Take a Bou, King Toni
By TMX Archives on 2nd Mar 07
TONI Bou is the 2007 World Indoor Trials Champion!
The 19-year-old from Barcelona finished runner-up in Saturday's penultimate round of the current series, staged in Mahon, on the island of Menorca, and as he now has a ten point series lead going into the final round in Madrid next week he cannot be beaten. Even if Bou fails to finish and scores zero points and Albert Cabestany were to win, Toni would still take the title on most wins.
And with Bou obviously feeling the pressure, as he homed in on his first ever World title, (and the first for the Montesa 4RT) it was Sherco's Albert Cabestany who won in Mahon. It was Albert's second WCT Indoor win on the trot and how the rider from Tarragona must be ruing the mechanical failure in the opening round in Granada. A special titanium suspension bolt broke and Cabes scored just three points for sixth place. But for this, surely the Sherco rider would still have been in with at least a mathematical chance of the title.
WORLD INDOOR TRIALS CHAMPS
Rd 7 - Pabellon Menorca, Mahon, Minorca, SPAIN
Qualification Lap
1. Toni Bou 1 penalty point
2. Albert Cabestany 1
3. Adam Raga 2
4. Takahisa Fujinami 15
5. Jeroni Fajardo 15
6. Dougie Lampkin 21
7. Tadeusz Blazusiak 29
Final Lap
1. Albert Cabestany 23 penalty points
2. Toni Bou 25
3. Adam Raga 26
FIM Indoor Trial World Championship 2007
Provisional Standings
1. Toni Bou 59 points
2. Albert Cabestany 49
3. Adam Raga 47
4. Takahisa Fujinami 37
5. Dougie Lampkin 30
6. Jeroni Fajardo 30
7. Tadeusz Blazusiak 8