Canada Finishes Sixth in Women’s Trophy at 100th FIM 6DAYS
Canada’s Women’s World Trophy team has completed the 100th FIM 6DAYS Enduro of Nations in sixth place, closing a demanding week in Portugal with a classified national-team finish and another top-10 individual performance from Alberta’s Shelby Turner.
The centenary edition ended with the traditional Final Cross Test on the sand at Sines. Italy won the World Trophy and Junior World Trophy, while the United States secured a record seventh Women’s World Trophy title. Australia finished second in the women’s classification, France third, New Zealand fourth and the FIM Latin America team fifth.
Triumph’s post-event report confirms Canada finished sixth overall in the Women’s World Trophy. Turner, riding a Triumph TF 250-E, also completed the event inside the individual women’s top 10.
That result gives Canada a concrete final benchmark after a week in which simply reaching Day Six required sustained speed, mechanical discipline and recovery from changing conditions.
A full Canadian Women’s Trophy effort
Canada entered the event with Emma Sharpless of Ontario, Megan Sharpless of Ontario and Shelby Turner of Alberta in the Women’s World Trophy category.
The team spent the week racing through dry, dusty and sandy terrain around Grândola before the final motocross-style test on the beach in Sines.
Turner was Canada’s highest-profile women’s entry because of her international enduro form earlier in 2026, but the national result depended on the team completing the week under the Six Days format.
The event rewards much more than a single fast stage. Riders have to manage special tests, transfers, time controls, service restrictions and the cumulative physical load of six consecutive days.
By Day Five, Canada was already sixth in the Women’s World Trophy. Turner described the week as difficult and said the sandy tests finally produced her first crash of the event, although she was able to continue without injury.
Canada carried that sixth-place position through the Final Cross Test.
Turner closes the week inside the top 10
Triumph’s October 19 event recap identifies Turner as a top-10 finisher in the individual women’s classification aboard the TF 250-E.
That matters because the field included several of the strongest women in international enduro.
Brandy Richards won the individual women’s classification for the United States, with Australia’s Danielle McDonald second and American Korie Steede third. The final team result also gave the United States its seventh Women’s World Trophy victory and broke its previous tie with Australia for the most wins in the category.
Turner’s result adds another international finish to a season that has already included strong results in EnduroGP and North American competition.
The Canadian result should also be understood as a team achievement. A national trophy classification is built through combined performance, not one standout test or one rider’s individual placing.
The Final Cross Test changes the rhythm
The sixth day is different from the long enduro stages that define the first five days.
Instead of another full day of transfers and multiple special tests, riders line up for a motocross-style final race. This year’s version took place on the sand beside the Atlantic Ocean at Praia Vasco da Gama in Sines.
The format creates a final opportunity to gain or lose time, but it also turns the closing day into a public showcase after a week of long-distance racing.
In the women’s final moto, Turner was among the riders near the front after the start, according to trackside reporting. The race helped settle the last individual and national-team positions before the awards ceremony.
For Canada, the more important number is the final team classification: sixth in the Women’s World Trophy.
Italy and the United States take the major trophies
Italy successfully defended both of the major men’s national-team trophies.
Andrea Verona, Morgan Lesiardo, Samuele Bernardini and Matteo Cavallo won the World Trophy for Italy. France finished second and Sweden third.
Italy’s Junior team of Alberto Elgari, Manuel Verzeroli and Kevin Cristino also defended the Junior World Trophy, finishing ahead of the United States and Spain.
The United States dominated the Women’s World Trophy across the week. Brandy Richards, Korie Steede and Rachel Gutish finished with a nine-minute-and-23-second margin over Australia, with France completing the podium.
Andrea Verona also won the outright individual classification after a week-long fight with Spain’s Josep García.
Those results put Canada’s sixth-place women’s finish in context. The centenary edition attracted roughly 500 riders from about 30 nations and placed Canadian competitors in the same event as factory-supported EnduroGP stars and national teams with long histories in the Six Days.
What the result means for Canadian off-road racing
A sixth-place national result at the FIM 6DAYS is not a showroom statistic or a shortcut to comparing motorcycle brands.
Its value is as a measure of competitive depth and preparation.
The Canadian riders had to reach Portugal, prepare or source motorcycles, complete technical and administrative checks, manage six days of racing and keep enough of the team in the event to record a final classification.
That process depends on riders, families, clubs, sponsors, mechanics and the broader Canadian off-road community.
The equipment lessons are also practical. Long multi-day events expose filtration, wheels, tires, chains, controls, brakes, cooling systems and rider protection to repeated stress. Maintenance that feels routine during a weekend ride becomes essential when the motorcycle has to repeat the workload the next morning.
For dealers and clubs, international results such as this are most useful when they support participation rather than only promotion. Rider development, safe trail access, competition events and technical education are the systems that create the next group of Canadians capable of reaching an international start line.
Canada leaves Portugal with a finished result
The 100th FIM 6DAYS is now complete.
Italy leaves Portugal with the World and Junior trophies, the United States with a record seventh Women’s World Trophy, and Canada with sixth place in the women’s national classification.
Turner’s individual top-10 finish gives the Canadian result an additional performance marker, but the broader achievement is that Team Canada completed one of international enduro’s longest and most demanding events with a classified women’s team result.
For Canadian off-road racing, that is the number that lasts after the daily standings disappear: sixth in the Women’s World Trophy at the centenary FIM 6DAYS.
