World Championship Chat

Coverage of the TDN (followed by the ISDE) due to be screened on 6th October at 12.15pm and 10th October at 9.00 am. Enjoy!

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Hi, Myself and a mate are watching the WTC @ Erba near Bergamo, flights are 28th June, anyone have some good accomodation suggestions? no need for 5* !!! just something reasonable! And near pub etc.... Regards, Ian.

So far this event looks to taking some on the riders, Shaun Morris and Ben Hemingway retired?

Motors TV Thursday at 20:00 447 on Sky CAUTION this programme will contain scenes of non stop action that some viewers may find offensive

Looking at 2013 calendar British WTC is 1 day only is this correct? I could only find 'preliminary dates' That is one loooooong @rse trek up north for a 1 day event.

This was streamed live all afternoon by jitsie,what a fantastic effort , good sections and a a good selection of riders ,in my opinion it makes a mockery of the world indoors , has anyone noticed that they’ve used the same sections for the last 3 events now! The same but jumbled up abit and correct me if I’m wrong but you can’t even get live scoring for the x trial now?well done the organisers and well done jitsie for broadcasting it , top job ?

Toni bou wins trial today at carlisle beating adam raga by 3, his crash was not good but bike was spluttering like hell, it wasn;t his fault at all, they were working on it for 15 mins you could tell he wasnt happy. View my photos from Day 1 Action http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/tomlinsonrob...undNordVue2009# View my photos from Day 2 Action http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/tomlinsonrob...ipNordViewDay2#

Whatever happened to Josep Manzano? We watched him at SSDT 2000 I think, thought he was going to be next best thing... now dissapeared. Did he get injured? Never seen anything written about why he no longer competes, can't even be that old

I see that Irs Kramer has moved to Scorpa, so this must mean that Becky Cook is now the no1 female Gas Gas rider in the world. I wonder if she will be on the same deal as Raga, i think not but it would be nice if she got a tenth of what he gets.

Toni Bou is human after all....... First Lap Results Only 1. Takahisa Fujinami - 25 2. Adam Raga - 27 3. Dougie Lampkin - 32 4. Albert Cabestany - 36 5. Toni Bou - 38 6. James Dabill - 43 7. Jeroni Fajardo - 44 (5 cleans) 8. Marc Freixa - 44 (4 cleans) 9. Daniele Maurino - 52 10. Loris Gubian - 56 11. Michael Brown - 59

While sitting and watching the latest videos of the top riders training (bou, raga, cabes, jeroni) they all seem to be practicing stop permitted on outdoor terrain... Do the riders know something we don't?! A return to stop permitted at world level maybe?

Hi guys, can we get these events televised online? I only get to see headlines after the fact and when they come on youtube they are about an year old! also is there any site we can see ranks with riders and manufactures? thanks

See link to video, shot in Erba (mainly by Mrs Jordi) and thanks to HRC1 for expertise in loading content. Andy, you should be able to spot yourself in the reverse view of Fuji in section 6.

Doug's victory in France was, amazingly, his 99th world round victory. Now that surely must be a huge incentive, not that he really needs one, to reach this Century, not out and going strong. Go on Doug!!!!!

Well yet again Bou has come through and taken the title in emphatic style in the indoor championships. Can he be stopped? I think after 10 of each he may consider Extreme Enduro! Good on him I say, the guy is without doubt a level above the competition. I think we will see how good the Honda/Montesa is when Fujigas takes his leave. It'll be interesting to see who steps onto the ride, maybe Casales. Honda do like to snap up the younger talent early to ensure they maintain that no.1 plate. Wish I could get coverage of the full event to watch. We get zero coverage in Australia, which means I can only watch the 20min final that the FIM put on YouTube, which won't be there f…

I am planning to help Alan B. provide refreshments in Tennessee and need to know just how much Mexican Cactus Juice(from real mexicans) to bring to supplement the Unleaded version that he supplies! How many of you Redcoats are coming?

Interview with the sexist man in Trials A look back at the last time Indoor Trials visited Switzerland Video interviews with the top 3 ahead of tonight's Trial

From the archives http://www.motorcycle.com/mo/mcdirt/trailrider/trials.html worth a look....

40 points up for grabs at the last 2 rounds in Switzerland, Fuji is on 250 after this weekend Doug is on 226 and Raga on 222. A fellow told me without doubt no one was practicing harder or spending more time on the bike than Fuji this season, and if he wasn't on his bike he was down the Gym working on keeping in top shape, looking at the results from the season this looks true to form and the man who wanted it the most went out and earned it. The last two rounds will come down who will be second, Doug has a four point advantage over Raga, but to hold on to second place needs to beat him at least one of the days Fuji just needs to go quietly round and finish safely to be…