The 37-year-old from Piera (Barcelona) is a legend in the discipline, having clinched the World Championship every year since 2007, when he defeated fellow Catalan Adam Raga.

His impressive list of achievements also includes 17 World Indoor Trial Championships, also unbroken since 2007, 11 Spanish Championships (plus 10 indoors), 18 Trials of the Nations titles and one European Championship.

Toni Bou (Repsol Honda Trial Team) hadn't secured the title yet and had to fight to the end to win by reaching the final after eliminating Spaniard Toni Busto (the only rider who could have taken the championship from him).

The triumph came in the last half metre of the final section, after gruelling battle with his team-mate Gabriel Marcelli. Bou started the second section with a 'five', while Marcelli scored three 'zeros,' which brought them to an equal score in the fourth section. In the final section, the champion scored three points, the same as Marcelli, who failed in the last metre.

Toni Bou didn't need more than to be a finalist, but he wanted to win, as he did in Barcelona, Pamplona, Andorra, and Bordeaux (he was only second in Wiener Neustadt, Austria). There is still the final event of the season to come on 11 November in the Vendée, France.

"It was a fantastic night because we had a spectacular final with Gabriel (Marcelli). I've been the best in all three rounds and have secured another X-Trial World Championship title in the best possible way, by winning. I'm very competitive, and I wanted to secure the title with a win, which was really tough," commented the Spanish rider.