Bai Bai Bou!
By TMX Archives on 21st Apr 10
THE opening round of the 2010 SPEA FIM World Trials Championship, at Baiona in north west Spain, proved to be a real stunner, at least for the Championship class, with only five riders managing to keep their scores under 100. As expected, reigning champ Toni Bou romped away to a clear-cut victory, the Repsol Montesa rider finishing over 20 marks ahead of runner-up, Gas Gas number one Adam Raga, with Beta's Jeroni Fajardo making an all Catalan podium.
The trial comprised 15 sections, lapped twice, with all the hazards closely spaced on a steep, rocky peninsula. The big problem was the length of the sections which, with the section time for riders having been reduced to just one minute, instead of 90 seconds as last year, simply proving to be insufficient. Heavy rain falling on Friday and Saturday only made the sections more difficult as they got progressively more slippery and everyone was forced to try and rush them, making for mistakes.
WORLD TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 1 – Baiona, SPAIN
1 Toni Bou (E - Montesa) 15 + 33 = 48
2 Adam Raga (E - Gas Gas) 39 + 32 = 71
3 Jeroni Fajardo (E - Beta) 31 + 43 = 74
4 Takahisa Fujinami (J - Montesa) 30 + 46 = 76
5 Albert Cabestany (E - Sherco 44 + 45 = 89
6 James DABILL (GB - Gas Gas) 59 + 53 = 112
7 Dougie LAMPKIN (GB - Beta) 59 + 57 = 116
8 Daniel Oliveras (E - Gas Gas) 63 + 66 = 129
9 Loris Gubian (F - Gas Gas) 67 + 69 = 136
10 Matteo Grattarola (I - Sherco) 75 + 67 = 142
11 Daniele Maurino (I - Gas Gas) (Time) 73 + 73 = 146
12 Alexz WIGG (GB - Beta) 73 + 73 = 146
13 Michael BROWN (GB - Sherco) 75 + 75 = 150
SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Bou 20 points, 2 Raga 17, 3 Fajardo 15, 4 Fujinami 13, 5 Cabestany 11, 6 DABILL 10, 7 LAMPKIN 9, 8 Oliveras 8, 9 Gubian 7, 10 Grattarola 6, 11 Maurino 5, 12 WIGG 4, 13 BROWN 3.
NEXT ROUND: AprIl 24/25 – Pacos de Ferreira, PORTUGAL.
WORLD JUNIOR TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 1 – Baiona, SPAIN
1 Alexandre Ferrer (F - Sherco) 12 + 17 = 29
2 Alfredo Gomez (E - Montesa) 10 + 20 = 30
3 Jack CHALLONER (GB - Beta) 16 + 15 = 31
4 Francesc Moret (E - Gas Gas) 18 + 20 = 38
5 Benoit Dagnicourt (F - Beta) 26 + 20 = 46
6 Patrick Smage (US - Sherco) 24 + 25 = 49
7 Tanguy Mottin (F - Gas Gas) 30 + 30 = 60
8 Pere Borrellas (E - Gas Gas) 31 + 35 = 66
9 Jonathan RICHARDSON (GB - Sherco) 38 + 29 = 67
10 Maxime Warenghien (B - Sherco) (8x1) 31 + 38 = 69
11 Ivan Peydro (E - Beta) (5x1) 40 + 29 = 69
12 Luca Cotone (I - Beta) 42 + 34 = 76
13 Gianluca Tournour (I - Gas Gas) 40 + 43 = 83
14 Emil Gyllenhammar (S - Gas Gas) 33 + 50 = 83
15 Jan Peters (D - Beta) 49 + 38 = 87
19 Ben WIBBERLEY (GB - Gas Gas) 54 + 52 = 106
SERIES STANDINGS after 1 round: 1 Ferrer 20 points, 2 Gomez 17, 3 CHALLONER 15, 4 Moret 13, 5 Dagnicourt 11, 6 Smage 10, 7 Mottin 9, 8 Borrellas 8, 9 RICHARDSON 7, 10 Warenghien 6, 11 Peydro 5, 12 Cotone 4, 13 Tournour 3, 14 Gyllenhammar 2, 15 Peters 1.
FIM YOUTH TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
1 Pol Tarres (E - Gas Gas) 11 + 10 = 21
2 Jack SHEPPARD (GB - Beta) 13 + 16 = 29
3 Carlos Traviesa (E - Gas Gas) (19x0) 15 + 18 = 33
4 Jorge Casales (E - Gas Gas) (15x0) 15 + 18 = 33
5 Giacomo Saleri (I - Beta) (14x0) 17 + 16 = 33
6 Cedric Tempier (F - Sherco 13 + 24 = 37
7 Kristoffer Leirvaag (N - Sherco) 19 + 28 = 47
8 Filoppo Locca (I - Beta) 19 + 31 = 50
9 Arro Castells (E - Gas Gas) 20 + 32 = 52
10 Ismael Catalin (I - Gas Gas) 18 + 36 = 54
11 Jesus Martin (E - Gas Gas) 32 + 25 = 57
12 Romain Rigaud (F - Gas Gas) 25 + 35 = 60
13 Dimitri Wagner (F - Beta) (7x1) 35 + 41 = 76
14 Gianmaria Julita (I - Beta) (5x1) 39 + 37 = 76
15 Simone Ferrari (I - Beta) 45 + 40 = 85
SERIES STANDINGS after 1 round: 1 Tarres 20 points, 2 SHEPPARD 17, 3 Traviesa 15, 4 Casales 13, 5 Saleri 11, 6 Tempier 10, 7 Leirvaag 9, 8 Locca 8, 9 Castells 7, 10 Catalin 6, 11 Martin 5, 12 Rigaud 4, 13 Wagner 3, 14 Julita 2, 15 Ferrari 1.
NEXT ROUND: AprIl 24/25 – Pacos de Ferreira, PORTUGAL.
On Saturday, the day before the SPEA FIM World Championship round in Baiona, Spain, the second round of the 2010 European Championship was staged when, despite rainfall and very slippery conditions, both the European (adults) and Junior courses proved just about perfect for the competition.
In the opening Italian round, home rider Matteo Grattarola was victorious and the Italian was still on form in Spain, taking second place to Spanish ace Alfredo Gomez, who didn't contest the opener. Jack Challoner, third in Italy, repeated the result in Spain with a steady ride in which he didn't do a lot wrong.
EUROPEAN ADULT TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 2 – Baiona, SPAIN
1 Alfredo Gomez (E - Montesa 4RT) 10 + 20 + - = 30
2 Matteo Grattarola (I - Sherco) 19 + 17 + - = 36
3 Jack CHALLONER (GB - Beta) 21 + 17 + - = 38
4 Francesc Moret (E - Gas Gas) 17 + 21 + - = 38
5 Alexandre Ferrer (F - Sherco) 18 + 21 + - = 39
6 Benoit Dagnicourt (F - Beta) 22 + 25 + - = 47
7 Daniel Maurino (I - Gas Gas) 22 + 32 + - = 54
8 Alexz WIGG (GB - Beta) 26 + 31 + - = 57
9 Pere Borrellas (E - Gas Gas) 30 + 32 + - = 62
10 Luca Cotone (I - Beta) 36 + 36 + - = 72
11 Tanguy Mottin (F - Gas Gas) 27 + 46 + - = 73
12 Patrick Smage (US - Sherco) 37 + 37 + 1 = 75
13 Jonathan RICHARDSON (GB - Sherco) 42 + 37 + - = 79
14 Martin Kroustek (CZ - Beta) 39 + 46 + - = 85
15 Andrea Mazzocchin (I - Beta) 39 + 52 + - = 91
24 Ben WIBBERLEY (GB - Gas Gas) 58 + 60 + - = 118
SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Grattarola 37 points, 2 CHALLONER 30, 3 WIGG 25, 4 Ferrer 24, 5 Gomez 20, 6 Borrellas 18, 7 Dagnicourt 17, 8 Cotone 14, 9 Moret 13, 10 RICHARDSON 12, 11 Kroustek 10, 12 Maurino 9, 13 Mazzocchin 6, 14 Mottin 5, 15 Andrea Vaccaretti 5,...
EUROPEAN JUNIOR 125cc TRIALS
CHAMPIONSHIP
1 Jack SHEPPARD (GB - Beta) 9 + 18 = 27
2 Pol Tarres (E - Gas Gas) 14 + 23 = 37
3 Giacome Saleri (I - Beta) 27 + 30 = 57
4 Carlos Traviesa (E - Gas Gas) 26 + 32 = 58
5 Aaro Castells (E - Sherco) 30 + 38 = 68
6 Kristoffer Leirvaag (N - Sherco) 33 + 36 = 69
7 Filippo Locca (I - Beta) 39 + 37 = 76
8 Cedric Tempier (F - Sherco) 36 + 41 = 77
9 Ismael Catalin (I - Gas Gas) 37 + 43 = 80
10 Jesus Martin (E Gas Gas) 45 + 41 = 86
11 Romain Rigaud (F - Sherco) 47 + 42 = 89
12 Rafael Latorre (E - Beta) 43 + 54 = 97
13 Dimitri Wagner (F - Beta) 43 + 56 = 99
14 Gianmaria Julita (I - Beta) 50 + 54 = 104
15 Simone Ferrari (I - Beta) 47 + 61 = 108
SERIES STANDINGS after 2 rounds: 1 Jack SHEPPARD 40 points, 2 Tarres 32, 3 Saleri 32, 4 Castells 22, 5 Catalin 20, 6 Locca 17, 7 Tempier 15, 8 Traviesa 13, 9 Leirvaag 10, 10 Stefano Garnero 10, 11 Samuele Zuccali 9, 12 Ferrari 7, 13 Martin 6, 14 Julita 6, 15 Rigaud 5,... 20 Chris SHORT 2,...
NEXT ROUND: May 23 – Krzeszowice, POLAND.
FOR FULL STORY SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2010
A happy Jack Sheppard shows off the trophy that made it all worthwhile.