Gas Gas Team
Gran Premio de Portugal de Trial. 2ª prueba del Campeonato del Mundo

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ADAM RAGA (GAS GAS), 2º, LÍDER DEL MUNDIAL

Mortágua (Portugal), 9 de abril de 2006.– Con la segunda posición conseguida hoy en el G. P. de Portugal, el actual Campeón del Mundo, Adam Raga (GAS GAS) se ha encaramado a la primera posición del mundial de la especialidad tras completar un recorrido luso en el que ha tenido como principal rival en la lucha por el triunfo al japonés Takahisa Fujinami, vencedor final. Por su parte, el también piloto GAS GAS, Jeroni Fajardo, ha conseguido una buena quinta plaza, mejorando progresivamente su rendimiento en las pruebas al aire libre.

Ya en el primer giro, el japonés Fujinami era quien marcaba el mejor scoore (2 puntos), seguido de Raga (5), Cabestany (7), Bou (9), Lampkin (12) y Fajardo (18). El itinerario, según los propios participantes, no revestía demasiadas dificultades, con lo que las puntuaciones y los ceros se sucedían zona tras zona. La principal consecuencia de todo ello era que la igualdad y emoción aumentaba por momentos y ni siquiera la lluvia que aparecía al final de la carrera hacía temblar el pulso a los pilotos de cabeza.

Raga valora positivamente su segundo escalón del podio: “Después de esta cita nos hemos colocado líderes y eso es muy positivo para el equipo. La verdad es que ha sido un trial bastante fácil y nos ha venido muy bien la preparación que hemos realizado en Galicia a lo largo de la semana”. En Júnior y Youth Cup, Daniel Oliveras y Alex Wigg han terminado respectivamente segundos y ahora también mantienen dicha posición en sus respectivos mundiales.

La manga portuguesa del mundial (sexta visita al vecino país) ha sido organizada por el Motor Clube das Beiras y constaba de 13 zonas naturales y 2 artificales que los participantes han recorrido en dos ocasiones. Ayer se celebraron las mangas europeas de la especialidad, en las que Daniel Oliveras obtenía la quinta plaza y ahora ostenta la tercera posición general. En Júnior 125, los británicos de GAS GAS, Ross Danby y Alex Wigg, finalizaron segundo y tercero, respectivamente.

  Información de: Jas Info Service

Albert Cabestany - Sherco Team

09.04.2006 FIM World Trials Championship. Mortagua, Portugal

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La segunda prueba del Campeonato del Mundo de Trial no ha resultado demasiado positiva para los intereses de Sherco y Albert Cabestany, al no encontrarse a gusto en un trial calificado por todos los pilotos como de demasiado fácil y poco selectivo. Albert ha finalizado tercero al termino de la primera vuelta, a tan solo cinco puntos del líder provisional, Takahisa Fujinami. Pero en la segunda ha marcado cinco “fiascos” que han resultado definitivos en un trial que no perdonaba ningún tipo de error.

Albert Cabestany: “No entiendo muy bien lo que ha pasado. Sin duda me ha faltado concentración y en unas zonas tan fáciles como estas, marcar un cinco te condiciona mucho el resultado final. Espero poder quitarme el mal sabor de boca en las próximas carreras.”.

Nueva doble victoria de Loris Gubian en 125 en el Europeo y en el Mundial.

Mejor han ido las cosas para Loris Gubian, quien repitió una doble victoria en la categoría Youth 125 del Campeonato del Mundo, con el italiano Matteo Grattarola situado en la tercera plaza y en la prueba del Campeonato de Europa celebrada la jornada anterior. Tras estas dos primeras pruebas, Loris Gubian domina ambas clasificaciones con comodidad.

  Información de: Sherco Moto

Montesa HRC Trial Team

Campeonato del Mundo de Trial. 2ª prueba: Gran Premio de Portugal

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Información de: Oficina de prensa y comunicación: infomotor

Dougie Lampkin Team

World Outdoor Trials Championship. Mortagua, Portugal. Round 2 Day 1 (1 day event) 09/04/06

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Dougie Lampkin recorded his second third place in a row when he stepped on to the lower tier of the podium at the Portuguese Grand Prix held in Mortagua earlier today. Lampkin suffered from similar mistakes to those that cost him in Spain, as he again took two fives in a section with a big step to put him out of contention in terms of taking the victory.

 Lampkin’s teammate Fujinami took the win ahead of Raga, at an event that was deemed to be ‘far to easy’ by all the top riders. Dougie started well with three cleans in the first three sections before opting to take a safety dab in the fourth hazard knowing that a failure could spell disaster at this low scoring trial. All was going to plan until he added five to his total in section eight.

 Dougie fought back well from this set back to remain feet up in all but the last section where he was to record the first of his two failures at this indoor type hazard. The second lap was a similar story, with the rain falling Lampkin was at his best losing just a single dab as he again arrived at section fifteen, blotting his scorecard once again with a most unwanted maximum.

 “It is very frustrating to destroy your day in the way that I have done again today. It is pretty much like Spain with two fives on a section where there is a big step, although it was a totally different type of step today. However the result was the same, ten marks in a trial where the winning score is in single figures.”

 “The trial has been the same for everyone, but it was hardly World championship status, I think all the riders in the top five agree on this point. Overall I am happy with the way that I am riding, but when the trial is this easy there is nowhere where you can pull back marks if you make mistakes like I have done.”

 “The good news is that despite two not so good rides I have still managed to pull off a couple of reasonable results. And with two different winners and a mixture of other results for other riders I am still very much in the hunt for the championship.”

Información de: Jake Miller (Departamento de prensa del Dougie Lampkin Team)

James Dabill - Top Trial Team

World Outdoor Trials Championship. Mortagua, Portugal. Round 2 09 /04/06

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After just two rounds of the 2006 World outdoor series James Dabill finds himself amongst the planet’s most elite riders, thanks to a career best seventh place at today’s Portuguese Grand Prix. James’ pair of opening results sees him holding ninth place in the World championship, to add to the lead he now holds in the European series.

Disappointed at his showing at the first round in Spain last weekend, James arrived in Portugal with a point to prove to himself. His win at European level yesterday put him in a confident frame of mind ready for today’s tougher test.

With a starting time right in the middle of the main group of top riders, James was totally unphased as he notched several good rides in front of names that were his heroes not so long ago. Only two fives during the latter part of the first lap spoiled what otherwise was a near perfect performance for the teenager from Leeds.

Joint seventh at the halfway stage, Dabill closed with an even stronger showing improving his lap score by five marks during his second visit to the now wet hazards as the rain that had threatened all day finally arrived. As his rivals fell away, James deservedly netted seventh place come the finish.

“This is a great result, my best ever in fact and is a marked improvement compared to how I rode in Spain. As yesterday, it has been a case of finding my feet at the first round and using that as a starting point. I was a lot more confident this weekeand and really attacked the sections much more than I did last week.”

“My aim is to win the European championship and to be in the top ten in World at the end of the season, and this weekend I have proved both to myself and to others that I am capable of doing that if I ride to my full potential.”

Información de: Jake Miller (Departamento de prensa de James Dabill)