Toni Bou Explained

Toni Bou
Birth Date:1986 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Piera, Spain
Nationality:Spanish
Current Team:Repsol Montesa

Antoni Bou i Mena (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /ənˈtɔni ˈβɔw/) (born 17 October 1986) is a Spanish professional motorcycle trials rider. He has been the sole outdoor and indoor FIM Trial World Championship champion from 2007 to 2023. With these 34 world titles (17 outdoor and 17 indoor), he is the most successful rider in history, surpassing Dougie Lampkin (7 outdoor and 5 indoor) and Jordi Tarrés who is third with 7 outdoor titles. At the age of 20 years and 5 months, Bou was the second youngest rider ever to win the World Indoor Title,[1] and the youngest to do it on a 4-stroke motorbike.

Biography

Toni Bou's first race win was in 1999, when he obtained the Catalan Cadet Trials Championship title at the age of 12. In 2001 he was the Spanish Junior Trials Champion. His World Trials debut was a 2003 appearance in Bangor, Ireland,[2] he ended the season 13th in the World Outdoor Trials Championship, and 1st in the European Outdoor Trials Championship. His first World Trials win was in 2006 when he ended 5th in the outdoor championship, and 3rd in the indoor one. In the same year he was the Spanish Outdoor Trials Champion.

In 2007 he was World Trials Champion for the first time, both in the indoor and outdoor Championships. He repeated this feat every year from 2008 to 2021.

In terms of National Team achievements, he has been part of the Spanish team, that obtained Trial des Nations wins in the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. He also achieved the same in the indoor version of the competition in the years 2006, 2007 and 2008.

The 2009 season was a perfect one for him, achieving all his objectives,[3] as he won all the major 5 titles, including the indoor and outdoor world titles, the indoor and outdoor Spanish titles, and the Trial des Nations title. This feat was only achieved once before, by Adam Raga in 2005.

At the end of the 2017 season Bou signed an extended contract that will keep him with the Repsol Honda team until the year 2021, another three years.[4]

In 2018, whilst facing stiff competition from his fellow countrymen Jeroni Fajardo and Adam Raga, Bou once again retained both his indoor and outdoor World titles.

Toni Bou rides a Repsol Montesa HRC bike.

International Trials Championship Career

[5]

YearClassMachineRd
1
Rd
2
Rd
3
Rd
4
Rd
5
Rd
6
Rd
7
Rd
8
Rd
9
Rd
10
Rd
11
Rd
12
Rd
13
Rd
14
Rd
15
Rd
16
Rd
17
Rd
18
PointsPosNotes
2007FIM World ChampionshipMontesaESP
1
GUA
1
GUA
1
FRA
1
JPN
1
JPN
2
ITA
1
POL
1
CZE
2
GBR
1
AND
1
214 1stFIM World champion
2008FIM World ChampionshipMontesaLUX
1
IRL
2
USA
2
USA
1
JPN
1
JPN
1
FRA
2
ITA
1
CZE
2
SWE
2
POR
1
ESP
1
2251stFIM World champion
2009FIM World ChampionshipMontesaIRL
2
IRL
1
POR
1
GBR
1
GBR
1
JPN
1
JPN
1
ITA
3
AND
3
ESP
1
FRA
4
2001stFIM World champion
2010FIM World ChampionshipMontesaESP
1
POR
1
POR
4
JPN
1
JPN
2
GBR
1
GBR
3
FRA
1
RSM
1
ITA
1
CZE
3
2001stFIM World champion
2011FIM World ChampionshipMontesaGER
1
FRA
3
FRA
1
ESP
1
AND
1
ITA
1
GBR
2
JPN
1
JPN
3
FRA
2
FRA
1
2041stFIM World champion
2012FIM World ChampionshipMontesaFRA
2
FRA
1
AUS
1
AUS
1
JPN
1
JPN
1
ESP
1
ESP
1
AND
1
AND
4
ITA
1
GBR
1
GBR
1
2501stFIM World champion
2013FIM World ChampionshipMontesaJPN
1
JPN
3
USA
2
USA
2
AND
2
AND
1
ESP
1
ITA
1
CZE
2
GBR
1
GBR
1
FRA
3
FRA
1
2381stFIM World champion
2014FIM World ChampionshipMontesaAUS
2
AUS
1
JPN
2
JPN
2
EUR
-
EUR
2
ITA
1
BEL
1
GBR
1
GBR
1
FRA
2
ESP
1
ESP
1
2251stFIM World champion
2015FIM World ChampionshipMontesaJPN
1
JPN
1
CZE
1
CZE
1
SWE
1
SWE
1
GBR
1
GBR
1
FRA
1
FRA
2
AND
2
AND
2
USA
1
USA
1
POR
1
POR
1
ESP
2
ESP
2
3451stFIM World champion
2016FIM World ChampionshipMontesaSPA
2
SPA
1
JPN
2
JPN
1
GER
1
GER
1
AND
1
AND
1
FRA
1
FRA
3
BEL
1
GBR
1
GBR
1
ITA
1
ITA
1
2891stFIM World champion
2017FIM World ChampionshipMontesaSPA
1
JPN
1
JPN
1
AND
3
FRA
1
GBR
1
USA
1
USA
1
CZE
2
ITA
1
1921stFIM World champion
2018FIM World ChampionshipMontesaSPA
1
JPN
4
JPN
2
AND
1
POR
1
FRA
1
BEL
1
GBR
1
ITA
1
1701stFIM World champion
2019FIM World ChampionshipMontesaITA
1
JPN
1
JPN
1
NED
1
BEL
1
POR
1
FRA
1
ESP
1
1601stFIM World champion
2020FIM World ChampionshipMontesaFRA
1
FRA
3
ESP
1
ESP
1
AND
2
AND
1
ITA
1
ITA
1
1521stFIM World champion
2021FIM World ChampionshipMontesaITA
1
ITA
2
FRA
1
AND
1
AND
3
FRA
1
ESP
1
ESP
1
POR
1
1721stFIM World champion
2022FIM World ChampionshipMontesaSPA
2
SPA
1
AND
2
AND
1
GER
1
GER
1
BEL
1
FRA
1
ITA
2
ITA
1
1911stFIM World champion
2023FIM World ChampionshipMontesaSPA
2
SPA
1
POR
1
POR
2
JPN
1
JPN
2
RSM
1
RSM
1
AND
1
AND
1
ITA
1
ITA
1
FRA
1
FRA
1
2711stFIM World champion
(*) Season still in progress.

World Indoor Trials Championship Career

YearTeam12345678PointsRank
2007MontesaESP
1
RUS
1
FRA
6
ESP
1
POR
1
ITA
2
ESP
2
ESP
2
671st
2008MontesaFRA
1
ESP
2
ESP
1
ITA
1
ESP
1
481st
2009MontesaGBR
1
FRA
2
ESP
1
ITA
1
ESP
1
381st
2010MontesaGBR
1
FRA
2
ESP
1
ESP
1
ESP
1
951st
2011MontesaITA
1
FRA
1
ESP
1
SUI
1
ESP
1
ITA
1
1201st
2012MontesaFRA
1
SUI
1
FRA
1
ESP
1
ESP
1
ITA
1
FRA
1
1401st
2013MontesaGBR
1
ESP
1
ESP
1
GER
1
FRA
1
1001st
2014MontesaGBR
1
FRA
1
ESP
1
ITA
1
ESP
1
1001st
2015MontesaGBR
1
FRA
1
FRA
2
ESP
1
AUT
1
ESP
3
1071st
2016MontesaGBR
2
ESP
1
FRA
1
AUT
1
751st
2017MontesaESP
1
AUT
1
FRA
1
FRA
1
801st
2018MontesaVEN
1
MON
1
TOU
1
STR
1
BAR
1
PAR
5
BUD
-
1061st
2019MontesaHUN
1
BAR
2**
BIL
1
GRA
1
MAR
1
AND
1
1001st
2020MontesaREU
1
REN
1
BUD
1
BAR
1
BIL
1
1001st
2021MontesaAND
1
BAR
1
401st
2022MontesaNIC
1
CHA
1
MAD
1
BAR
1
AND
2
1041st
2023MontesaBAR
1
WIE
2
PAM
1
BOR
1
AND
1
MAD
1
VEN
1
1271st
(*) Season still in progress.

(**) Worst result discounted.

Honours

External links

Notes and References

  1. Indoor Trial, Bou second youngest champion ever
  2. Web site: Biography . hondaracingcorporation.com . 31 December 2018.
  3. International Motorcycling Federation, Interview with Toni Bou
  4. . Bou extends contract . on the pegs . on the pegs . October 2017 .
  5. Web site: FIM Trials Championships . trialonline.org . 21 June 2015 .