On The Pegs November 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 11 | Page 116
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On The Pegs
Vol. 3 Issue 11 - November 2018
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Spain stormed to a fantastic fifteenth consec-
utive FIM Trial des Nations victory today at a wet,
wild and spectacular Sokolov venue in the Czech
Republic with their three-man team of Toni Bou
- Repsol Honda and Gas Gas team-mates Jeroni
Fajardo and Jaime Busto reigning supreme in the
Men’s World Championship category.
It was a much closer-fought affair in the Women’s
TDN class where, competing alongside the men for
the first time in the competition’s rich and illustri-
ous history, Great Britain’s Emma Bristow - Sherco,
Donna Fox - Montesa and Jess Brown - Scorpa
regained the title they lost last year to Spain.
JOSH TOTH GRABS A HANDFUL
DURING TEST FOUR. THE FMF/KTM
RIDER ROUNDED OUT THE PODIUM
IN MICHIGAN
PAT SMAGE HELPED TEAM USA TO A
RUNNER-UP FINISH IN THE INTERNA-
TIONAL DIVISION BEHIND THE WINNING
HOST COUNTRY THE CZECH REPUBLIC
QUALIFYING
The 2018 FIM Trial des Nations kicked off at Soko-
lov in the Czech Republic with a hard-fought quali-
fication session designed to determine starting
order for the main event.
A hugely impressive twenty-three nations con-
verged on the historic town in the west of the
country near the border with Germany for the
Olympics of Trial. Each country fielded two riders
for qualification with the fastest, lowest-scoring
run of the pair counting.
In the World Championship category Japan tri-
umphed with veterans Takahisa Fujinami - Repsol
Honda and Kenichi Kuroyama - Yamaha just edg-
ing out defending champions Spain in a nail-biting
showdown over the fast, man-made section that
ended with a huge leap requiring courage and
commitment in equal measure.
In the end it was Fujigas’ full-on assault that
swung the balance away from Toni Bou - Repsol
Honda and Jaime Busto - Gas Gas with his time of
0:33.54 less than half-a-second ahead of Busto who