Toni Bou is already caressing his tenth Spanish Champion title after the resounding victory signed today in the Madrid town of Becerril de la Sierra, penultimate scoring event of the 2018 season, in a race impeccably organized by the Madrid Motorcycling Federation.
After setting the fastest time in qualifying on Saturday, Toni Bou gave his rivals no margin for error, completing the entire route without any penalty. Absolutely flawless. Against this backdrop, the Gas Gas riders, Busto and Fajardo, have starred in a nice fight for second position. In the end, it was Busto, with a total of seven points, who finished second, with Fajardo completing the podium four points behind.
Fourth was Miquel Gelabert, followed by Noguera, Casales, Marcelli and Aniol Gelabert. The big absentees, Raga due to injury and Cabes due to an event in Beta Italia.
Nice fight in TR2 between Norwegian rider Sondre Haga and Eric Miquel, both TRRS riders. Haga took the win by just two points, however, it was a good day for Eric, as he extended his lead in the provisional standings over Pablo Suárez, fifth on this occasion. The podium was completed by Gerard Trueba.
In Junior, victory by tiebreaker in favor of Pau Martínez against Rodrigo Marchal. Pol Medina finished one point behind. In TR3, Francesc Recio won a resounding victory over David Millán and Sergio Moreno. Victory in cadets for Carlos Palma, followed by Adria Mercadé and Roger Casas. Finally, in TR4, Sergio Puyo’s victory over Jose Maria Segura, also by final jump-off, with Álvaro Blázquez one point behind completing the podium.
FULL RESULTS CET BECERRIL DE LA SIERRA 2018
DECLARATIONS
Toni Bou
“The race was very easy, although we understand that they had to change some areas for environmental reasons. In the first sections you could have made a mistake and even more so considering that it rained yesterday, but the second lap was totally dry, much easier.
I’m happy to finish a race at zero, it’s been a long time since I’ve managed to do that, although we think CET has to be more complicated. Regarding the championship, with this victory, it’s very well faced, we’ve taken a big step forward. But in Cordoba there will be a lot of points at stake, although only a misfortune could take the title away from us because we arrive with a lot of margin.”
Jaime Busto
“Everything went pretty well today. The sections were not very complicated, although at the beginning they slipped quite a bit and that made us score some points. In the end we finished the second half of the season at zero. We are very happy with this second place and for having finished the second lap without any mistakes. This result keeps us in the fight for the title. We will continue to be strong in the last round in Peñarrolla to try to fight for the victory in a race that will count double”.
Jeroni Fajardo
“At the beginning the sections were wet, but as the terrain dried, it became easier and the riders in front made fewer mistakes. For my part, I started a bit badly, with a five in the first section that prevented me from fighting for the victory. Despite this, we kept pushing to get on the podium. The last round has double points, so we’ll put everything on the line in Cordoba.”
