Lampkin wins on home ground! On hard sections worsened because of the rain, the home-boy Doug risked to throw away a win built thanks to a brilliant first lap, for some fool mistakes in the second part of the compeyition. At the end hw was reached by Jarvis and Cabestany and only the number of cleans in his favour , let him climb the highest step of the podium. The Isle of Man hosted for the second time (1999 was the first) a World round and nowadays, besides Steve Colley, born and grew up here, even Doug decided to move to the Island. So, all the odds were for him and the champion demonstrated to ride very well, keeping all the rivals distant after the first lap. Cabestany is now number two in the overall standings due to the fifth place of Fujinami, quite disappointed with the observer's behavior. Cobos, He lost the win for a yellow card for his minder!! Lampkin leads after first day Radson rider Dougie Lampkin maintained his 100% record in this year's outdoor World championship by winning today's trial held in Douglas on the Isle of Man. His thrid straight win on the series netted him twenty points and in doing so allowed him to increase his advantage in the overall standings, with Cabestany taking over second place in the title race from Fujinami. Lampkin's victory was not without incident, as he successfully took the win in a three way tie decider having fought his way around the spectacular coatline coures, which was made even more difficult by the persistent rain that continued to fall for most of the event. Dougie dominated the opening lap of fifteen sections, his total of nine including one three and a "soft" five when he literally dismounted in the first few metres of section nine. With his Montesa team mate Cobos on seventeen and Jarvis having dropped one more mark, it looked like Dougie had overcome a series of setbacks to eventually take the win by the slimmest of margins. "I felt really good this morning despite the weather and the slippery conditions. But we spent too much time on the first lap. I knew the second lap was going to be a rush, which is never ideal, but i also knew i had a good lead at the halfway stage. However that lead soon disappeared when i fived sections six and seven one after each other." "From then on i knew it was going to be tight, and just when i thought i had things back under control i puctured in section twelve, which not only cost me two marks, but also valuable time as my mechanics battled to change the wheel. When i slipped back off the final rock in the section i really thought i had blown it. Winning by most cleans is not ideal, but after everything that has happened during the day, i am going to take the victory with both hands. So now it is a case of focusong on tomorrow, when i hope i acn repeat the same result, but with a bit more comfort!" Rider Nationality Machine 1st 2nd Time Total Dougie Lampkin GBR Montesa 9 21 4 34 Graham Jarvis GBR Sherco 18 10 6 34 Albert Cabestany SPA Beta 19 15 0 34 David Coboa SPA Montesa 17 21 0 38 Takahisa Fukinami JPN Honda 16 20 3 39 Marc Colomer SPA Gas Gas 24 21 0 45 Steve Colley GBR Gas Gas 25 21 0 46 Marc Frexia SPA Sherco 26 21 2 49 Marcel Justribo SPA Sherco 30 22 0 52 Adam Raga SPA Gas Gas 26 30 0 56 Kenichi Kuroyama JPN Beta 22 26 9 57 Jose Manuel Alcaraz SPA Scorpa 30 28 0 58 Jordi Pascuet SPA Gas Gas 29 32 0 61 Jozep Manzano SPA Beta 27 30 8 65 Fumitaka Nozaki JPN Scorpa 38 38 0 76 2002 World Championship Round 2 - 18th & 19th May 2002 Lampkin takes victory in the Isle of Man Radson Rider Dougie Lampkin made it a double victory by also winning today's trial held on a very wet Isle of Man. Still undefeated in this season's campaign to date, the reigning champion's run of four straight wins has now put him twenty-two points ahead in the overall championship after just two rounds. Although Dougie had claimed top honours yesterday, he was far than pleased with his own performance and signalled right from the outset this morning that he wanted to be a clear winner today. The day started dry, but by the time the riders reached section three the rain joined the already windy conditions. Despite a few changes to the sections to add extra severity to the course and the increasingly slippery rock faces, Lampkin looked at his best as he nothched up a string of cleans, which were only punctuated by four single dab during the opening lap of fifteen sections located around the dramatic coastline. Fujinami provided the early threat, although a little off Lampkin's incredibly hot pace, and despite a late charge from Manx Man Colley, it was Dougie's Japanese team mate who eventually snatched a distant second place. With conditions worsening Dougie was relentless in his approach and nearly matched his earlier performance, the increase in his second lap score being due to a three at the very last technical section nine. "Yesterday was too close for comfort, so i was determined today to make sure i created and then maintained a good advantage. I felt alot better on the bike today, alot more confident and positive, which really allowed me to adopt an atacking style in the sections. I think overall it would have been hard for me to ride any better than i ahve done today, which is a good feeling to have. I'm definatley a lot happier than i was this time yesterday." Lampkin dominates second day!! No way for any other rivals. The riegining world champion won without letting doubts: his performance remind us of some previous world rounds held a couple of years ago, when we used to talk about a supernatural rider. His total score is nearly one third of the runner-up, Takahisa Fujinami, while all the other pretenders, Spaniard young revelations, remained quite far to worry him. The organisers modified three sections, because yesterday, it stopped raining in the evening and the strong winds through the night dried off the rocks for the second day of competition. The luck did not last long however! When the top riders reached section three the began to fall again. For some sections it meant nothing, but for some it improved due to the rain washing the mud off the, already, slippy rocks! Doug was very concentrated and closing the raw of the top riders, he could watch the rest of the feild ride before him. Dabbing only four times on the first lap, he led the competition firmly. Behind him, Fujinami dropped 12 marks, then Cabestany on 18 and the home grown talent of Steve Colley on 19. The second lap went without the problems of time and most scores improved. Lampkin scored a very repecticle 7 with Colley and Raga behind on 11, boosting their positions up the leaderboard. Colley made it to the podium to finish third behind Fujinami and Lampkin, while Cabestany was pushed back to fourth. |
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