The Repsol Honda Trial Team rider finished on the top step of the podium after day one of the TrialGP of Germany held in Neunkirchen. Team-mate, Gabriel Marcelli, concluded the day in eighth spot.

After a six-year absence from the calendar, the TrialGP World Championship was once again back in Germany, this time at a new location: Neunkirchen. There, riders found a tricky and fairly high level course, having to tackle a lot of artificial stone and rock-filled sections, plus wooded areas with plenty of ramps. Section 11 proved to be particularly taxing with the entire field picking up the maximum marks on both laps.

Toni Bou pulled off a resounding triumph at the newly-opened Neunkirchen venue. The Repsol Honda Trial Team rider gave a fine display of his riding prowess, dominating both laps from start to finish, in spite of struggling in section 11. Today’s win sees the Catalan rider continue to edge further away at the top of the overall leaderboard on 94 points, 18 more than his closest rival.

Day one of the TrialGP of Germany was less positive for Gabriel Marcelli. The Repsol Honda Trial Team rider was low on confidence due to the recent infection after a left leg injury, which forced him to take a more prudent ride, especially around the opening lap. Marcelli posted eighth place on the day, although the Galician rider hangs onto seventh place in the overall standings, on 49 points.

The German Trial GP action continues in Neunkirchen tomorrow, kicking off at 09:00.

Toni Bou

TRIAL: 1st STANDINGS: 1st

I'm very happy with how the trial went today, from the beginning I felt comfortable with my riding. We did a great job with the bike, although it's true that we had some problems with sections with the big walls, where normally I don't usually fail so much. We'll try to fix it for tomorrow, even so, today we picked up a great win. The points we bagged today are very important towards the championship. Everything is very tight, in fact, Adam was sixth today, so we have to be very consistent and try to stay ahead.

Gabriel Marcelli

TRIAL: 8th STANDINGS: 7th

These last two weeks I have not been able to touch the bike. They gave me the until just the same day that we travelled here, so being here is a very positive thing in itself. There was a good chance that I wouldn't be able to compete, but we knew it was important to pick up points for the championship. It's true that, after getting on the bike, I feel that I could have done better. The result is not what I expected, even though things were looking bad a few days ago. For tomorrow, we know we can do better and we will push even harder.

Takahisa Fujinami

Team Manager

Today Toni showed who Toni Bou really is. It has been almost perfect and, in addition, several riders have made quite a few mistakes, with which in the end he has achieved a fairly wide advantage from the first lap. On the second, Toni rode quite well, correcting some mistakes he had made during the first lap. These points are very good towards the championship, as we are reaching the halfway point of the season and he is now 18 points ahead of Jaime and 21 points ahead of Adam. We are very pleased with Toni's riding.

As far as Gabri is concerned, he started the first lap with a bit of insecurity, after two weeks without getting on the bike and having to go to the hospital. In these circumstances it is impossible to arrive at the trial at 100%, but he was able to go out and compete and, especially in the second lap, he managed to calm himself down to fight among the frontrunners, although he eventually finished eighth. We want to thank the medical team that has treated him these days and our physiotherapist, Oriol, for his help with our riders.

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TrialGP of Germany - Results Day 1

Pos. Rider Num Nation L1 L2 L3 T3 Champ Team Constructor Points
1 Bou Toni 1 SPA 16 13 0 0 Repsol Honda Team Montesa 29
2 Busto Jaime 69 SPA 26 13 0 0 Vertigo Factory Team Vertigo 39
3 Grattarola Matteo 88 ITA 25 19 0 0 Beta Factory Trial Team Beta 44
4 Fajardo Jeroni 47 SPA 20 24 1 0 Sherco Factory Team Sherco 45
5 Gelabert Miquel 56 SPA 26 21 0 0 Gas Gas Factory Racing Gas Gas 47
6 Raga Adam 68 SPA 26 24 0 0 TRRS Factory Team TRRS 50
7 Casales Jorge 33 SPA 27 30 1 0 Scorpa Factory Scorpa 58
8 Marcelli Gabriel 38 SPA 37 24 0 0 Repsol Honda Team Montesa 61
9 Gelabert Aniol 28 SPA 40 27 0 0 Beta Factory Trial Team Beta 67
10 Bincaz Benoit 73 FRA 41 31 0 0 Gas Gas Factory Racing Gas Gas 72
11 Martyn Toby 21 GBR 39 37 0 0 TRRS Factory Team TRRS 76
12 Petrella Luca 64 ITA 41 35 0 0 Gas Gas Gas Gas 76
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Provisional Standings after Race 5

Pos. Rider Num Nation Team Constructor Points
1 Bou Toni 1 SPA Repsol Honda Team Montesa 94p
2 Busto Jaime 69 SPA Vertigo Factory Team Vertigo 76p
3 Raga Adam 68 SPA TRRS Factory Team TRRS 73p
4 Fajardo Jeroni 47 SPA Sherco Factory Team Sherco 58p
5 Gelabert Miquel 56 SPA Gas Gas Factory Racing Gas Gas 54p
6 Casales Jorge 33 SPA Scorpa Factory Scorpa 53p
7 Marcelli Gabriel 38 SPA Repsol Honda Team Montesa 49p
8 Grattarola Matteo 88 ITA Beta Factory Trial Team Beta 47p
9 Gelabert Aniol 28 SPA Beta Factory Trial Team Beta 41p
10 Bincaz Benoit 73 FRA Gas Gas Factory Racing Gas Gas 31p
11 Martyn Toby 21 GBR TRRS Factory Team TRRS 28p
12 Petrella Luca 64 ITA Gas Gas Gas Gas 21p
13 Colairo  Téo 13 FRA Beta Beta 12p

Round 3, TrialGP of Germany 2022 - Race 1 - Repsol Honda Team

Location Information

TrialGP New venue for 2022

PWS Offroad GmbH, Kölner Straße, Neunkirchen, Germany - View in Google Maps