INTERNATIONAL

FIM Trial World Championship

We at Trial Magazine are always open to trying something different and for the 2019 FIM Trial World Championship we are breaking the coverage down. It’s sometimes hard to report correctly and so in this issue we will feature the first four rounds: Italy, Japan, Holland and Belgium. In issue 77 there will be two rounds, Portugal and France, and we will finish with a review of the final round in Spain in issue 78 We will also have a dedicated section for the Qualifying, TrialGP Ladies and the TrialE classes – enjoy! Note that the second round in Japan was the only two-day points-scoring event in the calendar.

TrialGP

It’s still the old school that rule at the top of the sport: Toni Bou, Adam Raga and Jeroni Fajardo. Throw in the oldest rider in the class, Takahisa Fujinami, and the question is ‘who is going to raise the game to challenge them?’ Toni Bou unbeaten at the half-way stage – wow!

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, ROUND FOUR OF SEVEN: 1: Toni Bou (Repsol Honda-ESP) 100; 2: Adam Raga (TRRS-ESP) 81; 3: Jeroni Fajardo (Gas Gas-ESP) 67; 4: Takahisa Fujinami (Repsol Honda-JPN) 66; 5: Jamie Busto (Vertigo-ESP) 51; 6: James Dabill (Beta-GBR) 50; 7: Franz Kadlec (TRRS-DEU) 43; 8: Jorge Casales (Vertigo-ESP) 42; 9: Benoit Bincaz (Beta-FRA) 39; 10: Miquel Gelabert (Sherco-ESP) 33; 11: Jack Price (Gas Gas-GBR) 26; 12: Dan Peace (Sherco-GBR) 14; 13: Arnau Farre (Jotagas-ESP) 11; 14: Oriol Noguera (Jotagas-ESP) 10; 15: Kenichi Kuroyama (Yamaha-JPN) 7; 16: Andrea Riva (TRRS-ITA) 6; 17: Tomoyuki Ogawa (Honda-JPN) 3; 18: Fumitaka Nozaki (YamahaJPN) 3.