Tony Bou starts the 2025 Trials World Championships with a loss against Jaime Busto

Tony Bou (Repsol Montesa) has not had a good start on his way to his 37th trial world title. The Pierra driver lost in the final of the Madrid trial to the strong Jaume Busto (Gas Gas), who defeated him with four fewer penalty points.

In this way, the Basque rider, world runner-up, recorded his fourth victory and positioned himself as the first leader of the extraterrestrial (indoor) world championship, which begins this season with very little rest since the end of 2024. Is. World Championship.

Everything was pointing towards a new victory for Toni Bou at the indoor World Cup premiere in Madrid. The Catalan driver started the first lap with only four penalty points in six zones.

Bou’s dominance then extended to the Super Pole, which now decides the starting positions for the final. Piera Vala was fastest, 20 seconds ahead of Jaime Busto, second.

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But once in the final, the Repsol Honda HRC rider started last and made some significant mistakes in the first part of the course. In the end, he was penalized 24 points, four more than Busto. Adam Raga (Sherco) finished third with 25.

I lost my patience somewhat from the first area and things did not go well. “These things happen and we have to learn from them.”

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Tony Bou described how the Madrid trials went and blamed misunderstandings with the organization for his defeat in the final: “It’s been a strange day. We won the first lap and the super pole, in addition to getting zero in the first sector of the final, but in the end they gave me five points. They told us we could skip the last part, but it seems there was a misunderstanding and that didn’t happen. It’s a shame because if we had scored zero there we would have had many more chances to win, but the reality is that from that first field I lost my nerve a bit and things did not go well. These things keep happening and we have to learn from them. Luckily, we were able to recover at the last moment and finish second.”