Gas Gas Team
Gran Premio de Guatemala, 2ª carrera del Campeonato del Mundo 2007

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ADAM RAGA (GAS GAS), DOBLE PODIO EN GUATEMALA

El piloto de GAS GAS logra un 3º y un 2º en la cita centroamericana

Salt (Girona), 23 de abril de 2007.– El piloto de GAS GAS, Adam Raga (GG TXT 300), ha participado este pasado fin de semana en el Trial de Guatemala, segunda cita puntuable para el Campeonato del Mundo de la especialidad, donde se ha alzado con el tercer escalón del podio en la jornada del sábado, mientras que en la del domingo, tras luchar en todo momento por el triunfo final, tenía que conformarse con la segunda plaza por únicamente 3 puntos.

Compuesta por dos jornadas independientes de competición y un recorrido de 15 zonas que los pilotos debían realizar en dos ocasiones cada día, Raga comentaba tras la cita guatemalteca que “ha sido una prueba dura, con mucho calor y humedad. El objetivo que me fijo siempre en todas las carreras es la victoria, en esta ocasión no ha podido ser, pero el campeonato no ha hecho más que empezar. Quedan muchas pruebas por delante y estos dos podios me permiten sumar buenos puntos para la clasificación y continuar luchando por el título”.

Los buenos resultados también han llegado a la marca de Salt en el resto de apartados en liza. Así, en Júnior el británico Alexz Wigg (GG TXT 125), piloto del importador británico de GAS GAS, se hacía con el triunfo en la primera jornada y con un tercer puesto en la segunda, mientras que el francés Nicolás Gontard, con una GAS GAS TXT 280, era 2º y 4º. Con este resultado Wigg ocupa la 2ª posición provisional del mundial junior, y Gontard la tercera, con 50 y 47 puntos respectivamente. El líder provisional es Michael Brown, con 55 puntos.

En la categoría Youth Cup, el piloto español Alfredo Gómez (RFME-GG TXT 125) vencía ambos días, acompañándole en el podio el también piloto de GAS GAS UK, Danby Ross (GG TXT 125). Por su parte, su compañero de formación, el irlandés Andrews Robert, era 5º y 6º. Gómez encabeza la clasificación provisional con 60 puntos, mientras que Danby Ross es 2º con 49 puntos.

La próxima cita del mundial de trial será el Trial de Senez (Francia), tercera prueba puntuable que se celebrará el 27 de mayo a una única jornada.

  Información de: Jas Info Service

Sherco Team

Campeonato del Mundo de Trial. La Antigua (Guatemala), 2ª prueba. Primer día

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Caldes de Montbui, 22 de abril de 2007. La segunda jornada del Gran Premio de Guatemala tampoco ha sido muy fructífera para los intereses de los pilotos de Sherco. Pese a que las puntuaciones han bajado muchísimo entre todos los participantes, ni Albert Cabestany ni Dani Oliveras han podido mejorar sus posiciones del día anterior; cómo tampoco lo ha podido hacer Cristophe Bruand.

Albert Cabestany ha terminado en la séptima plaza muy descolgado de las posiciones de honor. Al igual que en la primera jornada, en las primeras zonas de la primera vuelta ha mantenido todas sus posibilidades intactas. Pero a la que ha llegado a la sexta zona ha vuelto a cometer un error (penalizado con cinco puntos) que ya le ha dejado fuera de la lucha por el podio. El resto de puntuaciones han sido ceros combinados con otros dos cincos. Y en la segunda vuelta, más de lo mismo, ya que la zona número seis ha marcado el devenir del resultado de Cabestany, pues a partir de ahí ha marcado tres cincos consecutivos que ya no ha podido recuperar.

Dani Oliveras, en igual medida que el tarraconense, tampoco ha podido completar su mejor actuación en La Antigua. Y, paralelamente al resultado de Albert Cabestany, él también ha bajado dos posiciones respecto de la primera jornada. En este caso, ha terminado en onceava posición. El francés Cristophe Bruand ha terminado justo por detrás de Oliveras, en la décimosegunda posición.

En las categorías Júnior sí que ha habido una gran noticia para Sherco, pues el piloto francés Loris Gubian ha terminado en la segunda posición final, y a tan sólo cuatro puntos del primero, el piloto de Beta Michael Brown. Un Brown que ha temido realmente por la primera plaza, ya que Gubian ha realizado una segunda vuelta completísima; con tan sólo cinco puntos de penalización. El británico Lee Sampson ha repetido la quinta plaza de la jornada anterior, al igual que el italiano Matteo Grattarola, sexto.

En Júnior 125 hay que sumar otro podio a este de Gubian, pues el americano Patrick Smage ha subido en el tercer peldaño del cajón, al igual que la jornada anterior. Justo detrás de él han terminado el francés Alexis Cervantes (cuarto) y el español David Millán (quinto).

  Información de: Sherco Moto

Beta Trueba

CAMPEONATO DEL MUNDO DE TRIAL 2007. GUATEMALA (La Antigua) 2ª/3ª Prueba

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  Información de: Beta Trueba

Jeroni Fajardo
GP de Guatemala. Campeonato del Mundo de Trial

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JERONI FAJARDO (BETA) CONSIGUE UN SÉPTIMO Y UN OCTAVO EN LAS DOS PRUEBAS DEL CAMPEONATO DEL MUNDO DE GUATEMALA

La Antigua (Guatemala), 23 de abril de 2007.- El piloto de Pals, Jeroni Fajardo ha conseguido este pasado fin de semana, un séptimo y un octavo lugar en la prueba doble del Campeonato del Mundo de trial que se ha disputado en la población guatemalteca de La Antigua.

El “circo” del trial se desplazó por primera vez a América Central, después que en temporadas anteriores lo hiciera a USA y Canadá. De esta manera y con unas condiciones duras de temperatura pero sobretodo de una intensa humedad, los pilotos tuvieron que realizar un gran esfuerzo físico, para superar las ya de por si, complicadas zonas.

Jeroni Fajardo tuvo buenas sensaciones encima de su REV-3, y continua su personal proceso de recuperación, que a la espera de pruebas que se adapten mejor a sus condiciones, le puedan llevar a conseguir su mejor nivel de pilotaje. Al acabar las dos pruebas, el piloto de la escudería PEU A BAIX comentó que “valoro este trial de Guatemala como un fin de semana muy duro, por las condiciones de calor y de humedad, sobretodo. Pienso que vuelvo a coger las sensaciones de antes de lesionarme y eso me da ilusión y ganas de seguir trabajando duro. Creo que esta prueba no era la mejor para mis características de pilotaje pero a partir de ahora, con la vuelta a Europa, espero hacerlo mejor. La REV-3 va bien, felicitar al equipo por el trabajo que hace y no cabe duda, que se ha de seguir trabajando duro”.

  Información de: GLOBAL PRESS EVENTS SL.

Montesa HRC Trial Team

Campeonato del Mundo de Trial. 2ª prueba. Gran Premio de Guatemala (1r día)

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Información de: Oficina de prensa y comunicación: infomotor

Dougie Lampkin Team

World Outdoor Trials Championship. La Antigua, Guatemala. Round 2 Day 1 Saturday (2 day event) 21/04/07

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Dougie Lampkin took fourth place in the first of the two days of competition in La Antigua, Guatemala after a day of close competition held in searing temperatures and sweltering humidity. Like many of the riders, he found the going tough. The new event to the calendar was made up of sections winding up and down river-beds at the Autodromo las Volcanes, one hundred kilometres south of Guatemala City. After a close first lap, Dougie was unable to make roads into Adam Raga's advantage for third place and so finished the first day in fourth spot.

Lampkin had a good start to the first lap, settling into a good rhythm and matching performances with his peers. He recorded a five in the first of the particularly tricky sections, number six, but this was to prove the first major test of the trial, with only two riders not fiving the test on both laps. He continued well, but then dropped a pair of fives in sections ten and eleven, while others passed for only a single dab, putting him at a big disadvantage. He also suffered another maximum on the penultimate hazard of the first lap, putting him fifth, just one point behind Albert Cabestany at the halfway point.

Dougie pushed hard to make up the deficit on the second lap, but admitted that he pushed perhaps too hard, making mistakes, which cost him dear. However, his performance was sufficient to see him climb past Cabestany, but not enough to close in on Raga in third place. He eventually finished the day fourth, eight marks off Raga and a podium position.

Lampkin commented. "The first lap started well and I was feeling good. Then at section ten I had a five, after that I tried a little too hard to pull those marks back. I then had a five, where threes were par so that was no good. I also failed at section fourteen on both laps, which was very costly, especially when other riders were cleaning it. Then, I rushed the second lap trying to claw it back. I conceded three bad fives today where no-one else took any marks and that's simply too much to give away. I think if I hadn't rushed the second lap, I could have done better, but I will now have to wait until tomorrow, for the chance to put things right."

World Outdoor Trials Championship. La Antigua, Guatemala. Round 2 Day 2 Sunday (2 day event) 22/04/07

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Dougie Lampkin today took another fourth place on the second of the two days of competition in Guatemala. However, the result did not belie the effort and performance from the Englishman, who narrowly missed out on a podium position with a final score tied with that of his team mate Takahisa Fujinami, but losing out on the tie break, thanks to having one less clean than the Japanese rider.

Lampkin was clearly back on top form for the second run through the riverbed sections, despite the temperature being even higher than Saturday. The day had dawned clearer than the previous, but the baking heat and the thousands of spectators who turned out to watch the World championship riders compete in Guatemala for the first time, certainly didn't make the running any easier.

Dougie was one of only three riders who cleaned section six, a particularly testing earth bank climb over a selection of tree roots and rocks, to gain an early advantage, thanks to the torque of his factory Cota. With a couple of dabs and a three in the tricky eleventh hazard, which climbed up a rocky river bed, Lampkin ended the first lap in third place, just two points behind Adam Raga in second.

His run of form continued on the second lap, scoring fewer marks than the first. However, Fujinami dropped even less marks, including a single dab in section eleven, against Dougie's three and by the end of the second lap, both Lampkin and Fujinami were on fourteen marks, over twenty marks ahead of their nearest rival. However, the tie break eventually went Fujinami's way and Dougie was denied the podium position that his ride had deserved.

Lampkin commented. "Today was a much better ride for me. My biggest problem yesterday was that I took three fives, but today, I didn't record a single one. But I have to say, I'm a little disappointed that I lost the podium position to Takahisa on the tie-break, as I didn't feel that the ride deserved fourth place. Of course, I'm happy with the result, but on any other day, a ride like that would have taken a win. With four riders all scoring such low marks, it just goes to show how competitive this season is going to be. I'm also a little disappointed that with a score of only 14 points, I only got four."

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

James Dabill - Top Trial Team

World Trials Championship. Round 2 - 21/04/07. La Antigua, Guatemala

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James Dabill finished the first of two days of competition in Guatemala eighth after an extremely difficult opening trial. The result belies the effort the youngster put in amid oppressive heat and humidity as he tackled the fifteen sections dipping into and climbing out of a series of river beds at the Autoromo los Volcanes, located 100Km south of Guatemala City.

Debuting in the championship, the trial in Guatemala looked like it would be hard work and it was, with James, like the entire field, finding the going very tough. He started the first lap of the event well but was caught out when time began to slip away and he was forced to rush the second half, making mistakes along the way.

He recorded several dabs early on in the lap but as the heat grew towards mid-day, he lost his rhythm and began dropping marks, which would ultimately cost him a better placing, with several fives he admitted he should not have incurred.

The second lap also began well, with Dabill feeling much more confident, partly as the heat had lessened slightly. However, he notched up two more fives in the first part of the lap and compounded them with four more during the latter part, where things went very wrong for James. Despite lying seventh after the first lap, he dropped marks to Jeroni Fajardo and therefore, finished eighth come the close of play.

Dabill was understandably frustrated after such a strong performance at the championship opener but vowed to use the experience gained during the first day to his advantage for the second. "It's been a very difficult day - really hard work. The first lap started OK, but the second half was a bit of a mad rush, as time was running out. I ended up with a couple of fives which I shouldn't have, which were hard to recover."

"The second lap also felt very good to begin with. I cleaned the first section but then fived the next. I had a dab on section three and it all went wrong from there for the rest of the lap. I just ended up with far too many fives and that cost me a better result.

"We'll change strategy for the second day, by starting a bit quicker so it's not so much of a rush for the second part of the lap and hopefully, that will help to improve on today's result."

World Trials Championship. Round 2 - 22/04/07. La Antigua, Guatemala

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James Dabill equalled his career best in Guatemala today, as he finished the second of two days of competition in South America in an excellent sixth place, just two marks adrift of the far more experienced Spanish rider, Marc Freixa.

After a performance, which James felt was below par during yesterday's trial, James adopted a different approach for the second day, despite clearer skies making the temperature even higher. But the weather brought out the local crowds, who turned out in their thousands to watch the World's best compete in Guatemala for the first time.

Dabill's tactic for the second day was to complete the first lap quicker, as he felt that running out of time yesterday meant he had to rush to ensure he didn't incur time penalties. However, while the plan seemed to work, he also admitted to taking a five in the day's third section and another in the fifth, when his front wheel simply washed away.

By the end of the day's first lap, James found himself in eighth place, matching his perfomance from yesterday. However, his second lap would prove to be much more rewarding.

In contrast to the first tour, he didn't record a single five the second time around, losing just eleven marks and even finishing early. He admitted that moving through the section more quickly helped him to maintain his concentration and rhythm and this resulted in the fifth-lowest score of the lap. His performance was sufficient to move him up to sixth place overall, just a tantalising two marks behind Freixa at the end of the day.

"We took on a totally different strategy today," said James. "Not only was I getting on with riding the sections and not allowing myself to lose concentration, Jack [Lee, James' minder] was minder for Ogawa [Tsuyoshi, team-mate] as well, while Ogawa's minder Sergio was mechanic for us both and that seemed to work very well. In fact, the whole team has worked extremely hard this weekend - it's been just as tough for the minders as it has for the riders."

"Of course I'm delighted with today's result. To equal my best performance over some of the hardest sections and certainly the toughest conditions I've faced is great and I feel I've learned a lot from the experience."

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

Top Trial Team

Campionato Mondiale Outdoor- Seconda Prova- Gp Guatemala

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BROWN E MAURINO GRANDI IN GUATEMALA

Quando il Top Trial Team è partito per il Guatemala si aspettava che sarebbe stata una trasferta dura e strana ma non fino al punto di non possedere le moto per disputare la gara.

La disavventura ha inizio al Giovedì, giorno in cui era possibile arrivare al paddok, quando tra tutte le scatoloni di moto mancavano ben 9 moto di casa Beta. Per lo staff del Team Fiorentino iniziavano le prime preoccupazioni. Preoccupazioni che però, a quanto confermato dall'importatore, sarebbero state risolte poichè alla sera le famose moto sarebbero state nel circuito senza alcun problema.

Bensì i problemi c'èrano ed eppure abbastanza grossi tanto da prendere la decisione di iniziare a lavorare su alcune moto che si aggiravano nel paddok.Queste moto non erano nuove ma purtroppo vecchie di alcuni anni.

Con tutta la buona volontà vengono terminate le moto così da mettere in condizione Brown di lottare nella categoria Junior e per Maurino rientrare in carreggiata dopo il brutto inizio a Macha Real.

Dopo il primo giorno di affiatamento con la moto il giovane inglese contrapponeva al terzo nel primo giorno una stupenda vittoria Domenica dimostrando tutto il carattere e la determinazione puere in sella ad una moto 2003.

Per Maurino la prima giornata era caratterizzata da sfortune su sfortune.Già nella zona di allenamento prima della partenza, nella sua ruota si strappano le viti che fermano la corona al mozzo. Grazie ad una rapida soluzione del problema il pilota di Torino era già pronto per ripartire. I guai più grossi per lui arrivavano nel secondo giro quando la sua rev smette di dare corrente e con soli 15 minuti alla fine della gara, si decide di mettere a posto la moto per finire ma anche di timbrare per non finire fuori tempo massimo. Maurino però, ripaga il Team nella giornata successiva terminando nono, appena dietro all'ufficiale Beta e dimostrando tutta la sua coreaceità.

Il Team ringrazia lo staff presente in Guatemala: Michele Bosi, Shaun Galway, Valerio Perelli, Daniela Rossi, Barbara Perelli; e i due piloti per la grande prova: Daniele e Micheal.

Información de: Top Trial Team