Andy

It makes the graph look too messy to publish! Bou - Trend line down. High 16.5, Low 12.5 Cabestany - Trendline up. Low 11.0, High 15.5 Fajardo - Trend line flat. 11.0 Fujinami -Trend line up. Low 12.0, High 17.0 Lampkin - Trend line down. High 16.0, Low 14.0 Raga - Trend line down. High 20.0, Low 13.0 Looking at all of them, there's only two showing an upward trend. Fujinami is on the highest upward trend followed by Cabestany. Lampkin is heading down, but not at as fast a pace as Raga or Bou. Fajardo is pretty flat across the board. It's all bollox anyway, but quite entertaining to analyse!

Firstly, I'd disagree with it being well organised - There were places where you had riders using the same route as spectators - that's a no-no for sure and just crying out for an accident. There was virtually nothing in the way of Press/Minders corridors at the sections YET AGAIN (despite them being told last year and again on Saturday this year) so what little there was was mobbed to the detriment of the spectators behind. If there are decent corridors then the press and minders spread out so spectators can still see what's going on. The section route was very poorly marked. Fine if you're on the arranged buses, but not if you're trying to find your way yourself. I love Italy - fantastic country, but their event was, again, a real challenge. Personally I preferred last year. This year was, with the exception of sections 7&8, too "samey". Same dry dusty banks (which were a nightmare for the cameras). Last year it was up a valley with some sections in water and some over natural rock - a good mix. I'd agree that none of the course in Italy either last year or this year was man-made. Sections 7&8 this year, yes, but not specifically for the Trial. They just happened to have two piles of rocks they could use! As for Dougie, I wouldn't question his fitness. Having been at all the rounds this year I would say the problem in Italy was more psychological than physical. He wants this title - maybe TOO much. Raga is facing the same pressure and only performed slightly better. Hopefully Doug's experience will prevail. Fingers crossed

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I was going through the emails last night sorting out the prediction league and got thinking about how up and down the championship was this year so, out of idle curiosity decided to graph it. Peaks and troughs for a lot of the riders. Certainly makes things more interesting.

I've got a few things waiting to be published, but that's not one of them. Anybody with full results please send to website AT trialscentral.com

The majority of us (barring the odd muppet), the problem isn't with the England football team or the English people, it's the English Media. It's hyped up beyond all belief and, as we share the same media, rammed down our throats left, right and centre. We're Scottish and we admit we're crap at football. On the odd occasion we do qualify, it's just an excuse to go down the pub with our mates to watch the game. We know we haven't a snowball's chance in hell of winning. You lot actually get sucked in by the media hype and BELIEVE. Sooner you admit to yourselves that your team perhaps isn't quite as good as the press would have you believe, the easier it will be to come to terms with losing.

Guess who? "I suppose you'll be getting p****d with Dom next weekend"

There is still plenty time to get tickets at a discounted rate and get them in time. I don't think any have shipped yet. I would strongly sugeest booking camping in advance.

Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC211V) scored a convincing win here at Donington Park to notch his second victory in his rookie year and put himself firmly in the hunt for the World Championship. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) was second and Marco Melandri (Fortuna Honda RC211V) third. In bright sunshine, despite a vicious rain shower on the morning of the race at 7:00am, riders lined up for 30-laps of this sweeping 4.023km track. And it was Melandri from third on the grid who led into Redgate on lap one with Pedrosa on his tail and Casey Stoner (LCR Honda RC211V) up with them in third. As the field negotiated that crucial first lap, John Hopkins (Suzuki) relieved Stoner of third place down through the spectacular Craner Curves with his team-mate Chris Vermeulen now in fourth with Stoner fifth. Kenny Roberts (Roberts KR211V) was demonstrating the progress made with the Honda-powered KR bike holding sixth on lap one. Melandri held his lead as lap two began with Pedrosa hard on his tail and Stoner working on getting past Hopkins. But Melandri and Dani showed they had the pace to leave the field as Hopkins gradually but visibly lost ground as the early order settled. Pedrosa was anxious to pass Marco by lap four, but his eagerness nearly got the better of him on the next lap as he lined up a pass at the Melbourne hairpin and then and wobbled wide. Dani was lucky to stay on the machine, but incredibly he was still third as lap six began. Dani then set a fastest lap of 1m 29.465s as he retrieved the ground he had lost. At this stage World Championship series leader Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda RC211V), who was circulating in seventh after a compromised qualifying performance, made an error at Foggy

Second consecutive podium for Coppins CAS Honda rider Josh Coppins gained third overall and his second podium result in two weeks today at a bright and busy Uddevalla circuit for the Grand Prix of Sweden, the ninth round of fifteen in the 2006 FIM MX1 World Championship. After a well-deserved break following three consecutive races the Grand Prix paddock reconvened in the pleasant and well-organised surroundings of the Uddevalla circuit less than a 100km north of Gothenburg. The track layout had been significantly altered compared to previous years and boasted more technical sections and jumps as well as being run in reverse. Uddevalla has been a consistent and reliable part of the World Championship since the beginning of the century and a race day attendance of 19,000 confirmed the popularity of the event. Coppins came to Scandinavia closer to full fitness after taking a podium two weeks ago at Matterley Basin on his first race appearance of the season and then winning both motos of last week's British Championship event in Northern Ireland. The Kiwi passed a fading Tanel Leok in the first moto for third position and his second top three appearance from three motos. The race was quite a straightforward affair and completely different to the dog-fight the New Zealander experienced with Wulfsport Honda rider Gordon Crockard later in the day. Both CRF450R riders checked the other but Coppins came off the worse in the second 'coming together' and his spill forced a second race fifth place fiish after being pushed over the berm. The performance was still good enough for a champagne celebration at the venue where has celebrated success for the past two years. Crockard was fifth overall for his best classification in three seasons. The Irishman collected finishes off seventh and fourth after a pair of decent starts and also gave the Irish Wulfsport crew their highest result in two years of Grand Prix competition. In hot and demanding conditions, and on a dry and bumpy track, his scrap with Coppins was one of the action highlights of the second race. Martin Honda's Javier Garcia Vico was right behind Crockard with sixth overall thanks to classifications of ninth and seventh. The Spaniard is really starting to find his feet again on the world stage and with the speed of Grand Prix racing after almost two seasons out through injury. His team-mate Brian Jorgensen fought through a very painful semi-home GP with a damaged coccyx. The Dane had to withdraw from the British round two weeks ago with intense pain in his lower back and was uncertain about his participation at Uddevalla until after the first practice session. He went gingerly from session to session and was fourteenth overall after a gallant effort. CAS Honda rider Ken de Dycker nursed a sore hand through a set of physically demanding motos and did not enjoy the best of starts in either joust. He was eighth and ninth to slot in behind Vico in the final GP standings among a gaggle of five Honda machines in the top ten. Stefan Everts won the Grand Prix for the ninth consecutive time with another emphatic double, and leads Kevin Strijbos and Tanel Leok in the World Championship points table by a hefty margin. De Dycker rests fifth but only two points away from the top three with five rounds left to run. In MX2 David Philippaerts toasted his third GP in succession from Christophe Pourcel and Tommy Searle. Martin Honda rider Antoine Meo will undergo surgery on his broken knee on Saturday while Patrick Caps (SRS Honda) is recovering from a broken collarbone. Honda's MX2 lines were further reduced when Shaun Simpson crashed competing for a podium result at the fifth round of the British Championship last week and has dislocated his shoulder. The second and final round of the FIM Women's World Cup saw Katherine Prumm emerge as Champion. Larissa Papenmeier was seventh and the best-placed Honda representative. The tenth round of the World Championship schedule for two weeks time with the second fly-away of the season. The Sun City complex will host the Grand Prix of South Africa for the third consecutive year and for the final time before the race moves south to Durban in 2007. Josh Coppins, CAS Honda: "Gordon hit me pretty hard in that second moto but I left the door open so it was a little bit my fault. It was an aggressive move but that is motocross and I am not complaining. I was in that position because I was not fit enough and this is what I need to work on. I also need more race speed at the start and with more motos this will get better. A few weeks ago if you would have offered me two podiums on my two first races back then I would have taken that for sure. I am not improving as fast as I would like but I am doing my best." Ken de Dycker, CAS Honda: "It was not going well for me today. I had some bad lines and could not find my speed. I felt tired quickly in the heat. Towards the end of the second heat my hands started hurting. I just want to forget this weekend and look forward to the next one." Brian Jorgensen, Martin Honda: "It has been a tough weekend. I had a lot of pain from the first practice and it was hard mentally to know if I would be able to make it through each session. I had to take a lot of painkillers just to get in the gate for that first race. I made a good start but the pain in my back meant that I could not keep the pace. My whole upper body and arms felt tense and I finished twelfth which was the best I could do. In the second moto I felt like I might be able to improve on that but I collided with Pyrhonen and we went off the track. It was a struggle. After 15 minutes my vision was going with some momentary blackouts landing from the jumps. I am feeling down at the moment because I want to be here so much but this is one of those injuries that cannot be fixed quickly. I have worked so hard and now have to make a decision about South Africa." Javier Garcia Vico, Martin Honda: "This result is important for me because I feel much better now and with the bike especially. I am up to seventh in the Championship and this has been down to some hard work. I want to thank my mechanics and to Honda for their support." Gordon Crockard, Wulfsport Honda: "It's steadily coming back. I am really pleased I got fourth and especially for the team. I will keep trying and it has been a long road back. A various times I wondered if a result like this would ever happen again, so today was really nice. It is like being a youngster again! I was enjoying it out there. I was stuck behind Josh and I thought 'this is going to be horrible'. There were parts where I was faster than him and then he was quicker than me; our lines were so different. I kind of passed him once but he 'parked' me, so I thought that gave me a green light to park him. He went right off the track and that was unlucky but it was a hard fight and you have to give as hard as you get." Results Motocross MX1 Race 1 (22 laps = 33.77 Km) Pos / Rider / Nat. / Bike / Time 1 / Everts, Stefan / BEL / Yamaha / 38:45.263 2 / Barragan, Jonathan / SPA / KTM / 38:49.587 3 / Coppins, Joshua / NZL / Honda / 38:59.374 4 / Ramon, Steve / BEL / Suzuki / 39:08.633 5 / Leok, Tanel / EST / Kawasaki / 39:10.204 6 / Strijbos, Kevin / BEL / Suzuki / 39:39.494 7 / Crockard, Gordon / IRL / Honda / 39:44.866 8 / de Dycker, Ken / BEL / Honda / 39:53.874 9 / Garcia Vico, Francisco / SPA / Honda / 39:58.823 10 / Noble, James / GBR / Honda / 40:03.704 11 / Melotte, Cedric / BEL / Yamaha / 40:10.230 12 / Jorgensen, Brian / DEN / Honda / 40:15.614 13 / Bill, Julien / SUI / Yamaha / 40:19.290 14 / van Daele, Marvin / BEL / Honda / 40:24.227 15 / Theybers, Danny / BEL / Suzuki / 40:25.873 Fastest Lap: COPPINS Joshua in 1:44.423 on lap 13 MX1 Race 2 (22 laps = 33.77 Km) Pos / Rider / Nat. / Bike / Time 1 / Everts, Stefan / BEL / Yamaha / 39:54.109 2 / Ramon, Steve / BEL / Suzuki / 39:57.990 3 / Strijbos, Kevin / BEL / Suzuki / 40:11.519 4 / Crockard, Gordon / IRL / Honda / 40:17.076 5 / Coppins, Joshua / NZL / Honda / 40:24.811 6 / Nemeth, Kornel / HUN / Suzuki / 40:42.143 7 / Garcia Vico, Francisco / SPA / Honda / 40:53.847 8 / Noble, James / GBR / Honda / 41:01.907 9 / de Dycker, Ken / BEL / Honda / 41:09.960 10 / Bill, Julien / SUI / Yamaha / 41:12.756 11 / Priem, Manuel / BEL / Yamaha / 41:15.695 12 / Freibergs, Lauris / LAT / Suzuki / 41:21.322 13 / Kovalainen, Marko / FIN / Honda / 41:24.846 14 / Pyrhonen, Antti / FIN / TM / 41:30.950 15 / Bradshaw, Neville / RSA / Suzuki / 41:31.968 Fastest Lap: RAMON Steve in 1:46.869 on lap 7 MX1 World Motocross Championship Standings Pos Rider Total 1 Everts, Stefan 442, 2 Strijbos, K. 328, 3 Leok, Tanel 294, 4 Ramon, Steve 294, 5 de Dycker, Ken 292, 6 Barragan, J. 212, 7 Garcia Vico, F. 165, 8 Leuret, Pascal 159, 9 Melotte, C. 157, 10 Priem, Manuel 146, 11 Bill, J. 145, 12 Noble, James 132, 13 Jorgensen, B. 131, 14 van Daele, M. 127, 15 Pyrhonen, A. 106.. MX2 Race 1 (22 laps = 33.77 Km) Pos / Rider / Nat. / Bike / Time 1 / Philippaerts, David / ITA / KTM / 39:17.217 2 / Cairoli, Antonio / ITA / Yamaha / 39:17.325 3 / Pourcel, Christophe / FRA / Kawasaki / 39:26.471 4 / de Reuver, Marc / NED / KTM / 39:35.574 5 / Rattray, Tyla / RSA / KTM / 39:40.524 6 / Swanepoel, Garreth / RSA / Kawasaki / 39:56.570 7 / Searle, Tommy / GBR / Kawasaki / 40:05.312 8 / Chiodi, Alessio / ITA / Yamaha / 40:13.896 9 / Goncalves, Rui / POR / KTM / 40:19.266 10 / Gundersen, Kenneth / NOR / Yamaha / 40:20.874 11 / Nunn, Carl / GBR / KTM / 40:31.440 12 / Leok, Aigar / EST / Yamaha / 40:39.032 13 / Aubin, Nicolas / FRA / KTM / 40:39.120 14 / Remes, Eero / FIN / Honda / 40:54.631 15 / Wing, Jonas / SWE / KTM / 41:03.378 Fastest Lap: CAIROLI Antonio in 1:44.703 on lap 22 MX2 Race 2 (22 laps = 33.77 Km) Pos / Rider / Nat. / Bike / Time 1 / Pourcel, Christophe / FRA / Kawasaki / 40:13.934 2 / Philippaerts, David / ITA / KTM / 40:25.008 3 / Searle, Tommy / GBR / Kawasaki / 40:47.512 4 / Swanepoel, Garreth / RSA / Kawasaki / 40:48.820 5 / de Reuver, Marc / NED / KTM / 40:54.104 6 / Guarneri, Davide / ITA / Yamaha / 40:57.170 7 / Nunn, Carl / GBR / KTM / 41:02.036 8 / Gundersen, Kenneth / NOR / Yamaha / 41:05.485 9 / Mackenzie, Billy / GBR / Yamaha / 41:05.991 10 / Pourcel, Sebastien / FRA / Kawasaki / 41:20.668 11 / Monni, Manuel / ITA / KTM / 41:23.859 12 / Cairoli, Antonio / ITA / Yamaha / 41:27.620 13 / Chiodi, Alessio / ITA / Yamaha / 41:28.928 14 / Campano, Carlos / SPA / KTM / 41:49.026 15 / Aubin, Nicolas / FRA / KTM / 42:01.796 Fastest Lap: POURCEL Christophe in 1:47.608 on lap 3 MX2 World Motocross Championship Standings Pos Rider Total 1 Pourcel, C. 350, 2 Philippaerts, D. 304, 3 Cairoli, A. 302, 4 de Reuver, M. 284, 5 Rattray, Tyla 261, 6 Mackenzie, B. 213, 7 Nunn, Carl 205, 8 Searle, Tommy 196, 9 Gundersen, K. 194, 10 Swanepoel, G. 181, 11 Pourcel, S. 180, 12 Goncalves, Rui 169, 13 Chiodi, A. 164, 14 Guarneri, D. 127, 15 Monni, Manuel 99.

Not too sure about that - I'll be there on my own.

I have business meetings there next month and never been anywhere even close to that region. What's it like?

Maybe now he will stick by the rules of minders instead of having an extra minder wearing a Press bib as was seen on more than one occasion last year.

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British Grand Prix at Donington Park June 30, July 1 and 2, 2006 NICKY MOVES TO MAINTAIN MOMENTUM AT DONINGTON This season

Got this from the factory this afternoon.

I got this via email from Ian at TrialsTV: Gas Gas Trials Riders Chris Florin and Keith Wineland will appear THIS THURSDAY, June 29th on ABC's show 'Master of Champions'. Show time is 8pm EST but please check local times for this show, which may vary. Here are some extracts from Barry Florin:

Photo by Jake "in the pink" Miller.

Replies to my email to those who have registered interest have been received from the majority. I am still missing replies from: Adsy Army Man Bigfoot clucking_bell eddie_gas gasserboy majman no1 opdeweegh1 original P@ul250 pitley whiz PLEASE - if you're on the list above, get back to me as soon as possible if you still intend coming. Your initial forum response is not enough! Almost everybody who has responded so far has upped their numbers from their original response. That's not a problem, but this will not be a repeat of 2005. Don't think you can just turn up and it will be okay! We're doing things right this year - properly SECURE fenced-off area with a good sized marquee and access BY WRISTBAND ONLY. Access will be controlled by official site security, not by me - no wristband = no access! There's a cost in getting these wristbands produced - help me get the right number!

I, unfortunately, didn't catch Fajardo trying it as I was in between sections 2 and 3 at the time and moving my attention back and fore between the two. He got up the step then completely lost it. Jake got it on camera - I'll see if I can get the photo from him.

Can I close this topic - it does seem kinda redundant now?

Wetter than something very wet. Don't know if the cameras will even come out of the bag today... Apparently it's all my fault. After commenting yesterday I was fed up carrying my waterproofs all over the world and never having to use them I'm getting the blame!

"Right.. let's get these wristbands sorted" "R2w.....check" "Cota Kid... check" "Dabster... check" "Barrybaines.... bin" "Neonsurge... check"

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