For the second consecutive year the X-Trial World Championship start with Universee Indoor Trials of Barcelona that this Sunday (17 hours) at Palau Sant Jordi reaches its 47th edition, the first round of a championship that will consist of six events this year, with a break in the middle of the competition between May and October to move outside. The rider of the Repsol Honda Trial Team Tony Bou He once again puts his universal crown on the line in search of what could be his 18th in a row, unbeaten at the World Cup since 2007. The man from Piera has won in Barcelona 16 of the 18 times he has participated. The attendance record continues to be improved by Adam Raga who will reach 23rd now aboard a Sherco.
The organization is once again giving its space to the women’s test in the form of an exhibition for the fourth time from 2021 with the five best pilots in the world, including the world champion Emma Bristow, who won all three editions , and the runner-up to Berta Abellán
Participants
The Barcelona Indoor Trial will once again be a matter of 8 drivers, one less than in previous editions where a wildcard was invited, and will correspond to the top-8 of the 2023 X-Trial World Championship: Toni Bou (Montesa), Jaime Busto (GasGas), Gabriel Marcelli (Montesa), Adam Raga (Sherco), Toby Martyn (Montesa), Aniol Gelabert (TRRS), Benoit Bincaz (Sherco) and Matteo Grattarola (Beta). In 2023, both in the GP tests and in the X-Trial, the same final podium was repeated with Bou, Busto and Marcelli.
The competition
17.10 HOURS: FIRST LAP (8 drivers / 5 zones)
18.45 HOURS: SECOND LAP (8 drivers / 5 zones)
The three best drivers, when the points obtained in the first and second rounds have been added, access the Final. In the event of a tie, the driver with the fewest penalty points in the second round will qualify first.
19.35 HOURS: FINAL (3 drivers / 6 zones)
The markers of all the finalists go to zero and the three pilots alternately pass each of the places. In the event of a tie, the tiebreaker zone will be played. If there is still a tie on points, the driver who spent the least amount of time traveling through the jump-off zone will be classified first.
The zones
UNIVERSAE ZONE: large concrete blocks
LA VANGUARDIA AREA-SPORTS WORLD-RAC1-RAC105: large metal modules
ELF ZONE: large metal structures
HEBO AREA: large metal boxes
MOUNTAIN AREA: large metal modules
SOLOMOTO AREA: large wooden boxes
The record of Test victories in Barcelona
16 Tony Bou
7 Jordi Tarres
6 Adam Raga
5 Marc Colomer
3 Doug Lampkin and Eddy Lejeune
2 Bernie Schreiber
1 Diego Bosis, Andreu Codina, Toni Gorgot and Jaume Subirà
The 2024 X-Trial World Calendar
February 4: Barcelona (palau Sant Jordi)
March 15: Chalon-sur-Saône (France)
March 22: Nice (France)
May 4: Geneva (Switzerland)
October 5: Andorra la Vella (Andorra)
November 16: Pamplona (Navarra Arena)
The Woman’s Trophy
At 6:05 pm, between the first and second men’s rounds, the fourth Women’s Trophy will be held, featuring the top-5 of the 2023 Women’s World Cup: Emma Bristow (GBR/Sherco), Berta Abellán (ESP/Scorpa), Sofia Rabino (ITA/Beta), Naomi Monnier (FRA/Montesa) and Alice Minta (GBR/Scorpa). Five will complete a non-stop route of 5 zones.
ZONE 1: rock volcanoes and wooden pallets, ZONE 2: rock volcanoes and wooden pallets, ZONE 3: large metal modules, ZONE 4: large metal modules (in reverse direction) and ZONE 5: rock segment volcano + wooden pallet segment + concrete section + metal module segment.
Source: La Verdad
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