Repsol Honda Team rider Toni Bou was again victorious in tonight’s X-Trial in Granada as the world championship reaches its fourth round. The champion takes his tally of top flight victories to sixty in the indoor competition. This third victory of the season sees Bou distance himself further at the head of the overall championship leader board.
It has been over ten years since that the Municipal Sports Palace of Granada hosted an FIM X-Trial World Championship event. On the previous two occasions it was also Toni Bou who took top honours in the competition. The Repsol Honda Team rider arrived in Granada as overall leader, after having retaken the overall top spot seven days ago in Bilbao.
Bou, aboard the Montesa Cota 4RT, made short work of the first phase to comfortably qualify for the second round, after taking the best score on the first run through sections, collecting just two penalty marks. The second phase turned out to be a tighter, more closely fought group as Bou faced Adam Raga and Miquel Gelabert. However, the current champ prevailed, guaranteeing a place on the podium before competing in the Super-final.
Toni Bou performed brilliantly in a thrilling Super-final, riding to a third victory of the season. The result means that the Repsol Honda Team ace retains the world championship leadership with a 13-point advantage over the nearest second place rival.
The fifth and penultimate event of the X-Trial World Championship will be held next Saturday, March 9th at the Palais des Sports in Marseille. Prior to this, however, Toni Bou will take part in the opening of the Spanish Trial Championship which will be held on Sunday March 3rd in the town of Arnedillo, La Rioja.
Toni Bou
I'm super happy. Today was a very hard-fought victory. It was very important to go all out and finally I was able to get the victory after a very difficult semi-final where there was no margin for mistakes. Technically I was very good and I performed well in the final. I will go back home having recovered the good feelings and I want to continue fighting for this championship. We will try to give everything in the two events that we have left.
Private: Miquel Cirera
Today Toni Bou was spectacular; he rode fantastically. 60 victories are a lot and therefore it is time to congratulate him, once again. Tonight, Toni made a huge difference but we have to keep fighting trial by trial as the scores of this championship are complicated. Congratulations to the whole team and again to Toni since these have been some tough days for him with the injuries, and hopefully soon he will be back at 100% physically.
Results X-Trial Granada 2019
| Pos. | Rider | Num | Nation | L1 | L2 | L3 | T3 | Champ | Team | Constructor | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bou Toni | 1 | SPA | 20 | Repsol Honda Team | Montesa | 7 | ||||
| 2 | Busto Jaime | 69 | SPA | 15 | Gas Gas Factory Team | Gas Gas | 23 | ||||
| 3 | Raga Adam | 67 | SPA | 12 | TRRS Factory Team | TRRS | 2 | ||||
| 4 | Bincaz Benoit | 16 | FRA | 9 | Beta Factory Racing | Beta | 6 | ||||
| 5 | Fajardo Jeroni | 4 | SPA | 6 | Gas Gas Factory Team | Gas Gas | 13 | ||||
| 6 | Gelabert Miquel | 34 | SPA | 4 | Sherco Factory Team | Sherco | 19 | ||||
| 7 | Marcelli Gabriel | 38 | SPA | 3 | RG Team | Montesa | 14 | ||||
| 8 | Gelabert Aniol | 18 | SPA | 2 | Scorpa Factory | Scorpa | 18 | ||||
| 9 | Haga Sondre | 99 | NOR | 1 | TRRS Factory Team | TRRS | 21 |
Location Information
| Location | Palacio Municipal de los Deportes (from 1991) |
| Seats | 9.000 |
