Bou legs it!
By TMX Archives on 22nd Jun 12
TONI Bou overcame injuries to his leg from a nasty crash on Saturday to win both days of a very hot, dry, dusty and difficult Spanish round of the 2012 World Championship.
The Repsol Montesa ace has now won seven on the trot following his opening day defeat at the hands of Adam Raga in France.
But as reigning champ Bou pulled inexorably further and further ahead in the series it was all going on behind him, as the chasing pack battled over the minor placings – both in the event and the championship. Raga, Fajardo and Cabestany all had their moments over the weekend and remain locked together in the fight to be vice-champion.
The sharp, jagged rocks at Penarroya-Pueblonuevo – an old mining town near Cordoba – should have provided grip.
But the powdery dust that dragged on to them made conditions surprisingly slippery and there was a high number of crashes and resultant injuries. Bou damaged his left leg while team-mate Takahisa Fujinami lost a fingernail as he crushed his left finger, but carried on to fifth place while obviously in some pain.
Michael Brown was also in the wars, hurting his back as he dropped off a section, which hampered his riding for the rest of the weekend.
Mr Consistency Albert Cabestany, on the Sherco, kept Bou on his toes on the opening day.
He actually held the lead by one mark following the opening lap of 14 sections, after the final man-made hazard was scrubbed after a large log became loose. Cabestany's laps of 11 and 12 were
FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE TMX NEWS JUNE 22
WORLD JUNIOR TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 4 – Penarroya-Pueblonuevo, SPAIN
DAY ONE
1 Alexandre Ferrer (F - Sherco) 5 + 6 = 11
2 Francesc Moret (E - Montesa) 5 + 10 = 15
3 Jorge Casales (E - Gas Gas) 8 + 12 = 20
4 Maxime Warenghien (B - Gas Gas) 20 + 11 = 31
5 Benoit Dagnicourt (F - Beta) 13 + 19 = 32
6 Pol Tarres (E - JTG) 21 + 15 = 36
7 Tanguy Mottin (F - Montesa) 24 + 20 = 44
8 Carles Traviesa (E - Gas Gas) 27 + 18 = 45
9 Jack SHEPPARD (GB - Beta) 28 + 20 = 48
10 Hakon Pedersen (N - Sherco) 23 + 27 = 50
11 Giacomo Saleri (I - Beta) 21 + 31 = 52
12 Matteo Poli (I - Ossa) 32 + 25 = 57
13 Ib Andersen (N - Gas Gas) 36 + 26 = 62
14 Kyle Middleton (AUS - Gas Gas) 29 + 39 = 68
15 Jesus Martin (E - Gas Gas) 47 + 38 = 85
DAY TWO
1 Alexandre Ferrer (F - Sherco) 6 + 3 = 9
2 Francesc Moret (E - Montesa) 5 + 11 = 16
3 Jorge Casales (E - Gas Gas) 7 + 11 = 18
4 Maxime Warenghien (B - Gas Gas) 11 + 11 = 22
5 Benoit Dagnicourt (F - Beta) 16 + 10 = 26
6 Pol Tarres (E - JTG) 12 + 17 = 29
7 Tanguy Mottin (F - Montesa) 17 + 25 = 42
8 Matteo Poli (I - Ossa) 24 + 21 = 45
9 Giacomo Saleri (I - Beta) 22 + 24 = 46
10 Ib Andersen (N - Gas Gas) 17 + 30 = 47
11 Hakon Pedersen (N - Sherco) 34 + 14 = 48
12 Carles Traviesa (E - Gas Gas) 28 + 21 = 49
13 Jack SHEPPARD (GB - Beta) 20 + 31 = 51
14 Kyle Middleton (AUS - Gas Gas) 30 + 34 = 64
15 Marc Prat (E - Ossa) 41 + 30 = 71
SERIES STANDINGS after 4 (of 7) rounds: 1 Ferrer 155 points, 2 Moret 110, 3 Tarres 119, 4 Dagnicourt 89, 5 SHEPPARD 67, 6 Tempier 52, 7 Pedersen 52, 8 Mottin 52, 9 Saleri 51, 10 Warenghien 49, 11 Casales 47, 12 Middleton 31, 13 Poli 28, 14 Jake Whittaker 20, 15 Traviesa 19, 16 Timothy Coleman 14, 17 Boyd Willcocks 12, 18 Yoshiaki Nomoto 11, 19 Chris Bayles 10, 20 Ib Andersen 9,...
NEXT ROUND: June 23/24 – Sant Julia, ANDORRA.
