On The Pegs April 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 4 | Page 102

On The Pegs
BOU CLAIMS 13TH
X-TRIAL TITLE
IN FRANCE
2019 FIM X-Trial World Championship
Round 5
Marseille, France
March 9, 2019
Courtesy FIM-Live.com
Repsol Honda Team’s Toni Bou clinched
his 13th X-Trial title by winning the 2019 FIM
X-Trial World Championship at the season’s
penultimate trial in Marseille, France. The
win brings Bou’s world championship tally
to 25.
In Marseille, the Repsol Honda Team ace
was able to mathematically guarantee the
championship after winning the trial with an
outstanding performance at the Palais des
Sports to take the title, with one champion-
ship event left to contest in Andorra la Vella
on 27th April.
The route to his latest success was far
from straightforward, though, as the most
technically and physically demanding X-
Trial to date produced a close-fought event
with generally high scores. But Bou, after
an underwhelming Round One in which he
finished just fourth and having progressed
from Round Two by a mere two-mark mar-
gin, steadied the ship with a dominant
Grand Final performance.
PHOTOS COURTESY REPSOL HONDA AND GAS GAS
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