The Repsol Honda rider seals his eighteenth outdoor title. Gabriel Marcelli takes third place in the French town.
The Repsol Honda Team had a winning conclusion to the penultimate round of the season, as Toni Bou was crowned TrialGP champion once again. He earned his ninth victory of the season to confirm the title. Teammate Gabriel Marcelli earned third position in the race, his seventh podium of the season.
Bou took the lead on the first lap after collecting 7 penalty points, one of them for time, on Zones 1 and 10. For the second run, the Repsol Honda Team rider was able to improve in places where he had made mistakes and finally, with an advantage of 8 points, took his ninth triumph of the season.
With this victory, the Montesa Cota 4RT rider won the TrialGP World Championship for the eighteenth time. In total, Bou has a total of 35 titles, including 17 in X-Trial and 18 in the outdoor discipline. He has 152 race victories and 208 podiums in TrialGP.
Marcelli also had a good performance in Cahors. On the first lap, the Repsol Honda Team rider was fighting for the podium positions, placing inside the Top 3 with 18 points. On the second lap he competed for second place alongside Jaime Busto and Adam Raga, finally claiming third for his first rostrum at the French town.
Thanks to this result, Marcelli retains second place in the overall standings, 7 points clear of Jaime Busto. The runner-up position will be decided on the last weekend of the season.
The final round of the TrialGP World Championship season will be held from September 13-15th, with a double header in Ripoll.