Results World Outdoor Trials Championship, Myslenice, Poland

2007-07-08 10:07
WORLD OUTDOOR TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP 2007
ROUND SIX SUNDAY JULY 08 MYSLENICE, POLAND

Weather: Sunny
Temperature: 28 degrees C
Attendance: 7,000

Bou back on top as Fujinami narrowly denied another podium finish

Toni Bou ­ Repsol Montesa HRC took another win at this weekend¹s Grand Prix of Poland, to stretch his advantage in the 2007 championship by a further three points, to a healthy 20-point margin. Second today was again Adam Raga ­ Gas Gas with Albert Cabestany ­ Sherco Tarragona
third. Bou's team-mate Takahisa Fujinami ­ Repsol
Montesa HRC finished the event in fourth after confusion over the amount of time left for one lap caused him to pick up two marks while Dougie Lampkin ­ Repsol Montesa HRC finished the event fifth. The final result did not reflect the effort put in by the three Repsol liveried riders
however, the trio were holding the top three positions after the first lap.

The sixth round of the championship took place in
the town of Myslenice, to the south of Krakow.
Like much of Europe, the area had suffered heavy
rain in the run-up to the event and the ground
was very soft and in places, slippery. However,
the morning of the trial dawned clear of rain and
the riders and spectators were rewarded with
pleasant temperatures and a cooling breeze, as
the action took place in a series of sections
through riverbeds under heavy tree cover. Only
the final, man-made spectator section ran in bright sunshine.

Despite the temperatures, Bou maintained his cool
from the outset, completing the first lap having
racked up just twelve marks. Only two marks
behind at the mid-point was team-mate Lampkin who
admitted to feeling his day started very well.
Third after the first lap was Fujinami, who was
also settling well into the event, which featured
sections almost identical to the previous year's event.

However, things would change for the second lap.
Bou maintained his composure and recorded just
five marks second time around, against his
closest rival¹s eleven. This performance once
again ensured he would emerge victorious, a full
eleven marks clear. Lampkin also started his
second lap well but picked up two fives which
dropped him down the order, to finally finish the
event in fifth. Fujinami was enjoying a good
second lap, but like many riders, found time
beginning to run out. A rare mistake led to him
receiving the wrong information about the
remaining time and after being told he had more
than was the case, he picked up two marks for
time penalties. This dropped him to fourth, just
a single point behind Cabestany in third and one place ahead of Lampkin.

Bou - 1st : "I am very happy to win here today,
as it makes the championship a little easier with
more of a lead. I was a little nervous
approaching this event, as I had a bad result
here last year, so my confidence was not very
high. I did a lot of testing in wet conditions
over the winter and I think that really helped me
today, Almost every section was into and climbing
out of a river or stream and it was definitely a
benefit. I think the sections here were not
particularly difficult; there were one or two
tricky parts but overall, not too bad. However,
it was very easy to make mistakes here. Of
course, I would have liked my team-mates to have
held the same positions at the end as after the
first lap ­ it would have been a perfect result
for the team, which has worked so hard."

Fujinami ­ 4th : "I like this trial, especially
as I won here last year. I had quite a good run
today. I didn't make too many mistakes on my
first lap and my second was also not too bad,
just one five on section nine. What caused me
problems was a big mistake with the time. It was
tight for all the riders, as these sections are
quite easy to either clean or five. To make sure
you clean them, it¹s necessary to spend a lot of
time studying the conditions and the lines. When
I got to section thirteen, I was told by two
mechanics I had twenty minutes left and one said
five. It seems five minutes was right. I pushed
for the rest of the lap but was two minutes late,
which cost two marks and, as a result, third. But
we won¹t make this mistake again."

Lampkin ­ 5th : "My day started well and I felt
comfortable riding. I had an unlucky five on
section thirteen when a rock got caught
underneath my footrest and tipped me over ­ that
was very unlucky. The second lap also started
well, but then I five'd sections four and five.
Section four was quite difficult, but five was
easy and I shouldn't have picked up those marks
there. I then stalled the engine on sections nine
and ten and picked up eight more marks there,
which was incredibly frustrating. It was quite
tricky in places today, as being even slightly
off-line could wreck a good ride."

Ladies World champion Laia Sanz ­ Repsol Montesa
HRC enjoyed a better event than the previous
weekend, finishing the day tenth in the Junior
category. "My day began well, but I either
cleaned sections or five'd them. There were no
small mistakes here today, only big ones. I also
had a big crash in section nine and had to return
to the truck to repair the bike. But overall, I
feel my riding was good. I cleaned every section
either on the first or the second lap; I just
need to make sure I do it on both in future."


RESULTS:

1. Toni Bou (E-Montesa), 18 ;
2. Adam Raga (E-Gas Gas), 29 ;
3. Albert Cabestany (E-Sherco), 30 ;
4. Takahisa Fujinami (JPN-Montesa), 31 ;
5. Dougie Lampkin (GB-Montesa), 36 ;
6. Marc Freixa (E-Scorpa), 51 ;
7. James Dabill (GB-Montesa), 52 ;
8. Jeroni Fajardo (E-Beta), 53 ;
9. Tadeusz Blazusiak (POL-Gas Gas), 54 ;
10. Daniel Oliveras (E-Sherco), 69 ;
11. Jerome Bethune (E-Beta), 88 (5x0,6x1,3x2);
12. Daniel Gibert (E-Montesa), 88 (5x0,6x1,1x2);
13. Christophe Bruand (FR-Sherco), 94;
14. Daniele Maurino (IT-Beta), 100 ;
15. Tsuyoshi Ogawa (JPN-Montesa), 104

World Championship positions after 6 rounds;
1. Bou, 157 ; 2. Raga, 137 ; 3. Fujinami, 116 ; 4. Lampkin, 99 ; 5.
Cabestany, 94 ; 6. Fajardo, 74 ; 7. Dabill, 72 ;
8. Freixa, 68 ; 9. Oliveras, 41 ; 10. Bruand, 29 ; 11. Bethune, 27 ; 12.
Maurino, 19 ; 13. Kuroyama, 17 ;
14. Ogawa T, 16 ; 15. Morris, 13

Next event: 7th round at Kramolin, (Czech Republic) on 15 July

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