2005 World Trial Championship Round 6
25-26/6/2005 Pole Mecanique Ales Cevennes, France
2 days of out of shape in France
Fujinami came to France with his determination high after giving away the
top spot in the championship in Andorra. The motor sport facility was the
venue for the French round as the first WTC event ever held at the site.
Majority of the sections were man made with rocks brought into the site making
indoor style hazards to meet the level of world championship competition.
Saturday, June 25th
Fuji started the day well on Saturday. He was the only rider to score all-cleans
at the first 6 sections. Raga followed with one point down, but Fuji looked
to be very strong at the point.
The sections 7 to 9 were natural hazards in woods, and Fuji dabbed first
error at the section 7. It wasn't a big problem it seemed at first, but it
was the beginning of bucket full of penalty points for him.
When the day's competition was over, Fuji finished 5th- the worst position
so far in the season, with 15 points away from the day's winner Raga. Meanwhile,
Fuji's teammate Lampkin struggled even more to finish 12th after crashing
hard at the section 3 of the lap 2. It was sort of a relief for Fuji that
one of the strongest opponents in the championship dropped down, but having
Raga and Cabestany finished better than him, Fuji knew he needed to turn
it over the weekend was up.
Sunday, June 26th
It was the day to wipe out the bad results of the previous day for Fuji,
but he wasn't quite in top form either on Sunday. Still, he rode well, and
he completed the lap 1 with 15 points to be 3rd following Raga and Cabestany.
Fuji went on to the lap 2, and the nightmare started to strike him. He fived
at the section 1, where no top rider except Fuji scored more than 1 point
on Sunday. He fived again at the section 2 when he missed the line and couldn't
climb the obstacles. As he failed, he hit the chains against the rock and
broke the crankcase on the magneto side too. He was lucky that the accident
happened at the early stage of the lap, and he had enough time left as he
fought quickly on the lap 1.
Fuji rushed back to the pit to get his bike fixed. As he watched his team
crews desperately working on the damage, it inspired Fuji to start over again
for the rest of the day. Fuji's effort paid off and he did well until the
middle of the lap, but he started to get out of shape at the end of the lap.
He was in a battle for 6th at the end of the lap, but he lost the battle
to finish 8th when he fived at the final section.
Two days of competitions were over, and the championship battle became suddenly
tough for Fuji, as he built up 20 points gap against the championship leader
Raga.
Quote from Fujigas:
World Championship 2005
Pole Mecanique Ales Cevennes, France |
Saturday |
|
Rider |
Make |
L1 |
L2 |
TO |
Pts |
CL |
1 |
Adam Raga |
GasGas |
13 |
20 |
0 |
33 |
16 |
2 |
Jeroni Fajardo |
GasGas |
25 |
12 |
0 |
37 |
19 |
3 |
Albert Cabestany |
Sherco |
29 |
12 |
0 |
41 |
37 |
4 |
Toni Bou |
Beta |
22 |
19 |
0 |
41 |
16 |
5 |
Takahisa Fujinami |
Honda |
19 |
29 |
0 |
48 |
16 |
6 |
Marc Freixa |
Montesa |
30 |
19 |
0 |
49 |
16 |
7 |
Kenichi Kuroyama |
Beta |
34 |
30 |
0 |
64 |
8 |
8 |
Graham Jarvis |
Sherco |
44 |
40 |
0 |
84 |
5 |
9 |
Jordi Pascuet |
GasGas |
44 |
40 |
0 |
84 |
5 |
10 |
Tadeusz Blazusiak |
GasGas |
44 |
45 |
0 |
89 |
6 |
11 |
Fumitaka Nozaki |
Scorpa |
51 |
42 |
0 |
93 |
7 |
12 |
Dougie Lampkin |
Montesa |
36 |
63 |
0 |
99 |
7 |
13 |
Shaun Morris |
GasGas |
48 |
65 |
0 |
113 |
3 |
14 |
Sam Connor |
Sherco |
60 |
54 |
0 |
114 |
0 |
15 |
Christophe Bruand |
GasGas |
59 |
58 |
0 |
117 |
1 |
L1: Lap1 L2: Lap2 TO:
Time Over Pts: Penalty Point CL:Clean |
Sunday |
|
Rider |
Make |
L1 |
L2 |
TO |
Pts |
CL |
1 |
Adam Raga |
GasGas |
7 |
15 |
0 |
22 |
20 |
2 |
Albert Cabestany |
Sherco |
12 |
18 |
0 |
30 |
21 |
3 |
Jeroni Fajardo |
GasGas |
25 |
8 |
0 |
33 |
19 |
4 |
Toni Bou |
Beta |
23 |
14 |
0 |
37 |
17 |
5 |
Marc Freixa |
Montesa |
25 |
17 |
0 |
42 |
15 |
6 |
Dougie Lampkin |
Montesa |
23 |
26 |
0 |
49 |
15 |
7 |
Kenichi Kuroyama |
Beta |
25 |
24 |
0 |
49 |
14 |
8 |
Takahisa Fujinami |
Honda |
15 |
37 |
0 |
52 |
15 |
9 |
Graham Jarvis |
Sherco |
34 |
23 |
0 |
57 |
9 |
10 |
Tadeusz Blazusiak |
GasGas |
29 |
28 |
0 |
57 |
9 |
11 |
Fumitaka Nozaki |
Scorpa |
27 |
44 |
0 |
71 |
11 |
12 |
Jordi Pascuet |
GasGas |
45 |
39 |
0 |
84 |
5 |
13 |
Jerome Bethune |
GasGas |
49 |
52 |
0 |
101 |
2 |
14 |
Marcel Justribo |
Montesa |
49 |
53 |
0 |
102 |
4 |
15 |
Isao Shibuya |
Scorpa |
60 |
45 |
0 |
105 |
4 |
L1: Lap1 L2: Lap2 TO:
Time Over Pts: Penalty Point CL:Clean |
Ranking |
1 |
Adam Raga |
149 |
2 |
Albert Cabestany |
141 |
3 |
Takahisa Fujinami |
128 |
4 |
Dougie Lampkin |
125 |
5 |
Antonio Bou |
103 |
6 |
Marc Freixa |
101 |
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