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Adam Raga - Gas Gas will head to Geneva, Switzerland for the second round of the 2012 FIM XTrial World Championship this coming Saturday ready to inflict immediate revenge on initial series leader Toni Bou - Repsol Montesa. Bou was the clear victor in Strasbourg, France last Friday night finishing well ahead of eventual runner-up Raga. The Gas Gas teamster knows that he must win and soon if he is ...

The Spanish rider continues to extend her fame with notable success in overcoming one of the hardest challenges that can face a woman on two wheels.Laia was the only woman biker to finish the rally and she repeats the 39th place she won last year.The Gas Gas rider had to contend with an injury to her right hand after a fall in the fourth stage and then go on alone after the ninth, when her backup ...

Fresh from his convincing victory at round one of the 2012 FIM X-Trial World Championship in Strasbourg, France, defending champion Toni Bou - Repsol Montesa had the following to say about his latest success. "Adam (Raga) put me under a lot of pressure in the first two sections of the semi-final and was riding well. When it is like this it is not good to be riding as the last rider as each...

Very much as expected Toni Bou - Repsol Montesa romped to a relatively easy win at the opening round of the 2012 FIM X-Trial World Championship held in Strasbourg, France. With the reigning champion well clear of the chasing pack, it was left to Adam Raga - Gas Gas, Albert Cabestany - Sherco and Takahisa Fujinami - Repsol Montesa to scrap it out for the remaining podium places. The two Spanish c...

The Gas Gas rider is putting up a splendid performance in the second half of the race.“Today I finished exhausted, but I am very pleased with the work done in a very tough stage”.Laia Sanz finished the eleventh special in 39th place, another great result for her, continuing her improvement in the general classification so that she is now in 40th place, just one place from equalling her result in l...

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...