On The Pegs July 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 7 | Page 140

On The Pegs
take. My first lap was incredible and lap
two was still okay because I only made
mistakes in the most difficult sections. It’s
been an amazing day for me.”
Raga made amends for his disappoint-
ing performance at the opening round of
the championship two weeks earlier and
recovered to grab the runner-up position
with a second lap total of five as Fujigas
just held on for an emotional home po-
dium in third on twenty-eight despite a
couple of late maximums.
Bou appeared to struggle on the huge
rocks and scarily-steep wooded hillsides
and despite closing in on his team-mate
on lap two he ended the day a further two
marks back.
Friday’s Q2 winner Jaime Busto - Gas Gas
paid the price for his expensive opening
lap total of twenty-five. The young Span-
iard, who was runner-up at round one,
fought back with a second lap total of ten
but it was only good enough for fifth.
There was a gap of nine marks back to
sixth-placed Jorge Casales - Vertigo from
Spain with his fellow countryman Albert
Cabestany - Beta taking seventh on forty-
six on a tie-break from Britain’s James
Dabill - Beta with veteran Japanese rider
Kenichi Kuroyama - Yamaha and Miquel
Gelabert - Sherco from Spain rounding out
the top ten.
MADDIE HOOVER