--'----'_----'---'--_1" United States World Championship Observed Trials World Round
I. PREVIEW·
By Peter Senga l
Photos By John Dickinson
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t' s been two years since the World
Championship Trials Series last visited the United States, and American trials fans h ave a lot to look forward
to when the world's best trial s riders roll
into Exeter, Rhode Island, on May 25-26.
For the first time in several ye ars,
seven-time champion [ordi Tarres is not
the ride r most favored to win. Though
th e r e 's n o doubting the Spaniard' s
ex ce p tion a l skill s and remarkable
accom p lish men ts, the 1996 season has
thus far begun to look like the beginning
of the end for Tarres. At the "ripe old
age" of 29, Tarres has been at the pinnacle of the sport for nearly eigh t yea rs
now, and many feel his time is corning
to an end .
The challengers are many. ·Fellow
Spaniard Marc Colomer was expected to
be the heir to Tarres' throne, bu t so far it
has been Great Britain's Doug Lampkin
who has led the charge. The numberone Beta factory rid er finished fourth in
