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FIM World Outdoor Trial Championship 201417/7/14. Previe ! "orth #ue$ Cum%ria &'reat (ritain)$ *th o+ ,

-epsol onda Team aims to eephampionship lead

This eeend Toni (ou and Taahisa Fuinami are set to +ae a

ruial date in the World Trial Championship alendar as theompetition arrives +or the toda3 (ritish 'P. -epsol ondaTeams main aim ill %e to sta3 on ourse +or the orldhampionship title.

The Repsol Honda Team are on the way to Great Britain, thesixth stop-of o the season. These two races will be the ninth andtenth so ar in the World Trail Championship, which now enters itsmost decisie phase with three races in the month o !"ly# one

disp"ted last wee$end in Bel%i"m, and the &rench G' on !"ly () still tocome.

Toni Bo" starts as oerall championship leader, and will beloo$in% to $eep the *ontesa Cota +RT ahead o his adersaries, as thepanish rider tries to "rther increase the o"r point %ap oer nearesttitle rial dam Ra%a. ast wee$, in Bel%i"m saw Bo" collect hissixtieth race tri"mph at the hi%hest leel, in what had been apartic"larly testin% trial.

i$ewise, Repsol Honda Team/s Ta$ahisa &"0inami, who 1nished

o"rth in Bel%i"m, will be hopin% to red"ce the 1e point de1citbehind third place rider lbert Cabestany. chiein% a 234th podi"mplace 1nish will also be hi%h on the !apanese rider/s a%enda.



FIM World Trial Championship Overall 5tandin6s 2014

PO5. -I8- CO"5T-9CTO- POI"T5

1 Toni (ou Montesa 12,

( dam Ra%a Gas Gas 2(+

5 lbert Cabestany herco 6)

4 Taahisa Fuinami Montesa :1

3 !eroni &a0ardo Beta 75* ;ames a%ill (eta *,

8 !or%e Casales Gas Gas )2

7 lexandre &errer herco 32

: Pol Tarr<s 5hero 4=

24 *atteo Grattarola Gas Gas (8

TO"I (O9. >1World Champion 201?$ 2012$ 2011$ 2010$ 200:$ 200,$ 2007Last week’s trial was a tough and intense one, with conditions like we hadnever seen before. We will be in England this weekend, where we’ve beenbefore, so we know that we can expect a dicult one, where mistakes can’tbe made. We have to ght for the victor. !hat’s the onl wa to do it.!hese two das of racing are decisive for the championship.

T@A@I5@ F9;I"@MI. >=World Champion 2004We will be competing in the same place that we have in previous ears, so if nothing has changed, we should be able to get a positive result. !he race isa bit like an indoor one, but with mud, which is wh it’s so important to dothe "ob properl. # got good feelings from the bike in the $elgium %&, and felt

m condence coming back, so # think we should be able to get a result.!he aim, of course, will be a podium place.



Booin6 %a at the (ritish Trail 'P

The World Trial Championship will be headin% bac$ to the sport/s roots inGreat Britain, one o the season/s "s"al dates, where historically *ontesariders hae pic$ed "p %ood res"lts. ince the year (444, the Cota +RT haswon 2) ictories o"t o 28, with Toni Bo" the best o them, with ei%httri"mphs, and two or Ta$ahisa &"0inami, the last o which was in cotland/s&ort William in (424. The !apanese rider is, howeer, the second best inBritain/s trial history, as ar as n"mber o podi"ms are concerned, with atotal o 2(, a 1%"re which places the rider 0"st one place behind British trialle%end 9o"%ie amp$in, seen times world champion, o"r o which wereaboard the *ontesa Cota.

The tiny illa%e o :orth ;"e, in the co"nty o C"mbria in the northeasto <n%land will play host to the race. The ro"te is a hi%hly red"ced one o

0"st + $ilometres eat"rin% 2( sectors to be completed oer three laps.

(ritish 'P 201?. "ord #ue (ritish 'P onours Bistomin6o ! 2,/07/201? (425 = ( Toni (ou &Montesa)

1 Toni (ou &Montesa) (425 - 2 Toni (ou &Montesa)( dam Ra%a >Gas Gas? (42( = ( Toni (ou &Montesa)

5 !eroni &a0ardo >Beta? (42( - 2 Toni (ou &Montesa)4 Taahisa Fuinami

&Montesa)(422 dam Ra%a >Gas Gas?

3 lbert Cabestany >herco? (424 - ( Taahisa Fuinami&Montesa)

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