World Indoor Trials Championship Marseille, France Round
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Dougie Lampkin made a disappointing debut on his factory
Beta, as he finished a lowly seventh place at the opening
round of the 2008 World indoor championship held in Marseile,
France late last night. This was Lampkin’s first competitive
outing for the Italian team since joining them earlier this
month.
Although Dougie had only had limited time to adapt to his
new mount, the multi World champion arrived in the French
city full of confidence following two weeks of intensive training,
development and testing on the outskirts of Barcelona.
However Lampkin’s time on the two stroke had been restricted
to the more traditional outdoor environment, and was treated
to a baptism of fire as he attempted the indoor sections for
the first time aboard his Beta.
Two cleans in the opening two sections gave Dougie a solid
opening, but four fives in the remaining five hazards soon
pushed the Yorkshireman down the order and left him with no
chance of qualifying for the all important final.
A dejected Lampkin was forced to watch the three man final
from the sidelines before travelling back through the night
to his Spanish base.
Dougie will spend the next two weeks continuing with further
testing and training, including a trip to Italy ahead of the
second round of the series which will be held in Barcelona
on the first Sunday in February.
“It was hardly the start I was looking for. It’s
strange as I have been riding well over the last couple of
weeks and felt good coming here tonight.”
“I didn’t feel particularly nervous, but I obviously
was, and after the first two sections my arms went solid to
the point where I could hardly use the clutch. Now tonight
is over with, all I want to do is to focus on Barcelona and
achieving a better result.”
Attendance: 6000
Results:
Final
1: Cabestany 23, 2: Bou 25, 3: Raga 26
Heat
Qualifiers:
1: Albert Cabestany (SPA-Sherco) 4,
2: Adam Raga (SPA-Gas Gas) 6,
3: Antonio Bou (SPA-Montesa-HRC) 11
(faster time),
Non Qualifiers:
4: Takahisa Fujinami (JPN-Montesa-HRC) 11,
5: Jeroni Fajardo (SPA-Beta) 19,
6: James Dabill (GBR-Montesa) 20,
7: Dougie Lampkin (GBR-Beta) 26
(faster time),
8: Jrome Betune (FRA-Beta) 26
Current championship standings:
1: Bou 10, 2: Cabestany 8,
3: Raga 6, 4: Fujinam 5, 5: Fajardo 4,
6:Dabill 3, 7: Lampkin 2, 8: Bethune 1
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