Here is a pic of our hero Juan VíctorGómez Pérez aboard his Raid about to head out onto the circuit to start the Time Trial :
I have only just found out about this and Juan has given me permission to post up some details.
This is what he says:
"Hello
For my partthere is no problemto publishphotos orwhatever you want, but pleasemake it clear that
1.I havebeen very lucky(I'm just an amateur) 2.Our dearTTRcannot possiblycompetewith modernenduro, witha good driver. 3.If you canstand up tothemaxitrails.
I do not wantanyone to thinkI'mbragging aboutanything,but the truth isthat I am veryproud of the result It is arallyofamateursand I was lucky, nothing more....Very goodwas spent, leaving behindin the time trialsomeBMWGS...
Everyonewas astonished(Ohhhhh) I daredto participateinsuch an oldbike, as"outdated" ..... butbehavedlike a champion,. In the overalltimewasin eighth place(so yes, the first placeswere modernenduro bikesthat drewmea few minutes...)