British World Trial report

Britain’s James Dabill had a Great British day yesterday and he took a career best third place at the UK World Trial.

Adam Raga ended the weekend on a high after the kind of solid performance he’s been lacking all year brought him and Gas Gas second place overall in the series. Raga went into the weekend trailing both Fajardo and Albert Cabestany in the battle for ‘next best’ behind the ever-dominant and already 2012 crowned Toni Bou. But both Fajardo and particularly Cabestany looked well-below par in Cumbria and Raga came out smiling.

The one man making very few errors, as ever, was that man Bou who took victory on both days in the sort of dominant form we can only wonder at. It’s cheap and easy to say he looks in a different class but it’s true. Riding at the back of the Pro Class most of the weekend you’d have thought the trial was difficult until Bou came along and made such light work of it. Sunday’s victory was Bou’s 50th GP win.

In this patriotic year of British celebrations we had something to be proud as Bradley Cox took the win on both days in the World Youth Championship. Cox has been there or thereabouts all year, with seven runners-up places through 2012, and finally put the baby to bed with a confident win both days. The pair of top steps also bags him second place in the championship.

Final Championship Results