OBSERVED TRIALS
12th Annual Trial des Nations
Markt Piesting, Austria
can fans
on hand
to root
the young
Americans
on. Several of
the U.s. ISDE team members and supporters made the nine-hour drive to
Austria for the event.
"I wasn't really nervous until I got to
a section where there were a bunch of
Americans wearing Team USA jackets,"
said Moore, a two-time American TdN
team member. "I wanted to ride really
good in those sections."
This year's running marked the second time that the event visited Austria,
as the 1986 event was held in Limberg.
Thus far, Austria is the only country to
have hosted two TdN events. The MSKSpezi-Team Wiener Neustadt/OAMTCMotorsport-promoted trial routed riders
through the mountains of Markt Piesting, a small town approximately 40
miles south of Vienna. The 7.5-mile loop
(Left) The Spanish telIm of Amos Bilbao,
Marc Colomer, Joan Pona and Jordl
Tanes ran away with their alllth Trial des
NatIons win. BIIbeo raised a few chuc:ldea
from his l8amrnatn at the awards
pi _nllollon. (Below) 5even-tIme WorkI
Champion Jordl Tarrea _
believed to be
the Individual winMr of the event, though
such results _ _ not releaaed.
By Donn Maeda
MARl
