Cab pulls rank

On the opening day it was very much business as usual, with Toni Bou picking up his eighth consecutive win.

 

But on the second day of competition the impossible happened and Toni slipped off the podium, when two fives dropping him to an unheard of fourth place.

 

The event was staged over a very compact area, with the vast majority of sections in the woods within 400 metres of the St Julia Gun Club, with sections being very dry, rocky and dusty.

 

And that was how they stayed, with temperatures nearing 30 degrees. Two laps of 15 sections were awaiting all groups in what was, by Championship standards, a relatively easy event.

 

Jeroni Fajardi continues to be the most improved rider of the year since his return to Beta .

 

And he was first to show on Saturday, completing his first lap for just six marks, four better than Bou – who dropped two fives – and his Repsol Montesa team-mate Takahisa Fujinami.

 

Bou obviously learnt from his mistakes though and was totally brilliant on his second circuit, dropping just a solitary mark in the fourth hazard where he failed first time through. 

 

Only Fajardo cleaned this section, taking his Beta through feet-up on his second lap. 

 

Fuji made it through for two and everyone else clocked-up a maximum.

 

This gave Bou his eighth win on the bounce, with Jeroni a safe second and Fujigas another welcome podium place. 

 

Adam Raga's indifferent form continued while the usually consistent Cabestany was down in fifth. James Dabill, Michael Brown and Jack Challoner followed in quick succession, with Alexz Wigg in contention in 11th, ahead of Ossa's Dani Oliveras.

 

On the second day there was an upset though as Cabestany found his form and a pair of excellent laps of four and six marks took him into first place and his first victory of the current campaign, ahead of Fajardo, who did little wrong on his way to another runner-up berth.

 

Bou started out like he was going to romp to yet another 20-point score with just two singles to his name first-time through. 

 

But a five-mark penalty for touching a flag closed things up. Then, when tied for the lead with Cabestany, the Repsol Montesa man dropped another maximum at the penultimate section and that was enough to tip him off the podium. 

 

Raga just squeezed into the top three, one mark ahead of Bou while Dibs and Browny battled amongst themselves for sixth and seventh.

 

In the Juniors there were celebrations as – after finishing first on Saturday and fifth on Sunday – French Sherco ace Alexandre Ferrer was crowned champion. 

 

FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE TMX NEWS JUNE 29

 

WORLD TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP

Rd 5 – Sant Julia, ANDORRA

DAY ONE

 1 Toni Bou (E - Montesa) 10 +  1 = 11

 2 Jeroni Fajardo (E -Beta)  6 +  8 = 14

 3 Takahisa Fujinami (J - Montesa) 10 + 10 = 20

 4 Adam Raga (E - Gas Gas) 13 + 10 = 23

 5 Albert Cabestany (E - Sherco) 18 + 14 = 32

 6 James DABILL (GB - Beta) 19 + 14 = 33

 7 Michael BROWN (GB - Gas Gas) 23 + 18 = 41

 8 Jack CHALLONER (GB - Beta) 27 + 20 = 47

 9 Matteo Grattarola (I - Gas Gas) 26 + 28 = 54

10 Pere Borrellas (E - Gas Gas) 30 + 28 = 58

11 Alexz WIGG (GB - Gas Gas) 35 + 29 = 64

12 Danny Oliveras (E - Ossa) 30 + 38 = 68

13 Gianluca Tournour (I - Gas Gas) 45 + 33 = 78

14 Eddie Karlsson (S - Gas Gas) 48 + 38 = 86

DAY TWO

 1 Albert Cabestany (E - Sherco)  4 +  6 = 10

 2 Jeroni Fajardo (E -Beta)  5 +  8 = 13

 3 Adam Raga (E - Gas Gas)  7 +  7 = 14

 4 Toni Bou (E - Montesa)  2 + 13 = 15

 5 Takahisa Fujinami (J - Montesa) 11 + 17 = 28

 6 James DABILL (GB - Beta) 30 + 21 = 51

 7 Michael BROWN (GB - Gas Gas) 31 + 22 = 53

 8 Danny Oliveras (E - Ossa) 31 + 33 = 64

 9 Pere Borrellas (E - Gas Gas) 41 + 29 = 70

10 Matteo Grattarola (I - Gas Gas) 30 + 42 = 72

11 Jack CHALLONER (GB - Beta) 35 + 38 = 73

12 Eddie Karlsson (S - Gas Gas) 44 + 38 = 82

13 Alexz WIGG (GB - Gas Gas) 42 + 47 = 89

14 Gianluca Tournour (I - Gas Gas) 45 + 49 = 94

SERIES STANDINGS after 5 (of 7) rounds: 1 Bou 190 points, 2 Fajardo 150, 3 Cabestany 145, 4 Raga 142, 5 Fujinami 130, 6 DABILL 98, 7 CHALLONER 75, 8 Oliveras 69, 9 BROWN 69, 10 Grattarola 50, 11 Gubian 41, 12 WIGG 41, 13 Borrellas 37, 14 Tomoyuki Ogawa 16, 15 Karlsson 15, 16 Kenichi Kuroyama 13, 17 Tournour 11, 18 Fumitaka Nozaki 6, 19 Tsuyoshi Ogawa 2.

NEXT ROUND: July 8 – Santo Stefano d'Aveto, ITALY.

 

FIM YOUTH TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP

Rd 5 – Sant Julia, ANDORRA

DAY ONE

 1 Sverre Lundevold (N - Beta)  3 +  1 =  4

 2 Steven Coquelin (F - Gas Gas)  7 +  2 =  9

 3 Bradley COX (GB - Beta)  7 +  2 =  9

 4 Pietro Petrangeli (I - Beta)  4 +  9 = 13

 5 Carles De Caudemberg (F - Beta) (Time) 10 +  4 = 14

 6 Timo Myohanen (SF - Beta)  9 +  5 = 14

 7 Francesco Cabrini (I - Beta) (24x0)  7 +  9 = 16

 8 Martin Matejicek (CZ - Gas Gas) (22x0) 12 +  4 = 16

 9 Martin Pochez (F - Gas) (24x0)  8 + 10 = 18

10 Luke WALKER (GB - Sherco) (21x0)  8 + 10 = 18

11 Oriol Noguera (E - Sherco)  9 + 10 = 19

12 Ignacio Martin (E - Gas Gas) 23 + 11 = 34

13 Ignacio Fernandez (E - Gas Gas) 21 + 21 = 42

14 Diogo Viera (P - Gas Gas) 22 + 24 = 46

 

DAY TWO

 1 Steven Coquelin (F - Gas Gas)  3 + 17 = 20

 2 Bradley COX (GB - Beta)  4 + 18 = 22

 3 Sverre Lundevold (N - Beta) 10 + 21 = 31

 4 Francesco Cabrini (I - Beta) (18x0) 20 + 13 = 33

 5 Luke WALKER (GB - Sherco) (18x0) 16 + 17 = 33

 6 Martin Matejicek (CZ - Gas Gas) 15 + 21 = 36

 7 Oriol Noguera (E - Sherco) (20x0) 14 + 25 = 39

 8 Martin Pochez (F - Gas) (17x0) 24 + 15 = 39

 9 Pietro Petrangeli (I - Beta) 25 + 16 = 41

10 Ignacio Martin (E - Gas Gas) 23 + 20 = 43

11 Timo Myohanen (SF - Beta) 26 + 18 = 44

12 Ignacio Fernandez (E - Gas Gas) 33 + 17 = 50

13 Carles De Caudemberg (F - Beta) 20 + 32 = 52

14 Diogo Viera (P - Gas Gas) 35 + 33 = 68

 

SERIES STANDINGS after 5 (of 7) rounds: 1 Coquelin 189 points, 2 COX 157, 3 Lundevold 150, 4 Cabrini 92, 5 Petrangeli 75, 6 De Caudemberg Quentin 60, 7 Noguera 59, 8 WALKER 49, 9 Matejicek 44, 10 Myohanen 40, 11 Pochez 31, 12 Martin 29, 13 John Hayes 24, 14 Fernandez 23, 15 Blake Fox 22,...  23 Bradley BULLOCK 9,... 25 Declan BULLOCK 4,...

 

NEXT ROUND: July 8 – Santo Stefano d'Aveto, ITALY.

 

WORLD JUNIOR TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP

Rd 5 – Sant Julia, ANDORRA

DAY ONE

 1 Alexandre Ferrer (F - Sherco)  0 +  5 =  5

 2 Jorge Casales (E - Gas Gas)  6 +  1 =  7

 3 Benoit Dagnicourt (F - Beta) 11 +  1 = 12

 4 Pol Tarres (E - JTG) (25x0) 11 +  2 = 13

 5 Jack SHEPPARD (GB - Beta) (24x0)  6 +  7 = 13

 6 Tanguy Mottin (F - Montesa)  5 + 11 = 16

 7 Maxime Warenghien (B - Gas Gas)  8 +  9 = 17

 8 Giacomo Saleri (I - Beta) (21x0) 12 + 14 = 26

 9 Cedric Tempier (F - Sherco) (20x0)  9 + 17 = 26

10 Francesc Moret (E - Montesa) 16 + 13 = 29

11 Matteo Poli (I - Ossa) 13 + 18 = 31

12 Hakon Pedersen (N - Sherco) 22 + 11 = 33

13 Luca Cotone (I - Gas Gas)  8 + 27 = 35

14 Carles Traviesa (E - Gas Gas) 15 + 23 = 38

15 Ib Andersen (N - Gas Gas) 20 + 20 = 40

DAY TWO

 1 Benoit Dagnicourt (F - Beta)  2 +  0 =  2

 2 Jorge Casales (E - Gas Gas)  2 +  6 =  8

 3 Jack SHEPPARD (GB - Beta)  9 +  2 = 11

 4 Pol Tarres (E - JTG)  4 + 11 = 15

 5 Alexandre Ferrer (F - Sherco)  5 + 11 = 16

 6 Maxime Warenghien (B - Gas Gas) 13 +  4 = 17

 7 Francesc Moret (E - Montesa) 11 + 12 = 23

 8 Tanguy Mottin (F - Montesa) 14 + 13 = 27

 9 Cedric Tempier (F - Sherco) 12 + 20 = 32

10 Matteo Poli (I - Ossa) 15 + 19 = 34

11 Carles Traviesa (E - Gas Gas) 20 + 18 = 38

12 Kyle Middleton (AUS - Gas Gas) 25 + 16 = 41

13 Luca Cotone (I - Gas Gas) 19 + 24 = 43

14 Hakon Pedersen (N - Sherco) (15x0,2x1) 17 + 27 = 44

15 Giacomo Saleri (I - Beta) (15x0,5x1) 18 + 26 = 44

SERIES STANDINGS after 5 (of 7) rounds: 1 Ferrer 186 points, 2 Tarres 134, 3 Moret 136, 4 Dagnicourt 124, 5 SHEPPARD 93, 6 Casales 81, 7 Mottin 70, 8 Warenghien 68, 9 Tempier 66, 10 Saleri 60, 11 Pedersen 58, 12 Poli 39, 13 Middleton 35, 14 Traviesa 26, 15 Whittaker 20, 16 Cotone 15, 17 Timothy Coleman 14, 18 Boyd Willcocks 12, 19 Yoshiaki Nomoto 11, 20 Chris Bayles 10,... 

NEXT ROUND: July 8 – Santo Stefano d'Aveto, ITALY.

 

WORLD LADIES TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP

Rd 1 – San Julia, ANDORRA

DAY ONE

 1 Laia Sanz (E - Gas Gas)  2 +  1 = 3

 2 Emma BRISTOW (GB - Ossa)  7 +  9 = 16

 3 Sandra Gomez (E - Gas Gas) 13 + 11 = 24

 4 Sandrine Juffet (F - JTG) 14 + 12 = 26

 5 Becky COOK (GB - Beta) 16 + 13 = 29

 6 Miriea Conde (E - Beta) 19 + 16 = 35

 7 Kristie McKinnon (AUS - Gas Gas) 22 + 20 = 42

 8 Sara Trentini (I - Beta) (14x0) 21 + 29 = 50

 9 Martina Balducchi (I - Scorpa) (11x0) 25 + 25 = 50

10 Blandine Guillaud-Fuggi (F - Gas Gas) 27 + 28 = 55

11 Alba Villegas (E - Sherco) 22 + 35 = 57

12 Nikita SMITH (GB - Gas Gas) 33 + 26 = 59

13 Elisa Peretti (I - Gas Gas) 30 + 38 = 68

14 Clementine Duguilhem (F - Beta) 38 + 33 = 71

15 Daniela Bauml (D - Beta) 41 + 37 = 78

DAY TWO

 1 Laia Sanz (E - Gas Gas)  3 +  3 = 6

 2 Sandra Gomez (E - Gas Gas) (19x0,2x1) 14 + 11 = 25

 3 Becky COOK (GB - Beta) (19x0,1x1) 16 +  9 = 25

 4 Emma BRISTOW (GB - Ossa) 14 + 12 = 26

 5 Sandrine Juffet (F - JTG) 17 + 13 = 30

 6 Alba Villegas (E - Sherco) 20 + 15 = 35

 7 Miriea Conde (E - Beta) 17 + 19 = 36

 8 Kristie McKinnon (AUS - Gas Gas) 17 + 20 = 37

 9 Sara Trentini (I - Beta) 21 + 20 = 41

10 Martina Balducchi (I - Scorpa) 26 + 23 = 49

11 Nikita SMITH (GB - Gas Gas) 27 + 26 = 53

12 Elisa Peretti (I - Gas Gas) 29 + 28 = 57

13 Clementine Duguilhem (F - Beta) 33 + 28 = 61

14 Blandine Guillaud-Fuggi (F - Gas Gas) 32 + 31 = 63

15 Daniela Bauml (D - Beta) 38 + 31 = 69

SERIES STANDINGS after 1 (of 3) rounds: 1 Sanz 40 points, 2 Gomez 32, 3 BRISTOW 30, 4 COOK 26, 5 Juffet 24, 6 Conde 19, 7 McKinnon 17, 8 Villegas 15, 9 Trentini 15, 10 Balducchi 13, 11 SMITH 9, 12 Guillaud-Fuggi 8, 13 Peretti 7, 14 Duguilhem 5, 15 Bauml 2.

NEXT ROUND: September 22/23 – Tramelan, SWITZERLAND.