Adam Raga remains X-Trial’s world number two and the greatest rival to Toni Bou.  Himself a World Champion on no less than four occasions, consecutively between 2003 and 2006, Raga has regularly had to content himself with second in recent campaigns.  But he is never too far away from success; more than once last season he took it all the way in an X-Trial Final before succumbing.  Just five starts away from the sport’s all-time appearance record, Raga has accrued more podium finishes than any other rider and more end-of-season medals as well.