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finished fourth on Sunday, troubled more
tod ay by the two b roken wrists he suffered in January.
"Tod ay a very hard race because very
hot," he sa id after taking a 17 on the day,
four more than the previous da y' s count,
"Ma ny, many sections are easy, but slippery, th ey cha nged . Many fiv es . Little
harder com pe tition."
On a number of downhills, Kuro yama
screamed as he hit bottom. Some thought
it was a motivati onal tool. ot so. It was
simply pain.
"I don't like downhill because of wrist
problems.t'he said after his best overall of
the season.
Kuroya ma 's 17 tied him o n poi n ts
with Tarres Andorra's Steve Colley; bu t
Kuroyama took fourth because he had
more cleans, 24 to Co lley's 21.
Bell was the top- ranking North American today, lowering his score to 98 from
Saturday's 114.
"Today for me was a lot better," the
Montesa North America rider said: " I felt
a lot better, my bike was running a lot
better. The seco nd loo p sta rted off not so
bad. I fived the second section with a broken ribbon, w hich wasn't really a good
deal; it wa s an easier section but then so rt
of picked it up toward the end. I twoed
numbe r fou r, which Lam p kin fived o n
his first loop, and cleaned nu mber five on
bo th loops and cleaned number six both
loops . I didn 't a tte m p t se ve n o r eigh t
tod ay because seven was just as d ifficult
as yesterd ay, if no t more, and eig ht they
mad e m ore d ifficu lt . And I wa tched a
bunch of the Eu ropea n guys go through
and they we re all struggling on both sections."
Be ll sa id th at he had a n easie r d a y
becau s e, ha vin g al rea d y ridd en th e
course, he didn't have to spend as m uch
tim e looking at the sectio ns . And he spe nt
time obser ving a -nu m be r of th e Worl d
regulars, learning techniqu e and. lines in
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the proces. .
"A lot of the sections I wasn 't rid ing o r
w asn't d oing very w ell, and w at ching
them rid e g ives yo u insi ght into how it
was to be ridden or what the technique
was," he said . "Better techniques, their
overall sk ill level is a lo t be tter. They
don't make the same silly mista kes we
ma ke. Their basics, obviously, a re a lot
better. It worked out really well."
CIII
World Trial Champions hip
West Greenw ich, Rhode Isla nd
Results: June 26-27, 199 9
(Rou nds 13 & 14 of 20 )
OA Y ONE: 1. Doug Lampkin (4) ; 2. Keni ch i
Kurcyama (13); 3. Amos Bilbao (18); 4. Bruno Camo zzi
5. Graham Jams (20); 6. Steve CoUey (20); 7. Albert
Cabcstany (21) ; 8. Jord i Pascu et (23); Q. Takablsa Fujlnami
(25) ; 10. Marc Colomer (25); 11. Marc Freixe C27); 12 J~
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Man uel Alcaraz (3 1); 13 Marcel Ju.