Dougie Lampkin won his second indoor trial in a week.

The Silsden rider and his Radson Montesa bike were the kings of Koblenz in Germany, despatching Amos Bilbao and Steve Colley to the lower steps of the podium.

Despite Lampkin's superb form, it was Montesa team-mate Amos Bilbao - he comes from Bilbao too - who turned the screw on the Silsden champion, taking him to a tie-breaker run-off after Colley's hopes faded in the opening sections.

Lampkin, currently the sport's hottest property, went round the first sections without losing a penalty, and Colley was in with a chance on just one point.

Both Bilbao and Lampkin finished the event on eight penalties.

That was when the Germans sprung their piece de resistance - a vertical one-and-a-half-metre step that foiled Bilbao and was cleared by Dougie in effortless style. He just went up another gear to clear the massive obstacle.

New teenage Beta signing Albert Cabestany, who has replaced Lampkin, grabbed the final spot in the quartet of finalists.

But Lampkin showed he has got to grips with the powerful Radson Montesa and is more than ready for the next indoor World Cup championship qualifier in Valencia at the end of this month.

Before that however, he has two re-scheduled non-championship events to sharpen him up.

Last week Lampkin won the opening round of the World Indoor Championship at Sheffield.

Meanwhile, conservation is the key word at Yarnbury on Sunday where Bradford Motor Club stage their annual January Trial in the same area as the protected derelict lead mines that have lain dormant for half a century above Grassington.

The old workings are strictly out of bounds to bikers, and club and National Park officials will be on hand to keep the rules to the letter.

The club have a set figure on the agenda - 100 competitors maximum - and no amount of pleading will meet with any success for any late arrivals.

There will almost certainly be some overspill from other regions as there is only one other event scheduled to take place in Yorkshire.

That is the Yorkshire Classic Motor Cycle Club's event at Silsden, where the action is on old British bikes.

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