As the days count down towards the ninety-seventh FIM International Six Days of Enduro (ISDE), the event organisers are busily ramping up preparations in and around the host city of San Juan.

Universally adored, the 6DAYS® annually attracts hundreds of competitors and thousands of enduro fans from around the world. For many riders it remains a must do event and one of the last remaining motorcycle competitions open to both professional and amateur riders alike.

San Juan is no stranger to the 6DAYS® having previously hosted the event in 2014. Since then, the city has benefitted from the development of the Villicum Circuit, which will act as the hosting paddock for all attending. The modern motorsport facility, which opened in 2018, has hosted the FIM Superbike World Championship four times and is more than capable of facilitating every team’s servicing needs. Acting as the hub of the 6DAYS® action, riders will start and finish each day of racing at the Villicum Circuit.

Across the first five days of the 6DAYS®, riders will be treated to three unique courses to ride. Easing riders into the week ahead, the Blue Loop used for days one and two will take riders northwards into the mountains. The Blue Loop is approximately one-hundred-and-thirteen kilometres in length and features one cross test and two enduro tests. Ridden twice, it will make for a seven-hour day in the saddle.

Slightly longer in length at one hundred and fifteen kilometres, to make for a two hundred-and thirty-kilometres long day of riding, the Red Loop used on days three and four will be a welcome milestone for riders as they push through the mid-way point of the competition. The spectacular views from the north side of Dique Ullum and Punta Negra lakes will help ease competitor’s tired bodies as they work their way towards the end of day four.

As is customary for the 6DAYS®, day five will deliver a new course. With the end of the race now on the horizon, the Yellow Loop takes competitors from the Villicum Circuit along the south side of the Dique Ullum lake and past the fringes of San Juan city. With six more tests to complete and an estimated seven hours and thirty minutes of ride time, day five will be the longest of the week at two-hundred-and-thirty-four kilometres.

Once back to the Villicum Circuit on the evening of day five, competitors will be left with one final day of competition – the traditional day six motocross test. The remaining challenge ahead of the finish line of the ninety-seventh  6DAYS®, an exciting series of short races around the motocross track will complete proceedings in style.

Win, lose, or draw, you can be sure celebrations in San Juan will then run on long into the night!