The Repsol rider achieves his eighth consecutive win of the World Championship in the first day of the Andorran GP. Takahisa Fujinami, third, accompanies him on the podium.
Toni Bou keeps gathering victories and taking firm steps to what would be his sixth title —all of them consecutive— in the FIM Outdoor Trial World Championship. On Saturday, the Repsol rider extended his spectacular winning streak by taking his eighth consecutive victory in Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra. On the third step of the podium was his team mate at the Repsol Montesa Honda Team, Takahisa Fujinami, who finished on the podium for the third time in the season.
The several times World Champion, still not fully recovered from the injury he received in the femoral biceps of his leg, won the first day of the Andorra Grand Prix and increased to 44 points his advantage in the lead of the overall standings. Second in the end of the first lap, Toni Bou had an outstanding performance in the second lap. Just one point in this last lap was enough for him to secure a win once again.
Excellent result too for his team mate, Takahisa Fujinami, after recovering from the injury in the little finger of his right hand last week. The Japanese rider was tied with Bou in the first lap and in the second he was able to keep the third place and get on the podium again.
Tomorrow will take place the second day of this Grand Prix, with classification and points independent from those of today.
Toni Bou
“It was a hard day, the pain in my injured leg and two mistakes in the first lap made things complicated. The second lap was the keep to achieve this win, that I consider very important and that I celebrated with more excitement than in other occasions. We still have to see what happens tomorrow, as I feel pain, but today it could not have been better”.
Takahisa Fujinami
“I felt good and with confidence during the first lap, which I finished tied with Toni. In the second I made a mistake but without consequences, as the most important thing was to get on the podium and I achieved it. The doctor did a great job and the team too, with a great set-up for the bike”.
