Jaime Busto (Vertigo) was the star of the X-Trial in Andorra and added the victory that ended the streak of 15 consecutive victories in the World Championship held by Toni Bou (Repsol Honda Team Trial) since the X-Trial in Barcelona in 2019.
The 16-time World Champion was eager to celebrate the achievement of his new world title by closing the season with a new triumph in front of the 2,000 spectators who have experienced the race at the Poliesportiu d’Andorra in what he considers his home race, but Busto has prevented it with a very consistent riding that has led him to win by just one point and difference.
Busto, Bou and Adam Raga (TRRS) were the protagonists of the grand final after having been the best in the calculation of the first two rounds. In the last round of the fight for the win, the rider from Vertigo, who was opting for third place in the Championship standings, started by making differences in the second zone in which he penalized 2 points to the 5 of his rivals. Raga dropped out of the fight to win with a 2 in the third section and a 5 in the fourth and Bou went to zero in the last four sections while Busto added 2 more points in the fourth. The three-point advantage obtained in the second zone gave the Basque the margin of one point to seal a great performance and win the X-Trial of Andorra la Vella.
Until the final, Bou, who has been proclaimed World Champion to close the evening, had zeroed the 6 zones of the first round and the 6 of the second.
The first to be eliminated were Matteo Grattarola (Beta) with a fateful 5 in the last section of his route and Benoit Bincaz (Gas Gas). In the second, Haga (Beta), Marcelli (Montesa) and Martyn (TRRS) were eliminated. In the sum of the first two rounds Haga has totaled the same points as Raga, who has finished ahead of him and only 2 more than Marcelli and 3 more than Martyn, which gives an idea of the disputed what has been the last X-Trial of the 2022 season.
