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mark. It proved to be a low
scoring trial for the leading three
nations, which played out in dry
and sunny conditions despite the
predicted heavy rain. Great Brit-
ain's squad comprised of James
Dabill (Vertigo), Jack Price (Gas
Gas) and Iwan Roberts (Beta)
put in a strong performance and
were worthy of their third posi-
tion having been pushed off the
podium by France last year.
The host nation, represented
by Benoit Bincaz (Scorpa),
Alexandre Ferrer (Sherco) and
Loris Gubian (Beta) could also
be pleased with their showing,
despite failing to make it back
onto the podium in front of their
home fans after they finished the
day seven marks in front of Italy.
The Italian lineup of Matteo Grat-
tarola (Gas Gas), Luca Petrella
(TRS) and Gianluca Tournour
(Gas Gas) rounded out the top
five in the World Championship
class leaving Norway's Ib An-
dersen (Beta), Hakon Pedersen
(Gas Gas) and Kristian Sorensen
(Sherco) in sixth place.
In the International Trophy
class it was the usual tussle
between Germany and the
Czech Republic for the top spot,
but this time with Sweden also
thrown into the mix. Eventu-
ally it was the German team of
Jan Junklewitz (Sherco), Franz
Kadlec (Gas Gas) and Jarmo
Robrahn (Beta) who snatched
the win in an extremely close-
fought competition.
Germany dropped just one
mark on each lap to finish the
Trial on two marks. The fight
for the runner-up spot and third
place could not have been
tighter with the Swedish line up
of Daniel Andreasson (Scorpa),
Marcus Eliasson (Beta) and Ed-
die Karlsson (Montesa) finally
claiming second position by
virtue of a most cleans tie-break
after they ended the day on six
marks alongside the Czech Re-
public. Last year's winners, the
Czech Republic, represented by
Martin Kroustek (Vertigo), Martin
Matejicek (Gas Gas) and Marek
Wunsch (Gas Gas), had to be
satisfied with third on this occa-
sion, while the USA and Australia
respectively completed the top
five in the International Trophy
class. CN
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FIM
Team USA claimed fourth in the International Trophy class.
