Jeroni mo!
By TMX Archives on 2nd Jul 09
JERONI Fajardo claimed his first ever SPEA FIM World Trials Championship win in Andorra on Sunday but the day was won by Brits Alexz Wigg and Jonathan Richardson who incredibly tied up the World Junior and World Youth titles respectively...Pictures: ERIC KITCHEN JERONI Fajardo put his countrymen and title challengers Toni Bou and Adam Raga in the shade in Andorra as the Catalan notched-up his first ever World Championship success – and the first win for the Beta EVO model.
Fajardo really was in a class of his own posting the lowest score on each of the two laps of 15 sections – and not even three time penalties could stop Jeroni's march to a long overdue win.
The trial in Andorra featured five sections in the cold, mountain stream featuring a stone bed and big rocks with the remainder of the 15 hazards spread high up the mountainside in the woods.
Apart from a single five, in the tough watery fifth hazard, Jeroni kept out of trouble while his rivals all notched-up unwanted maximums.
Bou had a five in the ninth section, when the tape was broken, either by himself or by a minder and although there was rumpus about it, the five stood.
And then the world championship leader fived the penultimate section on his second lap and this dropped him to third. Title rival Raga was in second – how he would have loved it to be first – which closed the Championship gap down to 12 points with just two rounds to go.
Dougie Lampkin claimed fifth place, just one point behind former team-mate Takahisa Fujinami while James Dabill matched Doug on overall scores but lost out on the most cleans tie-break – 16 to 11. How close can it get?
Michael Brown was the third Brit in the contest and took tenth after a hard day.
In the Junior class the win went to Spain's Alfredo Gomez with a dominant ride in which he dropped just four marks. Ross Danby was a strong fourth on just 21, but the day belonged to Alexz Wigg as the Brit tied-up the Junior title after a torrid day at the office.
Seventh was not what Alexz was looking for but it did the job. As ever, Brits piled up the points with Jack Challoner and George Morton following him home with James Fry nailing good points for 12th.
In a low-scoring Youth class Belgian Maxime Warenghien took the overall honours but Britain's Ben Morphett rose to the occasion to claim a great second place but all eyes were on Yorkshire's Jonathan Richardson who held his nerve and tied-up the title with a fine podium placing.
Jonny Walker finished just out of the points in 16th while Joanne Coles tackled the course and put in a gutsy performance to reach the finish.
FOR FULL STORY AND PICTURES, SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, JULY 3 , 2009
WORLD TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 6 – St Julia, La Rabassa, ANDORRA
1 Jeroni Fajardo (E - Beta) 8 + 4 + 3 = 15
2 Adam Raga (E - Gas Gas) 15 + 6 + - = 21
3 Toni Bou (E - Montesa) 15 + 8 + - = 23
4 Takahisa Fujinami (J - Montesa) 21 + 22 + - = 43
5 Doug LAMPKIN (GB - Beta) (16x0) 21 + 23 + - = 44
6 A Cabestany (E - Sherco) (11x0) 26 + 18 + - = 44
7 James DABILL (GB - Gas Gas) 26 + 22 + 3 = 51
8 Marc Freixa (E - Gas Gas) 34 + 21 + 4 = 59
9 Daniel Oliveras (E - Gas Gas) 47 + 27 + - = 74
10 Michael BROWN (GB - Sherco) 46 + 37 + - = 83
11 Loris Gubian (F - Gas Gas) 58 + 64 + 9 = 131
SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Bou 167 points, 2 Raga 155, 3 Fujinami 113, 4 Cabestany 107, 5 Fajardo 106, 6 LAMPKIN 104, 7 DABILL 85, 8 Freixa 76, 9 Gubian 59, 10 BROWN 56, 11 Oliveras 37, 12 Kenichi Kuroyama 16, 13 Henri Himmanen 14, 14 Shaun MORRIS 9, 15 Daniele Maurinio 7, 16 Tomoyuki Ogawa 7, 17 Fumitaka Nozaki 7, 18 Fabio Lenzi 3, 19 Tsuyoshi Ogawa 2, 20 Francesco Iolitta 1, 21 Isao Shibuya 1.
WORLD JUNIOR TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 6 – St Julia, La Rabassa, ANDORRA
1 Alfredo Gomez (E - Montesa) 3 + 1 + - = 4
2 Matteo Grattarola (I - Sherco) 11 + 1 + - = 12
3 Francesc Moret (E - Gas Gas) 10 + 8 + - = 18
4 Ross DANBY (GB - Gas Gas) 13 + 8 + - = 21
5 Alexandre Ferrer (F - Sherco) 17 + 5 + - = 22
6 Guillaume Laniel (F - Gas Gas) 18 + 4 + - = 22
7 Alexz WIGG (GB - Beta) 8 + 15 + - = 23
8 Jack CHALLONER (GB - Beta) 18 + 9 + - = 27
9 George MORTON (GB - Beta) 18 + 11 + - = 29
10 Laia Sanz (E - Montesa) 21 + 19 + - = 40
11 Benoit Dagnicourt (F - Beta) 20 + 20 + 1 = 41
12 James FRY (GB - Sherco) 27 + 22 + - = 49
13 Mardon Moi (N - Beta) 36 + 15 + - = 51
14 Emil Gyllenhammar (S - Gas Gas) 29 + 20 + 2 = 51
15 Ivan Peydro (E - Gas Gas) 34 + 19 + - = 53
23 Harry HARVEY (GB - Gas Gas) 59 + 55 + - = 114
SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Alexz WIGG 163 points (WORLD CHAMPION), 2 Gomez 147, 3 Grattarola 142, 4 CHALLONER 115, 5 Ferrer 81, 6 Laniel 76, 7 DANBY 75, 8 Moret 66, 9 Dagnicourt 63, 10 Simone Staltari 37, 11 Sam HASLAM 36, 12 MORTON 34, 13 Gyllenhammar 24, 14 FRY 20, 15 Patrick Smage 17,... 24 Craig ROBINSON 3, 25 Ben WIBBERLEY 1.
FIM YOUTH TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 6 – St Julia, La Rabassa, ANDORRA
1 Maxime Warenghien (B - Sherco) 1 + 1 + - = 2
2 Ben MORPHETT (GB - Beta) 0 + 4 + - = 4
3 Jon RICHARDSON (GB - Sherco) 4 + 1 + - = 5
4 Luca Cotone (I - Beta) 2 + 6 + - = 8
5 Carlos Traviesa (E - Gas Gas) 5 + 3 + - = 8
6 Francesc Ciurana (E - Gas Gas) 6 + 4 + - = 10
7 Hakon Pedersen (N - Sherco) 10 + 1 + - = 11
8 Tanguy Mottin (F - Gas Gas) 5 + 8 + - = 13
9 Gianluca Tournour (I - Gas Gas) 9 + 8 + - = 17
10 Matteo Poli (I - Beta) 10 + 7 + - = 17
11 Pere Borrellas (E - Gas Gas) 11 + 7 + - = 18
12 Romain Tessaroil (F - Gas Gas) 11 + 7 + - = 18
13 Marc Horrach (E - Gas Gas) 11 + 9 + - = 20
14 Ismael Catalin (I - Gas Gas) 14 + 5 + 3 = 22
15 Ib Andersen (N - Gas Gas) 18 + 5 + - = 23
16 Jon WALKER (GB - Gas Gas) 8 + 14 + 4 = 26
26 Joanne COLES (GB - Gas Gas) 46 + 40 + 16 = 102
SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Jonathan RICHARDSON 162 points (WORLD CHAMPION), 2 Warenghien 125, 3 Traviesa 118, 4 Mottin 115, 5 Cotone 99, 6 Borrellas 96, 7 Pedersen 80, 8 MORPHETT 67, 9 WALKER 55, 10 Horrach 49, 24 Josh BRAIN 2,...
NEXT ROUND: September 6 – Tona, Osona, SPAIN.
WORLD LADIES TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 2 – St Julia, La Rabassa, ANDORRA
1 Laia Sanz (E - Montesa) 8 + 3 = 11
2 Becky COOK (GB - Sherco) 17 + 11 = 28
3 Joanne COLES (GB - Gas Gas) 20 + 11 = 31
4 Iris Kramer (D - Scorpa) 16 + 21 = 37
5 Rosita Leotta (D - Gas Gas) 23 + 20 = 43
6 Mireia Conde (E - Beta) 28 + 23 = 51
7 Emma BRISTOW (GB - Gas Gas) 36 + 34 = 70
8 Alba Villegas (E -Sherco) 40 + 31 = 71
9 Sandra Gomez (E - Gas Gas) 34 + 40 = 74
10 Sandrine Juffet (F - Gas Gas) 41 + 39 = 80
11 Elisabet Solera (F - Gas Gas) 39 + 41 = 80
12 Carla Calderer (E - Gas Gas) 46 + 37 = 83
13 Connie Ludvigsen (N - Sherco) 47 + 37 = 84
14 Maryline Journet (F - Gas Gas) 45 + 40 = 85
15 Hannah STYLES (GB - Gas Gas) 49 + 45 = 94
SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Sanz 20 points, 2 COOK 17, 3 COLES 15, 4 Kramer 13, 5 Leotta 11, 6 Conde 10, 7 BRISTOW 9, 8 Villegas 8, 9 Gomez 7, 10 Juffet 6, 11 Solera 5, 12 Calderer 4, 13 Ludvigsen 3, 14 Journet 3, 15 STYLES 1.
NEXT ROUND: September 13 – Isola, FRANCE.
Jeroni Fajardo created a splash in Andorra last Sunday.