On The Pegs Vol . 3 Issue 8 - August 2018 P105
On The Pegs Vol . 3 Issue 8 - August 2018 P105
SULTS
L GP NI BOU ( HON ) 43 DAM RAGA ( TRS ) 47 KAHISA FUJINAMI ( HON ) 59 IME BUSTO ( GG ) 63 MES DABILL ( BET ) 70 RONI FAJARDO ( GG ) 76 LBERT CABESTANY ( BET ) 77 RANZ KADLEC ( GG ) 87 CK PRICE ( GG ) 88 JORGE CASALES ( VER ) 89
IAL RIS GUBAIN ( GG ) 10 ENICHI KUROYAMA ( YAM ) 13 AN CORDON ( MEC ) 28 HRISTOPHE BRAUND ( EM ) 37 KUMI NARITA ( EM ) 49 tion thirteen , to end the day twelve marks adrift of Raga and four ahead of Busto who incurred four expensive time penalties .
Britain ’ s James Dabill – Beta finished a seasonbest fifth on seventy with championship challenger Jeroni Fajardo – Gas Gas from Spain slipping to sixth a further six marks back . Despite this he still holds second in the title chase , but is now just a single point ahead of Busto .
Pre-season TrialE Cup favourite Gubian , who was on the back foot after being narrowly beaten by Kenichi Kuroyama – Yamaha at last weekend ’ s opening round in France , came out fighting and led the veteran Japanese rider by three marks after a low-scoring opening lap .
A maximum on the first section of lap two handed the advantage back to Kuroyama , but then he in turn had a five in section two . From there it was a tense final thirteen sections with both riders adding just one extra mark to their scores as Gubian won on a total of ten .
The result gives him victory in the two-round series on a tie-break and ensures the Spanish manufacturer retains the title it won last year with Marc Colomer .
“ There was big pressure because the title would be decided today between Kenichi and me ,” says Gubian . “ Finally I won so it has been very good for me and for Gas Gas – we have worked very hard and I am very happy with my bike .”
Spain ’ s Joan Cordon – Mecatecno completed the podium with a final score of twenty-eight , nine fewer than France ’ s Christophe Bruand – Electric Motion who ends the series in third .
The TrialGP series now takes its August holiday and will resume in September for the final two rounds , starting with TrialGP Great Britain on 1-2 . n