Toni Bou Back In Charge At French TrialGP

Following his shock third-placed finish last time out in Andorra, superstar Spaniard Toni Bou returned to the top of the podium with a comfortable victory at the second French TrialGP of the season – round four of the 2021 Hertz FIM Trial World Championship – at Cahors.

A big turn-out of fans basked under a blazing sun and were treated to the sight of Bou bouncing back to his brilliant best. The defending champion – who’s on course to make it 15 consecutive TrialGP titles – parted with three single dabs in the first four sections of the trial set in a disused quarry and then remained clean for the remaining 20.

“I looked at the sections yesterday and knew it would be a low-scoring trial so I had to concentrate very hard,” said Bou. “I made a few mistakes on the first lap but was clean on lap two and it’s a great result for me after not the best weekend in Andorra.”

Fresh from his first win of the season at round three, Adam Raga led by a mark after the opening three sections but a maximum on the fourth – and then another on the eighth – effectively ended his hopes of back-to-back victories. A second-lap total of two still earned the two-time world champion the runner-up position, a single mark ahead of Jaime Busto, as the top-three gapped the field.

With many of the sections composed of imposing, imported slabs embedded along a riverbed, Bou was in his element as he hopped, skipped and jumped his four-stroke through the hazards. His fourth win of the season means he now leads Raga by a healthy 11 points with just three scoring days to go.

Miquel Gelabert completed the all-Spanish top four but his final total of 28 was double that of Busto as veteran Japanese fan-favourite Takahisa Fujinami (Repsol Honda) recovered from a bad opening lap to come home fifth after losing a tie-break.

Next up is the Spanish TrialGP at Pobladura de las Regueras on September 10-12.

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