Spanish Outdoor Trials Championship Pobladura Regueras (León),
Spain
Round 2 Sunday - Dougie Lampkin
Dougie Lampkin finished in third place at the second round
of the Spanish domestic championship held near the city of
Leon, Spain earlier today. Using the opportunity to further
familiarise himself and to test new settings on the 2006 factory
Repsol Montesa HRC machine, Lampkin was relatively happy with
his day’s work. Giving him the chance to put in some
additional hours on the bike before the World championship
resumes towards the end of May.
Sitting in the North West corner of Spain, the region of
Leon hosted what Dougie described as a ‘good trial’
with a ‘variety’ of sections. The course contained
a mix of dry boulders and river hazards, the later sections
being the first time Lampkin had ridden the new bike in wet
and slippery streams.
“This is only the fourth time I have ridden the new
bike in a trial, so it was important to once again use the
chance to get in some competitive testing as we are still
experimenting with some things. Obviously I have been riding
against many of my World championship rivals, so you can get
a real idea of just where we are prior to going to the USA
in a few weeks time.“
“Jeroni was in a class of his own today, so to be somewhere
near Raga despite the three fives I had on the first lap,
is not such a bad result especially as they are riding on
home ground. The first five in section eleven was a real bad
one. I then fived the next section as I rolled a rock out
just as I was setting off out of the river for the final hill
climb. I think only two riders got out of section thirteen
so that five was almost forgivable.”
“Each time I ride the bike I feel more confident and
have a better feeling, which is going to be natural, as the
more time you ride it the more it becomes second nature in
understanding how it is going to react in any given situation.
There is simply no substitute for spending time on the bike,
so from that point of view today has been another positive
exercise.”
Lampkin will now take a well earned break back in the Isle
of Man after having been on the road for several months, before
he flies out to the next Grand Prix in the USA in May.
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