The curtain will fall on the 2026 season of the X-Trial World Championship on April 18 in Tarragona. And for this final event, the Caixabank Tarraco Arena will host Toni Bou as the reigning world champion for the twentieth time. Just a stone’s throw away from his hometown, the Repsol Honda rider is not here to just make up the numbers.
A final X-Trial with the appearance of a coronation
The 2026 season comes to a close in Tarragona, and it does so with grandeur. The X-Trial at the Tarraco Arena, scheduled for April 18 starting at 6:00 pm, will not be an ordinary event. It will be Toni Bou who takes to the track as the freshly crowned World Champion – a title he secured on March 6 in Chalon-sur-Saône, the twentieth of his individual career.
Twenty world titles. The number deserves recognition. In any sport, it would be considered impossible. In indoor trial, it is the reality of a man who continues to write the history of his discipline with every outing.
Tarragona, a familiar battleground with a specific target
The Tarraco Arena is not an unknown venue in Bou’s career. He triumphed there on November 6, 2010, during a round of the Spanish indoor championship, beating Albert Cabestany and Adam Raga to claim his second national title. Already a prestigious victory in a venue that breathed trial.
He also returned in 2016 for an exhibition, alongside Jaime Busto and Takahisa Fujinami – his former teammates – as well as Marc Márquez and Dani Pedrosa, two MotoGP figures who shared the stage for an extraordinary evening.
On April 18, the context is different. It’s no longer a demonstration or a national round. It’s the finale of the world championship, and Bou comes with a clear target in mind.
99 victories: a historic milestone within reach of a wheel
If Bou prevails in Tarragona, he would reach a symbolic milestone rarely achieved in any sport: his 99th victory in the World Championship. A statistic that speaks volumes about the longevity, consistency, and absolute level of a rider who has dominated his sport for two decades without interruption.
It would also be his eighth victory in the 2026 season, in an event he clearly favors, in a Tarraco Arena located only 80 kilometers from Piera, his hometown. The equation is almost too perfect not to come true.
Local support for a special evening
During this event, Bou can depend on something that X-Trials abroad don’t always offer him: his loved ones in the stands. Alongside them, thousands of Catalan and Spanish fans will come to witness the performance of a global sports icon, as well as a true sporting battle for the final victory of the year.
Because even though the title is wrapped up, the competition remains fierce. Indoor X-Trial never allows for approximation – a poorly tackled section, a hesitation, and the standings can change. Bou himself knows this better than anyone.
How to follow the final
The event can be watched live on FIM-MOTO.TV from 6:00 pm onwards. For those who want to witness the conclusion of the 2026 season and perhaps witness the achievement of a 99th global success, this is a must-see event.
