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FIM Indoor Trial World Championship Series Round 6: Palastampa Arena The Spaniard opens up his Series Lead (Left) Adam Raga keeps pouring it on in the FIM Indoor World Championship Series. The Spaniard swept both nights in Italy. (Below) Takahisa Fujinami failed to make the show Saturday. but he bounced back on Sunday, finishing second. falling behind Raga ever since round four, and taking runner-up honors on Sunday was Takahisa Fujinami. SATURDAY Steve Colley had the honor of starting the competition in the qualification loop. Colley, however, wasn't up to his usual high standards, but he had an excuse. He said that he was very tired after having competed the night before in France, where he captured the win. In the first of five sections, Colley crashed on just a small climb over tire obstacles. He recovered to clean the next few sections, and then he carded a "five" in section five. In the final section, the most difficult of the run, Colley failed again, carding another five. STORY AND PHOTOS MARIO CANDELLONE By TURIN, ITALY, FEB. 8-9 'i7 urin, the capital of Piedmont - the U region situated at the extreme Northwest of Italy - hosted its 23rd consecutive International Indoor Trial event. And keeping with tradition, the event was unique in that this was a two-day event, unusual to the Indoor Trials Series. But something not so unusual as of late was Spaniard Adam Raga's taking the win - in this case, wins. Raga topped the final loop both Saturday and Sunday to stretch out his lead in the series championship standings. The 12,000 fans who converged on the Palastampa Arena over the weekend got a good show, though the somewhat easy sections hardly challenged the world-class trials riders as much as usual. But the easierthan-normal sections kept everyone on pins and needles, since one small mistake could mean the difference between winning and losing. Finishing second Saturday was Dougie Lampkin, who was the early leader of the series but has been 56 FEBRUARY 26, 2003' cue I e n eVIl'S The next rider up was Graham Jarvis. He dabbed in section two, "fived" section six and finished the lap after the time limit and was penalized another point, leaving him with seven for the run. Japanese rider Fujinami was next. He was clean until section five, where he "fived" the fifth and final sections, pretty much denying him any chance of making the final. Marc Freixa had his turn and made some mistakes, but a score of eight kept his hopes alive. Raga took the stage and dropped just two points, and then Albert Cabestany took the spotlight. He was going strong until section four, where he lost his balance and fell. Cabestany's confidence was shattered after that, and he "fived" the following two sections. Lampkin capped things off with a six-point run, second best to Raga. The two dual-lanes runs afterward did not change the outcome of the heat loop. The final was now set: Raga, Lampkin, Freixa and Jarvis.