ALBERT CABESTANY TIES FOR VICTORY IN BELGIUM
25 September 2006 - Sherco

TRIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BELGIUM (Spa-Francorchamps)

The last round of the Trials Championship of the World was held in the motor-racing city of Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium. This round turned out to be a tremendous battle between Sherco rider Albert Cabestany and the current Champion of the World, Adam Raga. From the very beginning of this trial, which was very difficult because of the clay that accumulated on the Belgian rocks, it was obvious that Albert and Raga were the men to beat. The equality between the two riders was something to see. After the last section they both had the exact same score of 28 points, they both had nineteen cleans, four one’s, three two’s, one three and three fives. The winner was finally decided by the one who finished the trial is the least amount of time which in this case was Adam who was 5 minutes faster than Albert. With this finish, Albert Cabestany earned third place in the Outdoor World Championship.



Albert Cabestany: “The trial today was very hard and a good battle between Adam and I. The fact that the final result had to be determined by time is a good example of how competitive it was. It would have been very good to finish with the out right win, but for the most part I am very satisfied with the way the season ended. I plan to concentrate on the Spanish Championship and believe that the momentum that I have will continue.”



G.P. Final Classification Points
1 Adam Raga (Gas Gas) 28
2 Albert Cabestany (Sherco) 28
3 Toni Bou (Beta) 40
4 Takahisa Fujinami (Honda) 41
5 Jeroni Fajardo (Gas Gas) 64
WTC Provisional Classification Points
1 Adam Raga (Gas Gas) 201
2 Takahisa Fujinami (Honda) 184
3 Albert Cabestany (Sherco) 177
4 Doug Lampkin (Montesa) 169
5 Toni Bou (Beta) 160


Double podium for Sherco in the Youth Cup

In the 125 Youth Cup, Sherco had a double podium, with Loris Gubian second behind the winner Alexz Wigg, the French rider Liotaud was third. In the final classification, Gubian finished second, followed by his Sherco team mate the Italian rider Matteo Grattarola.


G.P. 125cc Final Classification Points
1 Alexz Wigg (Gas Gas) 14
2 Loris Gubian (Sherco) 14
3 Benjamín Liotaud (Sherco) 19
WTC 125cc Provisional Classification Points
1 Alexz Wigg (Gas Gas) 178
2 Loris Gubian (Sherco) 169
3 Matteo Grattarola (Sherco) 161


FIM World Trials Championship
02/04/2006 TRIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SPAIN NIGRAN
09/04/2006 TRIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PORTUGAL MORTAGUA
20/05/2006 - 21/05/2006 TRIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP UNITED STATES SEQUATCHIE
03/06/2006 - 04/06/2006 TRIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP JAPAN TWIN RING MOTEGI
25/06/2006 TRIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FRANCE LA CHATRE
02/07/2006 TRIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ITALY DARFO BOARIO TERME
09/07/2006 TRIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POLAND MYSLENICE
30/07/2006 TRIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GREAT BRITAIN HAWKSTONE PARK
03/09/2006 TRIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ANDORRA LA RABASSA

24/09/2006 TRIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BELGIUM SPA FRANCORCHAMPS

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