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Bou Wins Nice X-Trial R epsol Honda's Toni Bou did it again. The 34-time World Champion won for the third time this season in the FIM X-Trial World Championship, this time in Nice, France, on March 22. He's won all three rounds held so far on the Montesa Cota 4RT. His nearest rival was GasGas Factory rider Jaime Busto, who edged out Bou's teammate Gabriel Marcelli in the final on his TXT GP 300. The match required a single- section tiebreaker run between the two. Busto also won one of the two qualifying laps earlier. But Bou was the clear win - ner in the three-rider final. He finished it out 14 points clear of Busto and Marcelli. "I am very happy with this lat- est victory," Bou said. "The team worked very well throughout the week. It was a difficult day be- cause it was very easy to miss out on the final, but we remained very consistent, with only one mistake on the second lap. The final was very good, and we rode at a high level. We are on the right track, and we have to keep working." "Everything went well tonight," Busto said. "I was feeling good on the bike right from the very start. Taking the win in round two was important and set me up well for the final. I went into the final sections fully motivated to give my all, but a few fives dragged me down a bit. Winning the tiebreaker was important, and I'm super happy to have come away from France with second place on the night and second place in the Championship." WIND IN THE P64 Toni Bou (second from the right) had little trouble winning the third round of the FIM X-Trial Championship in Nice, France. him a top 10 overall Motorcycle finish. "It was fun, fast, sandy and very dusty. In the first half of the race, we had some pretty good wind, which was hard on the bike be - cause it kind of pushed you from side to side in the whoops. But we overcame that. It was kind of nice being a little overcast. I had one get-off around race-mile 260. Nothing serious. I just got back up, ready for more miles." Patricio Cabrera was second in class. "I'm really happy," he said. "I didn't have any falls dur - ing the whole race. It was a hard race with a lot of whoops. It was a very physical and psychologi- cal race, but I'm happy to be at the finish line, and I think I came in a good position." Joel Magallanes, Sergio Cortez, Alonso Zuniga and Santiago Cor - tez won the Sportsman class in nearly eight and a half hours. CN Overall Motorcycle (Top 5) 1. Arturo Salas Jr./Carter Klein (Hon) 2. Austin Eddy/Connor Eddy/Jarett Megla (Hon) 3. Fernando Beltran/Mauri Herrera/ Luis Flores/Chad Goodsell/Dilan Avalos (Hon) 4. Armando Ortiz/Andre Enrique/Tyler Perrin/Ricardo Meza (Hon) 5. Francisco Septien/Shane Esposito/ Rene Magana/Jim O'Neal (Kaw) Bou has established a comfort- able lead in the Championship, 65 points to Busto's 43. Marcelli is right there with 39 points. Round four takes place on May 4 in Switzerland. CN X-Trial (Top 5) 1. Toni Bou (Mon) 2. Jamie Busto (GG) 3. Gabriel Marcelli (Mon) 4. Toby Martyn (Mon) 5. Benoit Bincaz (She)