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Biketrial world championship 2014


Scotty Evil1

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A bit sad to see nothing about this on here already, especially considering how well we did, but thought I would post up Team GB's results and say well done to everyone!

There were 3 rounds. Round 1 In Beau, Spain - Round 2 In Odena, Catalonia - Round 3 In Tanvald, Czech republic.

Pictures and reports are up on Biketrialinternational.com and Tribalzine.com

TEAM GB

Round 1- 4th

Round 2 - 3rd

Round 3 - 5th

Overall - 3rd ( First time that GB have been on the podium!)

Poussin class 7-9 years old

Josh McParland:

Round 1-DNE

Round 2 - 2nd

Round 3 -3rd

Overall - 4th

Benamin Class 10-12 Years old

Adam Morewood:

Round 1 - 2nd

Round 2 - 1st

Round 3 - 1st

Overall - WORLD CHAMPION

Sam Shepherd:

Round 1- 5th

Round 2 - 6th

Round 3 - 7th

Overall - 6th

Minime Class 13-15 years old

Charlie Rolls:

Round 1 - 8th

Round 2 - 5th

Round 3 - 8th

Overall - 7th

Sam Rolls:

Round 1 - 9th

Round 2 - 6th

Round 3 - 9th

Overall - 8th

Girls

No GB Riders entered

Elite Femina

No GB riders Entered

Junior class 16-18 years old

Aaron Duke:

Round 1 - 8th

Round 2 - 11th

Round 3 - DNE

Overall - 11th

Senior Class - 19 years old +

No GB riders entered

Elite Class ( Specially selected/seeded riders)

Ben Savage:

Round 1 - 3rd

Round 2 - 5th

Round 3 - 3rd

Overall - 3rd

Scott Wilson:

Round 1 - 10th

Round 2 - 11th

Round 3 - 8th

Overall - 9th

Sam Oliver:

Round 1 - 12th

Round 2 - Retired

Round 3 - DNE

Overall - 12th

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Why are you sad that no one's jumping to congratulate you? Posts don't just magically appear on Trials Forum. It takes guys like you to post them up.

Im not sad that " no ones jumping to congratulate me" You could tell me how crap I did in fact if you wanted, it doesn't matter to me. I was mainly referring to the lack of knowledge/support that our younger riders receive and our podium finishers, who all done really well.

I know this, but it shouldn't be down to the riders themselves to post it up IMO. I would of thought that there would have been some previous interest in how team GB has done at the world bike trial championship, as there is in other countries.

I am happy to post up results as I am proud of what we achieved, although it doesn't seem like theres much point haha

Anyway..................Bravo all! :)

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It is slightly worrying that 90% of members on trials forum don't know who the current world champion is of their own chosen sport.

I just couldn't be any less interested in comp riding than I currently am :/ I just can't get into it, whether it be bicycle or moto trials. I personally see it as men in tights and shorts doing sidehops and doesn't seem to have the variation of street riding. Then again, I struggle to watch many pure trials videos without getting bored although I can definitely appreciate the talent involved!

I am sure that is completely wrong and I'll get shouted at :P

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If anything, it just shows that people are more interested in UCI comps than BIU ones (hence there usually being posts about the World Cups/UCI World Champs) which shouldn't really come as much of a surprise bearing in mind the UK is generally more focussed on going down the UCI route, as evidenced by the UCI-rules setup for the top categories at comps.

Had to laugh when I looked at the full results on the BIU site and they actually have the cheek to have a "Constructors" championship whilst refusing to acknowledge any brand other than Monty. If anything, that's just symptomatic of why people have much more of an interest in the UCI comps rather than BIU - the World Cups/UCI World Champs just seem to be held in much higher regard, probably because they don't appear to be completely stuck in the past like that. Same way that there are live streams of the World Cups - I didn't go looking for them but I assume that wasn't the case with the BIU rounds?

EDIT: Not to do your/the team's results down by the way Scott!

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If anything, it just shows that people are more interested in UCI comps than BIU ones (hence there usually being posts about the World Cups/UCI World Champs) which shouldn't really come as much of a surprise bearing in mind the UK is generally more focussed on going down the UCI route, as evidenced by the UCI-rules setup for the top categories at comps.

Had to laugh when I looked at the full results on the BIU site and they actually have the cheek to have a "Constructors" championship whilst refusing to acknowledge any brand other than Monty. If anything, that's just symptomatic of why people have much more of an interest in the UCI comps rather than BIU - the World Cups/UCI World Champs just seem to be held in much higher regard, probably because they don't appear to be completely stuck in the past like that. Same way that there are live streams of the World Cups - I didn't go looking for them but I assume that wasn't the case with the BIU rounds?

EDIT: Not to do your/the team's results down by the way Scott!

This.

When i went to Biu Worlds back in 2003, it seemed to be the Monty World Championship, and the bashing/pedal thing is f**kin horrible.

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