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Eighteen-year-old Spanish rider, Pol Tarres - Jotagas will replace Alfredo Gomez - Montesa as the eighth official rider in the 2012 FIM X-Trial World Championship as the series heads to Milan for its penultimate round on Saturday. Being selected so late in game will have come as an unexpected surprise to Tarres and the Jotagas team, and was only made possible after Gomez chose to bow out early las...

The 2012 FIM X-Trial World Championship will enter its penultimate chapter in Milan, Italy this Saturday. Six could be the magic number for Toni Bou - Respol Montesa who currently sits on the stop spot, thirty-four points clear of his nearest rival Albert Cabestany - Sherco. Having won all of the five rounds of the series to date, Bou looks odds on favourite to make it six wins in a row in Milan. ...

A year after the terrible natural disaster of the tsunami in his home land of Japan, Takahisa Fujinami - Repsol Montesa remembered his nation as he stepped on to the podium at the fifth round of the 2012 FIM X-Trial World Championship in Palma, Majorca. The hugely popular Japanese rider was full of emotion as he dedicated his third place result and gave his thoughts to the tragic events of last ...

Toni Bou - Repsol Montesa recorded his fifth straight victory of the 2012 FIM X-Trial World Championship in Palma, Majorca but only after a titanic battle with Albert Cabestany – Sherco. In what proved to be a low scoring event Bou was pushed to the very last section by Cabestany, with just two marks separating the Spanish duo come the finish. For only the second time this season Takahisa Fujina...

French section wizard Bernard Estripeau has once again weaved his magic to create a suitably testing course for tonight's event in Palma, Majorca which marks round five of the 2012 FIM X-Trial World Championship. The fifty-six year old section designer has already been responsible for the hazards at the opening two rounds of the series in Strasbourg and Geneva, and will also be the man behind th...

Palma Arena on the Balearic island of Majorca was last on the international Trial map in March 2010 when it hosted the final round of the then FIM Indoor Trial World Championship. If we were to step back in time to that very evening in 2010, we would witness Toni Bou - Repsol Montesa secure his fourth FIM Indoor Trial World Championship, having missed out on the top spot just once in Marseille to ...

With Spring just around the corner, the atmosphere in Majorca’s Veledromo Palma Arena will be far from chilly this Sunday as the heat turns up for the fifth round of the 2012 FIM X-Trial World Championship. A number of battles came to the fore last weekend in Madrid when the series returned after a five-week break. So we can expect the series’ eight permanent riders to come back refuelled and read...

After a one-year absence from the FIM X-Trial World Championship calendar, Majorca will host the fifth round of the 2012 series this coming weekend. There is perhaps no better location for Albert Cabestany (Sherco), who currently holds third place in the general standings, to start his closing assault on the two riders ahead of him.With Toni Bou (Respol) seemingly riding in a league of his own hav...

Reigning FIM MotoGP World Champion, Casey Stoner paid his first ever visit to a major Trial event when he visited the fourth round of the 2012 FIM X-Trial World Championship held in Madrid, Spain. The presentation of the Repsol team took place ahead of the main action, but Casey remained on the arena floor throughout the Trial to watch this very different form of motorcycle sport. Toni Bou - Rep...

Toni Bou (Repsol Montesa) recorded his fourth straight win at round four of the 2012 FIM XTrial World Championship held at the impressive Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Spain. However for the first time this season he was pushed all the way as Adam Raga (Gas Gas) produced his best ride of the campaign to date to keep the fight alive right until the final section of the night. Once ...