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Tarres started out on a mirror image of his p revious day's lap, leading off with cle an, clean, one, clean. Then he came to the fifth section, which had upset his applecart on Saturday. Here, Tarres displayed all his experience as he cleaned the ste p absolutely brilliantly. His pre-jump at the rock face was not as h igh as many, b ut as the rear tire hit home, Tarres ju s t stood back and bu rned rubber up the final two feet. The crowd knew then th at there was only ever going to be one winner. In contrast, Tommi Ah vala - who had cleaned the step the first time - crashed backw ar d s and cursed his bad fortune in three languages - Finnish, French an d English! Ah vala did, however, man age a sheepish smile w hen congratulated on his linguistic skills . As Tarres cruised his way to another best-on-loop score of 10 marks, his com pa triot Marc Colomer on the works Montesa was on the charge. Starting the day down in ninth p lace, Colomer put together a superb lap of 11, matching only Tarres in not picking up a single five through the 14 sections. The mo st- improved lap sco re came from yet ano the r Spaniard, young Marcel [ustribo , who followe d h is opening day' s lap of 43 - which included seven fives - down to an eye-opening 18 with just a single maximum. Luxembourg winner Ah vala was gettin g to grips with the d ifferent terrain and his seco nd-lap sco re of 18 put him in to a head with Col om er for the runner-up berth. The rest were ou t of it . Narita's fo rm d eserted h im almost as qu ickly as it had arri ved, an d instea d of looking for a place on the podium, he was d esperat el y tr ying to stay in th e top 10. Ta r res k icked o ff h is fi n a l lap in super-confident form, but then halfway around the lap he seemed to su dd enly contract a bad case of nerves. The low point cam e as he fived the 11th section virtually right on the in cards whil e attempting asmal l step that he would normally ride up on a moped . Na rita , in copycat fashion , then did exacll y the same. But ther e was to be no d enying the World Champion hi s w in, as Tarres right behind Colley came his old adversary, Bruno Camozzi, wh o staged a mini comeback h imself aft er a high-scoring Saturday . Big Bruno, on his privateer Beta, actuall y overhau led factory rider Narita as the thin Asian rider struggled to get back in to the world scene after a lon g winter spent at hom e. Jarvis, a real quiet man, reflected on his best finish in a World Round to date by saying,"This is my best pla cing, yet I feel it was one of my worst rid es ." We knew what that meant as Jarvis inflicted some real damage on the factory Scorpa with several mega crashes that saw the bike looping end-over-end down the hillsides with himself somersaulting either in front of or behind the errant machine. Spania rds packed the lower order with Benitez, Bilbao and Ju stribo holding off It ali a n veteran Diego Bosis. Lampkin finished an unbelievable 14th. His scorecards showed that ju st two section s had done most of the damage, as Lampkin collected a ma ximum 15 in both the ninth and 14th sections. In contrast, 15th-place Dario Re Delle Gandine - Lampkin's ma in rival during h is European championship w inning' yea r - dropped just a single mark in the last section. Ty p ically, aft er th e eve nt was ove r, Lampkin rode st r ai gh t back to the offending sections an d rod e them fault lessl y on his first try. It was of no use at all, of course, but at least he left Hawk sto ne kn ow ing that he hadn't actu ally forg otten how to ride a bik e , With the pressure off, Lampkin could easily roar back wi th a vengeance at the next round in Ireland, which will fea tu re much more conventional rockery in the Vicklow Mountains. l~ (Above) Spaniard Joan Pons was the best of the res t, finis hing fourth beh ind Tarres, Colomer and Ahvala. (Above right) Graham Jarvis continues to impress aboard his factory Scarpa. The quiet Brit rounded out the top 10. (Right) Steve Colley, was the top-finishing British rider In seventh. (please check that in the agate) Though the trial was held In Britain, It was far from a typical slippery English event . quickly regained his composure and coolly finished the fina l two hazards with a one and a clean, Narita went to pieces with two fives. Colomer proved that his previous lap was no fluke as he again circulated for a score of 11 - the best of the loop - with Colomer's confidence notably returning as he find s the rev amped Cota is a pretty good weapon . Th e torquey motor was particularly helpful in the power sucking sand of the Hawkstone venue. Colomer even managed to smile at the • tro p hy presentat ion - a n d th at ta kes some doin g. Former World Ch ampi on Ah v al a worked his loop sco re down to a wo rthy 12 and this sa w h im eas ily in to third on the weekend. The same three fini sh ers ha ve topped th e field at the first two even ts - th ou gh in d ifferent order - and already, Ta rres, Col omer a n d Ahvala are pu lling cl ear of the pack. Joan Pons took a sa fe fou rth on hi s 350 'Gas Gas, and as usual, looked efficient ra ther than spectacular. Miglio was fifth. The s tu d io us- looking Miglio is very much th e in vi sible m an in the world of trials . You n ever remember s eein g Miglio in a sect ion, ye t h e is always in the top 10 at the end of the day. Colley was the first home-c ountry rider in th e points, having performed Hawkstone Park Hawkstone Park, England Results: April 1So16, 1995 better an d better as the weekend wore on . In the end, he was highly delighted with his sixth and wasn 't reall y looking forward to pl aying in the sa n d . And I:Brieflv,:.• . . CHAMPIONSHIP, I . Jordi Ta rres (G-G) 48; 2. Marc Colomcr (Ma n) 56; 3. Tomm i Ah vala (Fan) 58; 4. Joan Pon s (C-G) 68; 5. Dona to Miglio (G-G) 73; 6. St ev e Co li")' (G-G) 77; 7. Bruno Camozzi (Bet) 88; 8. Takwni N.uita (Bet) 89; 9. Grah am jarvis (Sea ) 9 1; 10. jose Antonio Benitez (G-G ) 91; 11. Amos Bilbao (Be') 92; 12. Marcel justribo (Bet ) 92; 13. Dieg o Bosis (Bet ) 94; 14. Doug Lapkin (B<.<) % ; 15. Dari a R.a Delle Gandina (Bet) 103. WO RLD CHAMPION SH IP TR IA LS SER IES POINT STANDING S (After 2 of 10 rounds): I. (TIE) lordi Ta r res / To mmi Ahva la (35/1 w in each); 3. Mar c Colomer (34); 4. joan Pons (23); 5. Bruno Ca mozzi (22); 6. Don ato Miglio (20); 7. Steve Colley (18); 8. Gr aha m Jar vi s (13); 9. [o se- Antoni c Benitez (13); 10. Dou g Lampki n (13); 11. Takumi Na rila (12); 12. Diego Basis (8); 13. Amos Bilba o (5) ; 14. Ma rcel )u st ribo (4); IS. [oakim Hindren (3); 16. Christophe Camoui (2~ 17. Rob Crawford (I) . blue and bronze'color scheme as Joan Pons' .machine .' Both riders contest the Italian. National Championship Series. .. Scorpa fa ctory rider Gra ha m Jarvis has been hit by a really strange problem - the throttle cables on his works bike keep breaking. Jarvis took a five in Luxembourg wh'en the nipple in .the carburetor .case came ' off, and the replacement cable broke right away as well. The' offending batch of faulty cables were sent to the manufacturers, and one from a whole new batch was fitted to Jarvis' bike. The new cable failed on the first lap in England, costing Jarvis yet" another 'five: Then Yet even w~h five allowed perfactory , some ' 'Gra ha m crashed aga in .on Sunday, a nd of the supported riders 'are strug·gling·. Gas . guess what broke aga in as the bike.looped . Gas, for instance, dedicate alltheir assistants out... to J ordi Tarres . Gas.Gas factory rider Steve. Colley asked .for an extra' minder's bib and Young British rider Andy Cripps wrecked · most of his own bike and a good'part 'of his was denied. ' . dad's new Gas Gas during the trial. Cripps, Andspeaking ofSteve Colley, the likable Brit .who is afraid'of nothing, kept smashirig bits was riding at Hawkstone with several injuries. of( his'own bike, then returned io the paddock He had twisted his ankle climbing out ot.his to rebuild 'with parts taken off his dad's n'ew .transporter before the trial,'andthen hisiight mount which was boug.ht for the upcoming knee blew'up like a football following a spec- · Scottish 'Six Days Trial: Andy borrowed the .tacular practice crash." .' . .pla stics, handlebars, forks, .Ieve rs, wheels ' and several other sundries orihis way to the Donato' Mlglio tumed 'out iri England with' his finish., leaving his'dad Stuart needing another ' .. Gas Gas sporting the same unusual black, . neW machine: The problems surrounding minders at World Roundsnever goes away, although this year ~ is the riders of private teams who are not happy w~h the system.Over the' winter..the FIM set up a system in which tearns can pay a fee and receive five 'minder bibs which are ' good for the entire se ries. Private entrants only getthe minimumsingle assistant. and to '. be fair to them. they reall need a minimum y of two. .. .