Almost twenty years is nothing to Toni Bou (Piera, Barcelona, 1986), which has nineteen holding the title of Trial World Champion, both outdoors and under roof. There are 38 World Cups in total between the two disciplines, A barbarity practically impossible in elite sport and that Toni assumes with A smile and a lot of tranquility. Among the obstacles it makes it seem easy and also explains it with great simplicity. For him it is a routine and win, win and win again, And with 38 years, as many as titles, it is at an ideal moment of experience and physical fullness. Do not surprise that when asking about a virtue, he says “Be very positive,” And neither does it strange that in terms of the worst defect, he sometimes risks too much.
No one wins without risk And the key is to know how to stay at that point near the limit, but if anyone knows about balance it is him. This course has been a change of regulations that some thought it was a “Anti Bou” measure. They were looking for more emotion and open the range of winners, but the team Repsol Honda HRC He has razed without discussion. «Well, I would say it was a regulation To win less races Sure, because in the end there was much more risk. If a race is long, always benefits the one in front of you, because you can make mistakes and then recover them. But it is true that with 80 points at play every weekend – we were playing 40 – has changed a lot and made it GREAT THE REGULARITYsomething that I think has ended up benefiting, ”explains Toni, confirming that it is indestructible.
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The years go by and continue to fatter an amaz Great myths of trial They turned Spain into a first power. «As a child I had many idols, but I would stay with Marc Colomé y Jordi Tarrés, They marked me as a child. I was going to see them the “ Indoor ” of Barcelona, I saw those battles that had And the truth is that they marked me a lot, ”Bou continues. Now he is the idol and the others look at him with admiration and try to learn from him about the way of facing each race. «When you have strong rivals you raise the level, and I am convinced that I have made the level up Both Jaime Busto and Gabriel Marcelli. And I see that they have been able to learn many things from me, although I also from them, because in the end, when the rivals are hard, you learn a lot. I think it is very important to look and know how to improve every day, ”he details with the humility of which he would never have won anything.
He does not hide that his career is closer to the end than of the beginning, and there is no choice but to go looking for a name that can take his relief in the future, although the weight of his legacy is too much for anyone. «The future of the trial are both my teammate, Gabriel Marcelli, and Jaime Busto. Among them the next world champion. I would not know how to say one hundred percent who will be, because Gabriel comes with a very good projection and Jaime has spectacular years. The two are at a very good level, super matched, so It will be exciting safe ».
Exciting was listening to the MotoGP riders In the press room of Montmeló, when it was learned that Toni had won the World Cup again. Marc Márquez, Aleix Espargaró and Álex Rins, among others, recognized the merit of the king of the trial and some have trained with him by Andorra. «It’s a beast. In addition to his talent, what I value most of him is his ability to reinvent each year, to compete against young people, to continue motivated and have that hunger, ”he said Aleix. «I always say that if I have to choose the three more talent pilots on a motorcyclein all categories, Toni is one of them, ”admitted Marc Márquez, who dreams of his ninth MotoGP title.
Bou has already multiplied by 38 his dream, which was obviously being world champion. His mind is already thinking of reaching 40 and now that there is little yes talks about it. He is focused on that because there is no doubt: “I don’t have a more powerful dream than being world champion.”
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