At the end of day-one of the 2010 ISDE, in Morelia, Mexico, the Canadian Women’s team sits in sixth position after Karine Gendron and Almeda Rive retired at the ninth (final) special test. The EW class currently has the French team out front, followed by Germany, Sweden, USA and Chile. Mexico holds seventh place.

Our Canadian women have been doing pretty well in the special tests, with solid mid-pack results. Hett had a good day, finishing all nine tests with seven of them being in the top-ten! Here are their special test results from today.

Karine Gendron, 206, KAW KX125: 17, 18, 19, 20, 19, 16, 17, 17, 0

Almeda Rive, 306, KTM 450XC-W: 14, 14, 14, 16, 16, 14, 15, 15, 0

Victoria Hett, 406, KTM 250 XC-W: 12, 10, 11, 9, 10, 9, 10, 9, 9

Here’s how the other ISDE top finishes looked at the end of day-one:

E1: (1) Remes, FIN, KTM (2) Meo, FRA, HSQ (3) Salvini, ITA, HSQ

E2: (1) Aubert, FRA, KTM (2) Thain, FRA, TM (3) Oldrati, ITA, KTM

E3: (1) Mena, ESP, HSB (2) Guillaume, FRA, HSQ (3) Oblucki, POL, HSQ

EW: (1) Puy, FR, GAS (2) Rossat, FRA, GAS (3) Bradford, USA, KTM

We’ll let you know more when we know more! In the meantime, you can find full results by clicking on the ISDE icon. The site is a bit difficult to navigate, but basically click on the day in the top left, then go down the left side of the screen to see the list of the different classes. We can’t wait to see how it goes for our Canadian Women’s team on day-two!