The seventh and final round of the 2026 Hertz FIM Trial World Championship – the TrialGP of Spain – takes place this coming weekend (18-20 September) at Pobladura de las Regueras in the north west of the country and while the premier TrialGP title has already been decided in favour of Toni Bou (Montesa), the elite TrialGP Women and both the Trial2 and Trial2 Women categories are set to go down to the wire.
  • 2026 Hertz FIM Trial World Championship concludes with TrialGP of Spain
  • Series signs off with dramatic showdown at Pobladura de las Regueras
  • TrialGP Women, Trial2 and Trial2 Women titles to be decided

The Trial3 Junior title was also decided in the Netherlands at the start of the month with Harison Skelton (Scorpa) from Great Britain claiming the crown, although the class for the series’ youngest riders follows a shorter calendar and was never scheduled to compete in Spain.

Last visited in 2024 when it hosted the FIM Trial des Nations, the purpose-built Circuito Permanente de Trial is sure to present a fitting challenge to end the series with its mix of natural and manmade sections stretching riders’ skills to the limit.

With Spanish superstar Bou now a twenty-time champion, the battle for the remaining medals has boiled down to a two-rider fight between Jaime Busto (Beta) and Gabriel Marcelli (Montesa) with just seven points separating the pair. At twenty-eight years old – two years Marcelli’s senior – Busto has experience on his side and with the pair both very evenly matched the fight for silver is not expected to be decided before the final race of the season.

His slim advantage after beating Marcelli across all four races staged last time out in Zelhem to overturn an eight-point deficit – and inflict Bou’s sole race defeat of the season – means Busto has momentum behind him, but Marcelli is a forceful rider who will not give up the fight for second place as he bids to add to the silver medal he won in 2024.

Currently a comfortable fourth and on course to match his career-best finishes in the premier class achieved between 2021-2023 and again last season, Matteo Grattarola (Beta) could still move into the medal positions, although with a twenty-eight-point gap to Marcelli, the thirty-eight-year-old Italian knows this is unlikely.

Riding the sole electric bike in the field, Miquel Gelabert (Honda) is a clear fifth ahead of British class newcomer Harry Hemingway (Beta) – who in turn leads his compatriot Jack Peace (Sherco) by just twelve points – and with the Spaniard’s younger brother, Aniol, who was ranked sixth in 2025 also in action, there is plenty to keep the fans on their toes.
TrialGP Women has been a tale of two riders this season with defending champion Berta Abellan (Scorpa) and Italian Andrea Sofia Rabino (Beta) pulling clear of the chasing pack over the four rounds they have contested.

Abellan has been soaking up the pressure all year to hold an eleven-point lead heading into the series decider, but after being defeated by the twenty-year-old last time out in Great Britain the Spaniard knows she will have to bring her A game this weekend and will be hoping to draw inspiration from the passionate home fans who are sure to be urging her through every section.

Behind them the battle for bronze is most likely to be between Italy’s Alessia Bacchetta – who was second on both days at the series opener in Japan in May – and Alice Minta (Beta) from Great Britain with just four points separating the pair, although French rider Alycia Soyer is only another thirteen behind.

Trial2 has been too close to call all season with Spain’s Alex Canales (Montesa) leading from the get-go in Japan until round five in France at the end of August where his compatriot Arnau Farré (Sherco) claimed his first day win of the season to move to the front.

Then, just one week later in the Netherlands, Britain’s George Hemingway (Beta) demoted Canales to third in the table with his first day win of the season coming on the Sunday in Zelhem – including an incredible faultless second race – to set up a dramatic finish this weekend.

The result is that Farré leads by only thirteen points heading into the final two days of competition with Canales trailing Hemingway by five and given the unpredictable nature of Trial2 this year that has seen seven different day winners from a possible eleven, the ultimate destination of the gold medal is by no means certain.

Swinging into action for the final time this year following rounds in Italy and Great Britain, Trial2 Women is another class that has been hard-fought with Britain’s Matilda Arbon (Sherco) holding a narrow five-point advantage over rising Spanish star Abril Montserrat Junque (Beta) with another Spaniard, Daniela Hernando (Beta), also in contention along with Poland’s Justyna Lonycz.

After eight close races just fourteen points separate the top four and, adding extra spice to the mix, the TrialGP of Spain will see Queralt Fontdevila (Beta) return to action. Series leader after the opening round, she missed the TrialGP of Great Britain through injury and will have a point to prove at her home round.

Fans who make the journey to Pobladura de las Regueras can be sure of plenty of action over the weekend with Official Practice and rider section inspection for all classes running on Friday (18 September) from 11:30 until 17:00. This will be followed by the Super Test to decide starting positions – again contested by all classes – that gets under way at 17:30 before the Riders’ Parade at 18:30 and autograph session at 19:00 (all local time).

The points-scoring action will start the following day (Saturday 19 September) with the opening race scheduled to get under way at 09:00 (local time).

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