Josep García has won the daily classification again at the Six Days in Portugal. After his 2.79-second margin on the second riding day, he finished 11.80 seconds ahead of Andrea Verona on Wednesday. Verona still leads the overall standings, but his advantage has shrunk to 15.30 seconds. Italy continues to lead the World Trophy.
This article updates the report of 14 October on the second riding day. The Six Days is an enduro team competition; the results mentioned do not belong to the Rally Raid World Championship.
Four timed tests instead of six
Technical problems with the timekeeping led to both runs of the Santo André test being cancelled. As a result, only four special tests counted towards the daily classification. García won two of them and recorded 26:08.43 minutes. Zachary Pichon was third, 33.27 seconds behind Verona. The last test was won by the American Grant Davis.
The Spanish federation RFME gives Verona a cumulative individual time of 1:59:39.90 hours. García follows 15.30 seconds behind, Pichon 1:42.28 minutes.
Nordbayern move up to 14th
Among the German club teams, Team Germany Nordbayern with Luca Wiesinger, Sven Marker and Petr Krivanek improve from 18th to 14th. ADAC Nordbaden with Martin Werz, Paul Topor and Marvin Mohler climb from 31st to 29th.
Germany–DMV are 73rd after three days, up from 67th the previous day. Matthias Reichmann’s retirement, already reported on the second riding day, continues to weigh on the team. The results list also shows three hours of timed penalty for him on Wednesday. Marco Pfeifer completed the timed tests in 30:18.02 minutes, Leonard Steiert in 33:18.99 minutes. The basis is the club team classification of 14 October, as of 21:52.
Italy, France and the USA lead the Trophy standings
Italy lead the World Trophy by 3:26.10 minutes from France. Sweden hold third place but are only 11.41 seconds ahead of the USA. Spain remain fifth.
In the Junior World Trophy, France lead by 42.53 seconds from Italy; the USA are third. In the women’s standings, the USA remain ahead of Australia and France. According to the organiser, their lead over Australia is around four minutes.
For the fourth riding day on 15 October, the programme again provides for two laps between Grândola and Santiago do Cacém. Results of that day are not included in this interim standing.
Sources and image credits
- RFME, 14 October 2026: daily and overall times, World Trophy and Junior Trophy.
- FIM 6DAYS, official day-three report, 14 October 2026: timekeeping problem, women’s standings and programme for day four.
- Club team classification after day three, 14 October 2026, 21:52, provided by Baboons: German teams on PDF pages 2, 4 and 9.
- Robert Pairan / Baboons, 13 October 2026: Reichmann’s retirement and positions after day two.
- Image 1: Josep García in the paddock, © Future7Media. Original source: the FIM 6DAYS report of 14 October 2026 linked above; exact time of the photograph not stated.
- Image 2: Kevin Cristino on the course, © Pole Position Communication. Original source: the same report of 14 October 2026; exact time of the photograph not stated.
- Separate update banners: AI-designed collages based on the García photo, © Future7Media, with the event logo from the official 6DAYS website.