On The Pegs February 2020 - Volume 5 - Issue 2 | Page 110

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In the night’s first round Casales was drawn in the first heat against Gelabert
and Fajardo. Disadvantaged as the first rider to enter each of the five sections,
Jorge dropped just one mark in section one as he made a notably positive start
to the event. Although picking up fives in the second and third sections, in drop-
ping only one mark in the fourth and fifth sections, Casales completed the heat
on a total of 13 marks, just two behind heat one winner Fajardo. At the end of the
first round Jorge was placed sixth, just seven marks behind winner Bou.
In the second round Casales was again in heat one and again the first rider to
enter each of the five sections. Frustratingly, scoring fives in each of the five sec-
tions he was unable to proceed into the runners-up final and ended his night
fifth overall.
The fourth round of the X-Trial World Championship returns on Sunday Febru-
ary 2 in Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi.
RESULTS
X-Trial Budapest 2020
1. Toni Bou, Montesa/Spain, (15 – Final)
2. Adam Raga, TRS/Spain, (15 – Final)
3. Gabriel Marcelli, Montesa/Spain (5 – Runners-up Final)
4. Jeroni Fajardo, Sherco/Spain, (5 – Runners-up Final)
5. Jorge Casales, GasGas/Spain, (25 – Round 2)
6. Jaime Busto, Vertigo/Spain, (25 – Round 2)
7. Miquel Gelabert, Vertigo/Spain, (16 – Round 1)
8. Benoit Bincaz, Beta/France, (16 – Round 1)
Championship Standings: X-Trial World Championship 2020
1. Toni Bou, Montesa/Spain, 60 points
2. Adam Raga, TRS/Spain, 45
3. Jaime Busto, Vertigo/Spain, 22
4. Jeroni Fajardo, Sherco/Spain 21
5. Miquel Gelabert, Vertigo/Spain 20
6. Gabriel Marcelli, Montesa/Spain, 18
7. Jorge Casales, GasGas/Spain, 12