Toni Bou, Repsol Honda team rider, will start the second part of the X-Trial season on Saturday (6 pm)that is, the Indoor World Trial Championship and he will do it where he has lived for many years: the Principality of Andorra. “The Andorra la Vella X-Trial test will be very close, but it came very well,” he said during the presentation of the press conference held at Andorra Turisme in Encamp.
The 36-year-old driver from Piera arrived at the fifth round of the season as the leader of the general classification with 79 points and three wins (Barcelona, Pamplona and Bordeaux). “The Andorra la Vella trial is my home race for me. I feel good competing here. Last year Jaime Busto won, but I was proclaimed world champion,” recalls Toni Bou.
The overall leader, who was also second in Wiener Neustadt (Germany), because the driver from Górliz won, He is three races away from winning his 34th world championship title. “In indoor tests, small details make a big difference. Strategy comes a long way. In addition, this is also a sport where you seek to put on a show to put the fans in your pocket , you want to take more risks.”
Bou remains hungry despite his great dominance at the World Championships. “It’s complicated every time a season ends, because you can only compete for the title. The passion for this sport and doing what I love is what keeps me there,” he highlighted.
The current world champion also praised his biggest rival, Jaime Busto. The one from Górliz is a teammate of Toni Bou and now enjoys being third in GasGas in Barcelona, Pamplona and Bordeaux. And a victory in Germany put him in second place with 59 points.
“Jaime is incredibly talented. We have been together for three years and we still maintain our friendship.even when we’re competing we’re both looking for success and looking at what each other is doing,” he emphasized.
The one from Górliz, who won the event last year, was also at the presentation press conference. “Since Toni Bou never fails, I have to give my best. I came with more desire than last year and we had the opportunity to train more internally to get closer to Toni Bou,” said Jaime Busto.
Third overall was Toni Bou’s teammate, the Galician Gabriel Marcelli, with 46 points after being second in Barcelona and Pamplona. Meanwhile, Adam Raga is fourth with 45 points.
Source: La Verdad
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