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22 maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 18 FEBRUARY 2015 Sport MOTORSPORTS CYCLING Bonello and Scicluna win in ASMK Trials Autocross and Motocross on Sunday ON Sunday 22 February 2014 'Assoc- jazzjoni Sport Muturi u Karozzi' will continue with the ASMK – Pasta Poiatti 2014/15.Championship races. This time the event will take place at the ASMK Sport Complex at Ta' Qali where the eight (8) program for Autocross and the third for Mo- tocross will be held. Racing starts at 11:00 am till about 5.00pm. Look at the National Autocross Championship top ranking we find Philip Joe Vella on his Opel Corsa with 145 points. This is a marginal advantage on Christian Mark Galea on his Fiat Ritmo with 136 points. Third-ranking post is currently occupied by Vince Farrugia on a Volkswagen Polo with 112 points while fourth place is occupied by Andrew Pisani on his Vauxhall Nova with 93 points. The Motocross riders National Classification after two races activi- ties is a s follows. In Class A we find that Clayton Camilleri on a KTM motorcycle is leading the classifica- tion with 102 points. He is followed by Paul Muscat on another KTM but with 96 points. Third place is occu- pied by Edward Ciantar currently on his Kawasaki and with 79 points. In Class B we find Ludvik Muscat on KTM is leading this class. He oc- cupies the first place with 105 points and is followed by Adam Sultana from Gozo on his Kawasaki with 83 points. Third place is occupied by Elvin Debono with 75 points on a Kawasaki motorcycle. Meanwhile on Sunday 15 February the Association held the third Tri- als Championship event. This com- petition was held within the ASMK premises at the Ta Qali Motorsport Complex. The program began at 9: 00am where in Class A we saw Da- mon Bonello on his Gas Gas domi- nates this class. Despite the condition of the course was a difficult one due to the heavy rain earlier in the night, Bonello finished with only twelve penalty points which was the least number of penalty points among all the com- petitors on the day. Bonello left drew the attention of all present where he displayed excellent technical moves over the slippery wet route and win over all the obstacles. Bonello was followed in 2nd place by Gary Debo- no on his Sherco motorcycle. Debo- no closed the day with 45 penalty points. Rowen Bonello placed third on a Beta motorcycle with 63 points. In Class B the competition was high between the three main riders Joseph Scicluna and Manuel Camill- eri both on a Gas Gas and Bernard Sammut on a Beta motorcycle. In the beginning we saw Sammut leading his class but after the third section Scicluna not only recovered his place and took the lead in his class and he defended his lead to the end of the competition. Scicluna finish in his class with 43 penalty points. Sam- mut followed with 55 penalty points. Third place finisher is Camilleri who closed the day with 64 penalty points. The next 4th Trials events are to continue on Sunday 15 March 2015 where four new riders are expected to start their Trials competitions fol- lowing their training sessions by AS- MK Officers at Ta Qali. They start their Trials competitions in Class B. Further information can be found in the ASMK Official website of the Association www.asmk.org.mt and on Facebook named ASMK Malta. Rowen Bonello Lance Armstrong ordered to pay 'unprecedented' $10m for perjury Former cyclist Lance Armstrong has been ordered to pay $10 million (£6.5m) in damages after losing a lawsuit with SCA Promotions THE Texas firm was made to pay the American $7.5m (£4.89m) in relation to his seven Tour de France titles in 2006 after an arbitration process. But Armstrong later admitted to doping and was found to have lied in the proceedings. A statement from SCA Promo- tions read: "Lance Armstrong was hit with a record-breaking $10 mil- lion sanctions award by the arbitra- tion panel hearing his dispute with Dallas-based SCA Promotions, Inc. "According to the arbitrators' written ruling, the sanctions award punishes Armstrong for engaging in 'an unparalleled pageant of in- ternational perjury, fraud and con- spiracy'. "The 10 million-dollar award, which must be paid directly to SCA Promotions, is believed to be the largest award of sanctions assessed against an individual in American judicial history." Armstrong was handed a lifetime ban by the United States Anti-Dop- ing Agency (USADA) in 2012 and stripped of all seven of his yellow jerseys. In January 2013, Armstrong fi- nally admitted to using banned substances in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, and said his feat of seven consecutive Tour de Frances between 1999 and 2005 would have been impossible without doping. SCA, however, insisted that the case against Armstrong would con- tinue. "SCA's dispute with Armstrong is not over," the statement said. "It has a currently pending lawsuit in Dallas state district court where it is pursuing additional claims against Lance Armstrong and Bill Stapleton (Armstrong's agent)." Lance Armstrong