Toni Bou, no rival at home: his 17th victory at the Barcelona Indoor Trial

7,520 spectators gathered at the Palau Sant Jordi to witness the 47th edition of the Universee Indoor Trials of Barcelona They applauded the 17th victory of the great trials legend, Toni Bou, who started the X-Trial World Championship with a firm hand towards what he intends to be his 18th consecutive crown in the internal test in which no one objects to his hegemony.when damages are respected.

The final started well for Jaime Busto in the first zone which he passed cleanly, giving one point to Bou and Marcelli two. But the second time Busto had a setback and was saved from a spectacular fall by leaning on his backpacker and Bou passed with 3 points. But the main course remained, the third round trip area through several large metal boxes. Neither Marcelli nor Busto completed and Toni Bou was left with only two points per support.

In the middle of the final, Piera’s player has already accumulated four points less than the one that seems to be his main rival tonight in Barcelona, ​​Busto, who is deflating. And in the following areas he did nothing but decide the final in his favor. After the fourth zone, which ended with zero points, he threw his fist in the air. Where his rivals accumulated failures, he passed cleanly. Until we get to the novelty of the final, the big Solo Moto wooden boxes, where he signed his only failure of the whole night, but he already got his 17th victory in his 19 participations in Barcelona. Only Adam Raga In 2008 and 2019 he was able to defeat him. Even geniuses can have bad nights.

And it ended in style, leading the show with me and asking the fans to sing their every jump in the Montesa area, the apotheosis of a great finale.

Second place was decided in the last place by one point in favor of Basque Busto in Galician Marcelli on his 24th birthday.

In the first round Toni Bou was already one step ahead of the rest, leaving only one point in the third zone, the most complex (big metal box), where his main rivals Busto and Marcelli left two points. The Basque finished second with three points and the Galician third with four, ahead of Adam Raga who added six, five due to a failure in Hebo’s own side.

In the second round, three strong men led by Toni Bou once again secured a place in the finals. but Marcelli had to push the last Montesa zone, which he climbed like a rocket to finish it with 0 points and in time to reach the final with 7 accumulated points by one point to the Italian Grattarola, fourth in the last classification. and third best in the second round, just ahead of veteran Adam Raga.

Berta Abellán is finally crowned in Barcelona

In the Women’s Trophy, the Catalan Berta Abellán was finally a prophet at home and scored in the fourth edition of the women’s event, with exhibition status within the Trial in Barcelona. The five-time world runner-up defeated the great dominator of the women’s trials, the British Emma Bristow, without making a single fiasco and added four points in five zones in the competition. Bristow, closing the session, made a serious mistake in the fourth zone and thus gave victory to the Catalan (total 7 points) and he finally won the crown at home after his second in 2021, which was his best previous result.

Classifications

FINAL CLASSIFICATION
1. Toni Bou (Montesa) 11 points
2. Jaime Busto (GasGas) 21 points
3. Gabriel Marcelli (Montesa) 22 points
4. Matteo Grattarola (Beta) 12 points
5. Adam Raga (Sherco) 16
6. Toby Martyn (Montesa) 18
7. Benoit Bincaz (Sherco) 18
8. Aniol Gelabert (TRRS) 27

TOTAL 2ND ROUND
1. Toni Bou (Montesa) 2 points (1 point, 2nd round)
2. Jaime Busto (GasGas) 5 points (2 pts)
3. Gabriel Marcelli (Montesa) 11 points (7 pts)
4. Matteo Grattarola (Beta) 12 points (5 pts)
5. Adam Raga (Sherco) 16 points (10 pts)
6. Toby Martyn (Montesa) 18 points (6 pts)
7. Benoit Bincaz (Sherco) 18 points (9 pts)
8. Aniol Gelabert (TRRS) 27 points (17 pts)

1ST ROUND
1. Toni Bou (Montesa) 1 point
2. Jaime Busto (GasGas) 3 points
3. Gabriel Marcelli (Montesa) 4 points
4. Adam Raga (Sherco) 6 points
5. Matteo Grattarola (Beta) 7 points
6. Benoit Bincaz (Sherco) 9 points
7. Aniol Gelabert (TRRS) 10 points
8. Toby Martyn (Montesa) 12 points

WORLD X-TRIAL
1. Toni Bou (Montesa) 22 points
2. Jaime Busto (GasGas) 15 points
3. Gabriel Marcelli (Montesa) 12 points
4. Matteo Grattarola (Beta) 9 points
5. Adam Raga (Sherco) 6
6. Toby Martyn (Montesa) 4
7. Benoit Bincaz (Sherco) 2
8. Aniol Gelabert (TRRS) 1

WOMAN’S TROPHY
1. Berta Abellán (ESP/Scorpa) 4
2. Emma Bristow (GB/Sherco) 7
3. Sofia Rabino (ITA/Beta) 8
4. Naomi Monnier (FRA/Montesa) 11
5. Alice Monta (GB/Scorpa) 19