World Outdoor Trials Championship La Antigua, Guatemala
Round 2 Day 1 Saturday (2 day event) 21/04/07 - Lampkin
 Dougie
Lampkin took fourth place in the first of the two days of
competition in La Antigua, Guatemala after a day of close
competition held in searing temperatures and sweltering humidity.
Like many of the riders, he found the going tough. The new
event to the calendar was made up of sections winding up and
down river-beds at the Autodromo las Volcanes, one hundred
kilometres south of Guatemala City. After a close first lap,
Dougie was unable to make roads into Adam Raga’s advantage
for third place and so finished the first day in fourth spot.
Lampkin had a good start to the first lap, settling into
a good rhythm and matching performances with his peers. He
recorded a five in the first of the particularly tricky sections,
number six, but this was to prove the first major test of
the trial, with only two riders not fiving the test on both
laps. He continued well, but then dropped a pair of fives
in sections ten and eleven, while others passed for only a
single dab, putting him at a big disadvantage. He also suffered
another maximum on the penultimate hazard of the first lap,
putting him fifth, just one point behind Albert Cabestany
at the halfway point.
Dougie pushed hard to make up the deficit on the second lap,
but admitted that he pushed perhaps too hard, making mistakes,
which cost him dear. However, his performance was sufficient
to see him climb past Cabestany, but not enough to close in
on Raga in third place. He eventually finished the day fourth,
eight marks off Raga and a podium position.
Lampkin commented. “The first lap started well and
I was feeling good. Then at section ten I had a five, after
that I tried a little too hard to pull those marks back. I
then had a five, where threes were par so that was no good.
I also failed at section fourteen on both laps, which was
very costly, especially when other riders were cleaning it.
Then, I rushed the second lap trying to claw it back. I conceded
three bad fives today where no-one else took any marks and
that’s simply too much to give away. I think if I hadn’t
rushed the second lap, I could have done better, but I will
now have to wait until tomorrow, for the chance to put things
right.”
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