Trial: Double win for Adam Raga in Japan
That’s not so often that Toni Bou (Montesa Michelin) didn’t got at least one win during a two days Grand Prix, and that’s what happened this weekend on the Twin Ring of Motegi (Japan) during the second round of the FIM Trial World Championship.
Coming to this race with a serious injury sustained while practicing before this event, Bou did a great performance in Japan and he saved with courage and pain two-second positions with a cracked rib! Only one of his rivals was able to beat him: Adam Raga (Gas Gas) who won both days, beating the reigning World Champion by sixteen marks on Saturday and only seven on Sunday. With this performance Raga is now back only one point behind Bou in the standings, before the third GP of the season scheduled in Corsica in one month.
Behind Raga and Bou, who dominates a round with high scores (26 marks for the winner on Saturday, and 40 on Sunday), Takahisa Fujinami (Montesa Michelin) and Albert Cabestany (Sherco Michelin) both enjoyed the podium one day, while Jeroni Fajardo only got two fifth positions and lost some positions in the rankings.
Results of the event
First day: 1.Raga (ESP, Gas Gas) ; 2.Bou (ESP, Montesa Michelin) ; 3.Fujinami (JAP, Montesa Michelin) ; 4.Cabestany (ESP, Sherco Michelin) ; 5.Fajardo (ESP, Beta Michelin) ; etc…
Second day: 1.Raga ; 2.Bou ; 3.Cabestany; 4.Fujinami ; 5.Fajardo ; etc…
Championship standings: 1.Bou, 71; 2.Raga, 70; 3.Fujinami, 58; 4.Fajardo, 52; 5.Cabestany, 51; etc…