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STREAK STOPPER RAGA WINS TRIALGP ANDORRA
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dam Raga (TRRS) won the
war of attrition high in the
Pyrenees at the TrialGP Andorra,
round three of the 2017 FIM Trial
World Championship, June 18.
On a long, hot and physically
demanding day the Spaniard
kept his cool to inflict the first
defeat of the year on reigning
champion Toni Bou (Repsol
Honda) and reduce his compa-
triot's series advantage to just 10
points. The result also ties Raga
with the great Dougie Lampkin
on seven wins apiece at TrialGP
Andorra.
"I'm always delighted to beat
Toni," said Raga, "and to stop
his unbeaten run makes today's
result even more special. I've
been working very hard on my
physical conditioning and on the
motorcycle and this preparation
has paid off today.
"The team has also put a lot
of effort into the bike and I'm
confident we now have every-
thing in place to challenge for
further wins until the end of the
season."
Bou, who has been in im-
perious form this year, actually
slipped to third, as his teammate
Jaime Busto picked up a career-
first podium with a strong ride to
second in what was a very close
finish.
"The worst mistake was the
one that I made in section 14,"
said Bou. "I did the section virtu-
ally without looking. I was really
running out of time and I went
outside of the permitted zone.
That error proved really costly
and basically robbed me of the
victory. The other penalties were
to be expected, but that one
at the 14th… Well, we all know
these are things that can hap-
pen, so the only thing we can
do is keep on fighting round by
round in the championship."
Spain's Jorge Casales (Beta)
took fourth from Japan's Taka-
hisa Fujinami (Repsol Honda).
Spanish riders filled the next
three places with Jeroni Fajardo
(Vertigo) sixth ahead of Albert
Cabestany (Sherco) and Arnau
Farre (GasGas). CN
Adam Raga (67)
put an end to Toni
Bou's (1) win streak
in the FIM TrialGP
Championship in
Andorra. Jaime
Busto (65) got on
the podium for the
first time.
PHOTOGRAPHY
HONDA
HRC
