is the American women’s seventh win in this competition. Australia finished second, 9 minutes and 23 seconds behind, with France third.
Overall classification: Verona ends García’s streak
In the individual overall classification, Andrea Verona (Italy, KTM) won ahead of Josep García (Spain, KTM) and Zach Pichon (France, TM MOTO). Grant Davis (USA) was fourth and Morgan Lesiardo (Italy) fifth. It is Verona’s first overall win at the 6DAYS. García had previously won the overall classification five times in a row.
Dante Oliveira (USA, KTM) won the closing Final Cross Test, 0.4 seconds ahead of Verona.
Sources and photo credits
- Enduro21: Report on day six of the 6DAYS 2026 in Portugal
- enduro.de: Report on day six of the 6DAYS 2026 in Portugal
- FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme): Report on Italy’s World Trophy win at the 6DAYS FIM Enduro of Nations
- Photo 1: Andrea Verona (KTM) at the Final Cross Test in Sines, 17 October 2026. Photographer not named. Original source: Enduro21.
- Photo 2: Podium ceremony of the MOTOREX Women’s World Trophy in Sines, 17 October 2026. Photographer not named. Original source: Enduro21.