Thin air and the clock managed to put Dougie Lampkin down into second place in the fifth round of the Spanish national trials championship at Puerto Pajares, Asturias behind winner Marc Freixa.

The trial was held at high altitudes and the thin air upset the finely tuned Radson Montesa which had to have settings on its fuel system reset.

"It was a short close circuit contest with a hundred riders, that caused time delays. I lost three marks on time that I just could not pull back," admitted Lampkin.

Results: 1 Marc Freixa (Esp) Sherco, 18, 2 Dougie Lampkin (Montesa) 19; 3 David Cobos (Esp) Montesa, 19, 4 Albert Cabestany (Esp) Beta, 25; 5 Adam Raga (Esp) Gas Gas, 27, 6 Jose-Manuel Alacaraz (Esp) Montesa, 40. Championship (after five of eight rounds): 1 Lampkin 91; 2 Freixa 74; 3 Cobos 62; 4 Raga 58; 5 Colomer 57, 6 Alcaraz 55.

For the first time in six months trials bikes were in action at Home Farm, near Tong where John Hillam headed Leeds rider Henry Moorhouse in the hard course results followed by Liam Walker and Skipton's Nathan Wrigglesworth.

Guiseley youngster Edward MacIntosh shone in the dense woodland event losing 26 penalties, only two more than expert-graded Wrigglesworth and that fine ride was rewarded by top Youth Class A prize.

Spen Valley MCC trial, Home Farm, Tong - Hard course: 1 John Hillam (Beta) 10; 2 Henry Mooorhouse (Gas Gas) 11; 3

Liam Walker (Gas Gas) 18; 4 Nathan Wrigglesworth (Sherco).

Youth Class A: Edward McIntosh (Montesa) 26.

Clubman course: 1 Matt Chambers (Triumph) 17; 2 Gary Bowerman (Sherco)

18; 3 John Williams (Beta) 18.

Diary Dates - Tonight: West Yorkshire Group ACU board meeting, Wellington Hotel, Hunslet (7.45pm).

Tomorrow: Airedale & Wharfedale MCC bikers meeting, Ings Hotel, Guiseley

(8pm); Ilkley DMC committee meeting, Pool Mills SC (8pm).

Thursday: Horsforth DMC club night, Horsforth Club, New Road Side (8.30pm); National Sprint Association club night, Shipley & District SC, Saltaire Road, Shipley (8.30pm); Spen Valley MCC club night, West End, Drighlington (8.30pm); West Leeds MC club night, Valley Inn, Drighlington (8.30pm).

Sunday: British Automobile Racing Club, Montague Burton Trophy hillclimb, Stockton Farm, Harewood (noon); Auto 66 MC motorcycle road racing, Elvington Park, York (12.30pm).

Monday: Airedale & Pennine MC club night, The Rock & Heifer, Thornton (8.30pm).