World Outdoor Trials Championship - Poland
Fujinami wins Polish Grand Prix
 With
the return of World trials to Poland for the first time in
over ten years, Takahisa Fujinami – Repsol Montesa HRC
followed up his win in Italy last weekend with victory again
today by beating reigning World champion Adam Raga –
Gas Gas. Albert Cabestany – Sherco took the remaining
podium position.
The town of Myslenice played host to the seventh round of
the 2006 series and presented a tough trial consisting of
steep twisting embankments alongside a river with very few
of the large steps normally associated with these events.
Fujinami ended the first lap tied with Cabestany on twenty
seven marks apiece despite a major crash in the sixth section
which saw both him and his bike completely submerged in the
river. However, with his health problems seemingly behind
him he turned in a second lap score of sixteen marks to take
victory by just one point. Both Raga and Cabestany finished
the event tied on forty five marks apiece, but with Raga having
cleaned one more section than Cabestany it was sufficient
to give him second place on the podium.
Raga now holds a fifteen point lead in the championship with
Fujinami in second place, having overtaken Dougie Lampkin
– Repsol Montesa HRC who finished fourth today.
In the Junior Championship Daniel Oliveras – Gas Gas
returned to the top of the table with a single point victory
over Daniel Gibert – Montesa. Michael Brown –
Beta finished in third place. Oliveras now has a slim two
point lead over Gibert in the overall standings.
A low scoring Youth event saw Alexz Wigg – Gas Gas
take his fourth victory of the season by dropping just a single
dab the entire day. Loris Gubian – Sherco was second
having dropped just one more dab than Wigg. Matteo Grattarola
earned the remaining podium place. After Poland, Gubian has
a twenty point lead in the championship.
After three consecutive weekends on the road across Europe,
the 2006 FIM Trial World Championship will now take a short
break, returning with the Grand Prix Great Britain at the
end of July, which will take at the famous Hawkstone Park
venue.
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