On The Pegs April 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 4 | Page 47

On The Pegs
Vol. 2 Issue 4 - April 2018
P 47
BUSTO’S FIRST
Young Spaniard comes away with
his first victory on the largest indoor
trials stage of all.
For Busto, the Paris X-Trial will always be something special. The young
GasGas Trial Factory Team rider chalked up his first victory in the X-Trial
World Championship by beating Adam Raga in an exciting final. He left the
great Toni Bou and Takahisa Fujinami behind in the semi-finals. But the
Basque rider is not satisfied with this first triumph and confesses that his
final goal is to fight for the title in the future, while facing the TrialGP World
Championship due to begin on May 19th with optimism.
How does it feel to get a victory
in the X-Trial World Champion-
ship?
“Getting the first victory in the
X-Trial World Championship is very
important for me and for GasGas.
For my part, I had never won a race
in this competition and, on the other
hand, it is GasGas’ first triumph af-
ter the purchase by Torrot in 2015.
I am very happy, because we have
achieved it in my first year in the Gas-
Gas Trial Factory Team, with a new
bike for me and with a new competi-
tion system. In short, I am very happy
because it has been proven that we
already have a good feeling for the
bike.”
You beat a champion like Adam
Raga in the grand finale. How did
you control your nerves at the
time?
“The final against Adam [Raga] was
very difficult. I faced the zones after him
and he made very few mistakes. Despite
that, I controlled the pressure of the
moment very well. I am very happy with
the victory, but also for having been
able to manage my nerves in that situa-
tion. That was what allowed me to take
advantage of Raga’s mistake in the fifth
zone and get my victory.”
What did it mean for you to finish
first in Paris?
“I ended up very happy to have won in
Paris. I had never competed there and
the truth is that I felt very comfortable.
This first victory can help to give us ex-
tra motivation in the rest of the year.”
At only 20 years old you have al-
ready achieved a World Champion-
ship victory, how far do you want to
go in the future?
“The first victory always feels really
good but our goal is to try to get the