Toni Bou took his fifth victory of the season in Comblain-Au-Pon (Belgium), after narrowly beating Jeroni Fajardo, who led the race until its halfway point. Adam Raga completed the podium.
The Belgian GP took place in the context of very demanding weather, with high temperatures, and long areas with significant slopes where difficulty was another of the key points. In TrialGP there have been areas where it was easy to fail and difficult to recover distances. In addition, as usual in the last races, the large volume of Trial2 riders, together with the long sections marked by the organizers, cause long queues that force the riders to overcome the areas with an extra rush so as not to penalize for time.
At the end of the first lap we had Fajardo as the leader, with 18 points, followed by Bou with 21, both with a time penalty point. Behind, Raga with 43 and Fujinami with 44 points, it was difficult for them to close the gap to dispute the victory for the leading duo.
During the second pass through the zones, the top five classified significantly lowered their records. The one who was the most Bou, who overtook a Fajardo who dropped 5 points in zone 10 after a mistake, a distance that he could not recover in the last four zones, having to settle for second position.
The third step on the podium went to Adam Raga, who took advantage of a race with few successes. Behind, just one point behind, Fujinami, who is notably surprising with his results this season. The fifth position went to Jaime Busto, who continues in his adaptation to the Vertigo Vertical R and improved by 20 points from the first to the second set.
Also noteworthy
is this serious accident of Miquel Gelabert
, who has broken three bones in his face.
In Trial2, victory for Matteo Grattarola, followed by Toby Martin and Gabriel Marcelli.
And regarding Trial125, victory for Kieran Touly, followed by Marco Mempoer and Carlo Rabino.
As for TrialE, the category reserved for
electric trial motorcycles
,
Albert Cabestany is the new TrialE World Champion
after the victory of Belgium and the Netherlands.
2019 BELGICA TRIAL GP STANDINGS
2019 BELGIC GP TRIALGP STANDINGS
CLASSIFICATION TRIAL2 BELGIC GP 2019
CLASSIFICATION TRIAL125 2019 BELGIAN GP
2019 BELGIC TRIAL GP STATEMENTS
Toni Bou:
Today was a very tough race. It was very easy to fail and very difficult to recover. On the first lap we had Fajardo ahead of us who had a great race, but on the second lap we were able to come back and withstand the pressure well. We were able to win in the last section, in front of the crowd, which was very nice. Looking ahead to the championship, today is a very important day to take another step. I would also like to congratulate Fujinami, who also had a great race today opening up the sections.
Jeroni Fajardo:
Good weekend, I rode very well, with very few mistakes. The trial areas were very demanding. I was fighting one-on-one with Toni (Bou) and already on the first lap we took a good distance with the other competitors. The last sections were very difficult and although I overcame them well, we missed the victory by only 3 points. We have regained third place in the championship and we are in the fight for the runner-up spot. Thank you very much for the super effort that everyone is making at GasGas.
Adam Raga:
I’m happy with today’s third position, as my riding hasn’t been up to what I expected, making more mistakes than necessary and lacking success in key areas to be in the fight for victory. Physically it was a tough trial and we rode very fast to avoid a bigger time penalty.
Takahisa Fujinami:
I fought a lot today. When I opened the sections I didn’t know that so many riders were doing a lot of penalties, so I wasn’t aware of my position. Already in the second lap I went all out and finally I was very close to the podium. It’s a shame but seeing that I started first, I’m very happy with how I rode today. It has been very hard because of the heat, not only for me, but for the backpackers, mechanics… So thank you so much to the whole team. We are motivated to continue.
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