World Indoor Trials Championship Milan, Italy
James Dabill
James Dabill’s rookie season on the Indoor World champinship
came to a disappointing close at the penultimate round held
in Milan, Italy. This was Dabill’s last outing in the
series, due to an unfortunate clash of dates over the forthcoming
weekend. James will not contest the final indoor event in
Madrid, Spain next Saturday, but instead will compete in the
second round of the Italian outdoor championship next Sunday.
Dabill had arrived in the famous Italian city with great
confidence after having finished on the podium at the International
Invitation Indoor trial in Bolzano, Italy on Thursday evening.
Here James progressed to the three man final by beating his
British compatriot Dougie Lampkin in a thrilling head to head
to race.
Whilst the youngster from Leeds had no answer to Adam Raga
or Albert Cabestany in the final, Dabill proved the progress
he has made on the indoor scene this year. However despite
this result James was unable to make any impression on his
far more experienced rivals at the championship event in Milan
just two days later.
The evening started well with Dabill cleaning the first section,
but this was instantly cancelled out as he suffered a soft
five right at the end of the very next hazard. James bounced
straight back with another faultless ride at section three,
however more failures later in the lap would leave him in
seventh spot, and nothing to show for his efforts.
With Dabill’s indoor exploits over for the time being,
he can now fully focus on his packed outdoor schedule. James
currently heads the Italian domestic series following his
emphatic first round win, and will look to extend his lead
in the championship prior to switching his attention to his
World campaign.
Frustrated wth his most recent performance, Dabill stated.
“I am really disappointed to finish the series with
such a poor result. After my performance in Bolzano I really
thought I could be a lot closer to making it through to the
final tonight.”
“Whilst I am disappointed, I am also realistic and
always realised that it was going to be tough with it being
my first full season on the indoor World championship. I am
happy with the way I am riding in general and I am now looking
forward to concentrating on just riding outdoors for at least
the next few months. Another win next weekend at the Italian
championship would be great, especially ahead of the first
World round.”
World Indoor Trials Championship
Round 4 – 08/03/08
Milan, Italy
Results –
Final
1: Bou 9
2: Raga 19
3: Fujinami 33
Heat
Qualifiers:
1: Antonio Bou
(SPA-Montesa-HRC) 0,
2: Adam Raga
(SPA-Gas Gas) 2,
3: Takahisa Fujinami
(JPN-Montesa-HRC) 7
(faster time),
Non-Qualifiers:
4: Albert Cabestany
(SPA-Sherco) 7,
5: Jeroni Fajardo
(SPA-Beta) 8,
6: Dougie Lampkin
(GBR-Beta) 19 (faster time),
7: James Dabill
(GBR-Montesa) 19
Current championship standings:
1: Bou 38, 2: Raga 29,
3: Cabestany 27,
4: Fujinami 22,
5: Fajardo 16, 6: Lampkin 11,
7: Dabill 9
Next event:
Italian Outdoor
Championship
Round 2 – 16/03/08
San Marino, Italy
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