Antoni Bou i Mena () (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 2026. With these 40 world titles (20 outdoor and 20 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,Indoor Trial, Bou second youngest champion ever 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 has repeated this feat every year from 2008 to 2025.

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,International Motorcycling Federation, Interview with Toni Bou 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.

International Trials Championship Career

Year Class Machine Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 Rd7 Rd8 Rd9 Rd10 Rd11 Rd12 Rd13 Rd14 Rd15 Rd16 Rd17 Rd18 Points Pos Notes 2007 FIM World Championship Montesa ESP1 GUA1 GUA1 FRA1 JPN1 JPN2 ITA1 POL1 CZE2 GBR1 AND1 214 1stFIM World champion 2008 FIM World Championship Montesa LUX1 IRL2 USA2 USA1 JPN1 JPN1 FRA2 ITA1 CZE2 SWE2 POR1 ESP1 225 1stFIM World champion 2009 FIM World Championship Montesa IRL2 IRL1 POR1 GBR1 GBR1 JPN1 JPN1 ITA3 AND3 ESP1 FRA4 200 1stFIM World champion 2010 FIM World Championship Montesa ESP1 POR1 POR4 JPN1 JPN2 GBR1 GBR3 FRA1 RSM1 ITA1 CZE3 200 1stFIM World champion 2011 FIM World Championship Montesa GER1 FRA3 FRA1 ESP1 AND1 ITA1 GBR2 JPN1 JPN3 FRA2 FRA1 204 1stFIM World champion 2012 FIM World Championship Montesa FRA2 FRA1 AUS1 AUS1 JPN1 JPN1 ESP1 ESP1 AND1 AND4 ITA1 GBR1 GBR1 250 1stFIM World champion 2013 FIM World Championship Montesa JPN1 JPN3 USA2 USA2 AND2 AND1 ESP1 ITA1 CZE2 GBR1 GBR1 FRA3 FRA1 238 1stFIM World champion 2014 FIM World Championship Montesa AUS2 AUS1 JPN2 JPN2 EUR- EUR2 ITA1 BEL1 GBR1 GBR1 FRA2 ESP1 ESP1 225 1stFIM World champion 2015 FIM World Championship Montesa JPN1 JPN1 CZE1 CZE1 SWE1 SWE1 GBR1 GBR1 FRA1 FRA2 AND2 AND2 USA1 USA1 POR1 POR1 ESP2 ESP2 345 1stFIM World champion 2016 FIM World Championship Montesa SPA2 SPA1 JPN2 JPN1 GER1 GER1 AND1 AND1 FRA1 FRA3 BEL1 GBR1 GBR1 ITA1 ITA1 289 1stFIM World champion 2017 FIM World Championship Montesa SPA1 JPN1 JPN1 AND3 FRA1 GBR1 USA1 USA1 CZE2 ITA1 192 1stFIM World champion 2018 FIM World Championship Montesa SPA1 JPN4 JPN2 AND1 POR1 FRA1 BEL1 GBR1 ITA1 170 1stFIM World champion 2019 FIM World Championship Montesa ITA1 JPN1 JPN1 NED1 BEL1 POR1 FRA1 ESP1 160 1stFIM World champion 2020 FIM World Championship Montesa FRA1 FRA3 ESP1 ESP1 AND2 AND1 ITA1 ITA1 152 1stFIM World champion 2021 FIM World Championship Montesa ITA1 ITA2 FRA1 AND1 AND3 FRA1 ESP1 ESP1 POR1 172 1stFIM World champion 2022 FIM World Championship Montesa SPA2 SPA1 AND2 AND1 GER1 GER1 BEL1 FRA1 ITA2 ITA11911stFIM World champion 2023 FIM World Championship Montesa SPA2 SPA1 POR1 POR2 JPN1 JPN2 RSM1 RSM1 AND1 AND1 ITA1 ITA1 FRA1 FRA12711stFIM World champion 2024 FIM World Championship Montesa JPN1 JPN1 AND1 AND1 ITA1 ITA2 GER1 GER1 BEL1 FRA1 ESP1 ESP12371stFIM World champion 2025 FIM World Championship Montesa ESP1 ESP2 POR1 POR1 JPN1 JPN1 FRA1 FRA1 RSM1 RSM1 USA1 USA2 GBR1 GBR15561stFIM World champion (*) Season still in progress.

World Indoor Trials Championship Career

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Rank 2007 Montesa ESP1 RUS1 FRA6 ESP1 POR1 ITA2 ESP2 ESP2 67 1st 2008 Montesa FRA1 ESP2 ESP1 ITA1 ESP1 48 1st 2009 Montesa GBR1 FRA2 ESP1 ITA1 ESP1 38 1st 2010 Montesa GBR1 FRA2 ESP1 ESP1 ESP1 95 1st 2011 Montesa ITA1 FRA1 ESP1 SUI1 ESP1 ITA1 120 1st 2012 Montesa FRA1 SUI1 FRA1 ESP1 ESP1 ITA1 FRA1 140 1st 2013 Montesa GBR1 ESP1 ESP1 GER1 FRA1 100 1st 2014 Montesa GBR1 FRA1 ESP1 ITA1 ESP1 100 1st 2015 Montesa GBR1 FRA1 FRA2 ESP1 AUT1 ESP3 107 1st 2016 Montesa GBR2 ESP1 FRA1 AUT1 75 1st2017Montesa ESP1 AUT1 FRA1 FRA1 80 1st2018MontesaVEN1MON1TOU1STR1BAR1PAR5BUD- 106 1st2019MontesaHUN1BAR2**BIL1GRA1MAR1AND1 100 1st2020Montesa REU1 REN1 BUD1 BAR1 BIL1 100 1st2021Montesa AND1 BAR1 40 1st 2022 Montesa NIC1 CHA1 MAD1 BAR1 AND2 104 1st 2023 Montesa BAR1 WIE2 PAM1 BOR1 AND1 MAD1 VEN1 127 1st 2024 Montesa BAR1 CHA1 NIC1 GEN1 AND1 TAL4 PAM1 128 1st 2025 Montesa MAD2 CHA1 CLE1 BAR1 STA1 WIE1 CAH2 TAL1 135 1st (*) Season still in progress.

(**) Worst result discounted.

Honours Spanish Trials Champion 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Spanish Indoor Trials Champion 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 FIM European youth cup Champion 2002 FIM European Trials Champion 2003 FIM World Trials Champion 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 FIM World Indoor Trials Champion 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Member of Spanish Trial des Nations winning team 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Member of Spanish Indoor Trial des Nations winning team 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2025, 2026

References

External links

Toni Bou profile, at HondaRacing