Spain Wins Trial des Nations; Team USA
Wins International Trophy
T
eam Spain won top honors at
this year's FIM Trial des Na-
tions (TdN) in Tolmezzo, Italy, on
September 21, while the United
States claimed victory in the
second-tier International Trophy.
This year's TdN returned to
the scene of its 2011 edition,
where a technical and test-
ing course of 15 sections—the
majority of which were plotted
in an imposing dry riverbed and
on steep, rock-strewn bankings—
was tackled twice.
Winners for the previous 20
consecutive editions, Spain
fielded Toni Bou (Montesa),
Jaime Busto (GasGas), and
Gabriel Marcelli (Montesa), who
have dominated the top three of
the Hertz FIM Trial World Cham-
pionship since 2023, and they
started as clear favorites. How-
ever, the remaining podium posi-
tions were too close to call, with
the home country competing
with France and Great Britain.
With a team's two best scores
from three attempts at each
section counting toward the
final result, Jack Peace (Sherco)
and brothers Harry Hemingway
(Beta) and George Hemingway
(Beta) gained an early lead for
Great Britain after the Spanish
trio added five to their total in
section four. However, their lead
only lasted until section six, the
last hazard set among the mas-
sive riverbed boulders, before
the reigning champions took
control.
Despite adding another six
points on the final section that
twisted up, down and around a
steep bank with a series of large
concrete steps, Spain's total of
21 at the halfway mark, which in-
cluded three time penalties, put
them 19 points ahead of Great
Britain in second.
Tied with Great Britain in
observation, but with three
additional time penalties, the
WIND
IN THE
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Team Spain
continued its
domination of the
FIM Trial des Nation,
winning again, this
time in Italy.
