D iego Bosis claimed the f irst victory of his young career at the
Pennsylvania round of the World Championship Observed Trials Series.
Three-time World Champion Eddie Lejeune of France dropped out of
the Pennsylvania round after aggravating an old thumb injury.
England's Steve Saunders placed sixth aboard a Fantic and is now tied
with Bosis for third in the world standings with 93 points each.
World Championship Observed Trials
Series: Round 7
Bosis tops 'em
in Pennsylvania
. By Boyd Reynolds
BODINE , PA, JUNE 21
Italian Aprilla rider Diego Basis compiled
a 28/34/33 for a 95 point total to achieve
his firs t-ever Wor l d : Champ ions h i J:>
Observed Trials win . The young Basis beat
veter an a n d current World
Champion Thierry Michaud
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\48/32/ ?5) by 10 pomts, pushi ng MI chaud Into seco n d
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pl ace. Th ird was Merlin-mounted
Fren chman Pas cal Couturier who
d id 37/36/39 for a total of 112.
In 1986 Bosi s com piled 117 world
poi nt s ' never pl acing higher than
fifth pl ace, but this season he has
been climbing steadily in th e standin g and had a firm grip in fourth
place go ing int o this event with a
73 point tall y. This win brings him
up in pl ace to third with a 93 total
following th e series leader Jordi
T arres of Spa in , who now totals 102
points, and th e curr en t Michaud of
France. .
The highest p lacing American was
pa st World Champio n Berni e
Schreib er in 13th position with 62/
61/68 for a total of 191. The Fanticmounted Californian was only five
points ahead of rising newcomer
Ryan Young with is 66/ 63/67 to total
196. Riding o n his turf and questioned before th e start by a local TV
station as to his goals, " I just want
to gain som e world points today,"
sai d Schreib er. H e pi cked up his firs t
two world points by day 's end, a nd
he had th e crowd of more than 4000
in his pocket several times. ' One of
those times was in secti on four when
th e Beta sta lled, and without loosing
his bal ance for severa l minutes, the
yo ung Pennsylvanian re-started the
bike without touching the ground,
hopped over the rock ledge and then
fell back to five th e section as the
crowd roared and th en . cheered his
efforts wildl y.
One of the three riders to stay with
their 1986 spons or was Tarres who
placed fourth on board a Beta with
40/ 43/39 to total 122 po ints. Popular
Frenchman Eddie Lejeune, the threetime 1982 to '84 World Champion
retired at midday after re-inj uring
an old thumb injury. Donato Miglio
