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1923
The ISDT moved to Sweden and Norway, based in Stockholm.
These countries also had not participated in the first world war.
Accommodating the Six-Days was a definite advantage, both for the fact of knowing in advance the route of the race and for the number of riders that could be entered.
Even the possibility of receiving assistance depended on the logistics and all these important factors played in favor of the organizing nation.
In those years even the cost of organising the travel throughout Europe could represent an insurmountable obstacle. Langauge difficulties also represented a significant role.
All the predictions were fulfilled and the eve of the sixth edition of the ISDT was the prerogative of the home crew, G. Göthe, G. Lundgren, Bernhard Malmberg and J.A. Bylund.

1924The Belgian Edition at Chaud Fontaine, was enriched with a new competition cup.The World Trophy was reserved for the Senior category, while a new category was established for the younger riders with the Junior Silver Vase.
The team consisted of the Englishman G.S. Arter, C. Wilson and F.W. Giles who won the Trophy, while three young Norwegians C. Vaumund, O. Graff and J. Juberget managed to win the first edition of the Silver Vase.

1925The British economy had meanwhile fully recovered, and its power was reflected once again in the outcome of the competition.
In the four years, from 1925 to 1928, the ISDT was raced in England and for all four years, England was awarded the Trophy and the Silver Vase.
In the 1925 Southampton competition the crew of Kershaw, GS Arter and F.W. Giles won the Trophy.

1926The following year the event was run around Buxton and the team that won the Trophy was composed of  G.W. Walker, J. Lidstone and P. Pike.

1927In the 1927 edition at Ambleside the winning threesome was L. Crisp, G.W. Walker and F.W. Giles, but it was remarkable to note that the silver vase was awarded to a female team this year.
Three rugged amazons, Marjorie Cottle, Edyth Foley and Louise MacLean skillfully riding 350cc machines demonstrated to the world that the superiority of the British was not just technical but also cultural.
As we have seen, Britain headed the table but behind it European fervour and passion was becoming uncontainable.
Contrary to general belief, every type of road competition immediately met with great appreciation from the populations and the authorities of the countries that were crossed by the caravan of riders, independent of whether the machinery was bicycles, motorcycles or automobiles.
Still in 1927 Brescia hosted the most celebrated of competitions for cars over a long distance, the Mille Miglia.
This was run on public roads open to traffic and was organised some twenty four times between 1927 and 1957 (thirteen before the second world war  and eleven after 1947).

1928Also in 1928 the ISDT was raced in England, at Harrogate, and this time were three Englishmen, VC King, F.W. Neill and H.G. Uzzell, who were awarded the Trophy, while the other British crew that won the Vase, was made up of L. Crisp, G.W. Walker and F.W. Giles.
As the years pass, the motorcycle attracts more and more world attention and its use spread a little everywhere. Its development and growth are inextricably linked to the races, which were quickly organized, and not just according to the number of motorcyclists in the national area.
In Bergamo, October 14, 1928, the first edition of the Tour of Bergamo valleys was started, followed by two more editions, May 9th, 1929 and May 7th, 1933, all considered as the precursors of the Bergamo Valleys (Valli Bergamasche), where the legend came to life only a few years later.

1929In that year the ISDT returned to the continent, the turn of Germany (Munich) and Switzerland (Genève), but the substance of things did not change much. Both cups were in fact awarded to the British who lined up for the occasion GR Butcher, G.E. Rowley, F.W. Neill in the Trophy, and L. A. Welch, A.R. Edwards and H.S. Perrey, in the Silver Vase.
For the first time and in private, Italian Rosolino Grana, riding a Gilera participated in the event. The Italian rider finished the test and obtained the silver medal.


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