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Toni Bou won his
22nd consecutive
indoor trials World
Championship
round with his
victory in Sheffield,
England on
Saturday night.
nally and starting them with zero,
it will be complicated to make a
difference. We saw that clearly
here in Sheffield. It was an easy
round, but you could make small
mistakes that were difficult to recover against a strong rival such
as Albert [Cabestany]."
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN J. NELSON
he most dominant motorcycle racer in his discipline of
the sport? Inarguably that rider
is Toni Bou. On Saturday night
Bou won the opening round of
the X-Trial World Championship
in Sheffield, England for the 37th
victory of his indoor trial career.
It was also the seven-time World
Champion's 22nd consecutive victory in indoor trials.
The rules for this year's championship changed somewhat
with all four finalists starting the
final round with zero points. But
that didn't stop Bou, the Spaniard
finishing both qualifying and the
semi final with zero points before
scoring just one and two points,
respectively, in the two-part final.
And victory was his.
"It was very important to start
the season with a victory and
continue the winning streak for
which we are fighting," Bou said.
"It will be a hard championship,
as with only four areas in each fi-
With his three points, Bou
topped Sherco's Albert Cabestany by two points. Beta's Jeroni
Fajardo came away with 12 points
to finish third.
The second round of the sixround series will be held in Marseille, France on January 25.
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The Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson
Series in AMA Pro Racing will feature a
bigger purse payout for 2014.
aving completed its fourth
consecutive season in AMA
Pro Road Racing, the Vance &
Hines Harley-Davidson Series
is stepping up with an increase
in both the prize money and
championship fund for the 2014
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