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have won both days and the title and I will enjoy this moment .”
In the FIM TrialE Cup division , Cabestany completed a sensational comeback to retain the FIM TrialE Cup on a tie-break on the last day of competition at the Italian TrialGP , the fourth and final round of the 2020 Hertz FIM Trial World Championship , at Lazzate .
Trailing Gael Chatagno ( Electric Motion ) by six points heading into Italy after twice finishing second behind him at the opening round in France at the start of September , 40-year-old Cabestany backed up his win yesterday with another victory today . The result left the pair tied on 74 points with Cabestany retaining the title by virtue of his better result on the final day of competition .
It was always going to be a two-horse race between Cabestany and Chatagno and the Spaniard took control on an opening lap made difficult by a brief spell of overnight rain that left the sections super-slick .
His total of five marks lost on lap one was half that incurred by the 24-yearold Frenchman and a clean second lap helped him to extend his advantage to 10 . Both riders went clean on their third laps but the damage had already been done and the FIM TrialE Cup was heading home with Cabestany .
“ It is fantastic ,” said Cabestany . “ It is an