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Trials
Rounds 19 &20: Dolomite Alps
FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OBSERVED TRIALS SERIES
ner-up, wi th Fujina mi o n the thi rd step
of th e podi um.
By Mario Candellone
LAVARONE,ITALY, SEP. 11-12
rs Ii na lly .o ver . A World T rials
season w hich was little more than
a dea th march for any rider but
Doug ie Lampkin is finally, mercifully,
in the record books . Comi ng into the
fina l ro und, th e Brit ha d topped 16 of
18 rounds , and while he simply added
two more victories to his lis t in Italy, at
least th e co mpetition knew th ere was
n o m o re to co me - a t lea s t no t u ntil
2000.
A nd w h ile a d ouble fo r Lampkin
was a fa milia r scenario, at lea s t the
. series ended o n a positive not e, with a
la rg e s pec ta to r tu rn ou t , tw o s u n ny
d a ys, wo nderfu l la n d sca p e and to pnot ch o rg anization - the tradition for
th is event. P red ic tab ly , home rid ers
lik e Di ego Bosis d r e w th e mos t
app la use. The ven ue was Lavaro ne , a
s m a ll m ou nt a in vi IJage fam ou s for
winter spo rts, situa ted in the northeast
of Italy.
D
ROUND 19
Saturday's fir st loop saw a .co nfid en t
Bosis, ~ ho co lJected applause ev ery-
Dougie Lampkin ha s plenty to sm ile about, but his competition is cl os e to tears at season's
end . The Brit w on 18 of 20 rounds. an d hi s ri vals are w onderin g if a way ex ists to beat h im.
ROUND 20
Sections eight, 11 and 13 we re cha nged
o n day two, m a kin g the m more d ifficult, but th e scores were more o r less
th sa me . Bilbao, an gry with his pe rforma nce o f t h e pre v io u s da y , s ta r t ed
bumpi ng himself fo rwa rd a nd faci ng
the sections before ot her rid e rs. This
turned out to be a good stra tegy , as he
card ed but eig ht.points in the firs t loop.
Only Lampkin was ab le to better him,
with two points less. In third place we re
. Graham Jarvis and Fu jina mi with 10.
Jar vis ha d a su perla tive performance
in th e second go-a ro u nd, p ostin g th e
best score of the d ay: tw o points. But as
u su al, i t w a sn 't eno ug h; alt ho ug h
Lampk in n ot ched a fiv e, his o v era ll
sco re for th e day was one dab lower . In
thi rd was Spa nia rd Albert Cabes ta ny .
Fujinami su ffered a cras h in section 14
a nd a co u p le fi ves, dropp ing h im to
11th oItalian Bosis wa s not ab le to rep eat
his superb firs t day, finis hing 10th and
ret iring fro m the Worl d Cha mpions hi p
Series (afte r more than 160 ro unds con testedl ).
. eN
Do lom ite Alps
t.avarone, Ita ly
Res ult s : September 11-12,
1999 (After 20 of 20 rounds)
SATU RDA Y: 1. Dou gie Lampk in
(Bet); 2. Bru n o C a m ozzi (GG ); 3.
Ta ka hi s a Fuj in am i (Ho n); 4. Diego
(Left ) Thoug h he
didn't win a
single ro und all
Bosis (M en): 5. Ma rc Colomer (M en):
6. Alber t Ca bas ta ny (GG); 7. Kenichi
Ku ro yama (Bet); 8. Gra ham Jarvis (5B); 9. D .lVid Cobos (5 - 8); 10 , Jord i
season ,
Takahisa
Fuji nam i of
Japan managed
a runner-up
f inish in the
po in ts
standings.
" Fuji gas" was
th ir d on
Saturda y .
(Right ) Gre at
Brita in 's Graham
Jarvis t urned in
a very strong
runner-up ri de
on Sund ay. and
sewed up'f ourth
place on the
se ason,
Pa scu et (Mo n ).
SUNDA Y: 1. Dou g fe Lam pk in
(Bet); 2. Graham Iarv is (5-8); 3. Albert
Ca be s ta n y (G G) ; 4. A m os Bil b ao
( M o n): 5. Ma r c Co lo me r (Mo o); 6.
Bru no Ca mo z zi (GG) ; 7. Ma r cel .
Iusrribo IMon): 8. Steve Co lley (GG);
9. Taich i Tanaka (Bet): 10. Dieg o Bosis
(Moo).
FI M WO RLD CHA MP IONSH IP
TRIALS SER I ES FINAL PO INT
STAND INGS: 1. Dou g te La mp kin
(392 / 18 w ins ); 2. Tak ab tsa Fujinami
(27 7); 3 . Ma rc Co lo m er (243 /1); 4 ,
G ra ha m Jarv is (219); 5. Ste ve Co lley
(214 /1); 6 .