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and jump ahead of the pack, hoping that
their gamble would payoff as the others
rushed to make up the time wasted while
waiting in line. Such notables who chose
. to burden themselves with an early five,
rather than be stuck in the mobile gridlock
that is caused by riders balancing in the
sections included Pons, Bosis, Miglio and
. Bilbao.
As the renegades took off, it was Tarres who turned in another amazing loop,
this time with a mere four points. Colomer was second best on lap two, dropping
only 10 points after crashing in section
one. This left him in a tie with Narita, as
. both riders had 15. The only top rider
whose score went up drastically was Garcia. The Spaniard watched his score grow
t o 21, while hi s rivals man aged to
improve their marks.
At th e end of lap two, the overall
scores were: Tarres 12; Nari ta 34; Colomer
34; Garcia 36; Miglio 38; Colley .40; Pons
41; Ahvala 45.
As the final lap began, it became clear
tha t Tarres wo uld not allow victory to slip
through his grasp. His final score even
included two time-penalty points, and
removing those points really shows how
brutal his victory was. Tarres dropped
only seven points on the final lap, and
was the uncontested winner.
The real battle was behind Tarres, as
there were many riders who battled for
the remaining two spots on the podium. It
was Garcia who turned in the second-best
last-lap score, and was rewarded with second overall. Narita was third, even
though he was bested by six other riders
on the final lap. Pons was fourth, just as
he had been in Ireland and England, with
an excellent last-lap score of nine.
Meanwhile, Colomer, who is considered to be the natural successor to Tarres,
carded a final lap of 16 and dropped to
fifth. This was the first time in the young
season that Colomer failed to make the
podium.
Bilbao appears to be regaining his old
form, and there was much joy in the Montesa camp, which has been working very
hard to return to their place amongst the
best.
Of special interest were the first championship poin ts scored by young
Spaniards Jose A Benitez and 16-year-old
Marcel Justribo .
It was a rough day for the Brits; Colley
was the best in eighth, while new sensation Dougie Lampkin finished 12th and
dropped two places in the point standings.
Ahvala was 13th on the day, and
nobody really knew what went wrong for
the former champ. Nevertheless, he lost
only one spot in the championship point
standings.
'1 was not expecting this. This is very
bad for me, but we have some rounds to
go, and maybe I can get some points in
Czechoslovakia in two weeks," said
Ahvala.
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German Wor1d Round
Osnabruck, Garma ny
Results: May 22-23
CHAMPIONSHIP: 1. Jordi Tarres 22 (G{;); 2. Angd
Garda 45 (G{;); 3. Takumi Narila 49 (Bet); 4. joan Pons 50
(G{;); 5. Man: Colomer 50 (Bet); 6. Diego Basis 55 (Bet); 7.
DonatoMiglio 56 (G{;); 8. Steve Colley 6lJ (Bet); 9. Amos
Bilbao 64 (Mon) ; \0. Bruno Camozzl 64 (5co ); 11. Piero
Sembenini 69 (Bel); 12. Dougie Lampkin 70 (Bel); 13.
Tommi Ahvala 73 (Fan); 14. Jose A. Benitez74 (Bet); IS.
Marcel Juslribo 8\ (Bet); 16. Thierry Michaud 91 (Fan); 17.
[ean-Luc Nictou 93 (Bet); \8 . Stefano Dellio 96 (Bet); 19.
Graham Jarvis 98 (SeD); 20. Christophe Camozzi 101
(Yam) .
WO RLD CHAMPIONSHI P TRA ILS SERIES POINT
STANDINGS