On The Pegs February 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 2 | Page 57

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packed house in Sheffield Arena, now called
Fly-DSA Arena, witnessed Repsol Honda’s Toni
Bou claim his second straight Martin Lampkin Shef-
field Trial win after losing out to arch rival Adam Raga
(TRS) in 2016. Raga was second in this year’s edition,
while Sherco’s Miquel Gelabert surprised the trial
world with a stunning third place finish in the stand-
alone event, which is not part of the World X-Trial
series.
The Sheffield event is by invitation only and this
year, in addition to Bou, Raga and Gelabert, the field
was filled out with newly signed Gas Gas rider Jaime
Busto, Beta’s James Dabill, Vertigo’s Jorge Casales,
Jack Price on a Gas Gas and Iwan Roberts (TRS).
Bou topped qualifing earlier in the day on the
extremely challenging sections with eight
points, but Raga was not far behind, just
two marks off the pace. Casales qualified
third with 19 points, followed by Gelabert
with 20 and Busto with 22.
In the final, Bou stepped up his game
and outdistanced Raga by a full 10 points,
8 to 18. Meanwhile, Gelabert turned in
the ride of his life, posting 26 marks while
Casales was fourth.
RESULTS
1. Toni Bou (Hon) 8
2. Adam Raga (TRS) 18
3. Miquel Gelabert (Shr) 26
4. Casales (Ver) 30