In 1988 you had a logo on top of your helmet, can you remember what that was ?
I had many logo, I don't remember, maybe it was my club in Nice. If I look at the picture I can tell but I don't remember.
Were you supersticious at all, did you have to wear a special neck chain, jewellery or special gloves or special socks ?
No, I have never been supersticoius, cause I didn't want to come in this type of spirit world. Normally when I had the same helmet I want to keep the same helmet cos I feel the helmet is something you are very important feeling with a helmet. Its notthe design, it when you put the helmet on your head it's the same condition. When you change gloves it just the same, when you change boots it the different fitting but in a few minutes it's the feeling is the same, and a helmet when you change it the feeling is not the same. When you have a helmet your head is good inside you feel you are in the same conditions. And if you are riding ok with this helmet you want to keep it as long as possible. Until when it is destroyed, you have to change it, but I normally prefer to use the same helmet, as a feeling, not as a supersticious things.
I had many logo, I don't remember, maybe it was my club in Nice. If I look at the picture I can tell but I don't remember.
Were you supersticious at all, did you have to wear a special neck chain, jewellery or special gloves or special socks ?
No, I have never been supersticoius, cause I didn't want to come in this type of spirit world. Normally when I had the same helmet I want to keep the same helmet cos I feel the helmet is something you are very important feeling with a helmet. Its notthe design, it when you put the helmet on your head it's the same condition. When you change gloves it just the same, when you change boots it the different fitting but in a few minutes it's the feeling is the same, and a helmet when you change it the feeling is not the same. When you have a helmet your head is good inside you feel you are in the same conditions. And if you are riding ok with this helmet you want to keep it as long as possible. Until when it is destroyed, you have to change it, but I normally prefer to use the same helmet, as a feeling, not as a supersticious things.
When you win in 88, you obviously lost in 87, but then regained your title, did you have big celebrations or were you pretty relaxed with the celebrations ?
No, I think it was the first time the World Champion regained the title after it had lost it. It was something incredible, but I was very happy, when I have been 3 times World Champion I reach the best result of the World Champion at that time, after of course Jordi, Dougie and Toni Bou beat the record. In 88 I was 3 times World Champion like Eddy Lejeune and Vrjo Vesterinen. I won 3 times the Scottish 6 days. I was one of the greatest riders of the World Championship story. I was very proud and I'm still very proud of that. I'm not looking on the past but I am still a part of the story of the trials sport that really honestly I live really simply. I am a simple man. You don't know me very well but I'm quite a simple man, but yes I was very proud. |
Did you go out and drink alot of beer that night or anything like that ?
No, not especially with Fantic. Fantic make a very good party in the factory, it was the only time when fantic make a presentation with all the employees was on 88, they don't do it in 85 or 86 but they do it in 88, it was very nice, all of the mechanics were there all the persons involved in the bike and so and so, and this is the souvenir I have in 88. |
In 89 you started feeling very good cos you had just one and you started well in Great Britain and Ireland, that was going well, but then Jordi started to win every thing, how did that affect you and was there anything you could do about it and how did you cope with it ?
I try very hard, I was not very old, because I was 26, I was older than Jordi, I think the evolution of the trial was going always more athletic sport, and tight section and so and so, and Jordi was just riding better. Beta make a new bike, I think it was the beta zero with the aluminium frame, and they were totally confident and so and so, Jordi ride really incredible, like he ride for many years, and he was just better than us.
I try very hard, I was not very old, because I was 26, I was older than Jordi, I think the evolution of the trial was going always more athletic sport, and tight section and so and so, and Jordi was just riding better. Beta make a new bike, I think it was the beta zero with the aluminium frame, and they were totally confident and so and so, Jordi ride really incredible, like he ride for many years, and he was just better than us.
I mean better than me and Fantic. Beta and Jordi Tarres were just better than me us, I think. There is no other explanation. It was quite hard to accept, you know when you are a winner, you loose it's not so easy to accept. But this is the sport. The Fantic was going quite well, the 305 was quite good bike but I think the Beta was a better bike and Jordi was better than me. I think. Anyway he won almost everything.
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