TRIAL GP REPUBBLICA CECA

da Enzo Danesi | Set 11, 2017 | Trial

TRIAL GP REPUBBLICA CECA

Toni Bou CONQUISTA il titolo mondiale N° 22

Domenica scorsa in Repubblica Ceca, il pilota del team Repsol Honda Toni Bou, ha dovuto fare spazio nella bacheca dei trofei per un altro titolo mondiale. Il secondo posto di giornata è bastato per accumulare punti sufficienti per sigillare il titolo mondiale TrialGP 2017. Undici campionati outdoor e undici indoor la dicono lunga sull’assoluto dominio di Toni Bou nel trial per oltre un decennio. Il pilota Repsol Honda continua a fare storia. A Toni bastava il podio In Repubblica Ceca per vincere il mondiale e cosi è stato.

Repsol Honda Team brother-in-arms Jaime Busto ran the full range of emotions during the trial. At best, the Basque rider led the event for most of the first lap. By the end, the promising young rider was holding third spot with the corresponding third position in the overall championship rankings.

Likewise, Takahisa Fujinami performed well in spite of being one of the first riders to start the TrialGP course on this wet and humid morning. Fortunately the rain held off throughout the trial although showers during the night had left the terrain in a delicate state which made the second lap all the more challenging. Fujinami raised his game and occasionally flirted with the podium positions before posting fifth final place.

The eighth and final event in the TrialGP world championship takes place next weekend in Arco di Trento, Italy.

Toni Bou ¹

TRIAL: 2ND CHAMPIONSHIP: 1STToday was a complicated day from the beginning. I battled to win the trial but today was not to be, although the aim today had been to get the title. I am very happy despite several issues. The wet terrain we found today is not really the one I like the most, or one that favours the bike best, but we fought hard to finish on the podium. This season has been a very good one, the first victory in Camprodón and the two in Japan, where Adam Raga lost points, have been important, as well as the two victories in the United States.

Takahisa Fujinami ³

TRIAL: 5TH CHAMPIONSHIP: 5THI want to congratulate Toni, for his eleventh outdoor title! Today was not an easy trial and today I wanted to fight to get a good result, but the terrain was very difficult. Jaime and I were very tight at the end and neither of us were comfortable. I finished fifth when I could have done better – I could have finished third but two fives prevented it. This week I will work harder to finish fourth in the final trial.

Jaime Busto ⁶⁹

TRIAL: 3RD CHAMPIONSHIP: 3RDI started quite well, with very few points, but I really was not at all comfortable in the sections of this trial. I gradually picked up penalty points and dropped down some positions on the second lap, but I dug in hard and suffered a bit and was finally able to finish in third, which is also very important for me in the championship.

Miquel Cirera

Team ManagerToday was not an easy race for any of our riders. It will be a good idea to analyze exactly what happened. Toni suffered until the final moment in a strange race. Now, it is time to celebrate the title, which was the main objective and we will try to do better in the next and final world championship trial next week.

I really must congratulate the whole team for the great work that they have done. Not just here, but throughout the whole season. And not only the crew here, but also all of those in the factory and back in HRC: they have all made this great success possible in events like this which are not easy to win.

Results TrialGP of Czech Republic

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	L1	L2	T3	Points	Team	Time/Gap
1	RAGA Adam	67	SPA	18	17	1	20	TRS Factory Team	36
2	BOU Toni	1	SPA	26	22	5	17	Repsol Honda Team	53
3	BUSTO Jaime	69	SPA	18	33	3	15	Repsol Honda Team	54
4	FAJARDO Jeroni	47	SPA	34	17	3	13	Vertigo Factory Team	54
5	FUJINAMI Takahisa	3	JPN	28	31		11	Repsol Honda Team	59
6	CABESTANY Albert	37	SPA	33	25	6	10	Sherco Factory Team	64
7	GELABERT Miquel	10	SPA	29	37		9	Sherco Factory Team	66
8	KADLEC Franz	11	GER	35	28	4	8	Gas Gas Factory Team	67
9	DABILL James	7	GBR	32	40	5	7	Gas Gas Factory Team	77
10	CASALES Jorge	33	SPA	42	42		6	Beta Factory Racing	84
11	GRATTAROLA Matteo	9	ITA	49	49		5	Gas Gas FG Italia	89
12	FERRER Alexandre	13	FRA	50	40		4	Sherco Factory Team	90
13	PRICE Jack	34	GBR	50	41		3	Gas Gas Factory Team	91
14	FARRE Arnau	19	SPA	36	56	1	2	RFME Spea	93
15	NOGUERA Oriol	15	SPA	57	44		1	MRW Gas Gas Trial Team	101
16	BINCAZ Benoit	16	FRA	51	53		0	Scorpa Factory	104
17	GUBIAN Loris	14	FRA	52	53		0	Beta	105

Rider Standings

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Points	Team
1	BOU Toni	1	SPA	172	Repsol Honda Team
2	RAGA Adam	67	SPA	147	TRS Factory Team
3	BUSTO Jaime	69	SPA	118	Repsol Honda Team
4	FAJARDO Jeroni	47	SPA	108	Vertigo Factory Team
5	FUJINAMI Takahisa	3	JPN	106	Repsol Honda Team
6	CABESTANY Albert	37	SPA	95	Sherco Factory Team
7	DABILL James	7	GBR	89	Gas Gas Factory Team
8	CASALES Jorge	33	SPA	63	Beta Factory Racing
9	KADLEC Franz	11	GER	56	Gas Gas Factory Team
10	GELABERT Miquel	10	SPA	49	Sherco Factory Team
11	GRATTAROLA Matteo	9	ITA	49	Gas Gas FG Italia
12	FARRE Arnau	19	SPA	27	RFME Spea
13	PRICE Jack	34	GBR	22	Gas Gas Factory Team
14	NOGUERA Oriol	15	SPA	19	MRW Gas Gas Trial Team
15	FERRER Alexandre	13	FRA	17	Sherco Factory Team
16	BINCAZ Benoit	16	FRA	16	Scorpa Factory
17	KUROYAMA Kenichi	98	JPN	11	Yamaha Racing
18	KARLSSON Eddie	12	SWE	10	RG Team
19	NOZAKI Fumitaka	99	JPN	3	Sherco Factory Team
20	GUBIAN Loris	14	FRA	2	Beta