Toni Bou goes into the summer break with 177 points as Gabriel Marcelli remains in second place with 135 The fifth round of the season was held in Comblain-au-Pont (Belgium) and was the last before the summer break for the TrialGP World Championship The Repsol Honda Team riders once again showed their skills on terrain with muddy areas due to rain the previous day Toni Bou earned the victory and teammate Gabriel Marcelli was second Bou goes into the summer break with a healthy lead in the series The Repsol Honda rider started the day by leading the first lap the Montesa Cota 4RT rider remained in front with an advantage of 11 points over his nearest rival This win was an eighth of the campaign so far for Bou who moves up to 177  points in the championship Marcelli closed the first half of the season on the podium despite the equality in points and the muddy areas and was the man who incurred the fewest penalty points -17- to earn second place It was his seventh podium of the season and keeps him second in the standings The next round takes place from August 25th in Cahors (France) in where Toni Bou will have his first chance to become the 2024 TrialGP World Champion Bou leads Marcelli by 42 points in the title chase "Today's result is very good in general terms and we cannot ask for much more Things are going very well for us this season so I can only thank the team for all the work they have done to make all this possible We head into the summer break with a very good feeling and with important points for the standings "I'm very happy and satisfied with how the day went today in Belgium even though I felt the pressure for the overall standings and we finished it off with a great second lap to finish on the podium in second position It's a good result which gives us peace of mind and extra motivation for what lies ahead We have one race left in the Spanish Championship before the summer break so we are looking forward to continuing in in the same way "I'm very happy with the result for both riders today Toni made the difference with respect to the rest of the riders On tough areas like Zone 7 he was able to pull through and on the second he was the rider with the fewest points It is an important one-two for the team and this is the goal we always fight for Thank you all for the great work you have done and in Cahors we will return stronger." Toni Bou and Gabriel Marcelli go into the summer break with their third one-two finish of the season Toni Bou arrives in Comblain-au-Pont (Belgium) series leader with a 39-point advantage over teammate Gabriel Marcelli the TrialGP World Championship continues with a round in Comblain-au-Pont (Belgium) The Repsol Honda Team riders head the standings: Toni Bou is the leader with 157 points and Gabriel Marcelli is second with 118 The current World Champion has been unstoppable coming into the event in Comblain-au-Pont The last time the series visited the Belgian town was in the 2022 season where Bou was the winner of the solitary race An eighth win of the campaign for the Montesa Cota 4RT rider would increase his lead in the overall standings and bring him closer to the title Marcelli arrives in top form for the fifth round of the 2024 season after his podium on the second day in Germany He was fourth the last time he competed in Belgium In the overall standings he lies second with 118 points and with a five-point advantage over the man in third place The TR1 category riders will only have one day of competition and so the technical and administrative verifications The race itself will begin the next day at 9am so we are motivated and want to keep doing what we have been doing so far with the team we will see what the zones are like now that we have returned to the stop regulation but I think a good weekend awaits us where we will give our all Although we always take things round by round we have our eye on the title and currently have a good cushion so it will be important to get a good result to increase that margin." “The terrain in Belgium is quite similar to that in Germany This weekend I hope to be consistent during the two laps and continue with the good feeling we had in the last round We will look to put in a good performance on Sunday and maintain second position overall in the championship We are working day by day with the team but always have our eye on the World Championship; Jaime has got very close and we have to raise our level more to stay in the fight for second place.” “We arrive in Belgium with very few days of rest Toni is very strong after the two victories he got in Neunkirchen The last time he visited this Belgian town in the 2022 season he won Gabri has more confidence after the podium on day two in Germany This weekend he will look to fight for the win and another rostrum which will be important to maintain second place in the championship.” 2018 Yamaha announced today that it has developed the TY-E electric trial bike — taking advantage of the unique features of electrical power — and has been working toward competing for the first time in the 2018 FIM Trial-E Cup with scheduled appearances at the Auron in France through July 14-15 and the Comblain au Pont in Belgium through July 21-22 Kenichi Kuroyama — who is currently competing in the IA Super class of the All Japan Trial Championship — will represent the Yamaha Factory Racing Team The TY-E will also be on display at the Yamaha Motor booth in this year’s Tokyo Motorcycle Show being held at the Tokyo Big Sight from today The TY-E is an advanced development deriving from the company’s “Evolving R & D” activities The “Evolving R & D” uses 5% of its working hours at the Research and Development Division is used as an opportunity to provide voluntary and autonomous activities for creating innovation while not being bound by conventional frameworks It is here that we focused on a trial model for competition and worked on its development to help overcome EV development problems such as high output from small sized and lightweight components and the ease of riding that responds as the rider would intend This is the only FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme)-sanctioned event where electric trial machines alone can compete This event was held for the first-time last year on June 24-25 at Lourdes in France with Spain’s Marc Colomer taking out the winning honors two races are scheduled; Auron in France July 14-15 and the Comblain au Pont in Belgium July 21-22 Repsol Honda Trial Team rider Toni Bou kicked off the second half of the season with yet another triumph in Belgium Gabriel Marcelli posted a commendable fourth place on the day in an extremely evenly-matched trial the Repsol Honda Trial Team riders were back in the thick of the action today for the TrialGP of Belgium The single-day event was characterised by a demanding and somewhat technical course full of slippery sections with very little grip that proved a tough test for all the riders involved The final stretch of the season got off to the best possible start for Toni Bou achieving a fresh victory in Belgium which sees him consolidate further his grip on the overall championship lead the event in Comblain-au-Pont was anything but easy for Repsol Honda Trial Team’s Catalan rider who finished the first lap of the course in second position and was forced to run risks on lap two in a bid to seal the win The triumph ended up tipping in Tony Bou’s favour in the final three sections where he proved to be unmatchable The Repsol Honda Trial Team rider’s win today in the tiny Belgian town marks a fifth outdoor victory of the season and a fifth TrialGP win on the spin at Comblain-au-Pont as well as victory number 130 for Bou in the outdoor world championship Toni Bou is the runaway championship leader on 134 points 26 points ahead of the nearest second-placed rider The TrialGP in Belgium was also a very positive one for Gabriel Marcelli now fully recovered from physical issues prior to the holiday break turned out a fine performance on lap one of the course Marcelli was able to rectify some of the errors made on the first lap before eventually settling for fourth place after a tight battle for the third step of the podium With the result of today’s competition the Repsol Honda Trial Team rider remains seventh in the overall standings with a tally of 72 points The TrialGP World Championship moves forward with the eighth date of the season to be held this coming Sunday On the first lap we made errors in sections 3 and 11 trying not to make mistakes in order to pull back although I made a big mistake in Section 2 I took some risks that could have been avoided which made the trial all the more tricky stayed focused on the goal and in the end we were able to seal another win in Comblain-au-Pont I felt at ease on the bike and I was able to fend off my rivals even though I'm not a rider who specialises in terrain like today’s It’s great to pick up points here and to continue to gain points on our rivals for the title It was a bit more of an old-fashioned trial more about riding skills and how to handle the bike The truth is that I'm very pleased with the way I rode today because it's a type of terrain that I’m not particularly good at It’s true that I struggled a bit at the start of the trial but I soon managed to change my mindset and I started riding the way I knew I should I consider that a fourth place in such conditions is a great result and some very important points towards the championship It’s true that we are always looking for a bit more We are very happy with Toni’s win today in Comblain-au-Pont Toni had a fiasco in sections 3 and zone 11 and that hampered him a lot; so much so that he finished the lap in second place he was able to pull back to take the victory it might seem that he won by a wide margin of points but the truth is that the race was complicated and everything was very tight until the final sections he managed to finish the first lap in third position and on the second lap he fought until the end to get that third podium spot It is a pity that he made two mistakes in sections 8 and 11 as they ended up dropping him down to fourth place he should be very proud and hold his head up high because in this championship everything is very tight and he must continue to fight in the three remaining trials to keep climbing positions We hope that Toni and Gabri can get onto the podium in the next event in Cahors The information on this page is intended for journalists If you click NO you will come back to Mynewsdesk.com When you choose to create a user account and follow a newsroom your personal data will be used by us and the owner of the newsroom for you to receive news and updates according to your subscription settings To learn more about this, please read our Privacy Policy, which applies to our use of your personal data, and our Privacy Policy for Contacts which applies to the use of your personal data by the owner of the newsroom you follow Please note that our Terms of Use apply to all use of our services You can withdraw your consent at any time by unsubscribing or deleting your account The provisional calendar for the 2024 Hertz FIM Trial World Championship has been officially unveiled promising fans a thrilling seven-round series that will span 12 days of intense points-scoring competition all in celebration of the championship’s historic fiftieth anniversary Following the success of this season’s events in France which also commemorates 25 years of the FIM Women’s Trial World Championship two nations absent from the calendar since 2022 The championship kicks off on April 13-14 in Maisse The venue last hosted a TrialGP event in 2008 when Toni Bou the reigning TrialGP champion representing Montesa secured a runner-up position on his way to his second world title Next on the itinerary is the Mobility Resort Motegi in Japan where competitors will converge on May 17-19 for the TrialGP of Japan This event made a triumphant return to the calendar this year for the first time since 2019 the championship heads to the perennially popular Sant Julià de Lòria in Andorra from June 7-9 This location is a newcomer to the championship the series ventures northward to Neunkirchen the championship converges at Comblain-au-Pont in Belgium on July 13-14 offering another day of intense points-scoring competition The grand finale of the series unfolds from September 13-15 in Ripoll This venue is a fresh addition to the championship’s landscape the FIM Trial Vintage Trophy and FIM Trial Vintage Motorcycle Trophy will be contested on the preceding Friday and Saturday The season will culminate with the FIM Trial des Nations taking place on September 21-22 at Pobladura de las Regueras in Spain This location last hosted a round of the Hertz FIM Trial World Championship in 2021 TrialGP and Trial2 riders will compete across all seven rounds while TrialGP Women competitors will miss only the rounds in Andorra and Italy Trial3 participants will sit out the Japan and Spain rounds and the Trial2 Women title will be determined in Germany 2024 FIM TrialGP ScheduleApril 13-14 (Rnd 1) Maisse GermanyJuly 13-14 (Rnd 6) Comblain-au-Pont Next Sunday sees the seventh date of the TrialGP 2022 World Championship holding first and seventh positions respectively in the general standings begin the final assault with the competition still wide open The countdown to a new world title for Toni Bou – his 31st – is underway The fourth round of the world championship is set to take place in the Belgian town of Comblain-au-Pont this coming Sunday After the earlier TrialGP double-date events in Spain The course is one already familiar to Toni Bou who has won on each of the four occasions that the tiny town has hosted the world championship Although Toni Bou lies 23 points clear of the nearest second-placed rider and 41 ahead of the third the Repsol Honda rider will nevertheless be gunning for outright victory as he bids to seal yet another new crown to add to an already lengthy list of honours who previously managed to make it onto the Trial2 category podium at Comblain back in 2019 This recovery should stand him in better stead to achieve a result than in previous trials The two most recent visits to Comblain-au-Pont ended with a double podium for the Repsol Honda Trial Team with Toni Bou victorious and Fujinami occupying third place free practice and the inspection of the sections The 4.5-kilometre TrialGP of Belgium course will include twelve sections to be tackled over two laps riders will have a 15-minute break before facing the second and final lap The prize-giving ceremony for the Comblain-au-Pont event is due to take place around 15:30 on Sunday After a great weekend in Germany before the holidays where I was able to earn a lot of points towards the championship we were able to enjoy a few days of calm and relaxation which has been great before facing the final part of the world championship ahead We will be fired up because there is still a lot of work to be done; we will attempt to be consistent try to always make it onto the podium so as to score as many points as possible and not make mistakes We head into this trial in Belgium with a lot of enthusiasm as it is a trial that I have always really liked We return to the world championship after a short break this summer that went very well and that I have taken advantage of to disconnect a little and recover from some nagging injuries that had held me back in the more recent trials We face this date in Belgium highly-motivated and are ready to give 100% once again in the field