World Indoor Trials Championship Madrid, Spain Round 5 Saturday
15/03/08
Dougie Lampkin completed his torrid 2008 World Indoor Championship
campaign with yet another disappointing result. The fifth
and final counting round of the much reduced and altered series
held in Madrid, Spain saw Lampkin take sixth position for
the fourth time this season.
Ever since the opening round in France back in mid January
Dougie has struggled with the intense schedule of adapting
to and developing his new two stroke mount whilst trying to
achieve some kind of level of success on the unforgiving indoor
circuit. Four sixth places and one seventh spot at that initial
event in Marseille have left Lampkin in sixth position in
the final standings with little to show for his efforts.
Lampkin’s hefty total of thirty three marks consisted
of no less than six maximums in the nine observed sections
that made up the heat. A steadying dab in the opening hazard
of the night was one of Dougie’s best performances of
the evening, and was only bettered by the two cleans he recorded
at sections five and nine.
The night was to come to an even more bitter close as Dougie
first failed at the high jump to add another five marks to
his score, before being defeated in the dual lane race by
his Beta team mate Jeroni Fajardo. Lampkin had been level
on marks with his younger rival going into these final two
challenges, but was to come off the worse in the closing two
battles.
“ The indoor season has finished nearly as bad as it
has begun. Tonight has been a complete disaster. Apart from
the odd few sections I never felt comfortable throughout the
competition and that has shown directly in what can only be
described as a very disappointing result for both me and the
team.”
“The good news is that the indoor season is now over,
so we can switch our full attention to the outdoor World championship
that is now looming fast. ”
“From the testing we have been doing, I am confident
that we can be far more competitive from now on.”
Attendance: 7500
Results:
Final
1: Bou 19, 2: Cabastany 27, 3: Raga 28
Heat
Qualifiers:
1: Antonio Bou (SPA-Montesa-HRC) 5,
2: Adam Raga (SPA-Gas Gas) 15,
3: Albert Cabestany (SPA-Sherco) 18
(faster time),
Non-Qualifiers:
4: Takahisa Fujinami (JPN-Montesa-HRC) 18,
5: Jeroni Fajardo (SPA-Beta) 27,
6: Dougie Lampkin (GBR-Beta) 33,
7: Daniel Oliveras (SPA-Sherco) 38
Final championship standings:
1: Bou 48 - World Champion 2: Raga 35,
3: Cabestany 35, 4: Fujinami 27, 5: Fajardo 20,
6: Lampkin 14, 7: Dabill 9, 8: Oliveras 2,
9: Bethune 1
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