FIM World Trial Championship 2006
Fujinami back on top In Italy
 After
narrowly missing victory in the French round of the 2006 World
championship last week, Japanese rider, Takahisa Fujinami
– Repsol Montesa HRC took his second win of the season
today in Italy by the narrowest of margins over Albert Cabestany
– Sherco. Jeroni Fajardo – Gas Gas took third
place to earn his second podium finish of the series.
Hot, dry and extremely dusty conditions greeted the riders
at the sixth round of competition in the small town of Darfo
Boario Terme with the loose dust making the sections particularly
slippery. Fujinami, who appears to be on the road to recovery
from his recent illness, led from the outset dropping just
five marks over the opening ten sections.
A further two fives in the remaining third of the lap saw
him enter the second lap with a five mark lead over second
place Cabestany. Both riders turned in second lap scores of
nineteen marks, but with Fujinami picking up five time penalties
for the second week running there was a tie-break situation.
However, unlike France, it was Fujinami who was to prevail
having achieved one more clean than Cabestany.
With both championship leader Adam Raga – Gas Gas and
second place Dougie Lampkin – Repsol Montesa HRC having
bad days finishing in fifth and sixth respectively, this has
allowed Fujinami to close within one point of Antonio Bou
– Beta who is sitting third in the championship table.
The Junior championship saw Daniel Gibert – Montesa
take victory over Michael Brown – Beta, with Daniel
Oliveras – Gas Gas in third place. This makes things
very close at the top of the junior table with just three
points separating the top three riders.
Over in the Youth category, it was to be a win on home territory
for Matteo Grattarola – Sherco over Brit, Alexz Wigg
– Gas Gas in second place and Loris Gubian – Sherco
taking the remaining podium position. Although this win allows
Grattarola to close the gap, Gubian still maintains a healthy
eighteen point lead in the overall standings.
Myslenice, Poland, next weekend will play host to the seventh
round of the current edition of the FIM Trial World championship,
and will complete a run of three weeks that has taken the
riders right across Europe.
Day 1 Results:
(1 Day event)
World
1: Fujinami 52
2: Cabestany 52
3: Fajardo 54
Junior
1: Gibert 28
2: Brown 39
3: Oliveras 58
125cc
1: Grattarola 13
2: Wigg 14
3: Gubian 17
2006 Riders
Championship
Current Standings:
World
1: Raga 132
2: Lampkin 120
3: Bou 115
Junior
1: Gibert 140
2: Oliveras 139
3: Brown 137
125cc
1: Gubian 130
2: Grattarola 112
3: Gomez 104
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