VOL. 51 ISSUE 6 FEBRUARY 11, 2014 P29
RECORD SETTER BOU
R
epsol Honda's Toni Bou did it again this weekend, the
multi-time trials World Champion winning the indoor round
in Barcelona, Spain for an eighth time – one more than the
previous record of wins at the venue set by Jordi Tarres.
The win was also Bou's 24
th
straight in the indoor series.
Backed by his home crowd at the Palau Sant Jordi, Bou
won the Catalunya Grand Prix of the X-Trial World Champion-
ship by eight points over Gas Gas' Adam Raga and 14 points
clear of Sherco's Albert Cabestany.
"Today we had a race worthy of the World Championship,
with a very high level, so I'm very happy with this victory," Bou
said.
Bou will head to the final two rounds of the X-Trial World
Championship with a 21-point lead. The next round is in Milan,
Italy on March 15 with the series finale set for March 28 in
Madrid, Spain.
been looking good in practice
this week and should be in good
shape for next week's race.
"I saw Blake ride the second
day he was on the bike, which
was this week, and both me and
Bones were blown away," said
Payton. "He jumped everything,
looked good in the whoops, and
I think with the week of practice
he has left he'll be ready to go,
no problem."
As far as one of the other Pro
Circuit guys, Adam Cianciarulo
and Martin Davalos, Payton says
they're looking good as well.
"AC looks really good," says
Payton. "I would say the last
three weeks everything has been
ramping up as far as he's con-
cerned and he's getting faster
and faster. Martin [Davalos, PC's
other rider] has been blistering
fast, and Adam is close to Mar-
tin's pace."
Over at GEICO Honda, Blake
Wharton is happy to be back on
a Honda and says he's excited
about opening up at a hometown
race.
"I don't live too far away from Ar-
lington, so that's a home race for
me and I'll have a lot of family and
friends there cheering me on,"
said Wharton. "I've had a good
few weeks of practice leading up
to this week, and next week I'll
fly home to Texas to make final
preparations for the race."
GEICO Honda will also have
Justin Bogle back in time for the
Dallas race. Bogle had a hor-
rendous crash in December and
had injuries to five vertebras, and
a broken scapula. The Oklaho-
ma rider was in San Diego and
he told us he's been back on the
bike for a week-and-a-half and he
feels good.
Unfortunately, Musquin won't
be ready for the Dallas opener
for the 250 series.
"Marvin has been riding a sta-
tionary bike in France, and he's
scheduled to return to the United
States next week and then he
should be able to start riding
about a week after that," said
DeCoster. "Hopefully, he will be
able to ride one or two rounds of
the series to help prepare him for
the outdoor series."
Shan Moore
Justin Bogle will make his 2014
Supercross debut this weekend
when the 250 East series gets
started in Dallas.
Who else but
Toni Bou? The
Spaniard won his
24
th
straight indoor
world trials round
this past weekend.
