On The Pegs June 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 6

On The Pegs THE LOOP News and Culture From The World Of Trials, Offroad and Extreme Racing LAMPKIN TAKES DRAMATIC SSDT WIN Dougie Lampkin - Vertigo snatched a record extending twelfth Scottish Six Days Trial (SSDT) in dramatic fashion on the closing day of the 2018 event, despite having never been in the lead throughout week. It was James Dabill - Beta who was, and had been the front runner from Monday and went into day six with a slim advantage which would cruelly disappear when his rear tyre came off the rim in the final section on Ben Nevis. Lampkin had never carried the yel- low leader board this year having not been helped by his own mechanical problems earlier and throughout the competition, however he was never far off the lead and had kept the pres- sure on his fellow Yorkshireman, Dabill up to and going into today’s deciding encounter. The duel between these two previous SSDT winners did not disap- point and despite the high stakes both rode brilliantly to remain clean through the earlier challenges presented by the sections at Upper and Lower Mamore,

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