Antoni Bou


Antoni Bou i Mena, also known as Toni Bou, is a Spanish professional motorcycle trials rider. He has been the outdoor FIM Trial World Championship champion from 2007 to 2019, and the indoor one also from 2007 to 2019. With these 26 world titles, he is already the most successful rider in history surpassing Dougie Lampkin and also surpassing 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, 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, 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 was able to repeat this feat in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019
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, 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.
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.

World Trials Championship Career

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718PointsRank
2007MontesaESP
1		GUA
1		GUA
1		FRA
1		JPN
1		JPN
2		ITA
1		POL
1		CZE
2		GBR
1		AND
1		2141st
2008MontesaLUX
1		IRL
2		USA
2		USA
1		JPN
1		JPN
1		FRA
2		ITA
1		CZE
2		SWE
2		POR
1		ESP
1		2251st
2009MontesaIRL
2		IRL
1		POR
1		GBR
1		GBR
1		JPN
1		JPN
1		ITA
3		AND
3		ESP
1		FRA
4		2001st
2010MontesaESP
1		POR
1		POR
4		JPN
1		JPN
2		GBR
1		GBR
3		FRA
1		RSM
1		ITA
1		CZE
3		2001st
2011MontesaGER
1		FRA
3		FRA
1		ESP
1		AND
1		ITA
1		GBR
2		JPN
1		JPN
3		FRA
2		FRA
1		2041st
2012MontesaFRA
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		2501st
2013MontesaJPN
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		2381st
2014MontesaAUS
2		AUS
1		JPN
2		JPN
2		EUR
-		EUR
2		ITA
1		BEL
1		GBR
1		GBR
1		FRA
2		ESP
1		ESP
1		2251st
2015MontesaJPN
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		3451st
2016MontesaSPA
2		SPA
1		JAP
2		JAP
1		GER
1		GER
1		AND
1		AND
1		FRA
1		FRA
3		BEL
1		GBR
1		GBR
1		ITA
1		ITA
1		2891st
2017MontesaSPA
1		JAP
1		JAP
1		AND
3		FRA
1		GBR
1		USA
1		USA
1		CZE
2		ITA
1		1921st
2018Montesa1st
2019Montesa1st

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
2018Montesa1st
2019MontesaHUN
1		ESP
2		1st

Honors