The TrialGP World Championship returns to action this weekend with the third round of the calendar, which will take place in Andorra. Toni Bou, the undisputed leader of the championship, is eager to race at home and analyses one of the most complicated races of the season.
The third round of the TrialGP calendar will take us, this weekend, to Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra. The small country in the Pyrenees will be the scene of a new duel, after those experienced in Camprodón and Motegi, this time at high altitude. The areas located in the Naturlandia area, at more than 1,600 metres, will decide the winner of the Andorra TrialGP in a single race day.
Toni
Bou, the championship leader, is yet to taste defeat this season and intends to continue the dominance with another triumph “at home”, as Bou resides a mere twenty kilometres from the place where the race will be held. The Repsol Honda Team rider has a fifteen-point margin over second-placed
Adam Raga
. The provisional third position goes to Jeroni Fajardo, who leads an intense fight with Cabestany, fourth with one point less, and Fujinami, who is one behind the latter.
Also in that fight are James Dabill and Jaime Busto. The Basque rider of the Repsol Honda Team, who is a regular in Japan, will try to change the trend and fight to overtake his Repsol Honda Team teammates in a race that he hopes will suit his style better.
On Saturday, June 17, at 6:00 p.m., the official inauguration of the Territori Toni Bou will take place, a space dedicated to the 21-time World Champion that is located in the Naturlandia facilities at the 1,600 altitude.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE ANDORRA TRIALGP
· This is the 20th time that a round of the Trial World Championship has been held in Andorra, since it was first held 25 years ago. Between La Rabassa – the municipality of St. Julià de Lòria – and the urban centre of this town, have hosted the highest Trial competition, as well as three editions of the TDN.
· In 1992 the first edition of this very special race was held. The altitude of the route, sometimes close to 2,000 meters above sea level, causes changes in the usual performance of the motorcycles.
· After Dougie Lampkin (7), Toni Bou y Adam Raga (6), are the active riders with the highest number of victories, while in the number of visits to the podium of this race, Takahisa Fujinami is the third rider, accumulating a total of 11 podiums, one more than his teammate in the Repsol Honda Team.
· The route of the race runs from the centre of Sant Julià de Lòria to just above the 1,600 m altitude of Naturlandia (La Rabassa), where fourteen of the fifteen areas are located. The drivers will do two laps of this 10-kilometer course with a twenty-minute break between turns.
TrialGP Andorra schedule:
Friday
15:00 → Zone Inspection
Saturday
10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. → Verifications
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. → Free practice
12:15 to 12:45 → Qualifying Training
14:45 → Autograph signing
15:00 to 16:30 → Qualifying Zone
Sunday
09:00 → First pilot starts
12:05 → Start of 2nd lap
15:20 → End of the race
15:35 → Podium Ceremony
