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A new course for round two comprises only four sections in 3 minutes less time perception than ever before so we’re already past the halfway mark in the qualifying stages and it’s now a Race Against Time to put passage to tonight’s Grand Final first up sandre hagger the gasgas factory Rider making
His 10th X trial appearance this evening four fiascos and 20 marks from his opening run he will set the Benchmark here for round two this section one the Rhythm Section very similar to the round one opener but a slightly shorter configuration as you’re about to see avoiding its biggest steps so this
Should be among the easiest sections of the second run sandre Hager will take a mark there for leaning just on the landing there must have been the mest of glancing blows but fim section Observer Moreno Patza spotted it so sandre Hager on a single Mark here in section one
Hagger who was seventh as extra Pamplona last time out put in a strong second run in particular to avoid the basement position and he started that night with three fiascos in four sections so he’ll hope that another strong second run can haul him out of last place again here
This evening one marks his name as he now approaches section two the wooden blocks this of course was section four in round one and failed by four Riders including hagger two main steps here starting with the opener he lands it on the sub but unfortunately he loses
Balance and the front wheel is caught by his assistant so it’s a first failure of round two for sandre Hager as he moves on to a score of six already seven marks back from Mato grola after the opening round he’s beaten the Italian both times they’ve met this season he is going to
Need to get through at least one more section to remain in contention for a season’s best sixth place here section three the cable reels failed in round one by sandre hagger failed by him again in round two again the assistant is forced to catch the front wheel so it’s
Backto back failures for Hager leaves him just over a minute to take on section four brand new for this second round and a giant leap just to make it into the section big steps have been his biggest problem lately as he explained following the Spanish Championship last
Weekend Andre hacker has laid his rubber has built himself up but he’s down to a third failure so 16 marks from round two 36 overall and the most he can now hope for is eighth position he’ll be reliant on a real disaster from bu baz up next baz disappointing in round one with
Three failed sections B start to the night for him in the Rhythm Section at the first time of asking so important to get off to a better start here at least guarantee a successful defense of eighth position this is the hazard that caught out sandre Hager for a single Mark in his opening
Rides forced to take a mark for leaning it is a narrow platform on which to land baz makes it across but he too is forced to take a mark for leaning a more visible Mark you’d have to say a traditional sump stop Robin then presses on in section
One remember he was seventh at exra Pamplona a fornight ago and has slipped now to the same position in the championship only two points back from Fifth Place overall held by Toby Martin but eight marks back from the Brits after round one tonight and B kaz’s wait
For a first Podium since Phil B 2020 does look set to continue the single Mark in section one and baz cannot now be caught by sandre hagger it’s just about trying to lay down a benchmark for anniel gel and Mato grola who follow section two wooden blocks failed
By sandre hagger bin C is up but he too slips back and down to a five Mark score so six from two sections for bunin the 26-year-old representing sh he’s always managed to raise his game in front of the French fans three time silver medalist at the EXT trial of nation
Staged in France he earned his first Podium at toou in 2018 and he’s been on the rostrom at each of the international cup meetings staged here in 201920 and 22 bag B cow with a confident start here to section three he’s already pass that opening step that caught out
Hagger less than a minute on the clock so he is going to find it difficult to make his way through this one and section four need the best possible result in this penultimate section then as I said anel jel two marks ahead of him following round one Mato grola four
Marks up both look as though they could be reached with the right result here for B he is going to need a spectacular ride through this final step and then see what he can do in section four time is certainly against him 30 seconds remaining car’s positioning himself
Carefully here his minder waiting at the top of the section the French fans urging him forward bobin C is up bobin will take a single Mark for footing the left foot goes down but it’s a progressive score of seven it’s going to be 12 because it will be a five Mark
Score in section four the time is about to elapse the claxon about to sound so baz will move on to 12 it’s a progressive score of 29 seven marks better than sandre Hagger next up anniel jel he’s on 15 Mark so far it wasn’t a bad first run for him he got through each of the first three sections but was caught out by section four and then ran out of time so two Fiasco on his account and he sits
Seventh 13 the most he can afford to drop here to defend that place against buono binkas this next step the main Hazard by the looks of things in section once Andre Hager and bu binaz have both been caught out for a single Mark here but he’s going to catch jelar out for
Five disaster in section one for anniel jel as he falls unexpectedly to a five Mark score and that really is going to ramp up the pressure on the remaining three here in round number two jalar then into section two failed by both sandre hagger and Bonar binaz
Before him and a bit of a misjudgment there for anniel jel Bear going to cost him a mark for leaning but he is still in position to have another go and this time he jumps back down to prepare himself better anel jel knows where he wants the bike and finally he’s got it
There jel lands it on the samp it will be another Mark for leaning not a lot of wle room now for jelar but he’s made it through the opening steps possibly the toughest part of this section two another Mark for leaning gain a little bit of a technical challenge any further
Drop marks remember will be a failure now for anniel jelar section two one more step to come looking set to become the first Rider through the wooden blocks in round two Jal has done it three marks a progressive score of eight a total combined of 23 so jel must now
Better Bun B kaz’s six Mark effort through sections three and four otherwise he’s going to slip behind him into eight a clean here in section three would certainly do it for annel jel youngest rider in the field at 22 years of age representing beta overlooked for selection at exra
Barcelona but despite a Miss round he sit sixth in the standings on 10 points anel jel looking to get through this section and become the first man through it clean as well but unfortunately he’s forced to take a dab of his right foot just to get into
Position so it won’t be a clean and anel jel must now get through section four otherwise he’s going to be relegated behind buob in C to eight this really the furthest back that be has found himself at any stage in 2023 he’s got 30 seconds on the clock but he can’t make
It past the opening step so 14 Mark second run for anel jel he concedes his two Mark advantage over bonab binaz and drops to eighth Mato grola on 13 marks from round one like anel geler he failed the fourth and fifth sections of his opening outing
The pair split only by their section one performance earlier in the night so can now afford to drop 15 marks in his second run and still take sixth which would be his season’s best single drop Mark there for leaning Mato grola like haa and baz before him
Really has been an unsettled start to 2023 a change of manufacturer late winter surgery and then a subsequent injury for grola so far this season he’s only managed to beat Marco meor at exra alad otherwise two last places and just four Four Points to his name 10th in the
Standings but grola could well make gains tonight if he can get through any of the remaining three sections that will be enough for him to confirm at least sixth place brola with the opening step here of section two and he makes it there will be a dropped Mark for leaning but
It has been a confident start to round two for Mato gratar Rola remember he only finished four marks back from the top three in round one so he’ll want to keep his score as low as possible and really remaining contention for a place in the Grand Final second drop Mark now of section
Two Matteo grola looking to secure his first Podium since his move to vertigo at the start of this season 20x trial appearances under his belt with five different manufacturers but so far he’s really struggled in green looking good though in round two three marks from two sections 16 marks his Progressive score
Grola riding tonight on board the new vertigo Nitro rsr and looking confident on it as well won the opening round of the Italian Championship on this Machinery in Tom Meto last weekend admittedly with all due respect an inferior level of competition but grola posted just one Mark 23 cleans from a
Possible 24 certainly an important confidence boost ahead of his world championship outing on new Machinery here tonight key step here for Mato grola with only 40 seconds on the clock his assistant waiting at the top the cable reel section three failed by sandre Hager been count and jelar made it
Through but Beto grola is out of the section he dropped the front wheel where he didn’t want it and there really isn’t sufficient time to have a go at section four either so it looks as though Mato grola will finish on a 13 Mark score enough to secure sixth ahead of been
Cousen jel be a 26 Mark total now confirmed and that will surely be his last appearance of the night the next three men out were separated by just a single Mark in round one so this is where the real fight is for the Grand Final places Gabriel Mar
Trails Toby Martin and Adam rager coming into round two after two failures in the opening two rides of his first run hatrick of clean though kept him in the hunt he needs to be near perfect here section one he’d almost made the landing without dropping a mark eventually though takes one for leaning
So still no one yet has been clean through this opening section in round two once again so little to choose between Mar and his closest 2023 rival Adam rager the pair were tied after two runs in Barcelona and V oad rager then made a couple of mistakes in Pamplona
But Mar you really was brilliant at exra Pamplona a superb clean second run giving him his first bonus point of the campaign not going to be clean in round two here tonight that’s it 10 points ahead of Adam rager in that battle for bronze overall looking to make the Grand Final
To extend that Advantage here tonight in now to section two he’s going to take a mark there for leaning now that’s something of a surprise because Mar made it through the wooden blocks completely clean in the opening rounds but at second time of asking he
Is halted for a mark now he’s got to keep his call his composure for the remainder of this round two course there’s another drop Mark for leaning for Gabriel Mar he’s on to three now progressively two in this section two one more step to come just over a
Minute remaining so time will certainly have played its part in Mar’s dabs and small errors thus far oh but Mar makes a big error then in section two right close to the exit gate and that could be disastrous for him because Marci must now make it through at least one of the
Remaining two sections just to defend F Gabriel Mar the hero of repol Honda onews in Barcelona and Pamplona Onessa last finished one two in the championship in the year 2000 and this has been probably the best team lineup for quite some time Mar has been taking points from B’s closest
Rival busto in Grand finals this season so far his margin of six points to haime busto to second in the world though looks set to extend tonight after that dramatic failure in section two Marill might well make it here out of section three Bing to become the first Rider clean through
The cable reels in round two and he’s done it but he won’t make it through section four he’ll be timed out so it’s two fiascos in round two for Gabriel Mar an 11 Mark second run total moving him onto a progressive score of 21 Adam rager missed out on Grand finals at both Barcelona and Pamplona and he finds himself in the drop zone again after round one tonight or be it only on countback against Toby Martin the pair of them on a nine Mark score two failures then for Gabriel Mar ragga’s
Closest rival in the championship and a real opportunity for him to close the gap in the battle for bronz rager just fourth in the series standings after what’s been his worst start to an ex trial season in a decade 30 points from three rounds 10 years ago it was he finished
Seventh at the season opener only scored 28 points from the first three rounds only to dig himself out with three second places in the final four to take Silva so not unfamiliar territory for rager he has made hard work of 2023 thus far Adam rager looking good in section
One of round two the first man clean through the Rhythm Section ction at the second time of asking and that means a single Mark or better from section two and he will beat Gabriel Mar at extr Bordeaux narrowing that 10-point Gap in the championship standings in the
Process he’s not going to know though whether he’s done enough to make the Grand Final until after Toby Martin’s Second Run next up so rager needing to keep his score as low as possible certainly did that well in section one with a clean and he was clean through
The first step of section two the wooden blocks grola with a two Mark score the best of anyone thus far Gabriel Mari failed this section Adam rager then is still clean looking very good indeed in round two thus far is rager did clean the wooden blocks in round number one as
Well rager positioning himself here for the final step he is taking his time that’s going to leave him up against the stopwatch later on in the run but r make sure with a single Mark for leaning late in section two and that confirms he will finish at least in fourth position ahead
Of Gabriel Marc here this evening in then to section three for Adam ragger again just needs to keep his score as low as possible before Toby Martin is next out on the Arena floor I don’t think rager is going to make it to section four here so he needs to
Replicate Gabriel Mar’s clean through the cable reel watching on board with rager minder that’s the step he’s got to make it up 30 seconds on the clock section three rager drops the bike backwards to give himself a bit more of a run up crucial moment for him here he’s up Adam rager
Is cleaning section three he will be another victim of the stopwatch he’ll ACR five marks in section four but he takes the lead of round two with a six Mark score and beats rival Gabriel Mar by six marks over nine sections tonight so Toby Martin must beat Adam
Ragger six Mark round two score in order to confirm his place in the Grand Final six marks or more for Martin and he’d be relying on errors from the likes of bow and bstow realistically then this now looks like a straight shootout a clear Target for the Brit just five marks to
Play with Tom just use it that’s good that’s going to be the first of a single for leaning for Toby Martin already behind where Adam rer was at the same stage Martin of course a Podium finisher for the first time at exra Shalon last year exra Pamplona last
Time out the closest he’s yet come to replicating that form was only five marks from Adam rager at the end of the evening kept his cool to remain ahead of annel jelar and defend The Season’s best fifth right in contention for a top three spot again tonight but he is going
To now need to become the first Rider successfully through section four in order to have a hope of qualifying rager dropped five marks through there Martin now only has four marks to play with the remaining three sections after a single dab in section one in now to section two
For Martin who has immediately taken another Mark for leaning so hoping to pull one back on Adam rager here but those ch Es are already over two marks his Progressive score Toby Martin rager finished his run on six so Martin needs to better that he lands it on the sump in section
Two there was a momentary hesitation he tried to force the bike forward but couldn’t coax it out of the corner of that wooden block eventually he’s able to get moving again and Toby Martin looking good now in section two it will be two marks for leaning a progressive
Score of three but another successfully completed section by Toby Martin tonight two marks then as we’ve said behind Adam rager at the same stage and clearly no better off in terms of time thinking ahead to section four and remember fourth place is also play here Martin needs to complete one of the
Remaining two sections in order to remain ahead of Gabriel Mar here at ex trial bordo really deserves some rewards for his efforts he’s been prioritizing World Championship competition in his calendar this season despite only participating as an event Rider sat out the second round of the British Championship a
Fortnite ago in favor of extra Pamplona stayed out in Spain to compete in the Spanish Championship last weekend all of that experience working in his favor he’s had a good effort in round one looking good again in round two another brilliant ride from Toby Martin in section three of round two it isn’t
Enough to be Adam rager so he’s unlikely to make it on to the podium but just eight marks his score in round two 17 from nine sections and only two behind rager ACC creditable display in fourth Tony B can now afford an 11 Mark score in round two and still make it
Through to the Grand Final but after losing a championship point to haime busto tonight in round one he’s going to be Keen to take the bonus point from his second run Adam rager six Mark score then is the Target and Buster of course is still to come section number one for Tony
B oh and he’s another Rider to take a mark through here for leaning Adam rager still the only man clean in the Rhythm Section Tony B had just one failed section in round one five marks to his name he now moves on to a progressive score of six but otherwise untroubled in section
One is Tony B so a single mark name and if boen become the first man clean through section two he would already have done enough to confirm his place in the Grand Final not quite as in control this season as in past campaigns Tony Bo particularly in the early runs of each
Ex trial he was beaten in round one an exra Barcelona didn’t get either bonus points in Pamplona and then of course dropped five points at extra Vena noad after failing two sections in the final and taking second both main concern though has been the risk missing out on
The podium places with rager Mar and busto so evenly matched tough night for Mar though makes Bose finals fac pretty safe this evening and he confirms it as the first man clean through section two so beating a six Mark score is now the target for Tony B Adam rager leading
The way thus far in the second round rager was clean through section one dropped a single Mark in section two Tony B in a better position in terms of time than any of the men who have gone before him still over a minute to go as he approaches the final step of section
Three this is looking like a very strong run indeed from Tony B up he goes and still a minute left on the clock as he completes section three successfully a clean through there still only the single dab that he dropped through the Rhythm Section he’s had back
To- back clean since even has time to take his hands off the bars momentarily and gather his thoughts for section four big step to start us off those that have made it this far have all failed at the first hurdle Tony boo is no mere mortal big
Steps are his specialty and up he goes it will be a single Mark for leaning only his second drop Mark of this second round Tony bow 20 seconds now on the clock as he bids to become the first man successfully through section four working his way through the
Elements Tony B has done it a masterful ride from B progresses to the Grand Final the first man to complete section four lays down a two Mark Benchmark for Hae bsto to follow busto tonight’s Round One winner has 16 marks to play with against Toby Martin so looks likely to book his place
In the ground final but in what position five marks or better and he’ll be first seat to win round two and take a championship bonus Point meanwhile he’s got a better Tony Bose two Mark score or match two marks and beat his time 2 minutes 50.1 Swift work thus far in section one
From Hae buau and clean through its main step single Mark or better in this section and that will already be enough to confirm his place on the podium tonight brilliant riding from haime buo at exra Bordeaux never before has he had more than three podiums in a single
Season he makes it four from four in 2023 really consolidating that medal ranking May busto enjoying his best ever start to an ex trial campaign already 46 points on the board from three rounds he sits second overall as he makes his way through section two still clean for the
Run with only one Mark against his name dating back to the opening round of competition and again Swift in section two as he tries to bank time with section four in mind Tony B the only man who so far made it through there two sections complete two sections
Cleaned another clean here would send haime vsto through to the Grand Final as top seed regardless of the round two results he defends a six Mark lead over Tony B overall tonight as we’ve said but he’ll certainly be very keen to take another bonus point from B and that
Particularly after his section one effort is well within his grasp B dropping a mark through the Rhythm Section bow like Adam rager before him made it through there clean buo the winner of extra vad the third victory of his career he have points to make up though after errors in the finals of
Extra Barcelona and exra Pamplona both of which he really should have finished in second place could be just Five Points back now from Tony Bo overall either way he’s clean in section three of the second round and that sends haime busto through to tonight’s Grand Final
As top seed ahead of B and rager rusto now approaches the biggest step of the night thus far he’s up well he’s almost up but crashes down to a five tonyb takes round two but busto remains first seed to tonight’s Grand Final Mato grattarola loses a mark to
Bun C but remains ahead of him overall annel jelar drops to eighth at the top Tony B takes tonight’s second bonus point to reestablish his 12-point championship lead but it isn’t enough to take top seeding position to the final as Hae bstow holds on by a single Mark
Meanwhile Adam rager beats Toby Martin by two marks to progress at his expense for the second time this season Adam rager joins Tony B and haime busto in the Grand Final six new section 1 minute for each Rider third seed from the qualifying stages on 15 marks ragger
Will be the first out through section one the Rhythm Section now to be tackled in both directions the only such section tonight the outbound Direction brand new for the final here at the inaugural EXT trial Bordeaux Adam rager then with 1 minute on the clock hesitating at the
Top of the block and down he goes and that’s disaster for Adam rager a five mark score in his opening outing an immediate opportunity then for Tony B and then High buau try and move in front of Adam rager Bo embarking now on section one of six in the Grand
Final showing Adam Raga how it’s done there making Swift work of that opening run only Bo the 16 times world champion representing repel Honda trial team and manufacturer montessa two wins out of three for him in 2023 he is our most recent winner as well and taken a dominant nine Mark
Victory an exra Pamplona his most convincing performance of the season so far 11 points remember his championship lead after round one tonight looking to open that back up to 12 here first drop Mark of the Grand Final for Tony bow just over 10 seconds remain on the clock
He needs to rush it through but he’s been misjudged it bounces the front tire out of the section and down for a five Mark score So Adam rager did it within moments of the start Tony B within moments of the exit gate both Bo and rager have failed section one and ha
Busto has an opportunity to take a clear lead here in Bordeaux tonight top seed to this Grand Final by just a single Mark over Tony Bo takes a mark there for putting the left foot forced to go down for busto it’s all about making it through
Here in time Tony B was hard pressed in terms of time forcing the issue later on all bu’s got himself trapped him down he goes so all three ground finalists fail section one it’s five marks a piece and we’re down to five sections to separate our Podium Trio here in Bordeaux this
Evening no familiar territory from here on in so that places Adam rager at a real disadvantage as the first man in the starting order for section two the green modules two main steps here rager about to approach the first look at the height of that off the ground rager
Though is up will take a mark for leaning but forces the bike on forward half of the time Still Remains to make his way to the second main step and see if he can become the first man to complete a section in this and fin all three men failed in section one
Adam ragger within touching distance of completing section two takes a second Mark for leaning on that final step but he is through in 46 seconds with two marks on his Account seven marks the progressive total then for Adam rager Tony B with five marks his name from section one can he go better than rager become the first man to clean this section to opportunity to pull two marks over his old adversary he’s taken his first Mark
For leaning there now it’s just about that final step where rager dropped his second Mark Tony B positioning himself now watched on by his assistant Carlos Beretta up goes B and he’s done it on the back wheel Tony B takes a slender single Mark advantage over Adam rager at
A third distance in this Grand Final well there really has been almost nothing to separate Tony vau and Hae buo so far here this evening seven marks from nine sections to qualify for this Grand Final for Tony B six marks for haime buo five of those in the last section of the second
Round first Mark dropped here in section two for busto moving him on to six marks in this Grand Final same score as Tony B and it’s now going to be all about the final step where Adam rager dropped his second Mark as Hae busto looks to maintain his top seating position ahead
Of section three 20 seconds remain Hae busto looks over at the section Observer and Moreno Piaza has given it a single dab for leaning on the final step it was a close run thing but buo slips to Second behind Tony B Adam rager remains first in the starting order then approaching section
Three the wooden blocks It’s the final step of this one that should be the toughest but rager making a confident start nonetheless rager who enjoyed a morale boosting win in the Spanish Championship last weekend much needed since his last ex trial Victory dates back to 2019 and some reward for his efforts in
An otherwise tough campaign third at extra vad his best thus far Adam rager positions himself for the main step of section three thus far on seven marks in this Grand Final up he goes and he remains on seven marks clean through section three the first clean of anyone
In this Grand Final halfway through and Adam rager remains on a score of seven and he’s pleased with that haime busto next up SLI behind Tony B in the starting order after he and Adam rager both scored two marks in section two oite it on six rager with a section in hand now
Over haime busto bsto tackling it here in section three the wooden blocks with the main step still to come Adam rager really excelled look at the height of that and not much of a platform to try and build up any momentum either I may buo then settling in 30
Seconds to go time is no issue in the majority of these sections in the Grand Final looks like being a lows scoring thing haime busto though drops a mark there for leaning so bstow will move on to eight and a mark behind Adam rager he stays in the section he threw in 50
Seconds but haime vsto drops behind anaga and into third place at Grimace as he makes his way through the exit gate and Tony BAU will see a very real chance here to take as many as eight World Championship points from haime busto in the Grand Final Mar has taken
Six points from buau in finals at Barcelona and Pamplona buo again trails in third place at exra Bordeaux drop Mark there for leaning for Tony B and earlier than haime busto made his error is there a chance then that Bo could drop two in section three which would leave us with Adam
Ragger leading the way as things stand ragger on seven b now on to seven haow Trails on eight will Tony B become the second man to drop a mark for leaning on this step the biggest of section three no Tony B is up he makes it through there successfully he’s now tied without
A rer on seven marks and leads Hae vow by one at the halfway stage one Mark between our three finalists then with three sections remaining the top seed to tonight’s Grand Final haime buau has now dropped to third so first man out in section four tricky looking step coming up but
Otherwise this looks like a potential lowc scoring section that’s what’s keeping these scores quite so tight theone must make no error here already trailing Adam rager and Tony Bo by a single mark up goes bsto but he has landed it on the sub so haime buo now
Moves on to a grand final score of nine relatively unscathed in section four one final step to come just positioning himself into this curved surface the mudguard is allowed to touch the section I makes it through to the Finish then 8 seconds to spare he’s still yet
To register his first clean of this Grand Final though that means that Adam rager and Tony B now lead Hae buau by two marks rager and B old adversaries Adam rager four times a world champion of course has never finished outside of the medal positions in 21 full exra
Seasons coming up to the main step that cost haime buo a mark it will take a mark from Adam rager as well for leaning so rager moves on to eight buo Trails him on nine Tony B with an opportunity to take a clear lead after section four he watches Adam
Rager closely will there be an error from the TRS man lateer on or will he successfully defend second position just one mark for Adam Raga in section four and remains one ahead of haime Gusto with two ctions to come really no room for error among these three ex trial heavyweights any
Failures from here on in really would be disastrous with the scores as tight as they are Tony Bo then leads on seven ahead of Adam rager on eight and haime vsto on nine this the step that has caught out his two adversaries for a single Mark for leaning Antony B become
The first man through clean no difficulties in terms of the stopwatch Tony B is up and Tony B remains clean in section four Bing for his first clean of this Grand Final bow to take a clear lead of exra Bordeaux twoth thirds of the way through the Grand
Final Tony B is up and Tony BAU leads exra bordo a single Mark advantage over Adam rager in section four and in this Grand Final the penultimate section of this Grand Final for haime busto the second section he’s had to tackle first and a drop Mark right on the opening
Step Trails Tony B Now by three marks Adam rager by two making his way through the cable h i BAU an ex trial winner for the third time in his career at vad second round of this 2023 campaign he’s had two third places as well this his fourth
Consecutive Podium which Step will it be on the rostr 46 points coming into tonight Trails Tony Bo by 12 in the world championship they’ve each had one bonus Point who’s going to take the big 20 for victory in the Grand Final I’m in buo Trails but he’s doing everything he can
To keep his hopes alive he’s thre in 53 seconds in the cable reels and onto a 10 marks score from five completed sections Adam rager straight into section five and just as Hae bu over before him takes a mark for leaning on that opening step nothing that rager
Could do to avoid that he then moves on to nine marks Hae bow sits behind him on 10 Adam rager oh a bit of a misjudgment there and a second Mark for leaning in this section five and it’s now all square between buo and rager the front wheel kept on going deeper
Than rager wanted and I think he was forced to take that Mark to avoid being forced into rushing the remainder of the section didn’t want to risk a five Mark score so rager saves it on the sub but that ties things up now for second position as things stand Adam
Rager makes it through in section five but boy have we got a race on our hands in this final section here tonight 10 marks a beast then for haime bstow and Adam rager rager needing two marks in section five bstow with one Tony B no exception
He too needs to take a single Mark for leaning on that very opening step through the cable reels Adam rager subsequent drop Mark you’d have to say was an unforced error leaves him precarious in the fight with busto and Tony Bo is clear of the pair of them as things stand two marks
Is his advantage and if he can defend them successfully here it will give him the advantageous last starting position for Section six by which time he will know exactly what he needs to do to win ex trial Bordeaux he’s moving inexorably closer Tony B Le on eight Adam rager and himim VTO on 10 so it comes down to a last section decider and with all three men still in the mix first up haime buo winner of extrao noads the 25y old currently second in the championship standings failure here would consign him to at best second place so he must make it
Through to take the fight to Tony B scaffold Tower a signature section of extras in France some real height above the Arena floor and certainly not for the faint-hearted this among the longest sections of the night so time is of the essence andime busto getting himself really wedged in here less than 10
Seconds on the clock bust forced a rush takes one for footing the right foot goes down and then the sump hits the section another for leaning bow makes it home but only just with a second to spare a finishing total of 12 marks from six sections for The Basque
Youngster Adam rager then can secure second place if he betters haime BAU through Section six and a runner-up ranking would be his best result of this season so far two marks also the most he can afford then to remain in contention for victory still chasing that elusive
39th win his last win dates back to extra Barcelona 2019 Adam rer heading towards the halfway mark in this Grand Final section six this is the step that caught out haime busto for two marks this is where Adam rager needs to make the difference rager oh getting momentarily
Out of position certainly don’t want to from this height rager pointing himself extends and up he goes he will take a mark for leaning but it is just one oh and then rager pushing on the landing takes another so it will be two marks for Adam rager in section
Six to match Hae buau we are going to go to a tie break it will be for at least second position here at extra bordeau well rager really furious with himself at the exit gate there there lets slip an opportunity to consolidate second place but he will get a second
Chance to beat bstow in the tie break and that runoff section could even be for victory if Tony Bo fails here that’s all that could deny him now his third win in the four rounds of this 2023 campaign Tony B rushing through in the early stages of section six sits on
Eight marks H buau and then Adam rager finishing on 12 Bo can afford to drop marks for leaning if he needs them he doesn’t need them the first ever exra Pamplona went to Tony Bo a fornight too now he wins the inaugural extra Bordeaux to extend his championship lead ahead of the summer
[Applause] [Applause] break well Bo will certainly lead the series by at least 17 points over Hae bstow when we resume at ex trial Andor laa in October but if Adam rager takes another three points from busto here then Bo will move 20 clear overall the tie break for second place at X trial
Bordeaux a single section runoff and if both Riders achieve the same score it will be settled on time so two Central tenants here feet up and fast back to the very first section of the night the Rhythm Section busto cleaned here in round one he’s not going to clean it
Though in the tie break and he’ll be relying on Adam rager dropping at least one Mark haime busto Adam Raa dropped two in the opening round through here bow on one for now time pressure also to consider 30 seconds remaining haime busto has taken another Mark for leaning
He is through it’s 35 seconds that have elapsed and that’s what Adam rager must beat if he drops two Marks here otherwise if if he can better that two Mark score Adam rager will take second position at ex trial Bordeaux it’s come right down to the wire and Beyond
It well rager visibly taking a much more deliberate approach vanheim busto there’s a mark for leaning for ragger and I don’t think he’s going to beat bsto 35 second time so he’s got to be clean from here on in haime busto already denied second place by Gabriel Mar in Barcelona and pampo
The winner of round one tonight has faded as the night has gone on Adam rager must make it through this final step without dropping another Mark to take second position it’s a season’s best result for Adam rager second place at H St bordeau a close fought Final in which
Our Podium finishers were separated by just four marks even closer than that for second a tie break settled by two marks one in favor of Adam rager