World Outdoor Trials Championship Mortagua, Portugal
Round 2 Day 1 Sunday (1 day event) 09/04/06
 Dougie
Lampkin recorded his second third place in a row when he stepped
on to the lower tier of the podium at the Portuguese Grand
Prix held in Mortagua earlier today. Lampkin suffered from
similar mistakes to those that cost him in Spain, as he again
took two fives in a section with a big step to put him out
of contention in terms of taking the victory.
Lampkin’s teammate Fujinami took the win ahead of Raga,
at an event that was deemed to be ‘far to easy’
by all the top riders. Dougie started well with three cleans
in the first three sections before opting to take a safety
dab in the fourth hazard knowing that a failure could spell
disaster at this low scoring trial. All was going to plan
until he added five to his total in section eight.
Dougie fought back well from this set back to remain feet
up in all but the last section where he was to record the
first of his two failures at this indoor type hazard. The
second lap was a similar story, with the rain falling Lampkin
was at his best losing just a single dab as he again arrived
at section fifteen, blotting his scorecard once again with
a most unwanted maximum.
“It is very frustrating to destroy your day in the
way that I have done again today. It is pretty much like Spain
with two fives on a section where there is a big step, although
it was a totally different type of step today. However the
result was the same, ten marks in a trial where the winning
score is in single figures.”
“The trial has been the same for everyone, but it was
hardly World championship status, I think all the riders in
the top five agree on this point. Overall I am happy with
the way that I am riding, but when the trial is this easy
there is nowhere where you can pull back marks if you make
mistakes like I have done.”
“The good news is that despite two not so good rides
I have still managed to pull off a couple of reasonable results.
And with two different winners and a mixture of other results
for other riders I am still very much in the hunt for the
championship.”
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