Bou shows Polish polish
By TMX Archives on 12th Jul 07
2007 SPEA World Trials Championship was staged in Poland last Sunday and while the style of sections was very different to the usual rock-step fest, being mainly slippery, very steep climbs in a wood, the end result was exactly the same as all that has gone before - Toni Bou was way out on his own!
It was very close for the remaining podium slots though, with AdamRaga and Albert Cabestany eventually taking the honours from Bou'sRepsol-Montesa team-mates Takahisa Fuji-nami and Dougie Lampkin.Fujigas was nudged off the podium only on a tie-break after tieing withCabestany.
The Polish trial took place, as last year, at Myslenice, 25 milesfrom Krakow, and the majority of the sections, set in the dark, woodedvalley were also as used previously. There were several new ones,albeit on similar lines, and these were covered in several inches offallen leaves and the sections took the best part of the two laps tobecome rideable. The final section of the 15, lapped twice, was aman-made one at the start/finish.
So while the end result was pretty much as-you-were, Dougie - insearch of that epic 100th GP win - was right on the case on the firstlap, finishing just two marks astern of Bou after the 15 hazards.Unfortunately, the wheels rather came off the Brit's cart second timeround, thanks to maximums at the fourth and fifth sections, plus hethen stalled the four-stroke several times and instead of a solidrunner-up berth, as Bou really upped the pace, fifth was scant reward.
Said Doug, ''I thought I was on for a safe second place but I reallyshouldn't have fived the fifth section and then the stalls cost medear. It was a tough trial though and my hand (hurt at the Japaneseround ) was really hurting on the second lap.''
WORLD TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP Rd 6 - Myslenice, POLAND
1 Toni Bou (E - Repsol Montesa HRC) 12 + 5 + 1 = 18
2 Adam Raga (E - Raga Gas Gas) 17 + 11 + 1 = 29
3 Albert Cabestany (E - Tarragona Sherco) 15 + 15 + - = 30
4 Takahisa Fujinami (J - Rep Mont HRC) 15 + 14 + 2 = 31
5 Dougie LAMPKIN (GB - Rep Mont HRC) 14 + 22 + - = 36
6 Marc Freixa (E - 250F Scorpa) 28 + 23 + - = 51
SERIES STANDINGS after 6 rounds: 1 Bou 157 points,2 Raga 137, 3Fujinami 116, 4 LAMPKIN 99, 5 Cabestany 94, 6 Fajardo 74, 7 DABILL 72,8 Freixa 68, 9 Oliveras 41, 10 Bruand 29, 11 Bethune 27, 12 Maurino 19,13 Kenichi Kuroyama 17, 14 Tomoyuki Ogawa 16, 15 Shaun MORRIS 13,...
WORLD JUNIOR TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
1 Matteo Grattarola (I - Sherco) 15 + 3 + - = 18
2 Michael BROWN (GB - TTT Beta) 12 + 7 + - = 19
3 Alexz WIGG (GB - JST Gas Gas) (21x0) 12 + 11 + - = 23
4 Nicolas Gontard (F - Gas Gas) (18x0) 13 + 10 + - = 23
5 Sam HASLAM (GB-Birkett Scorpa)(18x0) 17 + 19 + - = 36
6 Lee SAMPSON (GB-ACE Sherco) (15x0) 17 + 19 + - = 36
SERIES STANDINGS: 1 BROWN 152 points, 2 WIGG 118, 3 Gontard 105, 4Loris Gubian 94, 5 Grattarola 94, 6 SAMPSON 66, 7 HASLAM 62, 8 Sanz 50,9 Guillaume Laniel 38, 10 Vaccaretti 34,... 21 ELLWOOD 7,...
FIM YOUTH TRIALS CHAMPS
1 Alfredo Gomez (E - Gas Gas) 7 + 1 + - = 8
2 Alexandre Ferrer (F - Beta) (22x0) 6 + 5 + - = 11
3 Alexis Cervantes (F - Sherco) (20x0) 5 + 6 + - = 11
4 Antonio Alfonso (E - Gas Gas) 5 + 7 + - = 12
5 Ross DANBY (GB - JST Gas Gas) 6 + 8 + - = 14
6 Patrick Smage (US - Sherco) 7 + 10 + - = 17
SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Gomez 157 points, 2 DANBY 124, 3 Cervantes 118, 4Smage 60, 5 Millan 57, 6 Alfonso 55, 7 Morell 43, 8 Ferrer 38, 9Griebel 38, 10 Robert ANDREWS 29,... 17 Jack CHALLONER 8,...
NEXT ROUND: Jul 15 - Kramolin, CZECH REPUBLIC.
Ross polishes off the Juniors
AS usual, the European Championship trial preceded the World Round inMyslenice, Poland, on Saturday when, after heavy rain during the week,at least trials day turned out fine, if overcast. Conditions wereslippery but a very sensible course produced a low-scoring trial.
And in the Euro Juniors there was joy for Britain's Ross Danby asthe Gas Gas rider finally put one over his season-long nemesis AlfredoGomez to score maximum points and stand on the top of the podium.
After dropping just four marks on the opening lap, a two and a pairof ones, Ross then pulled-off a dream ride with an absolutely cleansecond circuit. Even with an easier course this is still an awesomefeat of concentration and skill and no-one else managed it, althoughGomez made it to the penultimate section before cracking and a one wenton his card.
This put both battling contenders four marks each and into a tie-break which Ross won thanks to 27 cleans to 26.
EURO ADULT TRIALS CHAMPS Rd 4 - Myslenice, POLAND
1 Jerome Bethune (F - Beta) 5 + 5 + - = 10
2 Michael BROWN (GB - Beta) 5 + 8 + - = 13
3 Fabio Lenzi (I - Montesa) 13 + 3 + - = 16
4 Daniel Gibert (E - Montesa) (4x1) 9 + 8 + - = 17
5 Daniel Oliveras (E - Sherco) (3x1) 13 + 4 + - = 17
6 Matteo Grattarola (I - Sherco) 20 + 7 + - = 27
SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Gibert 63 points, 2 Lenzi 60, 3 Bethune 59, 4Oliveras 56, 5 Bruand 51, 6 BROWN 44, 7 Loris Gubian 29, 8 Stranghoner27, 9 Grattarola 26, 10 Nicolas Gontard 19, 11 Kroustek 14, 12 SAMPSON11,... 15 Sam HASLAM 9, 16 WIGG 9,...
EURO JUNIOR 125cc TRIALS CHAMPS
1 Ross DANBY (GB - Gas Gas) (27x0) 4 + 0 + - =4
2 Alfredo Gomez (E - Gas Gas) (26x0) 3 + 1 + - =4
3 Laurent Morell (F - Beta) 7 + 8 + - =15
4 Antonio Alfonso (E - Gas Gas) 6 + 13 + - = 19
5 David Millan (E - Sherco) 13 + 9 + - = 22
6 Pau Botella (E - Beta) 12 + 11 + - = 23
SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Gomez 77 points, 2 DANBY 63, 3 Cervantes 54, 4Millan 53, 5 Alfonso 40, 6 Morell 38, 7 Ferrer 38, 8 Botella 33, 9Dagnicourt 25, 10 Martel 19,... 13 Jack CHALLINOR 11, 14 Robert ANDREWS11,...
NEXT ROUND: Aug 19 - Hobol, NORWAY.
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, July 13, 2007.