Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

(Mon) 37 /30; 4. Tak ahi sa Fuj inami (Hon) 45 / 28; 5. Bruno Cam ozzi (G-G ) 49 /23; 6. Am os Bilbao (C ·G) 52 / 21 ; 7. Da vid Co bos (C-G) 54 / 24 ; 8. T om o yuk i Ogawa (Bet) S7/25 ; 9. Kerdchi Kurcyama (Bet ) 57 / 24; 10. Joachi m Hindren (G-G) 62/ 19; 11. Ma rcel Iustribo (Bet) 63/19; 12. Donate MigHo {Bet ) 65 /22; 13. Steve Colley (G-G) 66 /2 1; 14. Tomm i Ahvata {Fan} 67 /'2iJ; 15. Graham Ja rv is (Sco} 77 /18; 16. Ta ku m i Narita (Bet) 77 / 16; 17. Diego Basis (Bet) 92/ 15; 18. Geoff Aaron (Bet) 161/2; 19. Lonny Hallsted (Bet) 165/4; 20. Jess Kempkes (G-G ) 192/2; 21. Ryan Bell (G·G) 194/ 0; 22. Michael Guns (5<0) 198/0; 23. Raymond Peters (Sco) 202/0; 24. Malt Moore (G·G ) 206/0; 25. Joh n Clark (G-G) 207/0; 26. Richa rd Dawdy (G-G) 210 /0; 27. Derek Thomas (Bet) 210/ 0. remaining Americans - Raymond Peters, Matt Moore and Jo hn Clark - m ad e it thr ough several sections with 3s, and all came a way with some all-important World Championship experience. 1:\ U.S. Wor ld Round Exet er, Rhode Is land Res u lts: May 25-26 (Ro un d 4 of 10) OVERALL: 1. Jo rdi Ta rn -s (G- C) 28 poin ts /29 cleans ; 2. Doug Lamp kin (Bet) 30/33 ; 3. Marc Colcmer Brieflv~ .. .. . . . WORLD CHAMPIO NSHIP TRI ALS SERIES POI NT STANDINGS (Atter 4 of 10 r cun da j: 1. Dougie Lampkin (70/2 wins); 2. Marc Colomer (69 / 1~ 3. lordi Tarres (60 / 1); 4. Bruno Camozzi (42); 5. Amos Bilbao (41); 6. Keni chi Kur oya ma (38); 7. Takah isa Fujin am i (30 ); B. Marcel Justribo (27); 9. Steve Colley (22 ); 10. G raham Jarvis (21); 11. (TIE) Takumi N a rita / To m mi Ahvala (16); 13. Donato Miglio (15) ; 14. Tom oyu ki Ogawa (14); 15. Ioan .Pon s (12); 16. Joachim Hindr en (10); 17. Diego Basis (9). Upcoming Rounds: Round 5 - Canada. June 1-2 Round 6 - France, June 15-16 DDNLOPAD STOPPER NDMBERTWO Six-timeNatio nalChampion Ryan You ng was on ·hand as a spectator, even though he was expected by many to compete . " It' s more fun wat ching than it is to ride: Y oung said. "Ineeded to concentrate on my business (Ryan Young's Tri al Superstore) and it would have taken too much . A n estimated cr ow d of nearly 8000 spec ta tors show ed up at .the time t:aining 'for this event. .. . P a l a m in e Promotions event. All. on hand agreed that the Rhode Isl a n d Trials ·Club did a fine job of laying outthe 14·section. 4·mile Or~90n's Dennis 'S w eet e n was also on hand in 'i he crowd. The' Beta loop. Promoter Mike . ras u n reported that the sections were two.years K rider suffered a sprained ' wri st a few .weeks earlier ; and the weak join t in the making. as thousands of small trees and brush had to be cleared out of the heavily forested .area. Large s teps; steep hills and sizable boulders .caused him to. lose control whiie practicing days only before the World made up the majority of the sections. A' few ' had creeks beds . while the . Round, Sweeten's. right kn" e made contact with the bike 's footpeq, arid it required 15 stitches to close the wound .' 14th arid final sect ion 'was of stadium design and laid oui in the spectator infield. . .' ...... . '. .' '. ' . : Defending Expert Nati onal Champion ' Ro"; Co~mo Jr. 'served a~ Ge~ff Aaro n's minder. The two are a formidable pair, as Commo has first -hand ·Spaniard Joan Po~s was a no-show at the United States round; and isn't experience that enables him to offer Aaron some excellent guidance. expected to compete at the Canadian round, either: Apparently. Pons has . . se v e red ties with. th'e ltali...; Fantlc team and wilf contest the Frenchman Bruno Camozzi competed with his 'yo unger brot her , remainder of the season aboard a Gas·Gas: Rumors 'have' the Fantic fact oChristophe. acting'as his minder. Though he has competed in the past, the ·ry ,late with Pons'.all-important paychecks. W hen asked abou t the absence younger Camozzi has opted to help his brothe r strive for a top finish. The of hi~ teammate. fOrmer W orld Ch~m~ion Tommi Ahvala rep lied: - Well; duo worked well together, finishing fifth in Rhode Island, and sit fourt h in 1don t see him here, so I gu~ss he isn t here. I don't know why ." . the title chase. ' . Amos Bilbao suffered a na,rty cut 0'; his ~hin' only minutes before the start of Sat urday' s opening .loop: . " 1 was warming up and I crashed." explained the popular Spanish rider, " I hit my chin on a pointed rock : The doctor says that I needstitches. but I have no time. ~ Bilbao competed with . a bloody bandage taped to his face on both days. . On Saturday moming , CIE.rk of the Course Bill Matthewson found that several of the sections had been tampered wit h late in the night. "They brought .in: sledge hammers and busted up a tot of t he roc ks in the sections." he said, obviously dismayed . "We've.been rebuilding the section s since 5 in the mornlnq." :Severa l competitors pointed fingers . but none would go on the record about wIlo the culprits were. Defending National Champ ion GeoH. Aa"';n won the Palamine Pro" m o tio n s Top Gun Award. As the top American rider, in 18th place', Brrt Graham Jarvi s was the mo st successful. Sccrp a rider in Rhode Aaron was three positions shy 'of scoring a World Championship· point. a Still. he was happy to receive the $2500 bonus posted by promoter Mike . Isla nd , finis hing 15t h. Am eric. n R aymond Peters arid Cana dian Michael Guns also pilot ed the French machines. Though JaN is disKrasun. -I was hoping to finish higher and get ·a point or tw o: the Cosplayed a calm, coo l, and even shy dispos ition while waiting to ride. :many mopolitan Motors/Sinisalo-sponsored Beta rider said. . " But with Graham American fans we re shoc ked when he repeatedly shou ted the " F wo rd " . Jarvis. Takumi Narita 'and Dieg o Bo sis ahead of me, w ell, they're some pretty stiff compet ition. I'm grateful for the award, though..Every little brt and grunted at the top of his lungs when faiHng in sec tions. helps : . ... . Form~r World Champion Tom':"i Ahvaia cut the' cast off hi~ broken right hand only a few days before the event. and soldiered on to finish 14th. Arid sp eaking of top Amencans.Dreoon's lonnY Hallsted made his first - The doctor.said that the hand was healed and that it was okay for me to ' stateslde appearance of the ye'!r at Rhode Island 'afte r spending the las t ride: but he also said that I would have some pain," .said Ahvala. "The pain. few months competing in Scotland. The Beta rider sported a thick accent. 'a flashy Eurc -style skin suit, and · rnostlrnportantly -, a much-improved rid-: killers I have lasted three hours, so I was okay until the last hour of each .'. ing style. As a matter of fact. Hailsted was only four points adrift of Aaro n: Clay: Then·it became agonizing and I could not' hold on." . _ 'had more' cleans and fewer 5s. " I leerned a who le 'Iot overseas ." Hallsted said. " Not just about ridi ng. but about .the whole sport in .general.. l·ve ·gained a lot of confidence. and I hope to have scime good finishes in the ' remaining U.S" Nationals." . . Shortly after .t he awards ceremony . the United States Trial des Nat io ns Team was announced. Geoff Aaron . Jess Kempkes . L o n n y Hallsted and Raymond Peters re pres ent t he Un ited States at the August TdN in Sweden. Matt Moore was named first alter nate . and will make the trip should any of the four members be unable. . w ill Italian Donato M iglio made an interesti ng new. Iri~nd before the' trial ESPN2' s wacky MotoW orld 2 host Jerry B ern a rdo. The shy Beta development rider was at first shocked by Bemardo 's loud demeanor, but soo n became accustomed to his antics . Miglio agreed to wear the show' s helmet-mounted camera as he negotiated some heir-rais inq obstacles for an upc?0ming- show . . . . Japanese T akumi Narita and Ita lian ' Diego Bosis were the tw o unlucky World Championship . Series regulars who made the long trip to Ameri.ca and came ~y empty handeel. Both rider suffered off days. and both failed to place inside the top 15 and eam valuable series po ints. According to American Trial. des NationsTeam Captain and U .S. M ontesa importer Martin Belair, the first thing that Montesa factory rider Marc Section nine si ruck fear into the h~aits of ali competitors~n hand. An undercut ledge at the 6·foot level foiled the attempts of even the world 's best riders, and no one .'ivas able to make it past the tricky opener . Japanese T akumi Narita had the wors t crash, as tie came up painfully short and was unable to cover his face as the front end of his Beta came tumbling .at him. "J ust before I let out the dutch I thought to myself. 'This is impossible." said Narita. who suffered a nasty cut on the top of his nose. - I crashed very hard and hurt my wri sts." N artt a' s sprained wrists haunted him throughout" the event. and the veteran suff e red his worst finish in recent memory - 16th. Marc Colomer and 'K e n i c h i K u roya ma were the only two riders to make it through section nine wi thout maxim ums. doi ng so on Sunday w hen promoters added a small kicker rock to help rider gain the miJch-needed elevatio n. Bot h riders carded 3s on thei r second loops. bu t neither attempted the section on the third and fina/loop. "It looked much more difficult at the end of the day: C olomer.admitted . Takahisa Fujinami was also able to make it up the seemingly imposs ible undercut splatter on his secon~ lap. Fuj inami, however, was given a 5 when a bystan der grabbed his bike as he struggled to stay ato p the landing rock . The bystander was not his official minder, and Fujinami filed an unsuccessful protest to have the 5·reduced to a 3. . On day one, Kenich i Kuroyama had the most interesting approach to the section -nine splatter. Kuroyama entered the section, balanced in front Dunkin' Donuts. - Colome- was said to have made at least a dozen trips to . of the huge step. and carefully nudged over a small kicker rock with his the popular doughnut .chain while in Rhode Island: Perhaps it was a ste rn- . front wheel until it was direct ly in frontof the obstacle. He then proce eded to wheelie on to rt and pat it down several times before backing up and h itach ache that caused him toftnlsh so on Saturday. ting it at SPE\ed. lt was all for naught; however, as the rock was too 'smail and he cased .it Into the ledge. . Japanese [ournalist Makoto Sugitani of Trial Journa l stepped in and . ., .. . . acted as minder for young upstart Kenichi Kuroyama . " Kenichi's father The 14th and final section was observed by N.E" MWickM Wicker, long. . is usuallyhis minder, but he broke his leg 'in Spain.' Sugitani said. "Today time Ainerican Trial des. 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Wat erford, MI 48329 (8 10) 673"3366 (810) 673- 8144 FAX C o l o m e r said to him uponhis arrival in th e .sta tes w as. " Ta ke me to ' Poorly Canadia n Ryan Bell was the top-finishi~g rider from British Colu mbia'. At ' the ~w~rds ceremony, ihe top three fi~ishers w~re h~nded thei; tre: The friendly Gas Gas pilot dropped 194 points ·en route to his 22nd·place ·finish .' - It was not as hard as I expected : but it was a lot harder t han any- . phies by three waitres.ses from the loca/ Hooters restaurant. Third-piace fInisher Marc .Colomer was all smi.le s during the presentation , and thing else I've ever ridden." said BelL who wa"competing in his first -ever looked intrigued by his troph y girl. The normally solemn Colomer waa later ·World Championship event. ·- 1 made it through a few sections and got som e 3s. I leamed a iot; that'sfor sure.: In contrast. two of Bell's countrj . overheard saying, " I think that I got'the first-place trophy girl.. 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