Trial

It was a very exciting time in December 2012 for Ladies Vice World Champion Emma Bristow as she announced that she would be leaving Ossa to join the Sherco Team for an assault on the 2013 trials season.  Emma Bristow “I am very happy to be joining the Sherco team for the next two years where I shall be competing once again at the top level of the sport in the World Trials Championship, Scotti...

In view of the current extremely difficult situation regarding participation in Trial events that is also leading to the free fall of the Trial motorcycle market, the FIM together with the Trial Manufacturers (Montesa-Honda, Gas Gas, Beta, Sherco & Ossa) has decided to take measures in order to find ways to revitalise this discipline. The first change concerns the sporting regulations of the...

In reality their victory was never in doubt, but Spain certainly stamped their total authority on the 2012 FIM Trial des Nations by riding in a league of their own throughout the twenty-ninth edition of this unique team event. Spain’s winning margin was a massive ninety-eight marks after two laps of the eighteen sections that were hosted in and around the Swiss town of Moutier. Lead by the curre...

Spain’s three-rider team consisting of Laia Sanz – Gas Gas, Sandra Gomez – Gas Gas and Mireia Conde – Beta clinched victory for the third year in a row at the FIM Women’s Trial des Nations, this time hosted in Moutier, Switzerland. This latest win sees Spain take their tally to six titles since the female category was added to the annual team competition back in 2000. Once again Spain endured a d...

Laia Sanz – Gas Gas rounded of her 2012 FIM Women’s Trial World Championship campaign in style at the final round of the series in Moutier, Switzerland when she made it five wins from five starts to further reinforce the title which she had already clinched last weekend. Riding with no pressure, but immense personal pride Laia was determined to maintain her 100% winning record this season, despite...

Unfortunately all good things have to come to an end, which will be the case when the 2012 FIM Women’s Trial World Championship comes to a close in Moutier, Switzerland tomorrow afternoon. Almost forty female competitors representing twelve countries and from as far afield as Australia and America will contest the season finale that will ultimately decide the definitive rankings for 2012, which ha...

Having dominated the FIM Trial des Nations for the last eight editions in a row, the Spanish men’s team will head to Moutier, Switzerland this coming weekend confident of taking their ninth straight win. Who would bet against them when you consider their formidable line up that consists of the current top four riders in the World? Reigning and six times FIM Trial World Champion Toni Bou – Repsol M...

Nineteen year old Sandra Gomez – Gas Gas heads to Moutier, Switzerland this coming Friday for the final round of the 2012 FIM Women’s Trial World Championship with a real chance of moving up the final rankings if she can recreate the kind of form that she showed earlier in the season. After the opening two days of competition in Andorra back in June the young Spanish female rider sat second in the...

The home nation of the Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme will have the honour of hosting the FIM Trial des Nations for the first time in the ninety-eight-year history of the Swiss mototorcycle federation. The twenty-ninth edition of this historic team event will take place at the town of Moutier, which was also the scene of the final round of the 2004 FIM Trial World Championship. Sitting ...

Twelve times Women's Trial World Champion Laia Sanz - Gas Gas was back to her best today, despite still riding with a badly injured toe. Her win on the second day of the competition in Tramelan, Switzerland simply destroyed her rivals. Laia had this to say about her latest win. "Today was sunny and dry which was much better for my injury. So without the rain and with the changes to the sect...