Busto Wins X-Trial in Estonia
G
asGas factory rider Jaime
Busto was the overall win-
ner in the penultimate round of
the FIM X-Trial Championship
in Estonia on October 26. It was
his first win of the season, while
Team Repsol's Toni Bou, who
had already clinched the 2024
title, had a rare off night at which
he failed to qualify for the third
and final round of the night's
competition.
However, Bou's night started
off well. He was among the top
three riders who all shared on
five points, but a big mishap dur
-
ing round two cost Bou a chance
to move on to the third and final
round.
This meant that Busto, Bou's
teammate Gabriel Marcelli and
Sherco's Benoit Bincaz would
battle it out for the overall win.
It ended up being a shootout
between Busto and Marcelli, with
Busto edging out Marcelli by one
point to get the overall victory.
"It's been an incredible day
today!" said Busto. "Right from
the first section, I felt good on
the bike and on the second lap, I
was so happy to clean it, as the
scores were already so close.
Going into the final, it was very
tight, so I knew I couldn't afford
many mistakes. To take the win
is amazing."
"I felt good on the bike
throughout the day, but perhaps
I wasn't as sharp as I was in
Andorra [the last round]," said
Marcelli. "We were fighting for
the victory until the end, and it
slipped away by just one point.
The positive thing is that with
each race, I am closer to win
-
ning, so we will continue to
fight in the same way. We are
six points behind Jaime in the
standings, so it will be important
to give 100 percent in Pamplona
to have a chance of getting the
runner-up spot."
With one round to go, Busto
leads Marcelli by six points for
the battle for second place in the
championship.
Bou came away with fourth
overall on the day. "We missed
out on the final due to a small
mistake at zone three on lap
two," Bou said. "With the simpler
trials, any small detail puts you
out of contention, and these are
things that can happen. We tried
to salvage it, but it wasn't pos
-
sible. We take away the fact that
we were lucky enough to win the
world title at the previous round
in Andorra, and we had nothing
at stake here."
CN
OVERALL (Top 5)
1. Jaime Busto (GG)
2. Gabriel Marcelli (Mon)
3. Benoit Bincaz (She)
4. Toni Bou (Mon)
5. Adam Raga (She)
WIND
IN THE
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Jaime Busto won the Estonian round
of the FIM X-Trial Championship.
