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World Championship Indoor Trials Series Round 4: Palastampa (Left) lampkin lost in Saturday's non-pointspaying event, but avenged the loss with a dominating performance in Sunday's harder final. He cleaned sections that his closest competitors either flved or didn't make It through at all. lAbove) Frelxa won Saturday's final but had to settle for a distant second on Sunday. serious and won the heats with a score of nine points, while Freixa and Cabestany each got three more. Marc: Frelxa, Dougie lampkin and Albert Cabestany pen to rfght! stand atop the Worfd Championship Indoor Trfals Serfes winner's podium after Sunday's final in Turfn, Italy. STORY AND PHOTOS BY MARIO CANDELLONE TORlN, ITALY, JAN. 21 utdoor World Trials Champion Dougie Lampkin proved that he is equally adept in the confines of an Italian stadium, taking the win and establishing himself as the man to beat for the title. In front of more than 5000 fans in the capital of the Piemonte region in northwest Italy, Lampkin turned in a Sunday performance that redeemed the defeat of the night before (which didn't count for World points, anyhow), winning by a massive margin. The Sunday event (and all of the World Indoor rounds) was reserved for the top six riders from the outdoor circuit. Lampkin has won all four rounds thus far. In all, there were six sections, plus the "high-jump" and the "parallel." In the high-jump section, there were four bars placed at different height: each of them associated with a trials score. Riders had to jump the bars, earning zero through five points (zero being best) depending upon how high they went. O 38 FEBRAURY 7, 2001 • cue In the final loop, Lampkin's experience and talent were as evident as the cold temperatures. The last to face the sections, Lampkin had the advantage of knowing his rivals' scores, and he cleaned section one, In the parallel section, two riders which had been fived by both at a time raced through a small whoop section, then returned and reached the top of a wooden plat- Cabestany and Freixa. Even before form. The loser got a point. The other sections were more similar to an outdoor trial. Section one was on huge cement cylinders and cubes. Two and three were on big rocks and stones. Four was on enormous logs, some placed vertically, with riders jumping from one to another. Five was a big wall, quite inclined at different angles, and the last section a four-step waterfall (the first step was about four feet high). The sections were more difficult for Sunday's trial than they had been for the show-only Saturday competition. In the heats, Brit Steve Colley had a poor performance, contrasted by the excellent ride turned in by Spaniard Albert Cabestany. Humbled after his Saturday loss, Lampkin got • • neVIl's the difficult waterfall, Lampkin already had a secure advantage, but he confirmed his superiority by cleaning that killer of a section, as well (his rivals couldn't even complete it). Who can stop Dougie Lampkin? I:N P...slamp. Turin, Italy llasulls: Ja_ry Zl, Zaal !Rauad 4 of 51 Saturday HEATS: I. Marc Freixa (She); 2. Doug Lampkin (Mon); 3. Steve Colley (G·G); 4. Marc Colomer (G· G); 5. AJbert Cebestany (Bet); 6. Takahise Fujinami (Hon). FlNAL: I. Marc Freixe (She); 2. Doug llImpkin (Mon); 3. Steve Colley (G·G). Sunday HEATS: I. Doug lampkin (Mon); 2. Marc Freixa (She); 3. Tekahisa Fujinllmi (Hon); 4. Steve Colley (G-G). ANAL: 1. Doug Lampkin (Mon); 2. Marc Freixe (She); 3. Albert Cabestany (Bet). Upcoming Round Round 5 - Barcelona, Spain, February 4 BRIEFLY••• The Turin organizers and arena have changed over the years. but never the winning lonnula: a Saturday "introduction competition - and a Sunday World round. The chief promoter over the last few years. Gianni Albertazzi. did a great job of publicizing the event. so on both the days he enjoyed a full house. Spaniard Marc Freixa was riding strong. and his spectacular style eamed him the support of the crowd (which found Dougie Lampkin's precise riding a bit boring). Freixa pulled off the formidable task of defeating Lampkin (though he did so in Saturday's non·points competition). and his performance pushed the crowd into a frenzy. Freixa and Lampkin actually tied. and the time spent to clear the sections had to be used as a tie breaker. Freixa's 'fast and dirty" approach gave him the advantage. here. After each day's competition was a BMT bicycle-triels exhibition. with Spanish multi-time champion Ot Pi and Cesare Canana doing the honors. The duo climbed many of the sections without the aid of a motorl The excellent sections were prepared by Albino Teobaldi. a top Italian rider from the ·70s. Above all. it was the towering waterfall that had the most success in stopping the riders. with only Dougie Lampkin and Marc Freixa clearing it.