On The Pegs October 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 10 | Page 104

On The Pegs
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On The Pegs
Vol. 3 Issue 10 - October 2018
MADDIE HOOVER
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today. The team also scooped the
manufacturers’ title with Montesa.
This is the twentieth world trial title
for the Spanish constructor.
It was Spain’s Miquel Gelabert -
Sherco who took a shock early lead,
completing the opening lap for a
loss of just three marks compared to
Bou’s total of eight and Adam Raga -
TRRS who was on nine.
The twenty-year-old was then put
under incredible pressure on lap two
as Bou and Raga turned up the heat.
With the sun-baked rocks offering
almost limitless grip the scores were
low and Gelabert held his nerve until
the final four sections when - with
his total for the Trial just five - he
finally cracked. Adding an additional
ten marks to his score including a
maximum on section fourteen, he
was pushed back to third as Bou and
Raga both posted second-lap totals
of three.
With Bou incurring two time penal-
ties and Raga adding an extra three
after both took too long on the open-
ing lap, the win - his sixth of the sea-
son and fifth in a row - went to Bou
by two marks from Raga who took
second on a most-cleans tie-break
with Gelabert.
Veteran Japanese rider Takahisa
Fujinami - Repsol Honda was six
marks further back in fourth ahead of
the Spanish trio of Albert Cabestany -
Beta and Gas Gas team-mates Jeroni
Fajardo and Jaime Busto with Britain’s
James Dabill - Beta eighth.
The result means Bou now leads