The calendars and locations that will make up the 2017 Trial World Championship have already been defined, in addition to the calendar of the 2017 X-Trial Indoor Trial World Championship
that we already announced at Trialworld.
The 2017 Outdoor Trial World Championship is presented with important novelties from the hand of its new promoter will be Sport7. At the moment we know the sporting intentions of the new management, which are to establish a single day of Trial Competition In the Grands Prix held in Europe, Saturday being for practice and qualifying, leaving the races in the USA and Japan as the only ones that will host two scoring days independently.
GRAND PRIX SET-UP
Events in Europe:
Friday – Paddock Opening
Saturday – Administrative control, technical control, official practice and qualifying for the starting order.
Sunday – Race
Events outside Europe:
Thursday – Paddock Opening
Friday – Administrative control, technical control, official practice and qualifying for the starting order.
Saturday – Race
Sunday – Race
Manufacturers’ Championship Standings:
The brands in 2017 will designate one rider from the TrialGP category and one from the Trial2 category for the points for the manufacturers’ championship.
Number of Trial races 2017:
Races will also not be discounted for the final result of the championship. In compensation, the Trial 125 category is called in a total of 5 Grands Prix, while Trial2 and TrialGP will contest a total of 8 races.
Changes are also announced in the Women’s Trial World Championship. They will continue to have three scoring races, but the last one will not coincide with the Trial of Nations, as usual, but the girls will travel to the United States, Italy and the Czech Republic.
THE 2017 TRIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP KICKS OFF IN SPAIN
Spain will host two Trial Grands Prix in 2017. The first will be the opening event of the calendar and will take place in the Girona town of Camprodón on May 13 and 14, while the second test will be in Baiona, on September 23 and 24, on the occasion of the Trial of Nations.
2017 TRIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CALENDAR
2017 TRIALGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RIDERS
1: Toni Bou
2: Adam Raga
3: Takahisa Fujinami
4: Albert Cabestany
5: Jeroni Fajardo
6: Jaime Busto
7: James Dabill
8: Jorge Casales
9: Matteo Grattarola
10: Miquel Gelabert
11: Franz Kadlec
12: Eddie Karlsson
13: Alexandre Ferrer
14: Loris Gubian
15: Jack Price
2017 TRIAL2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RIDERS
1: Iwan Roberts
2: Dan Peace
3: Arnau Farre
4: Gael Chatagno
5: Luca Petrella
6: Teo Colairo
7: Pierre Sauvage
8: Filippo Loca
9: Benoit Bincaz
10: Declan Bullock
11: Marc Riba
12: Pietro Petrangeli
13: Gabriel Marcelli
14: Toby Martyn
15: Oriol Noguera
16: Gianluca Tournour
17: Jack Peace
18: Max Faude
2017 TRIAL125 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RIDERS
1: Eric Miquel
2: Mikkel Brade
3: Connor Hogan
4: Paul Mehu
5: Christopher Wengler
6: Kieran Touly
7: Gerard Trueba
8: Lorenzo Gandola
9: Jarmo Robrahn
10: Julius Ilmberger
11: Mattia Spreafico
12: Billy Green
13: Shota Yamazaki
RIDERS WOMEN’S TRIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2017
1: Emma Bristow
2: Sandra Gomez
3: Rebekah Cook
4: Berta Abellan
5: Donna Fox
6: Theresa Bauml
7: Mireia Conde
8: Sarah Bauer
9: Sara Trentini
10: Katy Sunter
11: Ingveig Hakonsen
12: Maria Giro
13: Jess Bown
14: Mette Fidje
15: Michelle Neukirchen
16: Huldeborg Barkved
17: Ina Wilde
18: Chloe Richardson
19: Mona Pekarek
20: Louise Alford
