2005 Indoor World Trial Championship Round 6
12/2/2005 - Peterburgsky Sports Complex, St. Petersburg,
Russia
Fujinami's Indoor season woe continues in Russia
Round 6 of the Indoor Trial championship took place in St. Petersburg
in Russia; the venue became a regular in Indoor calendar outside of
Western Europe.
Still working hard with new machine development for the coming Outdoor
season, the Montesa camp had no choice but sending the standard bikes
for their Russian expedition. It was the bike that their riders rode
at the opening round in UK, and its potential was proved as Fuji finished
3rd on the podium. The team assumed that there wouldn't be too much
trouble with standard equipments.
However, it was the first time for Fuji to ride the bike since the
first round apart from some emergency ride in Barcelona when his 'works'
bike was too damaged to ride. Fuji found it was difficult to adjust
his riding for the standard bike. Sections at St. Petersburg weren't
particularly difficult, but Fuji kept collecting penalty point, and
he failed to proceed to the final again. Freixa struggled even more,
and he finished the qualification lap behind the wild card rider Blazusiak
with a big margin. Lampkin too rode the standard bike, but he showed
an excellent ride in Russia. After being humiliated to be disqualified
at his home round in UK, he had an intensive testing to set up the
standard bike in Sheffield. His effort paid off, and he had more strength
than other team riders.
So, the Russian round wasn't the best day for the Montesa team. There
is no question about the potential of their new machines thanks to
LimpkinĠs performances, but the round also revealed the difficulties
that the team was facing. At the half way mark of the season, they
were having a tough time competing and developing the machine at the
same time, and they had to take alternatives at the event like in Russia
when they didn't have enough 'works' bike to ship to. The next round
will be held in Milan, Italy on Feb 19th.
Quote from Fujigas:
Indoor Trial World Championship 2005
Round 6 |
Final Lap |
1. |
Adam Raga |
Gas Gas |
7 |
2. |
Jeroni Fajardo |
Gas Gas |
15 |
3. |
Dougie Lampkin |
Repsol Montesa-HRC |
22 |
Qualificarion Lap |
1. |
Adam Raga |
Gas Gas |
2 |
2. |
Dougie Lampkin |
Repsol Montesa-HRC |
6 |
3. |
Jeroni Fajardo |
Gas Gas |
8 |
4. |
Albert Cabestany |
Sherco |
11 |
5. |
Takahisa Fujinami |
Repsol Montesa-HRC |
19 |
6. |
Tadeusz Blazusiak |
Gas Gas |
20 |
7. |
Marc Freixa |
Repsol Montesa-HRC |
31 |
Point Standings |
1. |
Adam Raga |
60 |
2. |
Albert Cabestany |
43 |
3. |
Dougie Lampkin |
33 |
4. |
Takahisa Fujinami |
28 |
5. |
Jeroni Fajardo |
27 |
6. |
Marc Freixa |
21 |
7. |
Toni Bou |
5 |
8. |
Jerome Bethune |
5 |
9. |
Tadeusz Blazusiak |
5 |
10. |
Fumitaka Nozaki |
1 |
In order to use a PDF file, Adobe Reader (no charge) is required.
Please click the banner. |
|
RESULTS TOP | PAGE TOP
|