A new triumph for Toni Bou, this time at the Geneva Indoor Trial, second round of the FIM X-Trial World Championship that took place yesterday night. The Repsol rider had the situation under control in the Qualifying and showed his excellent from in the first zone of the semi-final, unreachable for all his rivals and that the several times champion was able to finish with only one point. A crash in the third obstacle did not prevent him from finishing that phase of the race as leader. He started the final round with a four-point advantage over his closes rival and finished it without increasing his penalty. With this new victory, Toni Bou increased by 13 points his advantage on top of the overall classification of this championship he has won the last five years.
His team mate at the Repsol Montesa Honda, Takahisa Fujimani, achieved a valuable podium, tied with the second placed. The Japanese rider, who in the last race finished just outside the podium, finished the qualifying with 6 points and was able to stand his ground in the semi-final (11 points), finally achieving the second best score in the final round.
The two Repsol riders had yesterday the visit of a special fan, the MotoGP rider of the Repsol Honda Team, Dani Pedrosa, who did not want to miss the opportunity to see the champions of this sport live. Toni Bou will defend his lead of the championship in the third round that will take place next Friday, January 27 and Saturday, January 28, in the French city of Marseille.