Team Spain
Wins Trial of
Nations
T
he Trial of Nations was held
in Pobladura de las Regueras,
Spain, September 22. Repsol
Honda riders Toni Bou and Gabri
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el Marcelli, together with Sherco
rider Adam Raga, formed the
Spanish team this year, and they
were the winners of the event,
beating Italy and France on the
podium. It was the 20th consec
-
utive year that Team Spain came
away with the Championship.
Spain has 30 titles in all.
After an unbeatable perfor
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mance in the 15 zones that made
up the course, the Spanish trio had
little trouble coming away with the
overall victory. In trials, where the
lowest score wins, Team Spain
tallied 42 points to the next-best
team of Italy with 86 points. Team
France completed the podium
another 20 points back.
The team from Great Britain
looked to have fourth in the bag
but was disqualified for exceed
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ing the event time limit. This
moved Team Norway up a spot.
"I am very happy with this new
victory in the Trial of Nations.
This year we had a great team
with my teammates Gabri and
Adam," Bou said. "It's always
special to compete at home and
we enjoyed the day. Also, it was
Adam's last race before his re
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tirement, so this was a pleasure
to share this victory with him."
It was also a great weekend for
the Repsol Honda Team Manager
Takahisa Fujinami. He led the Jap
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anese team—with riders Tsuyoshi
Ogawa, Shinya Hirohata and Jin
Kuroyama—who took home the
International Trophy Class honor.
Team USA fielded a team in the
International category. Josh Roper
(GasGas), Alex Myers (Scorpa) and
Alex Niederer (Beta) challenged the
winning Japanese team the whole
way and finished just three points
behind for second overall. They
also had to keep an eye on Ger
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many that was always threatening,
as well. At the end, just one point
separated Team USA from Team
Germany. Austria and Andorra
completed the top five teams.
Great Britain topped the
Women's class, with Italy tak
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ing second place just one point
ahead of Spain. Team USA
finished sixth.
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FINAL CLASSIFICATION (Top 3)
1. Spain (Toni Bou, Gabriel Marcelli,
Adam Raga)
2. Italy (Matteo Grattarola, Luca
Petrella, Lorenzo Gandola)
3. France (Benoit Bincaz, Hugo
Dufrese, Gael Chatagno)
WIND
IN THE
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Team Spain won the Trial of Nations for
the 20th consecutive time.
Toni Bou led Team Spain to victory.
