Trials Italian Outdoor Championship
By TMX Archives on 16th Mar 08
James Dabill made it two wins from two starts in the defence of his Italian Championship, as the young British rider took a narrow victory at he second round of the series held in San Marino. Dabill had to fight off a fierce challenge from his highly experienced teammate Fabio Lenzi to take the win by just three marks after a nervous and tense closing two laps.
James did not make the best of starts on the opening six river sections, withhim recording a soft five as early as the third hazard. The slippery streamcaught Dabill unawares with his front wheel finding a hole deep enough to halthis progress without warning and to propel him over the handlebars for an earlybath.
Despite the glass' like conditions James battled back well to keephis score in single figures prior to the last man made section. Here Dabill wasdocked a five for a reason that still remains a mystery to him and the otherswho thought they had witnessed a clean ride.
With these mistakes Dabillfound himself locked in a four-way fight for the lead, with just two marksseparating these four front-runners at this point. Ironically it was James'younger British teammate Alexz Wigg who shared the lead after the firstlap.
With the river sections having bedded in, the lap scores droppeddramatically with only the two steps in section eight and the artificial finalhazard now offering any real resistance for the top riders.
James kepthis nerve fantastically despite the extremely tight and tense nature of thecompetition as the trial drew to a close. Dabill completed his second lap forthe loss of just three marks, which consisted of one two mark ride and a singledab effort to edge his way in front.
An even better last lap showing,where he parted with a mere two single dabs was enough to give the twenty oneyear old from west Leeds the results he richly deserved.
Delighted tohave won, but not with his riding Dabill stated. A win is always welcomed,especially as I have shown that I can ride under pressure today. However thatsaid my performance has not been up to standard. The conditions were difficultthis morning, but that is no excuse for the mistakes I made. At least I can nowlook forward to the World championship proper with a few victories under mybelt.
Italian Outdoor Championship Round 2 16/03/08 San Marino,Italy
Results
1: James Dabill
13+3+2=18
2: Fabio Lenzi
15+2+4=21
3: Michele Orizio
14+9+5=28
4: AlexzWigg
13+18+9=40
5: Andrea Vaccaretti
22+10+14=46
6: MatteoGrattarola
15+9+11=35
Championship to date:
1: Dabill40
2: Lenzi 32
3: Vaccaretti 28