Bou pulls off an Italian job
By TMX Archives on 15th Jul 11
Despite the threat of rain ruining play, reigning World champion, Toni Bou, further strengthened his grip on the 2011 SPEA FIM World Trials Championship with victory at the Italian Grand Prix.
Although countryman Adam Raga also managed to avoid the rain that saw some of the World Pro class struggle during the latter stages, he could only manage second place as Bou extended his lead at the top of the series standings.
Repsol Montesa teamster, Takahisa Fujinami finished third after struggling with a bad case of sickness throughout the day.
Located in Northern Italy only 100-kilometres northwest of Milan, the small rural town of Montecrestese played host to the fifth round of the world championship.
Although this venue had previously held national level trials competition, this was the first time it had hosted a World Championshp Trial.
Heavy rainfall in the days just prior to the event threatened to play havoc with the already difficult sections, but hot and dry weather on Saturday and most of Sunday produced a good trial.
Full report and pictures in T+MX News issue dated July 15, 2011.
WORLD TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 5 – Montecrestese, ITALY
1 Toni Bou (E - Montesa) 4 + 2 = 6
2 Adam Raga (E - Gas Gas) 13 + 1 = 14
3 Takahisa Fujinami (J - Montesa) 21 + 5 = 26
4 Jeroni Fajardo (E - Ossa) (faster) 14 + 13 = 27
5 Albert Cabestany (E - Sherco) 10 + 17 = 27
6 James DABILL (GB - Beta) 21 + 20 = 41
7 Loris Gubian (F - Gas Gas) 25 + 34 = 59
8 Matteo Grattarola (I - Gas Gas) 42 + 35 = 77
9 Jack CHALLONER (GB - Beta) 45 + 37 = 82
10 Michael BROWN (GB - Gas Gas) 49 + 46 = 95
11 Daniele Maurino (I - Beta) 54 + 46 = 100
12 Fabio Lenzi (I - Future) 55 + 47 = 102
13 Francesco Iolitta (I - Beta) 58 + 50 = 108
14 Michele Orizio (I - Gas Gas) 62 + 55 = 117
15 Alexz WIGG (GB - Sherco) 58 + 64 = 122
SERIES STANDINGS after 5 (of 8) rounds: 1 Bou 115 points, 2 Raga 97, 3 Cabestany 86, 4 Fujinami 84, 5 Fajardo 73, 6 DABILL 58, 7 Gubian 50, 8 CHALLONER 45, 9 BROWN 43, 10 Grattarola 42, 11 WIGG 24, 12 Iolitta 22, 13 Dougie LAMPKIN 7, 14 Carsten Stranghoner 4, 15 Maurino 5, 16 Lenzi 4, 17 Orizio 2.
WORLD JUNIOR TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
1 Alexandre Ferrer (F - Sherco) 2 + 6 = 8
2 Francesc Moret (E - Montesa) 10 + 1 = 11
3 Benoit Dagnicourt (F - Beta) 4 + 10 = 14
4 Pol Tarres (E - Gas Gas) 7 + 9 = 16
5 Pere Borrellas (E - Gas Gas) 12 + 6 = 18
6 Alfredo Gomez (E - Montesa) (24x0) 6 + 16 = 22
7 Tanguy Mottin (F - Montesa) (17x0) 9 + 13 = 22
8 Jonathan RICHARDSON (GB - Sherco) 14 + 9 = 23
9 Luca Cotone (I - Gas Gas) 6 + 23 = 29
10 Jake Whittaker (NZ - Beta) 17 + 14 = 31
11 Carles Traviesa (E - Gas Gas) 11 + 21 = 32
12 Ivan Peydro (E - Gas Gas) 13 + 27 = 40
13 Gianluca Tournour (I - Gas Gas) 25 + 16 = 41
14 Guillaume Jean (F - Beta) 21 + 21 = 42
15 Matteo Poli (I - Ossa) 30 + 19 = 49
SERIES STANDINGS after 5 (of 8) rounds: 1 Gomez 107 points, 2 Moret 90, 3 Tarres 81, 4 Dagnicourt 74, 5 Borrellas 67, 6 Ferrer 53, 7 Traviesa 49, 8 RICHARDSON 47, 9 Maxime Warenghien 44, 10 Mottin 34, 11 Whittaker 27, 12 Peydro 26, 13 Tournour 24, 14 Cotone 18, 15 Poli 15,...
FIM YOUTH TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
1 Cedric Tempier (F - Sherco) 0 + 6 = 6
2 Eddie Karlsson (S - Gas Gas) 4 + 7 = 11
3 Jack SHEPPARD (GB - Beta) 11 + 2 = 13
4 Giacomo Saleri (I - Beta) 14 + 3 = 17
5 Steven Coquelin (F - Gas Gas) (24x0) 13 + 5 = 18
6 Bradley COX (GB - Beta) (22x0) 8 + 10 = 18
7 Jonas Widschwendter (D - Sherco) 9 + 13 = 22
8 Francesco Cabrini (I - Beta) 11 + 13 = 24
9 Paul Bury (F - Gas Gas) 24 + 8 = 32
10 Martin Pochez (F - Gas Gas) 19 + 20 = 39
11 Jesus Martin (E - Gas Gas) (15x0) 28 + 16 = 44
12 Michel Schulte (D - Beta) (14x0) 20 + 24 = 44
13 Simone Ferrari (I - Beta) 24 + 23 = 47
14 Kenny Thomas (F - Beta) 33 + 18 = 51
15 Mats Petit (F - Gas Gas) 24 + 32 = 56
SERIES STANDINGS after 5 (of 8) rounds: 1 SHEPPARD 112 points, 2 Tempier 104, 3 Saleri 84, 4 Coquelin 78, 5 Karlsson 45, 6 Cabrini 41, 7 Martin 40, 8 Pochez 39, 9 Thomas 39, 10 Widschwendter 37, 11 COX 27, 12 Romain Rigaud 26, 13 Fabien Menard 25, 14 Petit 23, 15 Bury 21,... 19 Chris STAY 6,... 22 George GOSDEN 2,...
NEXT ROUND: July 31 – Nevis Range, Fort William, BRITAIN.
