World Trials Championship Round 3 Senez, France
James Dabill was on the verge of recording his best ever
World result at the French Grand Prix, held in the South of
the country earlier today. However a poor second lap showing
would eventually demote him and his Future TRW Montesa Cota
4RT down to a slightly disappointing seventh place after such
a promising start. Despite this latest result, Dabill still
holds joint sixth in the overall standings, tied on thirty-seven
points with Marc Freixa, after the first three rounds of the
2007 series.
Showing no signs of fatigue after his recent victory at the
gruelling Scottish Six Days Trial, James looked very much
back in the World championship groove as he made his way through
the opening sections. His 0 – 1 – 0 run through
the first three hazards made him the early leader as he produced
rides that few of his rivals could match. James’ clean
ride at the spectacular third section, brought the largest
cheer of the day from the huge crowd as became the first rider
to crest the fearsome vertical rock face.
Dabill produced an equally stunningly ride at section nine,
the highest on the course, as became only one of three riders
to record a clean at the succession of massive man made steps.
Even with four time penalties to added to his score at the
end of the first lap, Dabill was still within five marks of
second place rider at that stage, which was Fujinami.
With a top five result a real possibility, James set off
on his second lap, to ride the same fifteen sections that
remained in a similar state to how he had found them in the
morning. Despite his best efforts, Dabill was unable to repeat
his earlier performance, and recorded a closing score some
twenty marks more than his first lap.
Disappointed at having missed the opportunity to achieve
his best ever result at this level, James commented. “
It is a real shame to have finished off with such a poor performance,
especially the five in the last section of the day, as that
has cost me sixth spot.”
“I really struggled with time in the sections on the
second lap, and found myself rushing on quite a few occasions,
which resulted in me making mistakes where I had recorded
cleans on the first lap. It is not a disastrous result, but
it could have been so much better.”
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