World Indoor Trials Championship Barcelona, Spain Round
4
Dougie Lampkin finished in a creditable fourth place at the
latest event in the 2007 World Indoor series, held at the
famous Sant Jordi stadium. This fantastic facility, which
forms part of the ex Olympic complex, sits high on the hill
above the beautiful city of Barcelona and proves to be the
perfect setting for the trial to celebrate its thirtieth birthday.
Although Lampkin missed out on a place in the final, he takes
great pride in beating both Raga and Cabestany, at what both
Spanish riders could perhaps consider as their most important
competition of the year.
It is the eventual and clear winner Bou who does the damage
to his more established compatriots by setting a standard
in the heat that they know they cannot match. With Raga and
Cabestany riding with their confidence destroyed, Dougie although
not performing at his best, has a real chance of taking a
place in the final. However his attempt to stay in touch with
Fajardo, who eventually fills the last qualifying position,
fades rapidly as the lap wears on.
Lampkin’s evening is quickly explained with his total
of twenty two marks, consisting of four maximums and two dabs,
the later of these being in the race as some dubiously secured
wooden panel move beneath him as he attempts to turn at speed.
From his own admission Dougie concedes that two of his fives
‘were nowhere near’, whilst his other two failures
were ‘so near, but yet so far’.
Slightly frustrated by his overall performance, Lampkin is
honest with his words of explanation. “On another night
I might be almost happy with fourth place when you consider
the opposition, but tonight that is nowhere near the truth.
As I have said before, to qualify for the final and to get
on the rostrum is what I aiming to do at each round, but tonight
I was a million miles away from reaching that goal. It’s
a real disappointment, after having made it through to the
final three last week in France. It would have been nice to
do the same again here in Barcelona, with it being such an
important land mark both for the trial and also for Montesa.”
Attendance: 10,000
Results: Final 1: Bou 12, 2: Fujinami 36, 3: Fajardo 59
Heat
Qualifiers:
1: Antonio Bou (SPA-Montesa-HRC) 8,
2: Takahisa Fujinami (JPN-Montesa-HRC) 10,
3: Jeroni Fajardo (SPA-Beta) 13,
Non Qualifiers:
4: Dougie Lampkin (GBR-Montesa-HRC) 22 (faster time),
5: Albert Cabestany (SPA-Sherco) 22,
6: Adam Raga (SPA-Gas Gas) 23,
7: Shaun Morris (GBR-Gas Gas) 35
Current championship standings:
1: Bou 33, 2: Raga 27, 3: Cabestany 23, 4: Fujinami 22, 5:
Lampkin 20, 6: Fajardo 19
Dougie Lampkin’s next event:
10/02/07 Saturday – Lisbon, Portugal Rnd 5 World Indoor
Chp
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