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Cycle News 2016 Issue 36 September 13

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SPAIN WINS TRIALS DES NATIONS V ery much as expected, hot favorites Spain—represented by Toni Bou (Repsol Honda), Adam Raga (TRS) and Albert Cabestany (Sherco)—were victorious at the 2016 FIM Trial des Nations held at Isola 2000, France, September 10-11. The mighty Spanish squad claimed their 13th straight win and 23rd in total in impres- sive fashion as they remained faultless throughout the two laps of 18 sections. While their victory was perhaps never in doubt, Spain was made to work hard for their win as runners-up Japan and third-placed Great Britain both recorded single-digit final scores. The experienced trio of Taka- hisa Fujinami (Repsol Honda), Kenichi Kuroyama (Yamaha) and Tomoyuki Ogawa (Honda) did Japan proud as they posted lap totals of five and two to secure the second spot by a single IN THE WIND P52 Spain was victorious again at the Trials des Nations, which was held in France. Japan took second ahead of Great Britain.

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