The Gas Gas rider was third after dropping an arrow
and collecting a ‘five’ that was decisive for victory.
The return of to Europe of the Trial World
Championship has set itself perfectly to the styles
of Adam Raga, marking the return to work after
the Australia and Japan rounds, this being the
always complicated home event, the
Championship GP of Spain in Cordoba in the area
of Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo.
In the first day of the race dominated by the heat,
the Gas Gas rider shown a great performance and
for more than half the race he was virtually tied
with Toni Bou. Indeed, the equality was broken
only a by a small error by Raga when touched and
dropped an arrow in section 5 of the second round
tossing him out of the victory. This 'five' was
decisive, and forced the Gas Gas rider to take
more risks to increase the pressure on his rivals.
Adam finally finished with 25 points against the
score of 23 by Albert Cabestany and 20 of Bou.
Loris Gubian and Michael Brown dualed for ninth
and tenth place, while Matteo Grattarola, Alexz
Wigg and Pere Borrellas followed until thirteenth
place respectively.
In Junior, Jorge Casales shone in his struggle for
victory and managed to finish on the third step of
the podium. The bad news in this category was
Laia Sanz, chosing to retire after suffering a heavy
fall. Fortunately, the Gas Gas rider suffered no
major injury, but chose not to take chances as
forthcoming within a week is Andorra, the first
World Round for females.
Adam Raga
“Everything went very well and I
am happy with the race. I think we
did a good trial and we have
always been fighting for the
victory. The pity was that today
I have been penalized for an
arrow marker and for that, I have
a five, because, if not for this
penalty, I would surely have
managed to win. Still, despite the
heat we've been through a lot, I
really enjoyed the bike and zones.
Today has gone well and I have
missed very little to prevent
victory. I hope that tomorrow
everything will be even better and
I will be at the top of the podium”.