Cabestany tastes finally his first victory of the season in Milano
18/02/2007 Italy
After several attempts, Albert Cabestany enjoyed this night in Milano his first victory at Indoor Trial World Championship 2007 by defeating Toni Bou and Adam Raga in a very balanced final lap. Sherco rider took advantage after cleaning section 3, while his rivals added maximum penalty. From then Cabestany managed the lead with calm and intelligence till the end of the competition. This result let the Spanish to strenghten third place in standings and now threatening second classified Adam Raga by only two points. Although Toni Bou couldn’t clinch another win, his second place made him increase the gap from the top, with ten points ahead of current champion Raga, who closed podium places in third position.
On qualification lap, Raga completed a superb ride with no marks. Defending champion was very consistant and even had the strenght to beat Bou on dual lane race. Before, the current leader and Cabestany imitated their performance on the sections. The Spanish stars suffered on first hazard and lost another penalty on the next. From this point, both completed brilliantly the rest of the circuit.
As happened last weekend in Lisbon, Takahisa Fujinami run out from the final by just one penalty. Slight mistakes in last section gave adavantage to Albert Cabestany and Sherco rider could defend third place despite Japanese pressure.
Jeroni Fajardo offered his best and worst version. Spanish rider cleaned tough opening hazards but received a severe punishment because of the time. Again Dougie Lampkin showed a very unconsistant performance and too early was very far from the fight for the rostrum.
Polish Tadeusz Blazusiak suffered the lack of pace after losing last rounds due to an injured knee. Beta rider added too much failures and fell till penultimate place. Local Fabio Lenzi, guest rider in Milano, was overcome by GP level and finished eighth in a poor style.
Next weekend FIM Indoor Trial Championship will visit Menorca, Balearic Island, where seventh round in calendar will be contested.
