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.OBSERVED TRIALS·.. Round 5: Poland .AMAJNATC National Championship Series ' I (Above) Great Britain's favorite son, Dougie Lampkin, was only a few points s hy of the win. By John Dickinson NOWY TARG, POLAND, MAY27-28 a rc Colomer ea r ned his s eco n d win o f th e series a n d fu r ther exten ded his cham pio nship point lead ove r his arch rival. [ordi Tarres , with a narrow win at N owy Targ. Colorner 's margin of victory wa s a mere three marks o ver Brit Dougi e .Lampkin, while Tarres fin ish ed an unusually low - for him - third. In winnin g, fac to ry Montesa rider Colom er stretched his slender one po int lead ove r Tarr es to 'a healthier six, while La mpkin 's runn er-u p poin ts allowed him to home in on thi rd -ran ked Tom mi Ahv ala, who was fourth in Poland after winning a tie breaker wi th Italian Diego Basis. . The Polish round finis hed in bizarre fashio n afte r rain totally washed out the 13 sections during the fina l lap on Sund ay. Nearly everyone finished close to the maximum of 70 po ints. T he exception was Belgi an rider Micha el Vukcevic - who rides with a Luxembourg license to please his spo nsors - as he was the only rider to actually bett er one of his earlier scores on the final lap. Th e reas on for th is was that Vukcevic started ea rly on Sunday, following a lowly position after Saturday's opening lap around the 14-section loop . Vukcevic wa s act ua lly in the pits and . done with the trial by the time the skies opened up. Thanks to th is h eavenly intervention, Vukcev ic gained his first ever World Championship points as he finished a delighted 11th place. Condi tions were m u ch more cordial on Satu rday as th e sma ll entry of jus t 29 M 38 (Above) Marc Colomer was a cut above the rest on Saturday, and was glad to see a heavy rainstorm on Sunday that prevented his rivals from closing in. (Below) Fantic works rider Tommi Ahvala was fourth in Poland, and drifted further from the leaders in the series point standings. (Below right) Six-lime World Champion Jordi Tarres had an off open ing day, and ended up third overall. He now trails Colomer by s ix points in the championship chase. rid ers tackled the ope ning circuit on the . heavily forested land in the former iron curtain cou ntry . Nowy Targ is nearly 50 miles sou th of the citv of Krakov. On Saturday, the weather ~as hot an d misera ble. Few expected the conditions that wo uld befall them on Sunday. Obviously revellin g in the condi tions wa s Colorner, who breezed through t he 13 hazards for the loss of on ly 18 marks , dropping just a si ngle maximum and notching up a tot al of six cleans . Th is was only ap p roac hed by Lampkin and Basis, who had four clean rid es each. Th e opening five sections were all ex tremely tig ht and steep, set on loose earth bankin gs . Colo mer clea ne d the extremely difficult fifth section, and was the onl y rider to d o so . Lampkin looked