{"id":13921,"date":"2026-06-18T07:35:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T00:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/?p=13921"},"modified":"2026-06-18T07:35:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T00:35:53","slug":"toni-bou-poised-to-claim-his-twentieth-title-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/toni-bou-poised-to-claim-his-twentieth-title-this-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Toni Bou poised to claim his twentieth title this season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With less than a week to regroup following their most recent heroics in Andorra, the world’s best Trial riders resume the fight for honours in the 2026 Hertz FIM Trial World Championship at round three \u2013 the TrialGP of Italy \u2013 at Camerino this coming weekend (19-21 June) where, for the first time this season, fans will see all five series classes compete when Trial2 Women joins the action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the venue in central-eastern Italy will be new to the full field of riders, it actually featured on the championship calendar in 1992 when home hero Diego Bosis won from Tommi Ahvala who went on to clinch that year’s title. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, as we’ve seen over the last nineteen consecutive seasons, reigning TrialGP champion Toni Bou (Montesa) has the skills to win anywhere, irrespective of how many times he has visited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a maximum points haul following the opening two rounds and four scoring days of competition, the thirty-nine-year-old Spanish superstar \u2013 who is aiming to claim his twentieth title this season \u2013 already holds a comfortable thirty-six-point lead over his compatriot and team-mate Gabriel Marcelli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marcelli in turn is fourteen clear of third-placed Jaime Busto (Beta) as the trio \u2013 who have filled the top three of the championship since 2023 \u2013 begin to pull clear of the chasing pack.
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After placing behind Busto on both days of the opening round in Japan, twenty-six-year-old Marcelli took advantage of a below-par weekend in Andorra for his twenty-eight-year-old fellow countryman to climb to second in the standings with a pair of runner-up finishes, but we should not be looking solely at the leading three when considering potential podium contenders.
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Currently fourth in the standings with a podium finish on the opening day of the season, Matteo Grattarola (Beta) will hope home advantage will help push him up the leaderboard and enable him to fight off strong challenges from talented riders including Spain’s Miquel Gelabert (Honda) on the sole electric bike in the class and the British pairing of Jack Peace (Sherco) \u2013 who scored a career-first overall podium at this level last time out \u2013 and class newcomer Harry Hemingway (Beta).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Toni Bou at 2026 TrialGP of Andorra, Sant Juli\u00e0 de L\u00f2ria \u00a9 Future7Media<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It is much closer in TrialGP Women where twenty-six-year-old defending champion Berta Abellan (Scorpa) from Spain is engaged in a fierce fight for supremacy with Italy’s Andrea Sofia Rabino (Beta) and following the opening two rounds leads by eleven points after Rabino closed the gap in Andorra with her first-ever double victory in the class.
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After finally taking the title last season, the five-time FIM silver medallist will be determined to hold onto her hard-earned crown, but the twenty-year-old Italian \u2013 herself a silver medallist last season \u2013 looked strong in Andorra and will want to build on this momentum and make full use of home advantage as she challenges for the championship.
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Currently third following a disappointing weekend in Andorra, Alessia Bacchetta will also be competing in front of her home fans and looking to rediscover the form that took her to a pair of second-placed finishes at the first round in Japan, although she already trails Rabino by thirty-four points.
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With just ten points separating third from sixth, this is an incredibly competitive class and we can expect strong performances from riders including the Czech Republic’s Denisa Pechackova, Alycia Soyer from France and Britain’s Alice Minta (Beta) who are all in contention for an FIM medal this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite having not won a race so far this season, consistency is paying off for Spain’s Alex Canales (Montesa) who leads Trial2 by ten points from his compatriot Arnau Farr\u00e9 (Sherco) and Italian Francesco Titli (Montesa) who are tied on points for second.
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In a class that has seen five different winners from the eight races staged so far, there is no shortage of podium potential with Britain’s Billy Green (Scorpa) and George Hemingway (Beta) \u2013 who sit fourth and fifth in the standings \u2013 both looking to add to their two race wins apiece already scored in 2026.
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Spain’s Gerard Trueba (Beta) is also playing catch-up after a troubled start to the season in Japan and could build on his race-one win on day two in Andorra, although the biggest challenge to the leaders could very well come from French rider Benoit Bincaz (Electric Motion). The twenty-nine-year-old missed the TrialGP of Japan, but two race wins in Andorra \u2013 and two-one finishes over the weekend in the Pyrenees \u2013 have announced him as a podium threat that his rivals cannot afford to ignore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sport’s youngest rising stars got the Trial3 Junior series under way in Andorra where Britain’s Harison Skelton (Scorpa) \u2013 who finished as runner-up last season \u2013 took an early lead with two-one finishes over both days.
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In what is expected to be another close-fought class, he can expect strong challenges in Italy from riders including Spain’s Oriol Garcia Campano (Sherco), German rider Marco Laure (Beta) and home rider Fabio Mazzola who took victory on the opening day in Andorra.
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Springing into action for the first time this season, it is impossible to pick out a clear favourite from an international Trial2 Women entry list that is made up of riders from six different nations, although Spain’s Daniela Hernando (Beta) \u2013 who was third in 2025 \u2013 is the highest-ranked returning rider from last season and Britain’s Matilda Arbon (Sherco), who was fifth last year, will also be determined to make her presence felt.
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