his 2-3 results earned him second
overall on Saturday in round six.
CN
ROUND 5 (Friday)
1. Vince Friese (Hon) 3-1
2. Michael Hicks (Yam) 2-2
3. Austin Politelli (Yam) 1-3
4. Ryan Breece (Hon) 4-4
5. Chandler Baker (Hus) 5-6
ROUND 6 (Saturday)
1. Michael Hicks (Yam) 3-1
2. Austin Politelli (Yam) 2-3
3. Vince Friese (Hon) 1-4
4. Ryan Breece (Yam) 4-2
5. Kyle Bitterman (Hon) 5-5
WIND
IN THE
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Busto Wins X-Trial Opener
G
asGas Factory Team rider Jaime Busto opened the
2025 X-Trial World Championship with a win in
Spain on December 21.
A revamped format worked in Busto's favor, as he fin
-
ished the main event four marks ahead of the defend-
ing champ, Repsol Honda's Toni Bou, 20-24. Sherco's
Adam Raga was one mark off the back in third.
"I'm super happy to start the season like this with a
win," Busto said. "I was a bit nervous in the first round,
but I felt good. In the final, I did start off with a mistake;
it was a bit of a strange final, but oh well. I was the only
one to get through one of the sections with no mis
-
takes, which gave me a lot of confidence."
Bou suffered a couple of mistakes, including a
misinterpretation of the new rules, in the final and had
to settle for second place. "It was a strange day," Bou
said. "We won the first lap and the Superpole, as well
as getting a zero in the first section of the final, but
they ended up giving me a five. They had told us that
we could skip the final part, but it seems that there was
a misunderstanding, and that was not the case. It's a
shame because if we had gotten a zero there, we would
have had a much greater chance of winning, but the re
-
ality is that after that first section, I lost my nerve a bit
and things didn't go well. These things happen, and you
have to learn from them. Luckily, at the last moment,
we were able to recover and ended up taking second
place."
CN
Michael Hicks topped
night two after a thrilling
final main event.
Jaime Busto
won the opening
round of the
FIM X-Trial
Championship
in Spain.
OVERALL
1. Jaime Busto (GG)
2. Toni Bou (Mon)
3. Adam Raga (She)
4. Benoit Bincaz (She)
5. Gabriel Marcelli (Mon)
