VOL. 55 ISSUE 28 JULY 17, 2018 P39
BOU WINS TRIALGP IN FRANCE
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epsol Honda Team rider
Toni Bou clinched victory
in the fifth round of the TrialGP
World Championship in Auron,
France, July 14-15.
The fifth event of the TrialGP
World Championship played
out at an altitude of 5600 feet
above sea level, in Auron, a
French town in the Alps-Mari-
times. Despite a grim weather
forecast, good weather reigned
over both the competition's
main days, the qualifying stage
and race day. The course, the
usual 15 sections ridden over
two laps, was a fairly selective
one, but also one that in-
vited careless mistakes. Rocks
formed the prevalent terrain
type in most of the route's sec-
tions.
World championship leader
Bou started with strength and
some dexterous riding skills
and, in spite of some negligible
errors, was able to finish the
first lap in top position, with
13 penalty points plus one for
exceeding the time limit. On the
second lap, Bou was able to
whittle down the score, secur-
ing the win before finishing the
course. This is victory number
101 for Bou in TrialGP and thus
extends the champion's lead
over Jeroni Fajardo in second
place overall to 13 points.
"It was a very tough trial, we
were under a lot of pressure,"
Bou said. "It was difficult for
us to be comfortable since we
have fought a lot and we had
to make the most of the set-up
that we had. It was a trial at
altitude, but thanks to the fact
that I live and train in the heights
of Andorra, we manage it better
and better each time. This is a
very important victory for the
championship." CN
Toni Bou was on
top of his game
again, this time
winning the French
TrialGP in France.
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REPSOL
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