On The Pegs June 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 6 | Page 86
On The Pegs
uncharacteristic mistakes allowed his
young compatriot to close in the second
half of the event. However, any hopes Bus-
to may have entertained of a shock win
were crushed in the closing stages and a
five on the final section of the Trial - plus
an additional four on time compared to
Bou’s single time penalty - left him seven-
teen marks adrift at the end.
Still, his second-placed finish equals his
career-best results in Andorra and the USA
last year and prove he is adapted well to
the switch to two-stroke power this sea-
son after parting company with the Repsol
Honda team.
Jorge Casales - Vertigo was third follow-
ing the opening lap on a total of thirty-
three, but fellow Spaniard Jeroni Fajardo
- Gas Gas reeled him in on lap two to claim
the final step of the podium by one mark
on seventy-five.
Two-time World Champion Adam Raga
- TRRS got his season off to a shaky start
when he slumped to fifth, one mark be-
hind Casales, with James Dabill - Beta the
first non-Spanish rider home in sixth on
a total of eighty-two. He was followed by
veteran Spaniard Albert Cabestany - Beta
on eighty-eight and Japan’s Takahisa Fu-
jinami - Repsol Honda who was eighth, a
further fourteen marks back after winning
a tie-break with twenty-year-old Britain
Jack Price - Gas Gas who matched his
career-best finish achieved on day two in
Japan last year.
ADAM RAGA