On The Pegs 60
Toni Bou ( Repsol Honda ) put the 2020
Hertz FIM Trial World Championship premier TrialGP crown beyond reach of his rivals to make it 14 consecutive titles following a dramatic opening day of the Italian TrialGP at Lazzate .
Heading into the boulder-strewn final round of the 2020 championship , defending champion Bou carried a comfortable 10-point lead over his fellow Spaniard Adam Raga ( TRRS ). If Bou was to record his fifth win of the season , Raga would need to finish fifth or higher to take the title fight into the final day .
The last time Raga finished outside the top-five was in 2012 so the odds were stacked in favor of the championship going down to the wire . However , Raga looked unsettled for most of Day One and eventually came home a distant seventh – his lowest-placed finish since 2003 – so despite winning twice this season it was game over for another year for him .
DAY ONE
Bou was in control from the get-go on a challenging opening lap . Rain last week meant that the ground was initially quite soft and the imposing rocks were made even harder when mud was dragged onto them , meaning grip was hard to find .
Bou ’ s first-lap total of 21 gave him an early five-mark lead over compatriot Jaime Busto ( Vertigo ) with Raga third on 28 before , as