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TRIALS WorldCham~ionship Observed Trials Series: Round 3
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Diego Bosis was Tarres ' only real threat . Following th e three loops, Bosis and
Tarres were tied with 19 points, bu t Tarres nipped the Italian with more cleans.
Spain's Jordi Tarres, the two -time defending Trials World Champion, claimed
his 13th consecutive victory at the U.S. World round in G lo be, Arizona.
Amos Bil bao floa ted ' his Fantic to fourth overa ll with 46 p oin ts. T he Spaniard's
scorecard read 17-21-7 after th e th ree loops; Tarr es's sho wed a 5-4-10.
Tarres tops the world
in Arizona
By Kit P almer
GLOBE, AZ, APR. 22
eeking hi s 13th consecutive World
Ch ampionship Obs erved Trials
Series win, Spain's J ordi Tarres
came to the U.S. round of the series
with fire in hi s eyes. But wanting to
douse those flam es and put an end to
T a rres' winning streak was Italy's
Diego Bosis, wh o came within a gnat's
eyelas h of acco mp lish ing hi s goal.
Followin g .the three-loop, 16·section
Wagner Cup event, T arres and Bosis
had talli ed 19 points each, but after
adding up each rider' s tie-br eaking
cleans, Tarres, ridi ng a water- cooled
Beta Zero , emerged on top wi th 41
cleans to Bosis' 37.
" I am very happy to win here," said
th e · defending two -time World
Ob served Trial s Champion , T arres,
" but I'm still trying to improve my
riding, because Diego Bosi s is riding
very well and is my nearest cornpe tition. My main concern is getting more
points ahead of Diego."
Despite finishing second aboard a
S
10
factory-backed wat er-cooled Aprilia
Climber, Bosis was not exactly happy
with hi s fini sh. " I need to win - to
beat Jordi," said Bosis. " I could have
ga ined three points on Jordi; now I
hav e lost three po ints. I have to bea t
hirrn. "
Fini shin g third wa s Finland ' s
Tommi Ahval a, lik e Bosi s an Aprilia
factory rid er, wh o fin ish ed 10 points
o rr T arres' and Bosis' tall y, while
Sp ain 's Amos Bilbao (46 points) and
Italy's Don ato Miglio (47) rounded out
the top five on th eir Fantics,
Outclassed by the European riders
who have totall y domina ted the sport
of trials, wit h th e exceptio n of 1979
when American Bern ie Schreiber won
the World Championship on a Bultaco , non e of the American riders in
Arizona fini shed within the top 20.
Beta rid er Ron Commo was the top
Ameri can rider, fini shing 23rd overall
with 233 points dropped. Finishing
two points behind Commo in 24th was
