On The Pegs January 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 1 | Page 121

On The Pegs
SO
GINS
FACTORY TRS RIDER
ADAM RAGA
Vol. 3 Issue 1 - January 2018
P 121
Raga, still stunned by his earlier
crash, managed to reach the second
phase, but as the first rider to tackle
each section the factory TRS rider
was eventually eliminated by new
Gas Gas signee Jaime Busto.
“I had a good scare at the end of
the last zone of the first lap be-
cause I lost control of the bike
and it was a hard fall, fortu-
nately I did not hurt myself
and I did well in the semifinal, in
fact I was out of the final by just
a point, considering how the trial
started, getting on the podium is
a good result,” said Raga.
FINAL
The final was not decided until
the last zone of the night and it turned
out to be a face-off with former teammate
Busto, whose six points were no match for the in-
cumbent champion who picked up a solitary penalty
mark en route to victory.
Busto fived the second zone on the first circuit, giv-
ing Bou a comfortable cushion, and Bou’s single dab
on the final lap in section four was not an issue. In the
end, Bou won the event with a solitary point, while
Busto finished second with six. The last step of the
podium was awarded to Raga.
“We have started a new season and we knew that
we would have a fight on our hands, especially when
we saw how easy the sections were,” said Bou. “Jaime