World Championship Chat

i saw advertised in t&mx the chance to watch at sheffield from the riders area. this was at a cost of

Trying to sort out the holidays to coincide with a few World rounds in Europe, anybody know where or been to the new locations for the French( Valdeblore), Portugese(Gouveia) or Spanish (Pajares)rounds. Are they within reach of any of the package holiday airports. The Bangor World Round in Ireland is already sorted, anyone needing advice on it please shout.

Email just received from Eurosport Please find the schedules below for upcoming trials on Brtiish Eurosport. 13/01/2004 17:00 17:30 TRIAL World Championship Sheffield VTR-EXT 14/01/2004 00:00 00:30 TRIAL World Championship Sheffield REPL 15/01/2004 11:15 11:45 TRIAL World Championship Sheffield REPL 23/01/2004 19:30 20:00 TRIAL Indoor World Championship Hong Kong REPL 03/02/2004 09:00 09:30 TRIAL World Championship Koblenz REPL 04/02/2004 07:30 08:00 TRIAL World Championship Koblenz REPL 05/02/2004 23:45 00:15 TRIAL Indoor World Championship Marseilles VTR-EXT 07/02/2004 19:00 19:30 TRIAL World Championship Koblenz VTR-EXT 09/02/2004 23:00 23:30 TRIAL In…

I see Barcelona is on the 9th February 2004, my dad says if the schools are off we can go to spain and watch a round How much is it to go to one of these round and where do you get the tickets for them? Cheers Chris

1st Lap: Fujigas - 3 Cabestany - 5 Jarvis - 6 Raga - 7 Lampkin - 12 Freixa -17 This means Dougie fails to qualify. Qualifiers: Graham Jarvis Adam Raga Albert Cabestany Takahisa Fujinami GO GRIMBO!!!!

Laia Sanz joins team Montesa Laia Sanz, current womens' World trials champion, will join the factory Montesa-HRC team in 2004. The team is very proud welcoming into its ranks a new reference for this motorcycling speciality at world series level. Born on December 11, 1985 in Corbera de Llobregat (Barcelona), Laia Sanz is the best female rider in the history of the sport, a status proven by the four World series titles achieved by the young Catalan rider from the year 2000, as well as the European titles in the last two seasons. Laia Sanz:

I'll be texting the Sheffield results as the happen back to r2wtrials who will update this thread. Please don't post messages in it!

.The British round of the world indoor series is this coming weekend, and once again there is bugger all for press releases on any of the top web sites, this can only mean the series promoters haven't sent them out? or am I wrong and the websites just cant be bothered to post world championship news, or is there only enough promotional $$$$$$$ for the Spanish rounds. Who is riding, and their current standings, or is it just a circus as many say and not worth the effort to let the trials world know what's going on. Why do they charge the event organisers a fee? is it to help promote the event, or just to give some sad bugger a room and front seats at the event. Any won…

Adam Raga stated after he won his first WTC, 01 in Goldendale, how Doug Lampkin helped him so much, always had the time to offer help in spite of them being competitors, and how if he ever became World champ he would want to be just like Doug. That all changed with the strike at the Spanish opener and not only was it a strike for most of the Spaniards, but some including Raga actually stood in the section trying to block Lampkin, Frexia, and the others from walking the damn sections! Now ever since, Raga keeps slighting Doug with comments how his Championship wasn't just, and how Tarres is the greatest, not Doug, because for one thing Tarres was a flashier rider Raga s…

Thought I'd set up a poll to see if our votes tally up with the ones at http://www.indoortrials.com (we can see who is winning as the votes come in)

There was a very interesting interview with Jordi Pasquet on Todotrial that's worth taking a look at! Despite the poor translation, it's interesting to see his view on the state of the World Championships and where he thinks it's headed! Have a look! Cheers, Steve

Just checked out the World Trials info website and Eurosport are doing the usual recorded trials, but a couple of live ones as well have a look on the following link: www.worldtrials.info Mick

well?

http://www.mototrial.it/ has a good selection of pics from the recent indoor, including an ace shot of Freixa handstanding on the waterfall.

Reading Dicko's page three blurb this week he goes on about how well off road riding is doing in the UK, and finishes the topic with a question, [is off road riding ready for the big time?] I don't now about the MX & Enduro scene, but from a trials point of view I think the events like the Scot and SSDT, and Brit national events are doing well run by the clubs! who are left alone to do what they think best for the event, on the other hand the events promoted by the big euro promoters in a way they know best, look to be doing p*** poor for entries and spectator participation. So in answer to the question is off road riding ready for the big time, I just hope the bi…