Bou Wins In Barcelona
T
he fourth round of the 2020
X-Trial World Championship,
held in Palau Sant Jordi, Barce-
lona, February 2, saw Toni Bou
claim a fourth consecutive win in
this season's FIM X-Trial World
Championship and a thirteenth
indoor triumph in Barcelona.
The Repsol Honda Team rider,
Bou, seeking redemption after
having failed to clinch top honors
in last year's Palau Sant Jordi
event, captured the victory in one
of the most spectacular finals to
date.
The evening's action got
underway with the preliminary
qualifying round with riders tack-
ling a total of six sections. Bou
notched up a total of nine penalty
marks, two more than arch-rival
Adam Raga.
In the final, Bou, encouraged
throughout the night by the Bar-
celona spectators, proved that
he is undoubtedly on the hottest
form in the indoor discipline. Bou
overcame his toughest adversary,
Raga, in the very last section of
the Barcelona indoor trial event,
to deliver victory number 13 to
the Palau Sant Jordi crowd, for a
66th X-Trial World Championship
win.
The result extends the Repsol
Honda Team ace's lead in the
overall standings further to a
20-point advantage, with three
trials still to run before the indoor
season wraps up. The next out-
ing will be held in Bilbao's Bizkaia
Arena on 15th February. CN
FINAL
1. Toni Bou (Hon)
2. Adam Raga (TRRS)
3. Jorge Casales (GG)
4. Benoit Bincaz (Bet)
5. Jamie Busto (Ver)
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Toni Bou seems
to defy gravity
en route to
victory at the FIM
X-Trial round in
Barcelona.
