Toni Bou, Campeón del Mundo por tercer año consecutivo.

Takahisa Fujinami logra la tercera plaza en la clasificación final y Montesa incrementa a 12 su récord de títulos de marca y a 134 el de victorias.

Isola 2000 (Francia), 13.09.2009.- Toni Bou (Montesa Cota 4RT) ha conquistado este domingo su tercer título de Campeón del Mundo de Trial, todos consecutivos. Nacido en Piera (Barcelona) el 17 de octubre de 1986 y piloto de Montesa Honda desde el año 2007, Toni Bou añade a estos tres títulos mundiales otros tantos, también consecutivos, en la modalidad Indoor. El catalán ha celebrado la consecución de este nuevo éxito deportivo en el mismo escenario donde Laia Sanz (Montesa Cota 4RT) sumó ayer su noveno título mundial en la categoría femenina y justo una semana después de que Montesa se adjudicara su duodécimo Campeonato de marcas, el cuarto consecutivo con las Cota 4RT de cuatro tiempos. Con siete triunfos de Bou -en tres de ellos con doblete de Takahisa Fujinami (Montesa Cota 4RT), tercero en la clasificación final del mundial- Montesa ha incrementado a 134 su récord de victorias.

La lluvia que ha caído en la segunda vuelta al recorrido ha influido decisivamente en el desenlace de la prueba que ha cerrado esta 35ª edición del Campeonato del Mundo, ya que cuando Toni Bou y Takahisa Fujinami han llegado a las cinco últimas zonas, éstas presentaban una adherencia precaria.

Toni Bou: “He salido dispuesto a celebrar el título con una nueva victoria pero también convencido de no tomar riesgos, ya que hoy eran absolutamente innecesarios. Al final no he logrado el resultado que me hubiera gustado pero el trabajo importante ya lo habíamos hecho paso a paso en las diez pruebas anteriores. Evidentemente, estoy muy satisfecho por revalidar el título y debo felicitar a todo el equipo por su trabajo que, una vez más, ha sido determinante. También tengo muy presente la labor de Dídac Cercós, mi mochilero, al que una enfermedad le ha impedido estar con todos nosotros en estas dos últimas pruebas tan importantes”.

Takahisa Fujinami: “He estado en condiciones de ganar hasta que la lluvia nos ha impedido mantener las opciones de triunfo; qué le vamos a hacer... Esta es la quinta vez que termino segundo en una prueba y veía posibilidades de cerrar el campeonato en lo más alto del podio. Me siento orgulloso de haber contribuido al éxito de la marca y considero buena mi tercera posición en la general, sobretodo teniendo en cuenta la lesión que me impidió puntuar en la primera jornada del Trial de Gran Bretaña”.

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Dougie Lampkin

Trial World Championship (Outdoor) Isola 2000, France. Round 8 Day 1 Sunday (1 day event) 13/09/09

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Dougie Lampkin produced an incredible performance to claim seventh place at the French Grand Prix earlier today, a result that sees him finish sixth in the final 2009 SPEA FIM Trial World Championship standings despite having ridden the closing two rounds with a badly injured left wrist. Lampkin's result today could have been so much better, but a broken clutch hose cost him valuable time during a second lap when heavy rain greatly increased the severity of the sections.

Still suffering the effects of the broken wrist he sustained back in August, Dougie was once again forced to sit out most of the two official practice sessions at the French ski resort ahead of today's trial. The thirty-three old veteran campaigner had arrived for the final GP of the season hoping that his wrist would be far better than it had been in Spain seven days earlier, but in reality this was not the case. Dougie tried a different support to the one he had worn at the previous round, but it was still obvious that he was both in pain and was riding with only a limited amount of movement on sections that were testing even the fit riders.

Taking all this into consideration, Lampkin approached the day as another damage limitation excercise, but with a string of cleans in the opening hazards, Dougie soon found himself unexpectedly leading the event as the first lap moved towards a close. However a five in section fourteen increased his lap total to ten marks, and left him in joint fourth place at the halfway point.

Despite this late setback Dougie was still in a good position, riding well ahead of his rivals with the promised rain now looking a certainty. But disaster was to strike as a broken clutch hose in section six caused Lampkin to stall his factory Beta, the five mark penalty was bad enough, but the time to effect the repair was to prove even more damaging. The rain arrived and made the sections slippery and much more difficult as Dougie's second lap score showed.

Disappointed at what could have been a strong close to the year, Lampkin stated. "I couldn't believe how well I was riding this morning as I could hardly even manage to practice for a few minutes over the last couple of days. Everything was going too well when I fived the second to last section on the first lap, but still it was not an absolute disaster."

"That came at section six on the second lap. At first I could understand why the bike had stalled, it was only when I tried to restart it that I realised that the clutch was not working. A five on one of the easiest sections was not great, but the time we lost sorting it out was what what really cost me. Anyway I suppose the result is still OK given my current level of fitness, and at least I have managed to save sixth in the championship."

"My wrist is quite swollen, so perhaps I might need to return to the doctor this week." Dougie ended.

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