On The Pegs February 2020 - Volume 5 - Issue 2 | Page 108

On The Pegs
“Adam rode really well today. We were able to win
the first round and also the second which proved
decisive for the final run-off. I gave it everything in
the final, but I wasn’t experiencing very good sen-
sations, and I couldn’t find my balance, but I had
enough aggression to keep fighting until the end,
where I cleaned the two final sections while there
was everything still to play for, so it all turned out
fine in the end. I want to congratulate Adam be-
cause it will be really tough to beat him this year.”
Factory Vertigo riders Jaime Busto and Miquel
Gelabert, 3rd and 4th in the Championship stand-
ings coming to this event, were expecting to battle
again for the podium spots after proving their
true potential on the Vertical 2020 in the previous
events. The night didn’t go to plan though, with
both talents struggling on a very technical and
non-grippy sections.
Busto couldn’t match his previous performances,
in which he was able to get into the mix for the
podium spots. Heat 1 went well for him, 11 marks
meant he scored the 3rd lowest punctuation of
the first round but when in semifinals, despite he
pushed hard and tried to overcome the adversities
from a tricky beginning he ended up with 25 marks
and with a 6th place finish. This result allows him to
keep the third place of the standings though, now
leading the fight for the last spot of the top three
by only 1 point over Sherco’s Jeroni Fajardo and 2
over teammate Gelabert, who didn’t make it to the
semifinals.
GasGas Factory Racing’s Jorge Casales has re-
turned to the 2020 FIM X-Trial World Championship
with a fifth-place result.
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