Sunday, 22st August 2021

Repsol Honda Trial Team rider Toni Bou finished the fifth round of the TrialGP World Championship in Andorra on the third step of the podium, yet retains the overall championship lead. Takahisa Fujinami replicated yesterday’s result finishing eighth.

The second trial of the Andorra TrialGP turned out to be an arduous task for the Repsol Honda Team riders. Andorra, while always a gruelling event for riders, also usually makes huge demands on the bike due to the high altitude of the sections and the high temperatures. Today proved a struggle for all the competitors over the two twelve-section laps of the Sant Julià de Lòria course.

It was Toni Bou’s turn to struggle in Andorra. Right off the bat, in section two, he picked up a puncture, before committing several errors which would eventually cost him the lead and rob him of a potential tenth win in Andorra. The Repsol Honda Team rider had to settle for third place in the end, but Bou keeps hold of the overall championship lead with an eight-point advantage over pursuer Adam Raga, winner of today’s trial.

Takahisa Fujinami was unable to improve on the feelings and performance of yesterday and concluded the trial in eighth place. The result drops the Japanese rider down a position in the overall standings to fifth.

Repsol Honda Team will get little rest this week with the forthcoming sixth trial of the 2021 TrialGP World Championship to be held next weekend in Cahors, France.

Toni Bou 1 - Repsol Honda Team

 This weekend was really complicated. Finishing first and third is a great result, considering that we struggled so much. Despite all the problems, the team has worked hard and I am very grateful for that. Now we just have to work to recover the good feelings on the bike and be in the fight for the win in France next week.

Takahisa Fujinami 7 - Repsol Honda Team

 Today was a complicated day, I finished eighth like yesterday. In some sections I felt comfortable, but the other riders were very strong, everything was tight. It’s a pity to finish with two eighth places and not be able to improve today, but now we have France on our minds and we'll have to change the chip to be able to give it our best, always with the Fujigas style!

 

Pos.	Rider	Num.	Team	Constr.	Pts	Time/Gap
1	Adam RAGA	68	TRRS Factory Team	TRRS	20	18
2	Jaime BUSTO	69	Vertigo Factory	Vertigo	17	19
3	Toni BOU	1	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	15	23
4	Miquel GELABERT	56	GasGas Factory Racing	GasGas	13	32
5	Matteo GRATTAROLA	88	Beta Factory Trial Team	Beta	11	41
6	Gabriel MARCELLI CARBALLIDO	38	Montesa Factory	Montesa	10	43
7	Jeroni FAJARDO	5	Sherco Factory Team	Sherco	9	54
8	Takahisa FUJINAMI	7	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	8	55
9	Benoit BINCAZ	73	Beta Factory Trial Team	Beta	7	59
10	Jorge CASALES	33	GasGas Factory Racing	GasGas	6	64