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Jeroni Fajardo ( Sherco ) filled the final podium position on 14 with Adam Raga ( TRRS ) and Jorge Casales ( Gas Gas ) completing an all-Spanish top-five ahead of Japan ’ s Takahisa Fujinami ( Repsol Honda ).
“ After a very strange season because of COVID I was pushing very hard and I ’ m very happy to start with this victory ,” said Bou after recording a record-breaking 113th TrialGP win . “ Tomorrow I need to push again .”
Bristow , attempting to secure her seventh TrialGP Women title in a row , parted with just three marks to run out a comfortable winner from the Spanish pairing of Berta Abellan ( Vertigo ) who lost 10 and Sandra Gomez ( TRRS ) who ended the day on 19 .
US Women ’ s Pro rider Maddie Hoover finished fifth on a Team GasGas USAbacked GasGas .
“ I ’ m happy to be on the top step today ,” said Bristow , who hasn ’ t lost a World Championship event since the final round of 2017 . “ It ’ s been quite an easy Trial so it ’ s been mentally challenging as well as physically with the high altitude but I was riding well so I ’ m happy .”
The FIM TrialE Cup for electric motorcycles was expected to be a cakewalk for defending champion Albert Cabestany ( Gas Gas ) but a maximum on section eight proved to be expensive for the veteran Spaniard and handed a six-mark win