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We had a new rider 2 young riders Jordi Tarres and Diego Bosis were riding well. It was not as easy as in 85. This was a new generation and so forth.
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There was a new generation. After this the main thing for me and probably a lot of persons in the Championship .....I am not very proud about the event but you were in Germany in section 1, I had a big conflict with the marshall and he give me a 5 and it was not a 5, this was the truth and the problem like we have with many cases today......then I become ........and I destroy the section. I pull out the boundaries of the section. I destroy the section, it was not very nice and I am not absolutely proud, but this was the fact, at the end of the event, competition, they disqualified me, I finished second and they decided to disqualify me and this was wrong, that the jury disqualify me, so we made an appeal in the higher and a few weeks later they replaced me in the 2nd position and they give me a 5 penalty and a monetary fine. This was the right thing because I have a very bad behaviour and it was normal to have a money fine.
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2014 Thierry Michaud interview www.retrotrials.com Photo Trials Journal
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So you had to pay a fine ?
Yes, I pay the FIM, I pay Fantic also as they were really not happy about my behaviour , I pay a lot a lot a lot of money as a punishment , but this was quite normal. Between the completion in Germany and the appeal we ride in 3 events and it was quite..... very difficult for me to ride the event didn’t know what was still riding for the World Championship or to finish third of 4th , you know. The points of the second place it was a lot and I didn’t know if I was leading top first or third or fourth in the World Championship.
Yes, I pay the FIM, I pay Fantic also as they were really not happy about my behaviour , I pay a lot a lot a lot of money as a punishment , but this was quite normal. Between the completion in Germany and the appeal we ride in 3 events and it was quite..... very difficult for me to ride the event didn’t know what was still riding for the World Championship or to finish third of 4th , you know. The points of the second place it was a lot and I didn’t know if I was leading top first or third or fourth in the World Championship.
2014 Thierry Michaud interview www.retrotrials.com Photo Trials Journal
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2014 Thierry Michaud interview www.retrotrials.com Photo Trials Journal
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2014 Thierry Michaud interview www.retrotrials.com Photo Trials Journal
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When the FIM give in and decide to replace me the 2nd position of the Grand Prix of Germany this was before the 2 last events in Scandinavia in September. They are the 2 last races in Sweden and Finland and once again I had the possibility to fight once again for the World title with Eddy Lejeune and Steve Saunders with the big Honda factory and I ride incredibly well, you can look at the results. I remember I win the event with more than just 5 points, leading before the 2nd one and I finished to be World Champion. I really think that I was still the best rider. I had the trouble in Germany with the bad behaviour with Fantic, we were still the best and I was the best and for me from my point of view logical that I finish the World Championship this year.
2014 Thierry Michaud interview www.retrotrials.com Photo Trials Journal
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2014 Thierry Michaud interview www.retrotrials.com Photo Trials Journal
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