On The Pegs October 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 10 | Page 102

On The Pegs
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On The Pegs
Vol. 3 Issue 10 - October 2018
GILABERT MIQUEL
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Toni Bou sealed the 2018 TrialGP
World Championship title with the
season not yet over. The Repsol
Honda Team ace, who won the trial
in Great Britain, takes the tally of
consecutive championship wins to
twelve in TrialGP, added to the twelve
in X-Trial (indoor). The twenty-four
back-to-back titles mark the greatest
achievement in motorcycling history.
Bou didn’t technically need the win
in Silsden to be proclaimed cham-
pion, Spaniard nevertheless went
all out to take the new world title in
style. The list now totalling twelve
titles in a row in the outdoor season
stand alongside the other twelve in
the indoor season.
With the sections laid out on the
imposing boulders and towering rock
faces that make the venue so iconic,
Bou was forced to wait until the very
last section of the Trial to make sure
of the win and the title with one
round still to go. On the day, Bou took
control of the terrain and finished off
the competition over the final sec-
tions of the course to mathematically
seal top championship honors.
Teammate Takahisa Fujinami came
close, once again to a podium spot.
At the end of the first lap the Japa-
nese rider held second. Looking very
at ease throughout the day, the rider
made a costly mistake in a section,
which other rivals had zeroed, mean-
ing the veteran narrowly missed out
on a place on the rostrum.
Toni’s title was a cause for celebra-
tion, not only for Repsol Honda Team