Podium-hungry Repsol Honda Team back on home soil
By TMX Archives on 4th Mar 15
Barcelonas majestic Palau Sant Jordi hosts the fourth event of the 2015 FIM X-Trial World Championship, with overall leader Toni Bou and Repsol Honda Team eager to put on a display for the home crowd
Toni Bou comes to the FIM X-Trial World Championship this weekend determined to retake top-spot on the rostrum and further his advantage at the head of the general rankings. Bou will be looking to put the recent Pau, France experience behind him, after his mammoth five-year winning streak of twenty-eight consecutive victories finally faded. Even so, the Spanish ace can rest assured that his ground-breaking record will be a near-impossible feat to surmount.
The Barcelona course is, by tradition, a highly-demanding, technical one for both rider and machine; Toni Bou knows only too well, having notched up more triumphs in the Palau Sant Jordi than anyone.
Rookie Jaime Busto will be making a first appearance in Barcelona with Repsol Honda Team livery as the organisation's wild card. The Basque novice and current champion of the World Cup (World Junior Championship) will also be making his first ever X-Trial outing.
STATS
* Toni Bou, with 8 wins, is the most-garlanded rider in Barcelona's Trial Indoor
* Montesa has achieved the greatest number of victories in Barcelona with a total of 13 wins
* Toni Bou is the rider with the highest number of wins in X-Trial world championships (Trial Indoor): 43
* Toni Bou was the second youngest champion of Trial Indoor (20 years, 4 months, 9 days)
Toni Bou said, "I'm looking forward to this world championship test, as the Barcelona X-Trial is the most emblematic of Trial Indoor, as well as being the oldest and the most demanding of the calendar. It will be a really hard-fought one, given that the rivals - in particular Adam Raga - are on top form at the moment; so I'll have to really put in some special preparation for this competition."
