The second round of the X-Trial World Championship got underway this afternoon and Repsol Honda Team‘s Toni Bou has dominated the race to claim his second 2020 indoor season victory. The event was held at the brand new Glaz Arena in Rennes, France.
Toni Bou won the race in front of the Rennes spectators in Brittany after he made it through the first five sections of the heats. In the second round, he managed to collect 7 marks in the process. He overcame the six sections with a total of 15 points ahead of 27. He trails behind rival Adam Raga, to seal a second season victory.
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“Today I did not start the first round very well; the points were fine, but I didn’t feel right with the riding sensations. I didn’t feel comfortable and it took me a while to get into the sections. We will have to work so that in the coming trials we won’t experience these feelings since it is very easy to get knocked out in the eliminations. In the end, I was able to enjoy myself more in the second round and the final to take the victory. I want to congratulate the organizer of the event, who set up a very tough trial, where I think the spectators really enjoyed it. Now there will be a break before the third trial in Budapest so it is very important to take the leadership here,” says Bou as quoted Honda Racing Corporation.
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“We have to congratulate Toni first of all for this great and hard-fought victory. It seems a cliché, but it is not: he really performed extremely well today, and although things didn’t turn out just right for Adam [Raga], that doesn’t detract from Toni’s win. Congratulations as always for the great work done by the whole team. For our part, we will take it trial by trial. The next one is Budapest so we will try to get back to the highest possible level.”