Victory number 101 for Toni Bou in France
By Press Release on 16th Jul 18
Trial World Championship Toni Bou
Repsol Honda Team rider Toni Bou clinched victory in the fifth round of the TrialGP World Championship held this weekend in Auron, France. Takahisa Fujinami posted fifth.
The fifth event of the TrialGP World Championship was battled out this weekend at an altitude of 1700 metres above sea level, in Auron, a French town in the Alps-Maritimes. Despite the grim weather forecast, good weather reigned over both the competitions main days, the qualifying stage and race day.
The course, the usual fifteen sections ridden over two laps, was a fairly selective one, but also one that invited careless mistakes. Rocks formed the prevalent terrain type in most of the routes sections.
World championship leader Toni Bou started with strength and some dexterous riding skills and, in spite of some negligible errors, was able to finish the first lap in top position, with thirteen penalty points plus one for exceeding the time limit. On the second lap, Bou was able to whittle down the score, securing the win before finishing the course.
This is victory number 101 for Bou in top-flight competition and thus extends the champions lead over Jeroni Fajardo in second overall place to thirteen points.
Bous brother-in-arms at Repsol Honda Team, Takahisa Fujinami also found a good rhythm. Thanks to a solid qualification yesterday, he was able to take note from some of the riders who started out in front. The result saw Fujigas holding a provisional podium place at the end of the first lap.
The marginal differences between many of the top riders meant that the trials final positions were decided on minimal errors and Fujigas had to eventually settle for fifth place. The Japanese rider does, however, climb one position in the overall championship standings after the event.
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