Trial Bellefosse 4/5 Juin 2016
Trial Club Bandelaroche, Haute Vallée de la Bruche
Spécial 30ème édition
Dominique Holfert & team called for the Classic Trial in the Vosges Mountain, Alsace
I already atttended several times and alway liked the cosey atmosphere in the small village, the Flamchueche and beer after the trial.
The zones are all in the wood, about 10km per tour.
This year, my friend Walter Frei had his première here in Bellefosse. Ernst Stampfli & Annemarie, Jo & Gabi were already there, when we arrived.
Weather was wet and rainy. We parked our cars along the street to the village and greated our friends from France, Germany, Belgium and Suisse.
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| Walti gets ready with rain suit | my clean Honda |
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| Thierry Gemsa on Hans van Marvick BSA 350 at control | Walter e Michel |
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| former DDR multi Trial champion Gunter Rudloff on his Jawa special Pre65 | Gunter at the start |
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| Thierry Violini, winner Pre65 Expert and Thierry Gemsa, both Moto Club Zone 68, Michel on Bultaco | Thierry Violini left, pretty Sherco Girl, Thierry Gemsa, Michel |
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| Mr. Honda Edy Adam, Mr. Yamaha Joachim Vogel on his XTY 305 4T Yamaha, Christian Weber TY 250 | Walter at the control, in the back the nice and unique Terrot 500 |
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| Here the great unique 4 stroke Yamaha 305, a modified XT250 engine bored to 305cc |
For the start, it was rainy and wet, so we all wore rain suits. However, it was warm and in the woods, the rain stopped.
The zones were nicely adapted to the bad weather conditions and many zones possible to finish with a zero.
Walter missed a flag in the 1st zone, rode the more difficult blue line and got penalised with a 5. Shit happens.
I had a pretty good day, collected some points, but no 5er. Once in the rain suits, it doesn't matter and you can enjoy the trial. Matthieu Feidt made really good zones.
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| Madame Maurer on Honda. Bravo to ride in this mud! | un comissaire |
After the trial, we cleaned a bit the bikes, got our cars ready to sleep in the night and went for the apéro to the village hall. There, also a nice diner was served and we ate, drunk and talked a lot.
Vive la France!
On Sunday, rain stopped, but it remained wet.
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| Walter on BSA 350 at the start | tank stopp after one round |
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| Czech Rider Jacek Swider | with his nice Zündapp 200 Pre65 |
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| rain stopped, bike dirty | my camping car |
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| Joachim Vogels 4 Stroke Yamaha | tank aluminium welded by Joachim |
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| a nice almost new Yamaha TY 250 | |
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| nice light TY 200 | |
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| special with double cam brakes from an IT Enduro Yamaha | Martin Feidt after the trial |
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| Mat's Honda RTL 250 mono | Mat Feidt on Honda 50cc |
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| organiser Dominique Holfert, the Pre65 winner Gunter Rutloff, Walter Frei 2nd |
The organisation was perfect, with really ridable zones despite the rain, a great ambiance, with good infrastructure. Unfortunately for the organiser, there were not so many riders, I gusss about 50.
Ok, more and more organisers require a road legal document and insurance, which might reduce the number of participants.
For my part, I was very happy, no queing up, just riding 2 days in the wood and I enjoyed it.
I think I was only 4th, as I did too many mistakes.
Here a few clips with link to my youtube page
Walter 2
Walter 3
Walter 4
Honda Pat
PS: Report is later than usual, but better late than never...