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World Championship Round 3 - Day 2 |
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Toni Bou – Repsol Montesa HRC returned to the top of the podium today in the second day of competition at the USA grand prix, the fourth scoring day of competition in the FIM 2008 SPEA Trial World Championship. Winner of day one in the USA grand prix, Takahisa Fujinami – Repsol Montesa HRC finished in second position with Adam Raga – Gas Gas taking third.
Despite the course being virtually totally unaltered from day one, heavy rain overnight and into this morning made the sections considerably more difficult. Sections which were previously relatively straightforward became very slippery and treacherous. This was reflected as early as the second section of the day where all the championship class riders with the exception of Fujinami and Bou elected to take five marks instead of attempting the section.
Clearly confident after yesterday Fujinami was the rider to beat in the opening lap with his riding style delighting the assembled spectators. After the first ten sections he had a lead of six marks over Bou and ten over Raga, however two fives in sections thirteen and fourteen, both of which he cleaned in the second lap, narrowed his lead at the end of the first half of the competition to just a single mark over Bou. It was to be Bou who was to prevail though dropping just ten marks in the second lap to Fujinami’s sixteen.
Bou still leads the overall championship standings with a seven point margin over Fujinami who has climbed above Raga after this weekend, however Raga is just two points adrift of Fujinami so it is still very early days in the championship.
In the Junior championship, it was to be back to back wins for Loris Gubian – Sherco. The young Frenchman repeated his victory of yesterday and has now closed the gap on championship leader, Alexz Wigg – Montesa to just four points. Wigg had to settle for second position today with Sam Halsam – Gas Gas finishing third.
The Youth championship continues to be very interesting with Jack Challoner – Beta returning to the top of the podium to repeat his win in Bangor three weeks ago. Young Spaniard, Adrian Pastoriza – Gas Gas turned in his best performance of the season and his first podium place by taking second place. Yesterday’s winner and home rider, Patrick Smage – Sherco failed to find his winning form and had to settle for third place. Challoner now leads the championship by seven marks over Smage with Francesc Moret – Gas Gas still in third place despite finishing off the podium today.
The FIM 2008 SPEA Trial World Championship now takes a break until the 31st of May when it will return with the first of two days of competition at the Motegi Ring in Japan.
Championship Results
1. Toni Bou - 33
2. Takahisa Fujinami - 38
3. Adam Raga - 54
4. Jeroni Fajardo - 74 (10 cleans)
5. Marc Freixa - 74 (6 cleans)
6. James Dabill - 76
7. Albert Cabestany - 79
8. Dougie Lampkin - 84
9. Daniel Oliveras - 117
10. Michael Brown - 150
Junior Championship Results
1. Loris Gubian - 56
2. Alexz Wigg - 59
3. Sam Haslam - 67
4. Ross Danby - 77
5. Guillaume Laniel - 78
6. Alfredo Gomez - 79
7. Cody Webb - 82
8. Matteo Grattarola - 84
9. David Millan - 94
10. Fredrik Jonansson - 101
11. Laia Sanz - 104
12. Will Ibsen - 119
13. Ewoud Lalkens - 140
Youth Championship Results
1. Jack Challoner - 19
2. Adrian Pastoriza - 24
3. Patrick Smage - 26
4. Benoit Dagnicourt - 49
5. Alexandre Ferrer - 54
6. Francesc Moret - 57
7. Pere Borrelas - 58
8. Jonathan Richardson - 60
9. Pau Botella - 66
10. Jake Whitaker - 67
11. Ron Commo - 110
12. Josiah Mizell - 119
13. Andrew Oldar - 133
14. Alexander Bedley - 135
15. Eric Storz - 146
Photo & Video coverage
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Video Coverage
Video coverage is restricted to Trials Central Supporters only. For a selection of 18 videos covering 3 different sections and featuring Adam Raga, Alexz Wigg, Daniel Oliveras, Dougie Lampkin, James Dabill, Jeroni Fajardo, Marc Freixa, Ross Danby, Sam Haslam, Takahisa Fujinami and Toni Bou, click here
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