The Catalan Tony Bou consolidated his dominance of the open-air trial world championship this Sunday with his win at Belgian Grand Prixthe seventh round of the circuit, held in a race in the town of Comblain au Pont, where the Repsol Honda team rider has won on the previous four occasions.
The reigning world champion, seeking this season what would be his record thirty-first crown, won a tight race played on a demanding and technical circuit of approximately 4.5 kilometers of rope that included of twelve areas that the pilots had to complete. twice and it was full of slippery areas, which put all the riders in trouble due to their lack of grip, the Repsol Honda team explained in a statement.
The Piera driver was forced to risk his way back on the second lap after dropping to second in the first. Bou’s 130th win at the Outdoor World Championships was decided in the last three zones and allowed him to establish himself in first place in the general classification, with 134 points, 26 points more than Jaime Bust (Vertigo Factory Team).
Breast finished in second, ahead of Jeroni Fajardo (Sherco Factory Team), Gabriel Marcelli (Repsol Honda) and adam rag (TRRS Factory Team).
bou It was explained that it was a “very tight” race, where many mistakes could not be made: “In the first lap we failed in zones 3 and 11, where we lost a lot of points. Already in the second, we started very -concentrated, trying not to make mistakes to be able to recover, although we made a big mistake in zone 2, when I was going to look for zero”, he summed up.
“I took a risk that might save mebecause we already risked a lot and that made the race more complicated”, added the head of the World Championship, who was “very happy” because from that moment he was “very good”, he continued. to focus on his goal and added a new victory at Comblain-au-Pont.
The TrialGP World Championship will have its next appointment on Sunday, August 28, with the eighth race of the season contested in the French city of Cahors.
Source: La Verdad
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