Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

- --- E ~ t 00 t"O') ~ lC') ~ ..c u I-< ro ~ Mick Andrews led the British contingent in their home round. Yrjo Vesterinen scored his second World Trials win in icy:Wales. (Left) Schreiber was eighth. while Mark Eggar (right! was unable to break I, the top 10. " World Championship Trials Series - Round Two Vesterinen scores again • By Dave Wilcock RHAYADER , ENGLAND , FEB . 18 World Champion Yrjo Vesterinen came back from frozen Finland to give another ice show in artie Wales on Saturday and for the second successive week , other trials stars were left in th e cold. Using a measu re of cunning and a new soft -com po u nd Pirelli tire , the Bultaco m a n 12 who se rved his tr ia ls apprenticesh ip in sub -zero Sca nd inavia sco red his second win ' in t he world title series to rake a ren -poiru lead over Bu lta co teamm a te Manin Lampk in . J elling hom e to Helsink i m id week from Belfast and returning to Wales at h is own e } n se . llO Vest e r i ne-n repeatedl y lei his runn ing panner. Swedis h cham pion Ulf Ka rlsson br- t lugu inea pig at sect ions. Then when Ka rlsson disco vered t hc worst of the hazards at his own expen · sc. the World Ch ampion tu rn ed on the ma gic he had showed in Ulster to heal Ka rlsson hy a clear 16 ma rks. While Mart in Lampk in mai nt a ined his cha llenge with a four t h plan' . followed byJ ohn Reynold s (nO SW M ) a nd Rob Ed wards (3 10 Monu-sa ), t he m ost wa rm ing perfo rrn a nce on t h is bitter February da y in the snow "a p ' pcd Rhayad r-r hills was the perfor rna nee of forme r Eur op ean ..ham pion Mick Andrews. No longer wit h t he inh ihitions of ma chine d evelopment arou nd his neck , the Yamaha man let his riding do the ta lking· a nd he finis hed thi rd . But the resul ts of this seco nd ro und of the ten -rou nd titl e cha se threw up some u nusual p lac ings. Malcolm Ra thrnell, bri lliant in a reas where th ere was grip to be had . cou ldn 't keep the lightweig ht Suzuki from sliding on ice , a nd h ad 10 settle for th e un famili ar confines of tenth spot for th e seco nd week . natio na l champ io n Fr en ch Ch risti a n Desn oyers ou tpointed Fren ch internat iona l cha mpion Cha rles Coutard to score his first world tit le poi nts while Cou ta rd slip ped dow n to 15th place , an d eve n British cha m p ion Rob Shephe rd fin ished l Sth , out classed byyounger br other Norman , The muddy slot that followed Cef nllyn's icy stream held no fears for Der rick Edmundson or Mike Led dy, and a big crowd gave the We lsh champio n a ro using cheer for his ea rly clea n on the Suzuki . But immaculate po ise a nd spot-o n : ; riming. of t he rhr otrle gave Ro b (p . wa rd s t h e i d . a n d t heon Iy c Ican J0 f ea th e gr oup. Andrews and Karlsson d ep a n ed for Cross Keys, the second group , on ly two down . closel y followed by Manin Lampkin , J o h n R eyn ol d s and Malcolm Ra thme ll on three · but ':at Cross Keys Ra rhrnell fived in a big way and never managed to gel back in the groove. Edwards' Monresa cut d ea a nd t ha t's th e way his cha nces lookrd 100 until th e Bulraco ba ck-up cr w ca me to his a id wit h a new coi l. "'I T he ice on the rock s at Ashfi eld's strea m grew th icker wit h eac h a ll l'm. pt. a nd it was her e that Vesterinl-n made th e firs t th rust for sup re ma cyirl Allowing himself the luxu ry of 7a t hree in fifth sub a nd a pair of prodsin the last , Vesreri nen 's score went tiplO 12 marks - bUI a ll of his main ri s ca me slid ing to a halt. Mick An drews was thri ftiest. com pleting th e hill fcir:i' total of eight. but Edwards a nd Mar li n Lampkin bo t h conceded a pai r of fives on the unfriendly ice . Ill: Even the spe ctators suffered , and

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