Three in a row for Bou
By TMX Archives on 16th Sep 09
WHILE Toni Bou only needed a single point from the final GP of the 2009 season to wrap up his third FIM World Trials Championship in a row, the 22-year-old enjoyed anything other than an easy climax. Rain mid-way through the French event turned the trial on its head and left Bou off the podium for the first time this season, although his eventual fourth place was still more than enough for him to be crowned champion once again. Adam Raga claimed the final victory of the year, as the Gas Gas rider predicted the change in weather perfectly and made an early run for home. That left him with only two sections to ride as his rivals battled through much of the second lap in heavy rain. Takahisa Fujinami produced the best performance in the wet conditions to take second spot ahead of an on-form Jeroni Fajardo.
Although it was the usual candidates who once again packed the top order, it was an injured Dougie Lampkin who was so nearly the story of the day. Unable to take part in practice in the two days prior to the event due to his weakened left wrist, Dougie stunned everyone by notching up clean after clean as he rode ahead of the pack due to his poor result in Spain a week earlier.
Lampkin actually maintained his lead until section 14 on the first lap, where a five within a few feet of the begins cards took his tally to nine on observation and one on time at the halfway point. His total of ten put him level with Bou and Marc Freixa, as Raga and Fujinami topped the leader-board when the punch cards were swapped.
Lower down the order, it was not a good day for the Brits, with James Dabill and Michael Brown failing to shine on the mountain sections. The more established duo eventually finished tenth and twelfth respectively and were separated by Alexz Wigg who had made a strong start since moving to the World Championship class after winning the Junior title earlier in the year.
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IN preparation for the Ladies Trials des Nations in a weeks time, the second round of the Ladies World Trials Championships saw a huge number of riders decend on the ski resort of Isola in France.
Once again it was Repsol Montesa rider, Laia Sanz, who dominated the competition as she claimed her ninth Womans World Championship title with one round still remaining in Italy next week.
WORLD TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 8 (Final) – Isola 2000, FRANCE
1 Adam Raga (E - Gas Gas) 5 + 2 + - = 7
2 Takahisa Fujinami (J - Montesa) 4 + 11 + 3 = 18
3 Jeroni Fajardo (E - Beta) 12 + 8 + 2 = 22
4 Toni Bou (E - Montesa) (20x0) 8 + 14 + 2 = 24
5 Albert Cabestany (E - Sher (19x0) 13 + 11 + - = 24
6 Marc Freixa (E - Gas Gas) 10 + 21 + - = 31
7 Dougie LAMPKIN (GB - Beta) 9 + 24 + 1 = 34
8 Loris Gubian (F - Gas Gas) 13 + 32 + - = 45
9 Daniel Oliveras (E - Gas Gas) 33 + 16 + - = 49
10 James DABILL (GB - Gas Gas) 31 + 35 + - = 66
11 Alexz WIGG (GB - Beta) 41 + 26 + 1 = 68
12 Michael BROWN (GB - Sherco) 39 + 40 + 1 = 80
13 Nicolas Gontard (F - Gas Gas) 70 + 75 + - = 145
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Toni Bou 200 points (CHAMPION), 2 Adam Raga 188, 3 Takahisa Fujinami 147, 4 Fajardo 136, 5 Cabestany 128, 6 LAMPKIN 118, 7 DABILL 101, 8 Freixa 96, 9 Gubian 74, 10 BROWN 64, 11 Oliveras 52, 12 Henri Himmanen 17, 13 Kenichi Kuroyama 16, 14 WIGG 11, 15 Shaun MORRIS 9,...
WORLD JUNIOR TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
1 Alfredo Gomez (E - Montesa) 7 + 10 + - = 17
2 Matteo Grattarola (I - Sherco) 14 + 3 + - = 17
3 Jack CHALLONER (GB - Beta) 13 + 7 + - = 20
4 Alexandre Ferrer (F - Sherco) 11 + 15 + 4 = 30
5 Guillaume Laniel (F - Gas Gas) 19 + 14 + - = 33
6 Benoit Dagnicourt (F - Beta) 18 + 17 + - = 35
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS (Best 9 results to count – Nett (Gross)): 1 Alexz WIGG 163 points (CHAMPION), 2 Alfredo Gomez 161 (187), 3 Matteo Grattarola 150 (176), 4 CHALLONER 122 (138), 5 Ferrer 100 (105), 6 Laniel 90 (97).
FIM YOUTH TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
1 Maxime Warenghien (B - Sherco) 15 + 4 + - = 19
2 Tanguy Mottin (F - Gas Gas) 15 + 6 + - = 21
3 Carlos Traviesa (E - Gas Gas) 16 + 6 + - = 22
4 Luca Cotone (I - Beta) 18 + 10 + - = 28
5 Jonathan WALKER (GB - Gas Gas) 23 + 6 + - = 29
6 Francesc Ciurana (E - Gas Gas) 23 + 8 + - = 31
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS (Best 9 results to count – Nett (Gross)): 1 Jonathan RICHARDSON 162 points (CHAMPION), 2 Maxime Warenghien 142 (160), 3 Tanguy Mottin 140 (145), 4 Traviesa 129 (144), 5 Borrellas 115 (123), 6 Cotone 105 (122).
WORLD LADIES TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 2 – Isola 2000, FRANCE
1 Laia Sanz (E - Montesa) 0 + 5 = 5
2 Iris Kramer (D - Scorpa) 9 + 19 = 28
3 Becky COOK (GB - Gas Gas) 10 + 20 = 30
4 Joanne COLES (GB - Gas Gas) 8 + 24 = 32
5 Emma BRISTOW (GB - Gas Gas) 11 + 23 = 34
6 Rosita Leotta (D - Gas Gas) 20 + 28 = 48
SERIES STANDINGS (Best 2 results to count): 1 Laia Sanz 40 points (CHAMPION), 2 Kramer 32, 3 COOK 32, 4 BRISTOW 21, 5 Leotta 19, 6 Wilde 14.
FINAL ROUND: September 18 – Darfo Boario Terme, ITALY.
FOR FULL STORY SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
Albert Cabestany seemed to find the course to his liking and rode well to take fifth place and also finish fifth in the series.