S26 - E27 | X-TRIAL Tarragona (Spain) 🇪🇸 | Final

Here we go then. The final is about to get underway. Here's our finalists Bo, Busto, Marcelli, Grattarola. What a lineup. Who's going to win tonight? Bo is massively the favorite. There's a huge battle between Marcelli and Busto for second place in the season. Either one of those will be desperate for a win tonight. And then Matteo Grattarola making it through from the Q2 race off. Beating out Arnaud Ferre, Francesco Titli, Harry Hemingway and Marco Mempo. Victorious from that group. Grattarola will lead the riders in. It's interesting actually because Grattarola is riding first but his time in Q2 was actually quicker than both Busto and Marcelli. So I feel like he should have a better starting position in this but it's a huge advantage for the other riders to be watching someone else try the sections. You learn so much. So Grattarola with a difficult and unenvious position of pioneering these sections in front of his final competitors. This first section already looking fiercely difficult. Scary move here. Oh beautiful from Grattarola. Slightly different. Just one minute to ride each section in this final round and we follow the riders through each section. All four riders are going to ride this first section before we move on to section two. 18 seconds remaining for Grattarola. Flash plate touchdown with just one mark for Grattarola on that first section. It's not bad. Some of these sections tonight we're going to run forwards and reverse but section one and two we're just running it in the reverse order to how we've seen it ridden so far tonight. But section three, five and six are ridden forwards and backwards. Marcelli, a factory Honda. Love the sound of this bike. Listen to him roar up this first double step. Beautifully done on that gap there from Marcelli. So smooth. Technical moves on this section are incredible. His front wheel just perched on the point of that rectangular rock. Oh Marcelli struggling for grip there but he holds it. Flash plate is kept out of action. Oh Marcelli does a great job of keeping it out of action and again gets the grip. Yeah! Great ride from Marcelli. That's clean. Beautiful. Very happy with that. Real patience there as he went up onto the back wheel on that difficult slope where it's really hard to get the grip to go from a hooked front wheel up onto the back. Marcelli managed it and now Busto has got to keep up. As you can see this very exposed way of riding. You know what your fellow competitor has done and you know what you need to do. Busto quickly into that wedged position there. He's done well here. Can he keep the bash plate off the ground? He's got to hook that front wheel. There it is. There it is. Got the front hooked over. The bash plate touches. That'll be a mark. Oh that's a shame from Busto. Bash plate touches down. He should get a mark for that but the observer didn't put his finger up yet. No he's got a mark there. I was watching the observer's hand and he didn't put his finger up and I thought maybe Busto had got away with it but bash plate touching down has been spotted by the observers and it's one mark for Busto. So Marcelli leads on clean. Now Bo. He's seen everyone else through. He knows what he needs to do to stay in the running quickly. It's one of those sections that requires a clean but it's so difficult. It's not easy at all. Bo hooks the front. Bash plate out of play. Bo makes sure on the gap and he goes clean. Great ride from Tony Bo. He stays clean. So now the running order changes. It's now Bo, Marcelli, Busto, Grattarola. Grattarola still leading round. What can he do on this section too? Just riding this in the one direction but the reverse direction to how we've seen it ridden so far tonight. So this is the first time we've seen anyone go up this triple step at the beginning of section two. Up onto that narrow ledge where you can see Grattarola's mind is standing. He's got the unfortunate job of catching Grattarola if it all goes wrong and it has gone wrong for Grattarola a few times this season. He's had some big crashes. He makes it up just for the one mark gone. Great riding from Grattarola. He's moving quickly. Looks confident. Now he's in the final. I think he's relaxed. He knows this is a good night already. He's got a new team number one in Jaime Busto but he's got a chance here to beat him. Oh the strength of the Italian there. That was incredible. He fought his way through that section. It's just on two marks lost and that is not a bad ride from Grattarola at all. He's happy with that. Wow that was nearly a big fight but he held on. Stretching. Really strong. I think he knows that was a good result. Now Busto's got to keep up and he's not going to want to lose to Grattarola tonight. This is his debut on Beta. He's factory number one. He needs to stamp in his authority. The old guard making it tricky for him. Oh but Busto shows his class on that first triple step. Clean. What's he going to do here? Drops down. This is where Grattarola came a bit unstuck. Oh Busto fives it. Oh he's made the mistake. Oh that's really tricky. Look at his face. That is showing some serious disappointment and he knows how important that was. He wanted to stamp his authority on Grattarola but he's suddenly three marks back. Wow got two battles building here. It's Marcelli's turn. Incredibly Marcelli's number on his helmet is 39 which is actually the amount of world titles his teammate has. That's remarkable and somewhat ironic. Here we go now. Gabriel Marcelli. Can he keep the pressure on Tony Bowe? He needs a clean here. It's a great start. Marcelli perched. Is he going to try and gap across? He's having a long look at it. Oh this is this is scary stuff. He does. Oh it's brilliant from Marcelli. Wow that was worth the wait. I wondered if he was going to risk it and he did and it's a clean from Gabriel Marcelli. He's pleased with that. Serious look on his face. He knew he needed a clean there and he got it. You gotta make Bowe ride for it. I have just realized my statement about Marcelli's number on his helmet was wrong. He actually got 38. So the previous year that has been true. Here we go now. Tony Bowe. Can he keep this pole position by riding clean? Otherwise he's going to give away the lead to Gabriel Marcelli and he won't want that. Will Bowe gap across? No he's dropping down. He's not taking the risk of the gap. Oh Bowe makes light work of it. Brilliant riding from the world champ. His nerve hasn't cracked yet. Marcelli has to go again. Tony Bowe a tough nut to crack. So section three. This is going to be really interesting because they've got to do it forwards and reverse in that one minute. So they've got to move really quickly. It wasn't an easy section in this forward route but they'll ride through it, turn around and ride it back the other way. Can it be done? The man that leads us out is now Jaime Busto. Not where he wanted to be. He's going to really have to get a move on here. Busto keeps it clean. Now this massive step. He's going to turn around and then take on an even even bigger step. There 30 seconds gone. He's got 30 seconds to get back the other way. Look at this step. Absolutely gigantic. Oh Busto didn't even get close. He's got to have another run at it now but the time's kicking away. No Busto has to give best and it's a five for Busto on section three and that step looks very very difficult. If it was that hard for Jaime Busto is anyone going to get up that step? Wow I do love a section like this. Something that looks unconquerable and then suddenly someone conquers it. You never know. We've got three riders about to try this section who can do remarkable things. Grattarola having a hell of a ride at the moment. He's in a podium position right now and halfway through this evening it did not look like that's what was going to happen to him tonight. Grattarola bash plate touching down a couple of times already. Whoa that was a serious bit of back wheel spin. Grattarola that's five marks gone and he did not get a chance to try that big step. He doesn't know what happened there. Those barrels are faulty. Grattarola with his first mistake this evening. Fortunately on a section where I think a lot of marks are going to be taken. Busto already taken a five there. It's Gabriele Marcelli's turn and this could be a significant moment in the outcome of this event. It's as simple as this. If Marcelli cleans this section he would be in with a very very good chance of winning tonight because this is a section that even Tony Bowe could get a five on. It's that hard. Can Marcelli do it? He'll know that. He'll know this is the opportunity. This is the section that you have to conquer to beat a man like Tony Bowe. It's not the ideal start. He's had a dab already. He's got to move quickly. Give himself a chance and he's got to be definite. Oh another slack dab. Marcelli. I feel like the moment's getting to him. Oh it really is. Oh that's that's a really disappointing ride from Marcelli. He'll have known how important that moment and opportunity was. He needed a clean there or close to it and he's just got to hope now that this section's not doable because if it is doable this man, this man is the one who will be able to do it. Tony Bowe now. Look at him looking at that final part of the section already. This is the event right here. He can win the event right here. Everybody else has this section. It's a golden opportunity but is it doable? Even for Tony Bowe that final step looks hard. What he's got to do first is give himself a chance. He needs to get through this section forwards quickly. Straight to back wheel on that first step. Oh moving quickly. This is where Marcelli came unstuck. Oh there's real tension here. Oh with a bash plate down. Can he do this final step and give himself a chance? Oh the crowd will want this and feel it. Here we go. Bowe's going to line up for this unconquered step. Is it doable? It's the stuff dreams are made of. He could win the event right here. Oh it's insane from Bowe. Oh my goodness me. That is incredible. He's got 18 seconds to do the rest. 15 seconds left. This is massive from Bowe. He's done it. He's done it and the crowd go nuts. What a ride from Bowe. Has he just won in Tarragona? Just one mark lost. Suddenly a four-point lead when the pressure is on Marcelli, Grattarola and Busto because Bowe just struck with the ride of the night. It's a word from our sponsors and we'll be back for the finale. Got unfolding here. Brilliant rides from everyone so far. Bowe has looked so solid. Grattarola with some serious strength there. Busto with the unlikely mistake and then Marcelli. Great ride. This final section. Making everyone test but then look at this. The unconquered step. Conquered. Tony Bowe leads in the final tonight. What a final we've got unfolding here. Busto playing catch up. The running order. Busto, Grattarola, Marcelli and Bowe. Busto here. Serious back wall skills. This fourth section. Just riding it in the one route. One direction. Reverse direction to how it was ridden earlier this evening and look at this. Unbelievable. I can't even believe where he's aiming. That does not look wrong. No. Not even close. No. Busto goes down. The bike goes down and that step looked... I have to say that looked impossible. That is an amazing section that we're going to see here tonight. I cannot believe the size of that step that they are expected to go up. That's remarkable and you could see how difficult that was. Even Jaime Busto was soon to be staring at that into the abyss. This is going to be exciting. We've got three riders to watch go through this section. Massive triple step at the start with a horrible undercut on the third step of the sequence. Let's see how Grattarola does here. Brilliantly. That was beautiful. Now he's got to make this journey down the wooden stacks. Confident ride there for Grattarola. That was scary and now he's going to get himself down onto that bottom block and he's got to somehow go up that step in front of him. It's six and a half feet. Maybe seven feet in height. It's huge. It does not look doable to me but what do I know? These guys just prove us wrong so many times. I've got kind of used to just not knowing what they can do really. Here goes Grattarola with this massive step. He doesn't like the look of it I don't think. He didn't even want to try it. That's how hard this step is. It's a refusal from Matteo Grattarola and he shrugs. I think he's telling his fellow competitors that one's not on but we'll see if Gabriel Martelli can do it. It seems incredible they've put a step in that's so hard that the riders can't even attempt it but these riders would have looked at the section beforehand and it's great to see something that's really going to test the very best. I mean it's a tantalizing thought to think that Martelli or Bo could get up this step. Martelli is particularly good at big straight steps. He's such an aggressive rider. He's not scared. He will really send it. So if anyone's got a chance it's this young man. Here he goes. A great bit of back wheel skill. Love it. Fantastic. He's got a drop down. Reverse back. Not an easy move in its own right and then try and send it up that gigantic step. Oh just the one dab from Martelli. Now he's lined up. Now the mind has got to get up there. Can it be done? Look how big it is. No run up. Oh the crowd willing Martelli to have a good go at it is a terrifying step. He's got absolutely no time to get through this section now but he had a good go. Oh my goodness he had a good go. Wow that was fantastic. Great ride. Great attempt. You cannot fault the man for giving that a go. He basically was putting on a show there. He didn't have any chance of getting through the section in time but he had a good go. Now we get to see Tony Bo try the same thing. Wry smile from Tony Bo now as he lines up for what looks like an impossible section even for him but for the crowd I think he's going to give it a go. We'll know what he really thinks about it of how quickly he rides the first part of this section. If he rides it in haste he must be thinking he can do it but piece of writing there. That was beautiful. I loved that. Wow that little part of that this section has provided some great moments. Now can Bo back it up? He can. He's lined up. This is it. Can he do this gigantic step? Has he got something that the others haven't? It's time to find out. Tony Bo section four leading in Tarragona tonight. Oh even Bo has to give best in the end for one attempt it was. Wow. A bit of go. Tony Bo had to give best to section four. He's five marks on the board but he still leads by four. Now Busto getting ready to ride section five. He's running out of time here. He needs to make a move now. He needs to start putting rides together and gaining some points on everyone else. He's on 16. He's 10 behind the lead. It's not over yet but it's very close. Section five being ridden forwards and backwards tonight so he's really got to get a move on. Oh Busto's starting to unravel here. It's one of the things that can happen with the fiery Spaniard when things start going wrong. He starts to lose interest and here it is. This is what we're seeing. He starts to see that the wind's not there. His interest goes. I think he knows at this point that he's not going to be threatening for the win. Graterola has got an incredible opportunity to be the new beater number one and stamp his authority. That'll be a fun ride home in the beater van. Graterola cleverly commits to the bash plate. Takes the mark. He's taking another mark here trying to keep the front across and he does. It's just two from Graterola so far. He's probably going to get a third here. Yeah that's three marks lost. He'll get away with that I think as one movement. But can he get through this section now without any more action from the bash plate? As soon as that bash plate touches down again it'll be five marks. So Graterola now has got to commit. He does. He does. He's got just 15 seconds to do it back the other way. Oh that's insane. Oh and he's just riding it in the one direction. My error there. I thought they were riding that both directions but it's been a slight change to the format. That's a great ride from Graterola then. Just three marks there. Just four marks behind Bo. Needs to keep the pressure on. Needs to put a good ride together here. If he can he's got to force Bo to ride for it. But if Martelli keeps making mistakes then Bo can just follow him around. Pick him off mark by mark. There's a lot of pressure on Martelli here. Oh you can see how much he knows that. Committing to staying on the back wheel and he pulls it off. That's brilliant. Can he do the same here again? Scary move here. Got to move to back wheel then land the front wheel down on that small block and he does. Brilliant from Martelli. Could be a big moment here from the Spaniard if he can hold on. He's done a great job of keeping it clean so far. Oh Martelli all the way to back wheel. That's awesome and it's a clean from the Spaniard. Great ride. Said that he had to put the pressure on Bo and he's done exactly that. Five sections down he's there for 10 points over Xu Tony Bo. Oh he knows how important that was. He's making Bo ride for it. Even if Bo cleans it he's still got to ride that last section for the win. Here at the start he's just seen Martelli really commit to staying on the back wheel up this first part of the section. Bo's gonna have to do the same. Oh and he does. He does. Such a difficult move and he pulls it off. Now he's got this frightening move that Martelli nailed. Up to the back wheel here. Dropping the front wheel down to that small cube. Bo does it all in one. Manages to keep the bash plate out of play. He knows he needs to keep it clean. Protect that lead that he's built so dearly and he does. Ah a showboat finish from Tony Bo. Still six marks gone. Four marks ahead of Gabriel Martelli. One section left to ride. Section six. Now my notes say that they're riding this forwards and backwards but I did think that on the last section. So let's see how things pan out. Yeah I think this is forwards and reverse in the one minute for the final section then. Jaime Busto. It's not been the win tonight but he's going to want to go out on a high point. Oh great back wheel work from Busto. He's the only person to have pulled that off so far. Even Bo got that wrong in the qualifying. So we know that bit's incredibly hard. Busto's just made it look easy. He's actually the only man to have done it. Stays on the, no commits to the bash but was going to stay on the back wheel there but he decided not to. So that's one mark and he can adjust his bike's position there without getting any more marks lost. Essentially they count that as one movement. Oh and the hand goes down. That's a five. Busto looked around to the observer there to see if he'd noticed. Busto's five more marks to the tally. Nice night tonight. A lovely bit of showboating. Flat point style. Everyone loves seeing him ride. We didn't get the Bo we wanted tonight but that's half of what makes him exciting. You never know what Busto you're going to get. So it's all down to Grattarola now. Can ride through this section and claim place on the podium. Oh he's fived it. Exactly where he did in the qualifying heats but five marks there. Takes his point to 21 and he just came third place in X-Trial Tarragona. He's on the podium and he will be delighted with that. What a ride for what is essentially the old guard. He's closing in on 40 years old and he's just beaten one of the most flamboyant and impressive riders on the planet in Jaime Busto and just proved that Busto doesn't get it all his own way in the beta camp. Now here's a man who can try and do the same thing in the factory Honda camp. Can he beat Tony Bo for his first X-Trial win? Gabriel Marchelli. What he needs to do is lay down one hell of a ride here. Struggled with this move in qualifying. Oh just the mark gone this time. It's an improvement and he's used that mark really well. Clever bit of riding there from Marchelli. He's learnt from Bo there. Now took the front. Bash plate goes down. Two marks gone. Can he complete this difficult maneuver here? Oh it's only 20 seconds left. I don't think it's going to happen here. Oh amazing from Marchelli there. Such a difficult section. Can it really be ridden both directions? I don't think so. Terrifying. Well it's a five for Gabriel Marchelli. Second place tonight for Marchelli and he has sealed second place in the championship. What a result that is for him. That's his best result in X-Trial. Now Tony Bo with a nearly impossible section to finish with tonight. We've already had one of them. Are they going to have made two sections that Bo just can't complete? Oh amazing from Bo. That was a line we've not seen anyone do into the bash plate. Now this difficult maneuver down. Time ticking away. It's an incredible move. Very difficult to pull off. Bo. Just another mark so far. Oh my god. Bo's got a chance here. 19 seconds. Surely not. Surely not. No. He's just... What? What? What just happened there? Oh five seconds. Two seconds. He's not going to make it but he's going to ride it out anyway for the crowd. Oh so close. What a ride for Bo and I'm actually clapping here. That was amazing. The kicker jump up the step on the way back through that section was wild. Absolutely wild. Tony Bo putting on a show tonight. Taking the win in Tarragona. He is nowhere near done this guy. Clearly still number one. He finishes the 26th X-Trial season with a win in the championship that he won with time to spare. 20 times X-Trial world champion Tony Bo. What a result. Takahisa Fujinami there looks delighted. Bo winning again. Still pulling off moves and look at that. A delighted factory team Honda. Marcelli sealing second place not only tonight but in the season itself. What a great result that is for him and now we're gonna have some words from the man himself. Well Tony amazing win with a demanding section. What a finish. The best way to finish the season. Yeah as always when you won the championship before the last race it's a strange feel but I enjoy with the public enjoy with the race. My feel today in the first lap is not 100% sure that I won the race because I feel strange but section by section I feel better so finally super happy with the victory. Congratulations. Congratulations Tony Bo. What a win that was. Like he said it's really difficult to come out at the end of a championship. You've already won it then put down a ride like that. Clear winner tonight. Marcelli in a strong second place. Grattarola triumphant in third on the podium and in Jaime Bustow. Difficult night. It's been an evening of spectacular moments but even Tony Bo had to give best to that final step. Some big moments. Bustow just not on form but with a great finale. Bo just looking so strong tonight. Definitely one of the most difficult trials we've seen this year with sections that were on the limit. Truly entertaining evening. What a season it has been for X trial classification tonight. Tony Bo, Gabriel Marcelli, Matteo Grattarola, Jaime Bustow, Arnaud Ferret in fifth, Francesco Titli, Harry Hemingway disappointing in seventh for the final round of a season where he's really shone but we shouldn't forget all those great results he's had earlier in the season and then Marco Mempo struggling tonight but some moments of real class when he was getting through the sections earlier tonight and here's the championship. What a story it was. Bo, Imperius, Gabriel Marcelli with that strong second place. Jaime Bustow solid in third and then we've got Harry Hemingway with that very, very impressive fourth place beating out his teammate Matteo Grattarola over the championship with ease. Then Arnaud Ferret in sixth place. Jack Pease with some strong consistent rides. Francesco Titli chasing pack. Benquez, George Hemingway, Pablo Echein, and of course Marco Mempo tonight scoring one point. Incredible championship. It's been a delight to commentate on this this year. It's always been a bit of a dream of mine so I've really enjoyed it and I've enjoyed the opportunity. That's enough about me. Tony Bo there, he's got his Michelin podium hat on ready. Gabriel Marcelli has got to be absolutely delighted with that second place tonight. Felt like he could have pushed a little bit more and potentially given Bo a bit of a run for his money but Bo is just so strong at the moment in what is essentially his 20th winning year at world championship level. He still looks by far by some margin the best rider which is miraculous, absolutely miraculous after so much time and maybe a feat that has not been matched in motorsport. Tony Bo is quite simply something very special and it's a pleasure to see him riding. It's a real treat. Here's Matteo Grattarella up onto the podium claiming that third place. What a result that is. He surely didn't see that coming tonight. It's his second podium, sorry second final of the season but his first podium this season. A strong, strong ride from Gabriel Marcelli. Tony Bo our winner tonight, our winner in the championship his 20th X-trial world championship win. Just going to say that again so it can sink in. His 20th X-trial world championship win. Both Harry Hemingway tonight and Francesco Titli have both never been alive whilst there was another world motorcycle trials champion. Their entire lives fit in the consecutive winning run of that man on the top of the podium. That is unbelievable and quite the thing to witness. Quite simply all gotta just be thankful that we get to see this moment where such a dominant rider in the sport is performing. Surely not going to see the like of it again. How long will Bo go? He's about to enter his 20th trial GP winning opportunity. He could win his 20th trial GP championship to go alongside this incredible X-trial championship win and he's zeroing in on his 40th world title. Here he is tonight though unbeatable. It wasn't close really. Bo was doing things that the others couldn't get near. Over the wind. X-trial posterada. Tarragona has delivered once again. It's been a great event this evening. Beautiful setting. Some incredible sections. These were the hardest sections we've seen this season I think. There was three sections in there with obstacles in them that were only e-conquerable from Tony Bo to be honest. What an experience it's been commentating on X-trial 2026. The pleasure and a treat. And we see the winners of that season now. Third place in X-trial 2026 Jaime Bustão. Second place in X-trial 2026 Gabriel Marchelli. And then of course we see him one more time on the top of the podium. Our X-trial 2026 world champion Tony Bo. Repsol. Factory Honda. Bo takes the win. He takes the championship. There's the medals. It's a fun picture these guys having. There's our championship podium. Bustão, Marchelli and Bo. It's the Spanish trio who are to this moment unmatched. Unbelievably they're one team together in the trial donations. They're unbeatable in that. And Tony Bo here receiving a special award. Look at that. X-trial world champion 2026. Fantastic great podium. A great event tonight in Tarragona. Thanks for watching. It's been X-trial 2026. Remember that we've got the trial GP season about to start. Here's our evening's full entrance. It's going to be a champagne off. This is going to be quite the fountain of fizzy pop here. Everyone's getting prepared. Let's see if we can rate who's got the best champagne shake. Here we go. It's a great champagne moment. Let's take a look at what we've been seeing tonight. There were some incredible moments on the bike.