WACHS WINS IT
What an interesting three rounds this has been for the Trial2 women in the 2019 season. In the qualifying, Great Britain’s Alice Minta has shown that some aggression in your riding can pay dividends, in total contrast to the slow smooth style of Vivian Wachs. With only three rounds on offer the title deservedly went to Wachs but it was pressure all the way in Spain at the final round as Alicia Robinson took her first world round win on an emotional day for the Brits.
Motorcycle trials riding is not all about competing and, in Spain, Trial Magazine welcomed the young Leah Robinson on board to take pictures and report in her new Media role. Little did she know that her sister Alicia would be on her way to her first world round win at the close of the day on a very happy day for the family; father Stuart was in a minding role for Alicia. With a six-point advantage going into Spain, it looked very much like Vivian Wachs had one hand on the Trial2 trophy but, as we all know, anything can happen in the trials world. One girl was every much on fire — Alicia Robinson! Looking very confident from the start she took a very early lead despite a stop and a five on section ten, and finished the opening lap as the only rider in single figures on seven. Her nearest rival was fellow British rider Alice Minta on 11 marks lost with Vivian Wachs down in fourth position on 13; was an upset on the books?
On the second lap the scores came tumbling down and it was Erika Melchior who was on form, parting with just five marks. Behind her were Minta on seven, Caroline Moreon on eight and Robinson on nine. Wachs was having a really tough day and with her lap score of 11 she finished in a very tense fifth position. After a little wait she was delighted to learn that she had taken the title after tying on points with Minta!
QUALIFYING: 1: Alice Minta (Scorpa-GBR) 0 + 22.31; 2: Caroline
Moreon (Sherco-FRA) 0 + 23.25; 3: Lenna Volpe (Sherco-FRA) 0 +
23.89; 4: Vivian Wachs (TRRS-DEU) 0 + 25.36; 5: Seline Melling
(Beta-NOR) 0 + 26.43; 6: Gabrielle Whitham (Beta-GBR) 0 + 27.96; 7: Sophia Ter Jung (TRRS-DEU) 0 + 28.10; 8: Alicia Robinson (BetaGBR) 0 + 29.25; 9: Erika Melchior (Scorpa-NOR) 0 + 29.77; 10: Eva
Munoz (Sherco-ESP) 0 + 30.12; 11: Martina Gallieni (TRRS-ITA) 0 + 30.59; 12: Sofia Porfirio (TRRS-PRT) 0 + 31.24; 13: Jenna Lupo (Gas
Gas-AUS) 0 + 37.51; 14: Lillie Yiatrou (TRRS-AUT) 0 + 45.10
2019 SEASON FASTEST QUALIFIERS: Alice Minta (Scorpa-GBR) 2;
Vivian Wachs (TRRS-DEU) 1. RESULTS: 1: Alicia Robinson (Beta-GBR) 16; 2: Alice Minta (ScorpaGBR) 18; 3: Caroline Moreon (Sherco-FRA) 20; 4: Erika Melchior (Scorpa-NOR) 21; 5: Vivian Wachs (TRRS-DEU) 24; 6: Sophia Ter J ung (TRRS-DEU) 30; 7: Martina Gallieni (TRRS-ITA) 33; 8: Lenna Volpe (Sherco-FRA) 34; 9: Seline Melling (Beta-NOR) 46; 10: Gabrielle Whitham (Beta-GBR) 54; 11: Eva Munoz (Sherco-ESP) 64; 12: Sofia Porfirio (TRRS-PRT) 86; 13: Lillie Yiatrou (TRRS
AUT) 91; 14: Jenna Lupo (Gas Gas-AUS) 99.
2019 FIM TRIAL2 WOMEN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: 1: Vivian
Wachs (TRRS-DEU) 51; 2: Alice Minta (Scorpa-GBR) 51; 3: Caroline Moreon (Sherco-FRA) 41; 4: Lenna Volpe (ShercoFRA) 38; 5: Alicia Robinson (Beta-GBR) 37; 6: Erika Melchior (Scorpa-NOR) 32; 7: Sophia Ter Jung (TRRS-DEU) 30; 8: Martina Gallieni (TRRS-ITA) 23; 9: Seline Melling (Beta-NOR) 15; 10: Eva Munoz (Sherco-ESP) 15; 11: Gabrielle Whitham (Beta-GBR) 13; 12: Naomi Monnier (Beta-FRA) 11; 13: Lillie Yiatrou (TRRS-AUT) 10; 14: Sofia Porfirio (TRRS-PRT) 6; 15: Leonor Moreira (Gas
Gas-PRT) 6; 16: Rita Vieira (Ossa-PRT) 5; 17: Jenna Lupo (Gas Gas-AUS) 2; 18: Mariana Afonso (Sherco-PRT) 1.