Bou, Raga
Trade
Andorra
TrialGP Wins
R
epsol Honda's Toni Bou and
TRRS Factory Team's Adam
Rago split the overall wins at the
Andorra round of the FIM World
Trial Championship, August
21-22. Bou edged out Raga for
the win on Saturday and Raga
topped Sunday's round over
Jaime Busto.
On Saturday, Bou fought neck
and neck against archrival Raga
for the win throughout the two
laps of the Andorran course. Bou
and Raga constantly traded plac-
es at the head of the table, but in
the end, it was Bou who claimed
the win, despite finishing on
46 marks, the same number as
his rival. The tie-breaking factor
proved to be the total time taken
in completing the route, with Bou
finishing one minute ahead.
"Today I achieved a win at
the absolute limit," Bou said
after Saturday's win. "It was very
close, but we never threw in the
towel at any time and battled until
the very end. It was very tight,
and Raga made things really dif-
ficult for me."
Bou suffered a tire puncture
early Sunday followed by several
mistakes which resulted in a third
place on the day.
It was another battle for Raga
who edged out Vertigo's Jaime
Busto by one point for the day's
victory.
"I'm very happy because
yesterday I deserved the victory,"
said Raga. "Today I was very
strong, but so were some of the
other riders and everything was
very tight until the last moment."
Bou still leads the champion-
ship after six rounds, 92-84, over
Raga.
CN
SATURDAY
1. Toni Bou (Mon)
2. Adam Raga (TRRS)
3. Matteo Grattarola (Bet)
4. Jaime Busto (Ver)
5. Miguel Gelabert (GG)
SUNDAY
1. Adam Raga (TRRS)
2. Jaime Busto (Ver)
3. Toni Bou (Mon)
4. Miguel Gelabert (GG)
5. Matteo Grattarola (Bet)
IN
THE
WIND
P62
Adam Raga closed
out the TrialGP in
Andorra with a win
on Sunday.
Toni Bou took a narrow
win on Saturday followed
by a rare loss on Sunday.
