Bou's just champion
By TMX Archives on 1st Apr 10
TONI Bou cruised to his fourth win in the fifth and final round of the 2010 SPEA FIM Indoor Trial World Championship in Palma, Majorca last Saturday, and with it his fourth straight Indoor World title. The Repsol Montesa ace had effectively only to turn-up and make the start to guarantee his fourth crown but Toni isn't like that as he went for the win right from the off. He actually only lost marks in a single section, just to underline his superior Indoor techniques.
But while it was all champagne for Bou it was sadly back to lemonade for Britain's James Dabill who passed-up a golden opportunity to finish his year in the top three. Dibs went into the event just five marks in arrears of former champ and Gas Gas team mate Adam Raga with Beta's Jeroni Fajardo five marks further back, with the points scoring system rewarding a high finishing position, third in the Championship was wide open. And Raga did his best to chuck third place away by, in yet another lacklustre display, being eliminated after the semi final in a lowly sixth place. With Dabill and Fajardo through to the final that third place in the final standings was anyones...
WORLD INDOOR TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 5 Palma de Majorca, SPAIN
FINAL (4 sects + Semi Scores): 1 Toni Bou (E - Montesa) 6 + 0 = 6 marks lost, 2 Albert Cabestany (E - Sherco) 10 + 2 = 12, 3 Jeroni Fajardo (E - Beta) 9 + 6 = 15, 4 James DABILL (GB - Gas Gas) 15 + 5 = 20.
SEMI-FINAL (3 sects + Lane Race): 1 Toni Bou clean, 2 Albert Cabestany 2, 3 James DABILL 5, 4 Jeroni Fajardo 6. ELIMINATED: 5 Takahisa Fujinami (J - Montesa) 7, 6 Adam Raga (E - Gas Gas) 8.
LAST CHANCE (2 sects & Lane Races): 5 James DABILL clean, 6 Jeroni Fajardo 1. ELIMINATED: 7 Alexz WIGG (GB - Beta) 3, 8 Loris Gubian (F - Gas Gas) 3.
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Toni Bou 95 points (CHAMPION), 2 Albert Cabestany 77, 3 Adam Raga 45, 4 DABILL 44, 5 Fajardo 42, 6 Fujinami 29, 7 Gubian 15, 8 WIGG 14, 9 LAMPKIN 5, 10 Gomez 4, 11 BROWN 3, 12 Ferrer 1.
FOR FULL STORY SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2010