Guat a cracker
By TMX Archives on 27th Apr 07
TONI Bou (Repsol Montesa) won both day's trials last weekend as the World Trials Championship was staged in Guatemala, the first time ever that the series has visited South America. This took Bou's 2007 tally to three wins from three starts after he took the opening event in Spain.
It was a Repsol-Montesa benefit as Takahisa Fujinami grabbed a podium on both days, while Britain's Dougie Lampkin finished fourth each time - the second losing out on a podium on a tie-break with team-mate Fujigas after both riders dropped just 14 marks. The only other rider to force his way in amongst the all-conquering Montesa factory four-strokes was reigning World Champ Adam Raga who kept himself in the Championship hunt with third and second places on his factory Gas Gas.
The two days in Guatemala were conducted in great heat and humidity which took its toll on rider and minders alike, while the 15 section course, marked out at La Antigua, around 100km south of Guatemala City, was set mainly over slippery boulders set in a river with climbs over more rocks and tree roots as a variation. The event was watched by very large crowds, with claimed figures of 12,000, and the sections were very tricky although tackled enthusiastically by the far-travelled Championship chasers in all three classes.
WORLD TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 2 - La Antigua, GUATEMALA
DAY ONE
1 Toni Bou (E - Repsol Montesa HRC) 8 + 11 + 2 = 21
2 Takahisa Fujinami (J - Repsol Montesa HRC) 7 + 15 + 5 = 27
3 Adam Raga (E - Raga Gas Gas) 20 + 12 + 2 = 34
4 Dougie LAMPKIN (GB - Repsol Montesa HRC) 24 + 18 + - = 42
5 Albert Cabestany (E - Tarragona Sherco) 23 + 23 + - = 46
6 Marc Freixa (E - 250F Scorpa) 26 + 21 + 4 = 51
DAY TWO
1 Toni Bou (E - Repsol Montesa HRC) 4 + 1 + - = 5
2 Adam Raga (E - Raga Gas Gas) 6 + 2 + - = 8
3 Takahisa Fujinami (J - Repsol Montesa HRC) (23x0) 11 + 3 + - = 14
4 Dougie LAMPKIN (GB - Repsol Montesa HRC) (22x0) 8 + 6 + - = 14
5 Marc Freixa (E - 250F Scorpa ) 17 + 18 + - = 35
6 James DABILL (GB - Future Montesa 4RT) 26 + 11 + - = 37
SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Bou 60 points, 2 Raga 49, 3 Fujinami 45, 4 LAMPKIN 41, 5 Cabestany 31, 6 Freixa 29
WORLD JUNIOR TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
DAY ONE
1 Alexz WIGG (GB - JST Gas Gas) 22 + 13 + - = 35
2 Nicolas Gontard (F - Nico Gas Gas) 28 + 22 + - = 50
3 Michael BROWN (GB - TTT Beta) 29 + 22 + - = 51
4 Loris Gubian (F - Gas Gas) 30 + 21 + 2 = 53
5 Lee SAMPSON (GB - ACE Sherco) 38 + 30 + - = 68
6 Matteo Grattarola (I - Sherco) 33 + 43 + - = 76
DAY TWO
1 Michael BROWN (GB - TTT Beta) 5 + 9 + - = 14
2 Loris Gubian (F - Gas Gas) 13 + 5 + - = 18
3 Alexz WIGG (GB - JST Gas Gas) 10 + 10 + - = 20
4 Nicolas Gontard (F - Nico Gas Gas) 15 + 20 + - = 35
5 Lee SAMPSON (GB - ACE Sherco) 20 + 21 + - = 41
6 Matteo Grattarola (I - Sherco) 18 + 25 + - = 43
SERIES STANDINGS: 1 BROWN 55 points, 2 WIGG 50, 3 Gontard 47, 4 Gubian 41, 5 SAMPSON 32, 6 Grattarola 27
FIM YOUTH TRIALS CHAMPS
DAY ONE
1 Alfredo Gomez (E - Gas Gas) 22 + 6 + - = 28
2 Ross DANBY (GB - JST Gas Gas) 14 + 23 + - = 37
3 Patrick Smage (US - Sherco) 24 + 25 + - = 49
4 Alexis Cervantes (F - Sherco France) 28 + 20 + 2 = 50
5 Robert ANDREWS (IRE - JST Gas Gas) 27 + 35 + - = 62
6 David Millan (E - Sherco) 31 + 28 + 4 = 63
DAY TWO
1 Alfredo Gomez (E - Gas Gas) 8 + 12 + - = 20
2 Ross DANBY (GB - JST Gas Gas) 14 + 10 + - = 24
3 Patrick Smage (US - Sherco) 16 + 13 + - = 29
4 Alexis Cervantes (F - Sherco France) 21 + 13 + - = 34
5 David Millan (E - Sherco) 24 + 29 + - = 53
6 Robert ANDREWS (IRE - JST Gas Gas) 33 + 23 + - = 56
SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Gomez 60 points, 2 DANBY 49, 3 Cervantes 43, 4 Smage 30, 5 Millan 30, 6 ANDREWS 24
NEXT ROUND: May 27 - Senez, FRANCE.
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, April 27, 2007.