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The home team of France continues to lead the 2017 FIM International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) as Team Australia maintains a strong hold on second in the World Trophy standings following the third day of the event.

Finland has kept up its position in third, sitting just over two minutes behind the Aussie squad as the prestigious week long meeting reaches the halfway point.

The four-man Australian senior squad were within a minute of each other, as Daniel Milner (KTM Enduro Racing Team) once again proved to be the best performer, still maintaining his position at the top of the E2 standings.

Daniel Sanders (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and Matthew Phillips (CH Sherco Racing) rounded out day three in fourth and fifth in E3, with Josh Green (Yamalube Active8 Yamaha) holding down eighth in E1.

Australia still sits 16th in the Junior division with the non-starters Michael Driscol (Yamaha) and Wil Ruprecht (Yamalube Active8 Yamaha), although Lyndon Snodgrass (KTM Enduro Racing Team) was able to negotiate his way into 12th in E3.

The Junior class saw a change of positions in the top three, with Team USA being relegated to third as Team France captured the lead, followed by Team Italy.

In the Women’s category, Team Australia has gone from strength to strength to extend its lead, with Tayla Jones (Yamaha) once again leading the female squad with the fastest time ahead of Jessica Gardiner (Yamaha) and Jemma Wilson (Yamaha). The class’ top three was rounded out by Team USA and Team France.