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GASGAS presents the race teams for Trial and Enduro
This morning, GASGAS makes it official with an announcement of this season’s competition team for Trial and Enduro. As well as the “School of Champions” rider training created by Miki Arpa. The presentation took place in Mas Viñas de Vulpellac (Girona) and this presentation has served to join the top riders as well as the people in charge of the company in Salt. The race teams are composed in the following way: The Enduro team will consist of Cristophe Nambotin, Yannick Bossi, Jordi Figueras, Ludivine Puy, Robert Kavarnström and Arnau Solá. The Trial team will consist of Adam Raga, James Dabill and Loris Gubian. Cristophe Nambotin, recovered of his injury, starts off as one of the great favorites in the World Enduro Championship as well as the French Championship where he will compete in Enduro 3. This year Yannick Bossi will rise in the Junior World Championship as well as in the French Championship where he will participate in Enduro 2. Jordi Figueras is expected to be a revelation in the Spanish Championship and in the World Championship competing in Enduro 2. Ludivine Puy continues being the person by whom all others are judged as she is without rivals in feminine category. She competes in with the men in France in the class - Enduro 3. And she will be the great rival to surpass in the New European Women’s Championship which world-wide, will consist of three races. The youngsters Robert Kavarnström (Junior World Championship, Championship of Italy 125 and Junior Cup) and Arnau Solá (Championship of Spain in Enduro 1, Junior World Championship and Junior Cup) represent the new generation of GASGAS and will be racing for GASGAS in these categories.
Carles Ferrer, sport director at GASGAS, assures that "It is a complicated season but we continue betting on the races. We make a product for competition that is what we have always done and has characterized us”. As far as the changes that have been introduced in the motorcycles, Ferrer maintains that "We continue perfecting the machines based on the opinions of each pilot, but always with the base of our mechanics whom have given us so many successes in past years". On the objectives, the maximum responsibility is clear: "We seek victory in Enduro as in Trial, where we absolutely have riders with the abilities to achieve these goals". On the other hand, the new person in charge of marketing is Álex Llobet. He assures that the company is working to give change the image of the brand. “We have a new way of business that better connects with our clients, and demonstrates that GASGAS is in a positive and permanent evolution". The presentation of the team and the equipment also served to introduce the new formation of The School of Champions for young talents directed by veteran pilot Miki Arpa who will guide them in teaching these promising Young riders of Trial and Enduro. This annual act has become an authentic GASGAS celebration before returning to the vortex of the competition in the months to follow.
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for Trial, by his history, Adam Raga continues being one of the great ones in
the Outdoor World Championship as well as the Spanish Championship. After
placing third in the Indoor World Championship his main rivals this season
will Toni Bou and Albert Cabestany. After recovering of his knee injury, there
much anticipation placed upon Raga. James Dabill has confirmed himself to be
the rider of revelation after his fourth place in the Indoor World
Championship. The Englishman wants to follow with progression in the Spanish
Championship as well as the World Championship. The French rider Loris Gubian
will continue adding experience and he is competing as much in the French
Championship as in the World Championship that begins in a few days.