2014 saw the ISDE move to Argentina in South America. Great Britain decided not to send any riders this year which at first looked to be a bad idea as they had a very strong junior team. However it turned out possibly to be a good decision as the event was not the best Organised. The event was run by a team that had already run World Rounds and a world Rally Championship but their professionalism did not show through for the ISDE. Information was hard to come by and when you got it, it was sometimes too late. Thanks to Jake Miller of FIM for the road book, we would have been lost without it.
Situated in the town of San Juan the terrain was both rocky and sandy and riders suffered with the Heat. Although the event started on a cold cloudy morning by the second day it had warmed up and the weather soon reached 40 deg. the tests were either made up of hard rocky going or they were deep energy sapping sand
only 5 Brits managed to travel to San Juan but they were determined to have a good time.
Situated in the town of San Juan the terrain was both rocky and sandy and riders suffered with the Heat. Although the event started on a cold cloudy morning by the second day it had warmed up and the weather soon reached 40 deg. the tests were either made up of hard rocky going or they were deep energy sapping sand
only 5 Brits managed to travel to San Juan but they were determined to have a good time.
The Event started with the usual parade of teams at the opening ceremony.
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On a cold and grey Monday morning the 2014 ISDE started at 07.01am
it seemed strange everyone being stood around in coats in the middle of the dessert.
it seemed strange everyone being stood around in coats in the middle of the dessert.
No 13 Jeremy Tarroux France
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number 10 Marc Bourgeois
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No 11 Christophe Nambotin France, being interviewed by the TV
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No 30 Jarrod Bewley Australia
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No 141 Phillipe Chaine Canada
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no 14 Anthony Boissiere and no 12 Pierre Renet France pushing into the work area
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No 70 Cedric Cremer Belgium checking his bike before the start
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No 90 Derrick Goerner Germany
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40 Juame Betriu
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Ready for the start
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70 Cedric Cremer Belgium and 80 Francisco Guzman Chile on the start line
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85 Javier Garate Chile ready to start
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145 Jared Stock Canada and 150 Francisco Alvarez Colombia
63 Juan Manuel Davila Argentina
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145 Jared Stock Canada
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193 Santiago Alonso Perez and Laurent Lazard Uruguay enter the work area on their first day.
93 Nick Emmrich Germany
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180 Charan Moore and 181 Albert Pos South Africa
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93 Nick Emmrich Germany
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152 Santiago Isazar Escobar Colombia leaves the start line
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180 Charan Moore South Africa
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The latest High Tech equipment is used to time the riders
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15 Fabien Planet France and 20 Michael Brown USA leave the start line
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64 Nicolas Giustozzi Argentina on his way
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Start of the first test day 1
341 Local Argentina rider Sebastian Moya Ruiz starts the first test
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The first test was very rocky with some steep hills thrown in.
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706 Roberto Patti ARGENTINA 800 Lucas Damian Rodriguez ARGENTINA
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These big trucks are very popular in south America where fuel is very cheap.
On the way to the next test we found this section near to the main road, it was a rocky gully followed by a steep uphill. Some made it first time some did not.
592 Juan Ignacio Favaro another local rider.
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This was one solid rock
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610 Jose Fernando Correa Argentina
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598 Gabriel Zingale Argentina
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616 Cesar Ariel Navarro Argentina
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526 Aurin Falk Germany
Unfortunately Aurin Falk did not quite make it.
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516 Katsunobu Watanabe.Japan
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651 Victor Espinoza. Bolivia coming back down the hill to have another go.
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353 Fernando Melo Barea. Argentina Failing to get up the hill.
66 Martin Mercado. Argentina
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38 Daniel Sanders AUSTRALIA
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231 Rachel Gutish. USA
232 Amanda Mastin USA
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302 Jeff Fredette USA
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158 Juan Arango Henao Colombia
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210 Jessica Gardiner AUSTRALIA
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66 Martin Mercado Argentina
158 Juan Arango Henao Colombia
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212 Jemma Wilson Australia
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222 Selby Turner Canada
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220 Victoria Hett Canada
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The cowboys are in town
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67 Juan Ignacio Zunino Argentina
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73 Jeremy Frazette Belgium
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26 Grant Baylor USA
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28 Trevor Bollinger USA
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210 Jessica Gardiner Australia
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Even the women have to change their own tyres.
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222 Shelby Turner Canada
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This girl had hurt both of her wrists but she still changed a tyre
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Jenny Hodgkins doing the times for the Japanese team
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188 Daniel Van Zyl SOUTH AFRICA
155 Walter Lopez Hernandez Colombia
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193 Santiago Julio Alonso Perez Uruguay
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232 Amanda Mastin USA
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334 Chris Bach USA
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211 Tayla Jones AUSTRALIA
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483 John Kelly USA
810 Pablo Mercado ARGENTINA
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444 Lucas Lambertucci ARGENTINA
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309 Matteo Zoppas ITALY
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428 Diego Echeverria CHILE
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431 Gonzalo Guzman ARGENTINA
380 Naim Nader ARGENTINA
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710 Federico Quesada ARGENTINA
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METZELER TYRES
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358 Stefano Ingrassi ITALY
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Start of the lake test. we were able to sit at the bar and watch the test on the beach
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34 Toby Price AUSTRALIA
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33 Mathew Phillips AUSTRALIA
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10 Marc Bourgeois FRANCE
18 Loic Larrieu FRANCE
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45 Ivan Cervantes SPAIN
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35 Joshua Strang AUSTRALIA
42 Lorenzo Sanchez SPAIN
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43 Victor Guerrero SPAIN
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41 Jaume Betriu SPAIN
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91 Edwards Huebner GERMANY
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19 Jeremy Carpentier FRANCE
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87 Benjamin Herrera CHILE
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96 Daide Von Zitzewitz GERMANY
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472 Roberto Gajdosech ARGENTINA
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601 Pierre Thevenet BRAZIL
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315 Misael Gonzalez MEXICO changes a tyre
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Some riders did not have enough exercise during the day
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You would need to be pretty big headed to wear this one.
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Now riders have moved from Rocky tests to sand tests and its getting hot. The temperature reached 40c on a couple of occasions.
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24 Taylor Robert USA starting another day
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12 Pierre Renet FRANCE
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12 Pierre Renet FRANCE
33 Mathew Phillips AUSTRALIA
18 Loic Larrieu FRANCE
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25 Kaileb Russell USA
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45 Ivan Cervantes SPAIN
21 Thaddeus Duvall USA
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15 Fabien Planet FRANCE
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42 Lorenzo Sanchez SPAIN
40 Jaume Betriu Armengol SPAIN
88 Sebastien Taverne CHILE
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92 Marco Neubert GERMANY
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62 Stefano Caimi ARGENTINA
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Mother waving to her son.
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97 Bruno Waechtler GERMANY
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66 Martin Mercado ARGENTINA
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94 Marcus Kehr GERMANY
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26 Grant Baylor USA
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Some of the views were awsome
62 Stefano Caimi ARGENTINA
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The French had a lot of support
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93 Nick Emmrich GERMANY
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192 Mateo Hadjirallis URUGUAY
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73 Jeremy Fraselle BELGIUM on his way up
73 Jeremy fraselle BELGIUM on his way down
192 Mateo Hadjirallis URAGUAY
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156 Nicolas Fuentes Loboguerrero COLOMBIA
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210 Jessica Gardiner AUSTRALIA
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212 Jemma Wilson AUSTRALIA
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211 Tayla Jones AUSTRALIA
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222 Shelby Turner CANADA
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155 Walter Lopez Hernandez COLOMBIA
433 Cory Buttrick USA
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579 Cody Schaffer USA
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504 Jakob Horak CZECH REPUBLIC
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579 Cody Schaffer USA
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Okie looking after a German Rider
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431 Gonzalo Guzman ARGENTINA enjoying the ride
Jenny Hodgkinson looking after the Japanese Team
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Okie looking after the Belgiun girls
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411 Sean McKenzie CANADA
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It was like a Dessert out there
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12 Pierre Renet FRANCE
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35 Joshua Srang AUSTRALIA
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25 Kailub Russell USA
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45 Ivan Cervantes SPAIN
18 Loic Larrieu FRANCE
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61 Franco Caimi ARGENTINA
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14 Anthony Boissiere FRANCE
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57 Lars Lofgren SWEDEN
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39 Lachlan Stanford AUSTRALIA
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65 Kevin Benavides ARGENTINA
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91 Edward Heubner GERMANY
56 Jesper Boerjesson SWEDEN
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88 estaban Lanz CHILE
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84 Jorge Diez CHILE
44 Jonathan Barragan SPAIN
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89 Alonso Marin CHILE
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89 Alonso Marin CHILE
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34 Toby Price AUSTRALIA
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18 Loic Larrieu FRANCE
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33 Mathew Phillips AUSTRALIA
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24 Taylor Robert USA
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45 Ivan Cervantes SPAIN
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14 Anthony Boissiere FRANCE
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61 Franco Caimi ARGENTINA
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15 Fabien Planet FRANCE
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43 Victor Guerrero Ruiz SPAIN
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19 Jeremy Carpentier FRANCE
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27 Steward Baylor USA
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17 Theo Bazerque FRANCE
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38 Daniel Sanders AUSTRALIA
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142 Robert Reed CANADA
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220 Victoria Hett CANADA
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232 Amanda Mastin USA
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212 Jemma Wilson AUSTRALIA
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Another day another rocky test
25 Kallub Russell USA
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20 Michael Brown USA Tiredness was starting to show at this stage.
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33 Mathew Phillips AUSTRALIA
45 Ivan Cervantes SPAIN
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60 Luciano Benavides ARGENTINA
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74 Wim Vanderheyden BELGIUM
