Toni Bou repeats second spot in Andorra

The trial got off to a tough start when I picked up a ‘5’ in the second section. There were a few moments when it looked like I could pull it off, but in the end it wasn’t to be. And when it’s not meant to be, the best you can hope for are the runner-up points, because I almost finished in third place. Adam has been really strong here and I know that it will be really hard to beat him in the coming races, which is why all the consecutive wins and the advantage up until now are so important.

I continued to have some problems in some of the sections, where I couldn’t make it over the obstacles which went from ‘0’ to ‘5’. For that reason I picked up a lot of points. I fought really hard, but on the second lap I committed three faults in a row which meant a podium was out of the question. Yesterday, I was last out of the chasing pack, but today I was the first of them. Now it’s time to focus on the forthcoming races which won’t be at altitude, so hopefully I won’t feel so bad.

Today I really suffered. No sooner had the race began when I started to feel a lot of pain in my lower back and I didn’t think that I’d be able to finish the race. Luckily, there was a physio from the organisation who gave me a massage and I was able to go on. I didn’t want to pay any attention to the result, just to get through it as quickly as possible. At the end of the day, sixth place isn’t bad, but I had a tough time out there today.

It hasn’t been such a good weekend for Repsol Honda Team, but the second place finishes are important if you want to win the world championship. Toni wants to win and we do too, but today it wasn’t possible. Two runner-up positions aren’t a bad result. Fuji performed better today and is a little happier. Jaime had a physical problem so we didn’t expect anything of him. Moreover, he finished in a good position all things considered. We will be working really hard to try and win the next event which is in the United States. We have to thank everyone, even though we didn’t come away with the victory, for the great team effort. This was a really tough trial for the high altitude and temperatures.