On The Pegs May 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 5 | Page 73

On The Pegs
Vol. 4 Issue 5 - May 2019
73
The pairing of Toni Bou and Jaime
Busto continued Spain’s unbeaten
run in front of a capacity crowd at the
Vendespace venue.
Bou (Repsol Montesa Honda) and
Busto (Gas Gas) set the record for the
biggest margin of victory in the history
of the FIM X-Trial of Nations. The pair
did not drop a single mark in the first
two rounds of the contest while French
pair Benoit Bincaz (Beta) and Alexandre
Ferrer (Sherco) accumulated 12 marks as
they joined them in the Final.
Bincaz was handicapped by a fall in the
warm-up prior to the event which left
him with bruising to his wrist and leg,
but he performed well alongside Ferrer
to take France to second place despite
some late failures. Spain also suffered a
couple of fiascos in the Final but won by
12 marks to 34.
British youngsters Jack Price (Gas Gas)
and Toby Martyn (Beta) performed su-
perbly, finishing just one point behind
France after the first two rounds to just
miss out on the Final. Martyn – on his
X-Trial debut – and Price were two of
the stars of the evening to take third for
Great Britain for the second year run-
ning.
The Italian team of Luca Petrella (Beta)
and Matteo Grattarola (Montesa) fin-
ished fourth despite completing round
one a point ahead of Great Britain, large-
ly thanks to a disappointing second lap
for Petrella.