MAGICAL MARTYN
After being denied the FIM World crown in very controversial circumstances in Italy in 2018, how happy must the Martyn family be after their magical son Toby finally won the much sought after Trial2 title in Portugal?
2021 has been all about him and his fellow British rider Jack Peace. Despite only winning two of the nine rounds on offer, Toby kept calm and calculated, racking up the points as Jack missed out on so many on tie break deciders. When it mattered, Toby always kept his nose in front, and when his rivals started winning, he was always thereabouts for the much-valued points.
He arrived in Portugal with a good points difference over his rival, and despite not winning the final round, he had done enough to secure the title with his third-place finish.
The Trial2 class remains possibly more competitive than the premier league in TrialGP, and it’s interesting to note that out of the nine rounds contested, we had four different individual round winners with Toby Martyn 3, Jack Peace 2, Aniol Gelabert 2 and Lorenzo Gondola 2. So yes, this class is very much the one to win.
ANDORRA, ROUND 3
SANT JULIA, 21ST-22ND AUGUST
As the temperatures soared, so did the action as Toby Martyn remained calm to move back into the championship lead on day one, followed home by fellow ‘Brit’ Jack Peace as they both enjoyed the flowing rocky river sections.
As Peace remained on the podium on day two, Martyn undid all the hard work with a surprise sixth-place finish allowing his constant rival to open up a five-point advantage in the championship.
The day two winner was Aniol Gelabert, followed by Arnau Farre and Peace as Great Britain’s Billy Green, who had finished on a total of nine marks lost, was sensationally excluded for a course technicality concerning his minder who veered from the route. His final score would have given him his first Trial2 win!
DAY ONE RESULTS: 1: Toby Martyn (TRRS-GBR) 19; 2: Peace 22; 3: Gandola 26; 4: Gelabert 30; 5: Farre 33; 6: Ribau 38; 7: Green 40; 8: Trueba 41; 9: Haga 48; 10: Ferrer 57. DAY TWO RESULTS: 1: Aniol Gelabert (Beta-ESP) 16; 2: Farre 19; 3: Peace 20; 4: Haga 21; 5: Gandola 23; 6: Martyn 27; 7: Tournour 31; 8: Trueba 34; 9: Suarez 35; 10: Canales 37.
FRANCE, ROUND 4 CAHORS, 29TH AUGUST
When a rider is on form, they are always going to take some beating, and when Toby Martyn went through the first lap parting with no marks, the question was could he maintain it on the second lap? In a very low scoring event, he replicated his first lap to record the perfect zero. Every mark lost would be vital, and the biggest loser was Martyn’s nearest challenger and fellow ‘Brit’ Jack Peace, who came home on four marks lost in fourth position.
RESULTS: 1: Toby Martyn (TRRS-GBR) 0; 2: Gelabert 2; 3: Ferrer 2; 4: Peace 4; 5: Suarez 7; 6: Haga 7; 7: Tournour 9; 8: Farre 10; 9: Gandola 12; 10: Trueba 17.
SPAIN, ROUND 5
POBLADURA, 11TH-12TH SEPTEMBER
Two different winners would be found, with Aniol Gelabert on day one and Lorenzo Gondola on day two. All eyes though would be on Toby Martyn and Jack Peace. These two championship challengers would have varied days as neither rode that well on day one as both tied on the same marks, with Martyn extending his championship lead as Peace lost out on the tie-break decider.
Italy’s Gondola took a well-deserved win in front of Suarez on day two, who won a three-way tie decider involving Martyn and Ferrer, with Peace finishing fifth. Great Britain’s Toby Martyn would be taking an eight-point advantage to the final round.
DAY ONE RESULTS: 1: Aniol Gelabert (Beta-ESP) 13; 2: Suarez 16; 3: Martyn 17; 4: Peace 17; 5: Haga 18; 6: Martinez 25; 7: Gondola 26; 8: Farre 46; 9: Ferrer 30; 10: Green 42.
DAY TWO RESULTS: 1: Lorenzo Gondola (Beta-ITA) 16; 2: Suarez 22; 3: Martyn 22; 4: Ferrer 22; 5: Peace 23; 6: Haga 24; 7: Gelabert 29; 8: Green 32; 9: Rabino 34; 10: Martinez 35.
PORTUGAL, ROUND 6 GOUVEIA, 18TH SEPTEMBER
RESULTS: 1: Lorenzo Gondola (Beta-ITA) 5; 2: Ferrer 13; 3: Martyn 17; 4: Gelabert 18; 5: Rabino 19; 6: Farre 19; 7: Peace 19; 8: Haga 21; 9: Ribau 22; 10: Green 26.
2021 FIM TRIAL2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
POSITIONS: 1: Toby Martyn (TRRS-GBR) 149; 2: Jack Peace (Sherco-GBR) 135; 3: Aniol Gelabert (Beta-ESP) 127; 4: Lorenzo Gondola (Beta-ITA) 116; 5: Sondre Haga (Beta-NOR) 96; 6: Alexandre Ferrer (TRRS-FRA) 87; 7: Pablo Suarez (Montesa-ESP) 82; 8: Arnau Farre (Scorpa-ESP) 70; 9: Gianluca Tournour (GASGAS-ITA) 55; 10: Billy Green (Scorpa-GBR) 54; 11: Alberto Rabino (BetaITA) 40; 12: Sergio Ribau (Scorpa-ESP) 32; 13: Gerard Trueba (Beta-ITA) 30; 14: Alex Canales (Sherco-ESP) 29; 15: Pau Martinez (Vertigo-ESP) 23.
MACHINES
RESULTS: Beta 5; Scorpa 3; Sherco 2; TRRS 2; GASGAS 1; Montesa 1; Vertigo 1.