On The Pegs March 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 3 | Page 134

On The Pegs
Adam Raga claimed his first win of the season at
the second round of the FIM X-Trial World Cham-
pionship at Palau Sant Jordi stadium in Barcelona,
Spain. The TRS factory rider beat out defending
champion Toni Bou in a head-to-head competi-
tion, although Bou was feeling the effects of a nasty
crash he suffered in the Semi round. With the win,
Raga moves into tie with Bou for the lead in the
series standings, with both riders holding 35 points.
Raga was more than pleased with his perfor-
mance and comment in an instagram post that he
was happy to finally win the Barcelona race after 11
years. “Good riding in the final!!!,” he added.
Bou tried to be positive after the event.
“Today we have to be positive; we finished second
and we were very close to victory,” said Bou. “In the
semi-final, I suffered a hard fall, but it seems that ev-
erything amounted to a scare and it is not a serious
injury, although I was worried that I had done the
same as what happened last year. I made mistakes
in the final, but I made it through the complicated
sections and I was still fighting right up until the
final moments, which is the important thing. I want
to congratulate Adam Raga for his victory and also
thank all the fans who have filled the Palau Sant
Jordi in this trial at home.”
GasGas teammates Jeroni Fajardo and Jaime
Busto battled for third and fourth place, with Busto
coming out on top of his Spanish countryman to
claim the final step of the podium. Both riders made
their way into the second round with ease, a knock-
out where both Busto and Fajardo finished second
in their respective groups and that led them to the
final for the third and fourth place. A very close
hand-to-hand fight, where finally the Busto beat
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