On The Pegs June 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 6 | Page 157

On The Pegs
Vol. 4 Issue 6 - June 2019
157
The X-Trial event in Andorra
brought the 2019 FIM X-Trial World
Championship to a close. Toni Bou,
the Repsol Honda Team rider, with
the championship already math-
ematically sealed, was able to savor
a thirteenth title in front of the home
Andorran spectators.
The Repsol rider, making his debut
in an Andorra X-Trial, arrived on the
back of four 2019 championship vic-
tories with the title already bagged
after winning the Marseille trial, a
month and a half ago. Bou was able
to ride without pressure and com-
mand the trial to claim a fifth win
of the season. Bou cleaned the first
two rounds and later picked up just
a single point, compared to the 11 of
rival TRRS factory rider Adam Raga,
in the final.
This marks a career 75th podium
place for Bou and victory number
62 for the multi-time Spanish cham-
pion.
The X-Trial World Championship
had returned to Andorra after a six-
teen-year absence, and Bou hadn’t
yet taken part in the championship
back then, unlike teammate Takahisa
Fujinami. In the most recent edition
of the indoor event in Andorra, dis-
puted in the Palau de Gel de Canillo,
the Japanese Repsol
Team
JESSE Honda
ANSLEY
rider had finished in fifth position.