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DAY ONE Th e fo cus wa s on the two r ival s : La mpki n a n d F uj in am i. Bo t h w ere quit e nerv ous, feel in g t he im portance of th e p l a y , b ut b et w ee n the t wo , L amp k i n was co oler , ha ving t he sec u rity of his 1O-point ad vantage . Indeed, the J apanese st arted very bad ly, fivin g secti o n on e, natural big rock s, indoor style ne ar the start, and sec tion two. La m pkin dabbed in both, and this gave him much c o nfi d enc e wh en r id in g in the other sect ions . M eanwh ile, Fuj inam i alternated good rid in g and heavy fiv es. In section 12 h e did n ot ag ree with th e t ough observ er and risk ed ea rn in g a y ell ow card! So aft er th e first loop , Lampkin led w ith 14 m ark s, th en ca me Rag a with 23 , F re ixa 3 0 (26+ 4 of del ay ). Cabestan y 36 (3 0+ 6 ), and Fuj i 36 ( 32+ 4) . O n the seco nd loop , Fuj i aga in had a to ugh tim e w ith t he first two sec ti on s and lo st eight p o i nt s in t he m . L am p kin also sta rte d by f ivi ng sect io n o ne . O nly Raga , c heered o n by h i s ado ri ng fans , r od e we ll . T he Span iard ende d th e loop with ou t an y fives and tallied a total of 12 points, wi nning th e c o m pe t it io n w it h a to ta l of 35 marks. La m p k in fi nis he d ju st behin d Raga , scori ng 24 in the loop for a total of 4 0 . T he n ca me Freixa ( 16 in second loop ) and Ca be st any. W it h a disappointing fifth, Fuj in ami 's d ream of b e c o m i n g Wor l d Champ ion furt her g rew d im. DAV TWO T here were no cha nges into th e sec tions, yet Fuji ag ai n started by fi vi ng section one and losing t hree po int s in section two. It was like he was de liv ering his surre nder to hi s rival. Lam p k in wis ely did no t risk f ives in t he opening sec t io ns, opti ng to da b tw ic e. Raga , C a be s t a n y a n d F r ei xa were putting in n ice rid es. Raga was espe cia lly supe rlat ive in t he fi rst loop an d sc o red o n ly four m a rk s. Ca be st an y was well behind , with 17 , t he n c am e F uj i w i th 2 0, a n d Fr e i x a ti ed w ith Lampk in w ith 2 1. I n t he seco nd l oo p Ra g a m ad e so m e m i st a k es. b u t h is ad vantage was too bi g to lose the com petit io n . He sco red 13 a nd w on e asi ly. Th e b est o u tco me o n t he loo p was b y F rei xa ( 1 1). wh o cli m bed up t o t he second plac e. Lam pk in (1 4) re ac hed the pod ium , w hil e Fu j inami dro pped o n e p o siti on b ut st aye d a h e ad o f Ca best an y , wh o five d th ree times in t he loop . eN Grand Pri x of Europe Val demanco, Spain Results: September 13- 14, 2003 [Round 9 of 9J D AY 1 : I . A da m Rag a ( G G) 35 ; 2 . Dougie Lam pki n (M on ) 40; 3. Ma rc Freixe (Mo n ) 4 . Al be rt Cabestany (Be t) 54: 5. Tak ahise Fuji nami (Han) 56 ; 6 . Graham Jarvis (She) 66 : 7. Kenich i Kuroy ama ( Bet) 68 : 8 . (T IE) A ntonio Bou (Bet ) 78 /Jero ni Faja rdo (78) ; 10. Marc Colome r (GG ) 9 1. DAY 2 : 1. Adam Raga (GG) 20; 2 . Marc Freixe (Mo n) 32; 3 . Doug ie Lam pki n (Mo n) 3 5: 4 . Takahisa Fu jinam i (Ha n) 37; 5 . Alb ert Cabes ta ny ( Bet) 38; 6 . Keni ch i K uroyem a (Be t) 55 ; 7. Marc Colomer (GG) 67 ; 8 . G raha m Jarv is (S he ) 68 ; 9 . Je ro ni Faj ard o (GG) 74 : 10 . .Josep Manzano (Bet) 80 . FIM WOR LD CH A M PIONS H I P TR IALS SER IE S STAN D I NGS ( A fte r 9 o f 9 r o u nd s ) : 1. D o ug ie Lam pkin (3 08 ); 2. Ta kehis a Fujinami (29 0) ; 3. Marc Freixe (255) ; 4 , A dam Raga (20 4); 5. Graham J arvis (203) ; 6 . K e n i c h i Ku r o y a m a ( 16 6); 7 . A lber t Cabes lany (162); 8. Marc Colomer ( 107); 9 . Je roni Fajardo (9 3); 10. Jos ep Manzano (86 ). One Night Only! Saturday, October 11, 2003 Gates Open at 5:30 pm Tickets on Sale at Gate from 10:00 am Call (949)492-9933 For C II C I e n e _ S • OCTOBER 1 ,2003 47