!J o rdi Tarres, who is currently ranked second in the world. won the U.S .
round of the World Championship Observed Trials Series in Tennessee.
Aprilia-mounted Diego Bosis. from Italy. took second after carding a
96-point drop. 15 more points than winner Tarres.
.
The defending Observed Trials World Champion and current points leader.
Thierry Michaud. from France. collected 102 points for third .
World Championship Observed Trials Series:
Round 4
Tarres tops the
world in Tennessee
By Merle Acord
WINCHESTER, TN, MAY 29
The flavor of international cornpeuuon
p ermeated the Cumberland Plateau 's
Keith's Mountain when the Southeastern
Trials Riders Association hosted the U.S.
ro und of th e 12-round World
Champio ns hip
Observ ed
Tria ls Series.
Spaniard J ordi Tarres, th e
16
seco nd ran ked trial s rider in ' the
wor ld, dro p ped 81 poi nts throug h
three loo ps and 18 sections to take
the win aboard a Beta. Ital y's Diego
Basis, o n a n Aprilia, was second wit h
a score of 96.
"I wanted to win in the United
States," said Tarres, ยท" beca use there
was such a small difference, seven
points, separating Thierry Michaud
and I when we began our rides today.
