The calendar for the 2020 FIM Trial World Championship has been released with an extended series next year taking in seven rounds and nine points-paying days.

The TrialGP and Trial2 classes will contest every round, TrialGP Women will compete over a four-round championship with five scoring days, Trial125 gets seven scoring days spread across five rounds and Trial2 Women will compete over three rounds and three days of competition.

The TrialE Cup will also be decided over three rounds and three days after an extra date was added to next year’s series.

The championship gets under way on May 23-24 at Sokolov in the Czech Republic – the venue for the 2018 FIM Trial des Nations – before heading to the Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Japan on June 5-7 where the riders will have two days of competition. From here the series moves to Sant Julia in Andorra on June 20-21 and then it’s on to Tolmezzo in Italy on July 4-5.

TrialGP Great Britain is back on the calendar for 2020 with points at stake over two days of competition at Tong over the weekend of July 10-12 followed, after the traditional summer break, by the sixth round at Cahors in France on August 29-30 before the series signs off on September 5-6 at Pobladura de las Regueras in Spain.

The FIM Trial des Nations and Women’s Trial des Nations will take place at Gouveia in Portugal on September 12-13.

TrialGP Women will be in action in the Czech Republic, Japan, Andorra and Spain with the Trial2 Women class joining them at every round apart from Japan. Trial125 riders will compete in Japan, Italy, Great Britain, France and Spain and the FIM TrialE Cup will be decided in Andorra, Italy and France.

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Unbeaten in the FIM Trial des Nations since 2004, the Spanish men’s team of Toni Bou (Repsol Honda), Adam Raga (TRRS) and Jeroni Fajardo (Gas Gas) kept their country’s incredible win-streak going with victory on home turf today on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza.

And, just to underline their position as the major players of World Trial, Spain also doubled up in the Women’s category with Sandra Gomez (TRRS), Berta Abellan (Vertigo) and Neus Murcia (Gas Gas) wrestling the coveted title away from Great Britain.

In the keenly-contested second-tier men’s International Trophy the German trio of Hendrik Binder (Beta), Franz Kadlec (TRRS) and Paul Reumschuessel (TRRS) claimed a commanding victory.

The Spanish men’s team started the competition as firm favourites following 13-time World Champion Bou’s comprehensive win in yesterday’s Qualification session and all three riders brought their A game to the Balearic island. With the best two scores to count through each section, they were in dominant form on a course predominantly plotted on the rocky coastline.

Comfortably leading at the halfway stage on a score of just two compared to second-placed Japan – represented by Takahisa Fujinami (Repsol Honda), Kenichi Kuroyama (Yamaha) and Tomoyuki Ogawa (Montesa) – who trailed on 12, they then parted with just another two marks on lap two.

Japan upped their game on the second lap to incur only a further seven marks but the damage was already done and Spain claimed the crown yet again.

“We started well yesterday with a great Qualification,” said Raga. “We continued today – the Trial wasn’t too hard but we didn’t make any mistakes. We have a great team and we are very happy with this victory.”

Benoit Bincaz (Beta), Alexandre Ferrer (Sherco) and Teo Colairo (Gas Gas) put France on the lowest step of the podium with a total of 24 as the British team of James Dabill (Beta), Jack Price (Gas Gas) and Toby Martyn (Gas Gas) came home fourth on 27, a full 18 marks ahead of Italy’s Matteo Grattarola (Honda), Luca Petrella (Beta) and Gianluca Tournour (Gas Gas) in fifth.

The Women’s category was always going to be a more closely-contested competition but the Spanish feet-up females were in charge from the get-go with their opening lap score of just two a full six ahead of the British team.

Represented by six-time World Champion Emma Bristow (Sherco) along with Donna Fox (Montesa) and Jess Brown (Scorpa), the British ladies fought back hard but their second lap total of two was still a mark behind the Spanish team’s.

“We worked together as a team,” said Gomez, “and it was really nice to win in Spain. It feels great to win and be on top of the podium and know that the Spanish men are on top also.”

After ending Qualification in second yesterday, Norway kept the momentum going and their team of Huldeborg Barkved (Gas Gas), Ingveig Hakonsen (TRRS) and Erika Melchior (Sherco) ended the event in a solid third, eight marks behind Great Britain but four ahead of Germany’s Theresa Bauml, Vivian Wachs and Sarah Bauer who were all representing TRRS.

Team USA – comprising Kylee Sweeten (Sherco), Maddie Hoover (Gas Gas) and Louise Forsley (Scorpa) – were fifth a further four marks off the pace.

America started last in the men’s International Trophy category thanks to Pat Smage (Sherco) who put in an amazing Qualification run but even with Josh Roper (Sherco) and Daniel Blanc Gonnet (Gas Gas) providing back-up they were no match for Germany who ended the day with just a single penalty to easily win from the Swedish team of Daniel Andreasson (Gas Gas), Eddie Karlsson (Sherco) and Linus Almthen who recorded a total of seven.

“We are very happy,” said Kadlec. “It was close so we could not afford to make any mistakes but we all rode well.”

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Host nation Spain doubled up to top both the elite Men’s and also the Women’s categories in Qualification at the 2019 FIM Trial des Nations on the Balearic island of Ibiza today as Team USA came home in front in the second-tier International Trophy class for men.

The biggest gathering of the global Trial community, the TdN sees riders from around the World come together for a two-day celebration of the sport with the honour of being crowned the number one nation up for grabs.

Contested by teams from four continents and 16 countries, in the premier men’s category it was reigning and 13-time World Champion Toni Bou (Repsol Honda) who did the business for pre-event favourites Spain over the man-made section in the centre of Ibiza Town.

Backed up by two-time World Champion Adam Raga (TRRS), Bou’s blistering time of 0:23.31 means Spain will be starting last in tomorrow’s points-paying competition which hands them a vital advantage.

In a shock result, Norway ended Qualification in second thanks to Hakon Pedersen (Gas Gas) who, despite not being an FIM Trial World Championship regular this season, raced around the section in a time of 0:25.94 to just edge out Team GB’s Toby Martyn (Beta).

Italy came home fourth led by former Trial2 World Champion Matteo Grattarola (Honda) ahead of France and Japan.

Reigning Women’s TdN Champions Great Britain, with six-time World Champion Emma Bristow (Sherco) at the helm, will start tomorrow all the way back in fourth after Berta Abellan (Vertigo) posted an incredible time of 0:22.46 over an eased course to seal a comfortable victory for the Spanish ladies ahead of a strong Norwegian team led by Ingveig Hakonsen (TRRS).

Team USA ended the day in third with Louise Forsley (Scorpa) out-performing her team-mate Maddie Hoover (Gas Gas) as Great Britain, France and Germany filled out the top six.

In the men’s International Trophy competition, Team USA’s Pat Smage (Sherco) was unbeatable with his time of 0:21.55 handing his nation a winning margin of over a second from Germany with Sweden in third ahead of Australia and the Czech Republic.

The action gets under way tomorrow with the first rider starting at 9am local time.

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The 2019 FIM Trial des Nations takes place this coming weekend on the holiday island of Ibiza but the best riders on the planet won’t be relaxing in the Mediterranean sun as they get ready to compete in what’s widely regarded as the biggest gathering of the Trial community.

Of course, Spain starts as favourites in the men’s category with top riders Toni Bou (Repsol Honda), Adam Raga (TRRS) and Jeroni Fajardo (Gas Gas).

The competition has been a shut-out for Spain since 2004 and 13-time World Champion Bou – who has been part of the winning team every year since 2005 – heads into the event on his home turf in a determined mood.

“The TdN is a special Trial where there is a very good atmosphere and we all have a great time,” he says. “Competing as a team is different for us because in the indoor and outdoor disciplines we compete by ourselves. We will try to have fun and go out to look for the victory in this Trial des Nations.”

On paper Spain’s closest competitors should be the British trio of James Dabill (Beta), Jack Price (Gas Gas) and Toby Martyn (Beta) but they know that they have a mountain to climb to repeat their last victory which came in 2003 at Lavarone in Italy.

Dabill has been part of Team GB every year since 2006 and has finished on the second step of the podium nine times so he has very realistic expectations heading to Ibiza.

“Spain always start as favourites,” he says. “They have done for a long while and that’s due to the level of riders they have but you can never say never and you have to go into the event feeling positive.

“But we’ve also got to be careful of the other teams as well. France are good and so are Italy and Japan.”

The most experienced rider in the event is Japanese star Takahisa Fujinami (Repsol Honda) who made his debut in the competition all the way back in 1999 and, after ending the 2019 FIM Trial World Championship in third, will be pushing for a podium position alongside his team-mates Kenichi Kuroyama (Yamaha) and Tomoyuki Ogawa (Montesa).

“The TdN is a competition to enjoy,” he says, “and although it will be a bit difficult for us, we will try to have fun fighting for a good final place.”

This year 10 teams coming from Europe, Australia and United States will compete in the Women category.

The Women’s TdN looks set to be a much closer fought affair with the British ladies in charge following the 2018 event at Sokolov in the Czech Republic although Emma Bristow (Sherco), Jess Brown (Scorpa) and Donna Fox (Montesa) will be expecting strong opposition from Spain’s Sandra Gomez (TRRS), Berta Abellan (Vertigo) and Neus Murcia (Gas Gas).

The action will start tomorrow at 16.00 with Qualification at the famous port of Ibiza.

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Sublime Spaniard Toni Bou (Repsol Honda) signed off on top to make it a perfect season with seven wins from seven starts at the final round of the 2019 FIM Trial World Championship at a hot and humid TrialGP Spain today.

But with Bou’s 13th-straight title already secured last time out at TrialGP France at the end of July, the global media focus was centred on the TrialGP Women, Trial2 and Trial2 Women categories that were still up for grabs heading into La Nucia.

Bou did what he does best – that’s win – while Britain’s Emma Bristow (Sherco) secured the TrialGP Women title for a sixth consecutive time with an unbeaten season of her own, Gabriel Marcelli (Montesa) from Spain snatched the Trial2 championship from Italy’s defending champion Matteo Grattarola (Honda) and Vivian Wachs (TRRS) from Germany did enough to claim the Trial2 Women crown on a tie-break.

Conditions just north of Benidorm on the Mediterranean coast were dry and dusty and Bou, as expected, looked completely at home. Following his dominance of yesterday’s Qualification session he had the advantage of starting last and he converted this into a convincing victory, despite incurring an additional eight time penalties.

The sections – a mixture of man-made and natural obstacles – were super-tough and Bou collected three maximums on his opening lap but at the halfway stage he still led on a total of 17 with his compatriot Adam Raga (TRRS) next best on 24. Then, as we’ve seen so many times before, when the going gets tough then Bou gets going and his lap-two total of just 11 saw him run out a convincing winner with an eventual victorious margin of seven over Raga who picked up four marks on time.

“Today has been very difficult,” says Bou. “I was pushing very hard to win and it was easy to make mistakes today. I think this has been the best season in my career. I have had many victories but this has been the year I will remember as the one I had the greatest form.”

Veteran Japanese rider Takahisa Fujinami (Repsol Honda) secured his fifth podium finish of the year – just one mark ahead of Spain’s Jeroni Fajardo (Gas Gas) – to take third in the championship although he was 21 marks adrift of Raga on the day after incurring two time penalties.

Fajardo’s 11 time penalties proved to be expensive but he still finished two marks in front of fellow Spanish rider Jaime Busto (Vertigo) in fourth.

After dominating the opening four days of competition in the TrialGP Women class, Bristow – who hasn’t been beaten since the final round of 2017 – was in complete control and ended the day eight marks ahead of Berta Abellan (Vertigo) on a total of 28.

The Spanish rider was still in contention following the opening lap and was just one mark adrift before Bristow’s commanding second lap of 12 sealed the deal.

“It was easy to make a mistake today,” says Bristow, “especially as it was so steep so I’m pleased to win. I didn’t have the winning margin I would have liked but I will be pushing hard next season. Today I have taken my sixth world title and while it’s hard to keep winning I’m really pleased.”

Sandra Gomez (TRRS) from Spain took third on the day and third in the championship behind Abellan with Germany’s Sarah Bauer (TRRS) doing just enough to take fourth by one mark from Norwegian rider Ingveig Hakonsen (TRRS).

Heading into the event only one point behind Trial2 defending champion Grattarola, Marcelli had home advantage and he ran out a four-mark winner from Luca Petrella (Beta) from Italy to take the title as Grattarola slipped up to end the day in fifth behind the Spanish pairing of Aniol Gelabert (Scorpa) and Francesc Moret (Honda).

In Trial2 Women Vivian Wachs (TRRS) was unbeaten heading into Spain and although she dropped to fifth at La Nucia she takes the title on most wins from Alice Minta (Scorpa) who tied her on total points but finished the day in Spain in second, two marks behind fellow British rider Alicia Robinson (Beta) with France’s Caroline Moreon (Sherco) another two off the pace in third.

“It’s been very hard for me,” says Wachs. “The ground was very slippery but although I didn’t win today I’m very proud to be the champion.”

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With an unprecedented 13th consecutive title already sewn-up in France at the end of July, Toni Bou (Repsol Honda) ensured he will start in the preferential position of last away at tomorrow’s TrialGP Spain – the seventh and final round of the 2019 FIM Trial World Championship – at La Nucia after demolishing the opposition in Qualification.

Competing on his home turf, Bou ended the two Qualification sessions over four seconds ahead of his compatriot Jaime Busto (Vertigo) while in TrialGP Women defending champion Emma Bristow (Sherco) from Britain was more than a second clear of Spain’s Maria Giro (Montesa) as Gabriel Marcelli (Montesa) and Alice Minta (Scorpa) came out on top in the Trial2 and Trial2 Women classes.

Introduced in 2017 to determine starting positions, Qualification has been a huge success among riders and fans alike. The name of the game is to stay feet-up in the quickest time possible and Bou has mastered the art of being both fast and faultless having claimed his fifth Qualification win in a row in Spain.

“It’s been the perfect start to the weekend here in La Nucia with pole in Qualification,” says Bou. “I had to take some risks but my riding was good and I’m happy to start last tomorrow.”

The grippy, arena-style section – with varying degrees of severity depending on class – didn’t trouble Bou who led comfortably following Q1 before blowing his rivals away in Q2 with an incredible ride that saw him easily come out on top with his second clean run timed at 0:31.85. Busto’s best was 0:35.94 before a big gap back to Spain’s Jeroni Fajardo (Gas Gas) who came home third in 0:38.20.

Separated by just over a second, British rider James Dabill (Beta) narrowly beat off two-time World champion Adam Raga (TRRS) for fourth with Miquel Gelabert (Sherco) taking sixth.

Amazingly, today was the first time this season that Bristow – who is in pole position for her sixth consecutive top-flight women’s title with a 16-point lead – has qualified at the front of the TrialGP Women field but she was in imperious form and her Q2 time of 0:26.04 saw her comfortably ahead of Giro who broke the timing beam at 0:27.39.

“I’m pleased to have won today,” says Bristow, “and to be at the back tomorrow will be a really big advantage because I will be able to see how the sections are developing. I’m feeling good on the bike and hopefully will end the year on top.”

Spain’s Sandra Gomez (TRRS), who sits third in the title chase, will start third from last behind Sarah Bauer (TRRS) and Berta Abellan (Vertigo) who is Bristow’s closest rival for the championship.

Trial2 is too close to call with Italy’s defending champion Matteo Grattarola (Honda) leading by just a single point from Marcelli whose Qualification victory by half-a-second ahead of Spain’s Aniol Gelabert (Scorpa) hands him a huge advantage heading into tomorrow’s title decider.

Grattarola was third but had to rely on his Q1 performance following a maximum at his second attempt.

It’s also close in Trial2 Women where Britain’s Alice Minta (Scorpa), who’s currently second, came out ahead of the French duo of Caroline Moreon (Sherco) and Lenna Volpe (Sherco).

Germany’s Vivian Wachs (TRRS), who has a six-point lead at the top of the table, will start tomorrow’s competition fourth from the back.

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The 2019 FIM Trial World Championship is heading to a final, thrilling conclusion at this coming weekend’s TrialGP Spain at La Nucia on September 21-22.

The big prize, the TrialGP title, was sewn-up by the great Toni Bou (Repsol Honda) last time out at TrialGP France but – following the series’ traditional summer break – the TrialGP Women, Trial2 and Trial2 Women championships are all up for grabs at the venue just north of Benidorm on the Mediterranean coast.

Bou, of course, put his amazing 13th consecutive title out of reach at the Alpine resort of Auron at the end of July but with his fellow Spaniards Adam Raga (TRRS) and Jeroni Fajardo (Gas Gas) looking assured of second and third there’s still all to play for in the other classes.

In TrialGP Women, defending champion Emma Bristow (Sherco) looks a safe bet to retain her crown. Winner of the last five titles, the British rider hasn’t been beaten since the final round of 2017 and will go into the season finale with a 16-point advantage at the top of the table.

Her main opposition will come from the Spanish duo of Berta Abellan (Vertigo) and Sandra Gomez (TRRS) but Bristow’s lead should prove conclusive.

In Trial2, defending champion Matteo Grattarola (Honda) from Italy set the early standard but at the last two rounds in Portugal and France he slipped off the pace which has allowed rising Spanish star Gabriel Marcelli (Montesa) to dramatically close to within just one point of the Italian.

Still in with a mathematical chance of the title, French rider Alex Ferrer (Sherco) in third and fourth-placed Toby Martyn (Beta) from Britain will be looking to go out on top but the championship must now be just a distant dream for the pair.

Trial2 Women will also be decided in Spain with Germany’s Vivian Wachs (TRRS) sitting pretty at the top of the table with a six-point lead over Britain’s Alice Minta (Scorpa) following her pair of victories at the classes’ opening two rounds in Portugal and France.

French rider Lenna Volpe (Sherco) holds down third but realistically the title will be decided between Wachs and Minta unless both have a day to forget in Spain.

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Given the honour of hosting the final round of the 2019 FIM Trial World Championship on September 21-22 at La Nucia near Benidorm on the Mediterranean coast, Spain is the powerhouse of World Trial – and has been since 2005 – and you only need to take a quick flick through the history books to confirm this.

The FIM Trial World Championship didn’t start until 1975 and the nation was forced to wait another 12 years until the legendary Jordi Tarres put Spain at the forefront of the sport. Tarres, of course, went on to dominate Trial and won a further six titles before his compatriot Marc Colomer claimed his sole World crown in 1996.

Following the seven-year reign of Britain’s Dougie Lampkin who ruled from 1997 until 2003 before Japanese fan-favourite Takahisa Fujinami claimed his one and only championship, Spain returned to the top thanks to Adam Raga who took back-to-back crowns in 2005 and 2006.

It was widely thought that Raga would go on to rule at World level for many years but 2007 belonged to his fellow countryman Toni Bou and the Barcelona rider has proved to be unbeatable over a full season ever since, racking up an amazing 13 titles – his latest being clinched at TrialGP France in July.

Bou also leads the way when it comes to TrialGP Spain wins with an incredible 14 to his name but to find the first Spanish rider to come out on top on home soil we have to go back to 1981 when Manuel Soler claimed a hugely-popular victory that was made all the more memorable given the fact he was riding a Spanish-built Montesa.

However, Soler’s win wasn’t the first time a Spanish manufacturer celebrated a home triumph.

TrialGP Spain has been a permanent fixture on the calendar since 1970 when the series was still known as the FIM European Trial Championship and that inaugural event – held at Matadepera near Barcelona – was won by British rider Mick Andrews on a Spanish-built Ossa.

For the following nine years Spanish machines topped the podium every time with Ossa, Bultaco and Montesa all taking their turn in the spotlight in the hands of Andrews, Martin Lampkin, Ulf Karlson, Yrjo Vesterinen and Bernie Schreiber and it’s a dominance that continues to this day through the formidable partnership of Bou and the Spanish-Japanese Repsol Honda team.

Now factor in Spain’s remarkable 25 wins in the 35-year history of the Trial des Nations for men – plus its seven victories in the women’s category – and it’s clear to see which is the #1 Trial nation on the planet!

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With last year’s top two Alex Brancati (Beta) and Maddie Hoover (Gas Gas) both graduating to the premier TrialGP Women class for this season’s FIM Trial World Championship, it was guaranteed that there would be some new faces on the Trial2 Women podium in 2019.

Few, however, could have predicted that a series newcomer would establish herself at the front of the field – but that’s exactly what Germany’s Vivian Wachs (TRRS) has done, although she freely admits that she’s surprised even herself with her success!

“I didn’t expect that because it was my first World Championship,” said Vivian, “although my goal was the top three.”

The 20-year-old got off to a nervous start at the series opener on a hot and dusty day in Gouveia in Portugal, ending the opening lap three marks adrift of the lead and locked in a three-way tie for second.

Then, when the going got tough on lap two, Vivian got going to run out a clear winner and she repeated this feat the following weekend at TrialGP France at the Alpine resort of Auron to open up a six-point lead at the top of the table with just one round – TrialGP Spain – left on the calendar.

Introduced to Trial by her father who is a keen rider, Vivian started competing at the age of six after two years getting to grips with balance and throttle control on a PW50 and the fast-rising talent from Bavaria hasn’t looked back.

With the final round at La Nucia on September 21-22 fast approaching, Vivian is concentrating on keeping her cool and not succumbing to the pressure that all champions – past, present and future – must deal with.

“There is no extra pressure. I just want to give my best. I don’t have a plan for next year yet but I hope that I can ride the TrialGP Women class.”

The TrialGP Women title is the ultimate prize for feet-up females and if Vivian does win the championship and move up to the premier class in 2020 she’s fully aware of the huge challenges that lie ahead.

“I think it is really difficult [to win the TrialGP Women title] because the other girls are really strong but I hope that I can finish on the podium in the future.”

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At just 15 years of age, Alice Minta (Scorpa) is one of the youngest riders in the 2019 FIM Trial World Championship but the British teenager isn’t about to let her older, more experienced rivals enjoy the upper hand.

In fact, Alice already has 10 years of riding Trial to her name and in her first season of World Championship competition currently sits a solid second in the Trial2 Women class after runner-up finishes in Portugal and France.

With just the final round – TrialGP Spain – left on the calendar, Alice still has her eyes on the big prize as she continues her journey in the sport.

“Although I went for the overall experience, I was aiming to come away with a podium finish [in Portugal],” she said. “I have been practising hard over the summer and will always give it 100 per cent effort. I will be aiming for the top spot but anything can happen and an overall finish on the podium would still be amazing.”

Alice comes from a family of Trial riders – her two older brothers also compete – and being both British and female ensures that she’s never struggled to find role models.

“In the UK it has to be the ‘Wheelie Man’ Dougie Lampkin but overall I like watching Laia Sanz.”

Although she’s six points behind current series leader Vivian Wachs (TRRS) from Germany, Alice is not short of confidence and hasn’t given up on winning the Trial2 Women title at her first attempt – but she’s already focussing on 2020.

“It would mean a lot to me as a rider and bring me confidence. My dad has done so much to support me and I would like to prove what I can achieve by continuing to work hard.

“Next year I hope to be a competitor in the TrialGP Women class [and] in a few years I certainly hope to challenge Emma Bristow and any other women’s title-holder.”

Following its traditional summer break, the 2019 FIM Trial World Championship resumes on September 21-22 with TrialGP Spain – the seventh and final round of this year’s series – at La Nucia just north of Benidorm.

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