Toni Bou’s status as a trial legend increases as he adds a new trophy to the silverware collection, rounding off a perfect decade for the Repsol Honda Team ace.

With one trial still to run before the close of the 2016 world championship, the Repsol Honda Team rider mathematically sealed the triumph today, Saturday, in the FIM Trial World Championship in Chiampo, Italy. The new title takes the honours list total to ten outdoor crowns and twenty overall (10 indoor + 10 outdoor).
Toni needed only to post a top seven place on the day to take the championship, but the Honda Team rider gave his adversaries a veritable trial master class. Bou, aboard the Montesa Cota 4RT, set out his stall early with only five points on the scorecard at the end of lap one, compared to the twenty of his nearest competitor. On the following two laps of twelve sections, the champion held firm to finish with a total of 13 points and an advantage of 43 over second place Adam Raga.

Bou thus rounds off a fabulous season with the highest number of victories clinched – 11 out of 14 trials disputed – all this in spite of commencing the year with some serious performance doubts due to a pre-season shoulder injury. Toni took top honours in each of the grand prix of Germany, Andorra, Belgium and Great Britain, as well as single-wins in the two-day events in Catalonia, Japan and France. The final day of the Italian GP is still to be competed.

Teammate Takahisa Fujinami had an uphill task still recovering from a wrist operation after a fracture sustained during an indoor trial event. The Japanese rider sought to limit the damage and not concede too much to the third place rival. That’s the way that it turned out on the day for ‘Fujigas’ who goes in search of an overall third place and currently has an eleven point-advantage.

Repsol Honda’s Jaime Busto once again flirted with a podium spot position throughout the day before finishing the penultimate championship trial in fifth.

Tomorrow sees the second and final day of the Italian Grand Prix. The course will be the same: three laps featuring 12 sections to round off trial’s top category.

Toni Bou

TRIAL: 1st PROVISIONAL: CHAMPION

Today is a special day. When you win a championship it is something great. It has been a very special season, with some back problems at the beginning of the year. I was able to keep gradually improving until it was almost my best season. Finally this race has been a perfect one and I’ve clinched the title. I wish to thank all of those who have helped me to achieve it; the entire team, my family and friends. This is a really special moment and I couldn’t dream of anything better. Now I’m going to enjoy the moment and then think about the trial tomorrow, then next season and how I can improve things.

Takahisa Fujinami

TRIAL: 6th PROVISIONAL: 3rd

It has been a tough day as I had expected, maybe even tougher. The sections weren’t easy and there wasn’t time. I got off to a good start but later I started to feel a pain in my wrist and I wasn’t feeling right and didn’t have the strength. Still, fortunately I was able to finish well and keep the distance over Cabestany. I only conceded three points and I think that I will be able to achieve my aim in the championship. The third place is quite close. I’m very happy for my friend Toni who has won a great championship title, so congratulations to him.

Jaime Busto

TRIAL: 5th PROVISIONAL: 5th

Today was a complicated one. At the start, the sections went really well for me, but from the third one onwards I did the difficult parts well, but I messed up on the easier ones and picked points with too many errors. Things started to get better again from the second lap and on the third I was able to put in a good lap. For me, Toni [Bou] is my idol and I’m sure that he has got many victories still left in him; he’s a great rider

Private: Miquel Cirera

Team Manager

This twentieth title of Toni Bou’s is something incredible; he is achieving things that no-one has ever done before and to be able to share this with him has been a pleasure. He really is an exceptional rider, but above all is a great person. Today was a complicated trial and he set the tone right away. He rode very calmly, which wasn’t an easy task, with the rivals picking up a lot of points and everything worked out right. He was up to the job. I’m sure that after this - the twentieth title - Toni will go on winning even more.

Trial 2016
Trial Round T8 , Trial 1   Italy

Results Trial GP Italy day 1

Pos. Rider Num Nation L1 L2 L3 T3 Team Constructor Points
1 Bou Toni 1 SPA 5 2 5 1 Repsol Honda HRC Montesa 13
2 Raga Adam 2 SPA 20 18 18 TRRS Factory Team TRRS 56
3 Fajardo Jeroni 3 SPA 21 39 22 4 Vertigo Factory Team Vertigo 86
4 Cabestany Albert 4 SPA 28 28 33 Sherco Factory Team Sherco 89
5 Busto Jaime 6 SPA 41 33 15 2 Repsol Honda HRC Montesa 91
6 Fujinami Takahisa 5 JPN 30 38 29 Repsol Honda HRC Montesa 97
7 Casales Jorge 9 SPA 28 34 38 Beta Factory Racing Beta 100
8 Grattarola Matteo 18 ITA 35 40 37 Gas Gas FG Italia Gas Gas 112
9 Gelabert Miquel 20 SPA 45 29 39 RFME Spea Sherco 113
10 Dabill James 8 GBR 35 41 46 Vertigo Factory Team Vertigo 122
11 Bincaz Benoit 22 FRA 42 36 37 10 Scorpa Factory Scorpa 125
12 Ferrer Alexandre 7 FRA 43 43 40 Sherco Factory Team Sherco 126
13 Noguera Oriol 24 SPA 49 35 35 MRW Limit Motos Montesa Montesa 129
14 Kadlec Franz 11 GER 46 44 52 5 Gas Gas Gas Gas 147
15 Karlsson Eddie 10 SWE 49 50 49 Montesa Team Karlsson Montesa 148
16 Tournour Gianluca 23 ITA 52 52 47 Gas Gas Gas Gas 151
17 Pedersen Hakon 15 NOR 53 54 53 1 Gas Gas Gas Gas 151
18 Sorensen Ole Kristian 16 NOR Sherco Sorensen Sherco
Location Information

Valchiampo, Vicenza, Italia - View in Google Maps