The Spanish Trial Championship kicked off its 2024 season in the Galician town of Arteixo, the world championship venue in 2023 under the baton of the Moto Club Arteixo.
The weather forecast for the weekend was complicated. Cold, rain and wind were expected. And so it was, especially on Sunday, where the rain did not stop from Saturday night, leaving the terrain even more complicated due to the mud and erosion of the first day of competition.
On a sporting level, we witnessed Adam Raga’s debut with Sherco in an outdoor competition, achieving two podiums, the first of them just three points behind the second classified. With this, the driver from Tarragona showed that he maintains the level of last season despite the change of brand and confirms his good adaptation to the Sherco ST 2024.
The fight for victory was more even on Saturday, where Jaime Busto won, than on Sunday, where it was Gabriel Marcelli who took the cat. A result that generates the first draw of the season between the two favorites for the absolute national title.
On Saturday both drove from less to more, managing to drastically lower their splits on the second lap, quite the opposite of Adam Raga, who led the first lap, but was not able to manage that advantage for the rest of the competition.
After Saturday’s podium positions, it was Aniol Gelabert and Jorge Casales, TRRS drivers, who were in charge of completing the top five. Behind, further away, Pablo Suárez, Alex Canales, Gil Vila and Gerard Trueba.
On Sunday, with the adverse weather we mentioned, we attended a master class by Gabriel Marcelli on the first lap, signing a card of only three points. The Galician driver was able to manage this advantage well on the second lap, where he made some extra mistakes that he was able to mitigate in the last part of the race.
Busto’s career was just the opposite: from less to more. A comeback that was not enough to fight for victory, but it was enough to be co-leader of Arteixo and stay in the pulse of the championship where he is defending the title for the second consecutive year.
On this second day of the race, the fourth position went to Jorge Casales, who had a great race and was just one point away from the podium, beating Aniol Gelabert, with whom he shares the brand and bike. Behind, Pablo Suárez, Alex Canales, Gerard Trueba and Gil Vila closing the classification.
SONDRE HAGA WINS IN TR2 WITH ELECTRIC GASGAS
In TR2 Sondre Haga won solidly both days on his debut with the prototype of the electric GASGAS TXE. The Nordic rider, who last year competed in TR1 on an explosion GASGAS, will work on gathering information in competition from the TXE to assist Austrian engineers in the development of the prototype. In the other two positions of honor there were other protagonists every day. David Fabian and Adrià Mercadé finished second and third, respectively, on Saturday but Pau Dinarés and Pau Martínez did so on Sunday.
Ryon Land and Ramón Godino finished first and second in both days of competition being accompanied on the Junior podium by Aniol Llamas on Saturday and Ángel Llopis on Sunday.
Highlights Sanjuan, Martí and Sillue, Márquez, the best in TR3, Cadet 125cc, Cadet and TR5
In the TR3 category Jordi Sanjuan, Rodrigo Marchal and Jordi Camp were the outstanding riders both on Saturday and today. Otger Martí took the victory both days in Cadet 125cc but had different teammates at the trophy ceremony on each day. On Saturday Edgar García and Xicu Marí went up to pick them up but on Sunday Aleix Ávalos and García himself did.
Different protagonists also in Cadete (Cup). While Poldo Sillue won both days, Manel Jane and Genís Forns finished second and third on Saturday and Lucas Paniagua and Marc Planella on Sunday.
Héctor Márquez, Fernando García and Javier Fernández overtook the rest of the category rivals in TR5 on Saturday but on Sunday Héctor, Miguel Llinares and Roque Solórzano did it again.
Comas, Hernández, Falcó, Giralt, Del Blanco win in TR4, Juvenil A and Juvenil B
Daniel Comas was the protagonist of TR4 on both days. Amós Bilbao was second yesterday and Pablo Lorente third but, today, Lorente sneaked in second and Adrià Albejano closed the top three.
Gael Hernández won on Saturday in Juvenil A leaving Lucas Rodríguez and Silvestre Ginferrer behind. This Sunday Edgar Falcó won while Rodríguez was second again and Gael had to settle for third. Pau Giralt, Víctor del Blanco and Grau Franch triumphed on Saturday in Juvenil B and Del Blanco, Carlos Pérez and Félix Sangra on Sunday
Pechackova and Fontdevila triumph in Women’s TR1 and Women’s TR2
Denisa Pechackova, Laia Pi and Daniela Hernando were the best in Women’s TR1 on both days and Queralt Fontdevila, Abril Montserrat and Ada Martí, although the latter two were exchanging positions every day.
Segura, García, Planella and Giro, protagonists of Veterano A and B
José M. Segura took the victory on Saturday in Veteran A so Víctor Ares and Víctor M. Pérez had to settle for second and third, respectively. Today Rubén García won leaving César González and Ares himself completing the top three.
Salvador Planella, Gabriel Giro and Héctor Torres climbed the podium of Veteran B on Saturday but on Sunday Giro did it first, then Torres and P3 José M. Ruiz.
The next round of the Spanish Trial Championship will be held in Gironella, Barcelona, on the weekend of March 23 and 24.
CET ARTEIXO 2024 classification
TR1 CET arteixo 2024 day 1
- JAIME BUSTO (GASGAS)
- GABRIEL MARCELLI (MONTESA)
- ADAM RAGA (SHERCO)
- ANIOL GELABERT (TRRS)
- JORGE CASALES (TRRS)
- PABLO SUAREZ (MONTESA)
- ALEX CANALES (SHERCO)
- GIL VILA (VERTIGO)
- GERARD TRUEBA (BETA)
TR1 CET arteixo 2024 day 2
- GABRIEL MARCELLI (MONTESA)
- JAIME BUSTO (GASGAS)
- ADAM RAGA (SHERCO)
- JORGE CASALES (TRRS)
- ANIOL GELABERT (TRRS)
- PABLO SUAREZ (MONTESA)
- ALEX CANALES (SHERCO)
- GERARD TRUEBA (BETA)
- GIL VILA (VERTIGO)
