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The top three ranked riders in the FIM X-Trial World Championship have arrived in Strasbourg, ready for tonight's opening round of the 2012 series. Each of these three motorised gladiators has only one thing in mind, and that is to make a winning start to this new campaign.  Toni Bou - Repsol Montesa: "The opening Trial is always difficult even if the sections are tough or easy. The pres...

Strasbourg will host its first ever FIM X-Trial World Championship in less than twenty-four hours time, with the eight permanent riders already on route to the principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France. Inside the Zenith of Strasbourg arena, section maestro Bernard Estripeau and his team have been working hard to create a course fit for the initial encounter of the 2012 series. Previou...

Twenty-five year old Toni Bou – Repsol Montesa will arrive in the French city of Strasbourg this Friday intent on continuing his total domination of the modern era of the sport of Trial. The relatively young Spanish rider originating from the Catalan capital of Barcelona, is set to rewrite the record books having already won the last five editions of the now FIM X-Trial World Championship, formerl...

The city of Strasbourg, which sits in the north-east corner of France and close to the German border, will have the honour of opening the 2012 FIM X-Trial World Championship as the series begins its second season in its new format. Friday 13th January should prove lucky for one of the eight permanent riders who will contest for the title over the seven scheduled rounds that will conclude in Paris ...

The reigning Dakar Women’s Champion comes to the rest day with her injured hand almost completely recovered. Her target now is to achieve a good position in the general. The relatively quiet day for the Dakar Rally competitors yesterday, due to the cancellation of the special time trial, was good for Laia Sanz. It was a relief for her hand, now much recovered from the injury she suffered when she...

The Spanish girl’s fuel tank was holed, leaving her without fuel 30 kilometres from the finish. Marc Guasch stopped to transfer fuel from his bike to Laia’s, but this cost them a lot of time. Laia had moved up 24 places at the time of the incident. A complicated day for Laia Sanz. The 11 times Women’s Trial World Champion finished the fourth stage (San Juan – Chilecito) in 86th place, the ...

The rider from Corbera has come through a very tough stage marked by high temperatures and now holds 56th place. Dust in the air is turning out to be one of the greatest difficulties that the competitors have to face. The second stage of the Dakar Rally 2012 was more exacting than the competitors expected. The very long sections travelled by the riders in two days were tedious and monotonous,...

The Repsol rider unveiled today the car he will use to participate in the Endurance Spanish Championship in Alcañiz Toni Bou, who yesterday won the Spanish Trial Championship, will be part of the Repsol team that will participate in the Alcañiz 500 kilometres race next December at the Motorland Aragón Circuit. It is one of the toughest endurance race in Spain due to its length, the low temper...

Opening of the doors: 18:30Start of the show: 20:00Start of the race: 21:00Podium and Prize-Giving Ceremony: 22:30 The X-Trial is a motorcycling discipline for which the ability, balance and regularity of the rider are the basis of the results. Sections are installed on an artificial course and the rider must cross them without using his feet to avoid penalties. A time limit is given to pass sect...

The FIM is pleased to provide you with the 2012 FIM X-Trial World Championship and 2012 FIM X-Trial des Nations calendars as follow: Date FMNCountryPlace13 JanuaryFFMFranceStrasbourg21 JanuaryFMSSwitzerlandGeneva27 JanuaryFFMFranceMarseille5 FebruaryTba*Tba*Tba*10 MarchRFMESpainMadrid17 MarchFMIItalyMilan24 Marc Tbc**RFMESpainPalma de Majorque31 MarchFFMFranceParis  2012 Permanent ride...