The Repsol rider, nine times Trial World Champion made one of his dreams come true as a Barça supporter: to visit the Camp Nou… on his bike!
With the Champions League finale between the FC Barcelona and the Manchester United just around the corner, Toni Bou, nine times Trial World Champion enjoyed a unique setting to practice his balance on two wheels. The Repsol rider, who last Sunday achieved in France his second victory of the season in the three rounds already held, was able to jump on the grandstands, stairs and handrails of the FC Barcelona stadium.
The Camp Nou has been the setting of unforgettable football matches, concerts and all kind of events, but until now no one had dared to ride a bike on this majestic venue. Only an equilibrium master such as Toni Bou could successfully face a challenge of this magnitude.
Without touching the ground with his feet, the trial rider moved with astonishing spontaneity on the endless stairs, handrails and slopes of the Camp Nou stadium. This training session, held just a few days before the Champions League final match, was a singular experience for a rider used to do the impossible. Last year, Toni Bou was for one day just as any other Repsol worker, except that his working day took place completely on his trial bike.
The Champion from Piera (Barcelona) will not miss the Wembley final and a few hours before the match he showed his support to the FC Barcelona spreading a shirt of the team in the third grandstand of the Camp Nou, the highest point of the stadium.
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“For a Barcelona fan as me, to be able to enter the Camp Nou with the trial bike is something very special. Only the fact of being in the stadium is beautiful and to be able to train here, which I think I am the first to do it, is a real privilege. My prediction for the match is that we are going to suffer, but we will win, I would say with 2 to 1. I think Messi and Iniesta, who is always a decisive player, will score. I still don’t know if my schedule will let me go to Wembley, but what I do know is that I will not miss the match”.
