Bimota
Turns
Heads
Sanz Takes
Trials Title
Laia Sanz rode her Montesa-HRC Cora
31SR to her fifth consecutive World title
on September 24, the Spaniard scoring victory in the final round in Cordoba, Spain.
On Saturday, September 18 , Sanz won
her third continental title.
Sanz won with ease in the Andalusian
round, which she completed without
receiving a single pena lty point in the two
laps 01 the 10-secrion course.
"It's not just the five world titles, but
the lact that this is the second in less than
a week and they're my first two as a
Repsol-Montesa HRC rider," Sanz said.
"This is the ideal team, and being a part 01
it is perfect lor me . This has been a great
Birnota's DBS Mille won
the Motorcycle Design
Award at the Intermot
Motorshow in Germany
as the best bike in the
Superspo rt
category,
according to a release
issued by Bimota.
The DBS Mille was
designed
by Sergio
Robblano and it topped
the Kawasaki ZX-6 and
the BMW K12005 in
winning the award .
round, without a singte mistake. Despite
the differences at the end 01 the first lap, I
couldn't leel too confident at any time as,
even though the sections were easy on the
whole, the sand made them lairly slippery
and there was always the risk ollailing and
adding on some points that would have
Des ig ner Sergio
Robbiano and hi.
erealion, Ihe Bimola
DB5 Mille .
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