Raga wins first day in USA
 The
2006 World outdoor trials championship returned today following
the spring break with the first of two days of competition
in Tennessee, USA.
Having had to settle for second place in both of the opening
two rounds in Spain and Portugal, reigning indoor and outdoor
champion, Adam Raga – Gas Gas finally tasted victory
with his first win of the season over second place Dougie
Lampkin – Repsol Montesa HRC and Antonio Bou –
Beta in third place.
Raga dominated the event from the very start. A clean on
the opening section where several other riders dropped fives
gave him an early advantage and just two single dabs over
the next seven sections saw him pull away from the pack.
A five in section nine was ineffectual after the majority
of riders also failed. With very long and slippery sections,
time was tight for the riders and a rushed attempt at the
final section in order to get in on time saw Raga take his
second five of the lap. This allowed Bou, who dropped just
three in the same section to close the gap between himself
and Raga to just a single mark going into lap two.
The second lap saw Raga, considerably reduce his score of
the first lap, dropping just six marks for the lap. Bou, however
couldn’t maintain the pressure and dropped fifteen.
Dougie Lampkin, who was in third place at the end of the first
lap, turned in an impressive second lap score of seven marks
to take second place on the podium.
Raga now leads the Championship by six points over second
place Bou with Lampkin just one point further behind.
In the Junior championship, Michael Brown – Beta ended
his run of wins being beaten into third place by Daniel Oliveras
– Gas Gas and Daniel Gibert – Montesa. Brown,
however still maintains a three point lead over Oliveras in
the overall Championship.
Over in the Youth championship, Alexz Wigg – Gas Gas
took his first ever win with Sam Haslam – Gas Gas in
second place and Alfredo Gomez – Gas Gas in third. Wigg
now leads the Championship by six points over Loris Gubian
– Sherco who had a bad day, finishing down in eighth
position.
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