Dougie Lampkin, new member the Gas Gas family
12/01/2011The twelve times World Champion signed a three year
contract for both trial as for indoor enduro and extreme.
Coinciding with the beginning of 2011, Dougie
Lampkin has become a new member of the Gas
Gas family after signing up the contract that will
keep him attached to the Spanish firm for the next
three seasons.
The twelve times World Champion (7 outdoor and
5 indoor) begins a new exciting stage of his sport
career that will let him keep involved as an official
rider of this speciality both in the British and in the
international competition. At the same time, he will
open a new period in another speciality in which
he has showed surprisingly successful: the indoor
and extreme enduro.
Lampkin, who’s now 34, will perform in an
outstanding tandem with Adam Raga in the trial,
coopering with the Catalan rider and the firm’s
technicians in the developing of the brand’s new
products. At the same time he will join the new
powerful enduro team, which already has among
its members the five time World Champion Ivan
Cervantes.
Last weekend’s Sheffield international indoor trial,
in Great Britain, was Dougie’s debut with the new
TXT 280 Pro. This event let see Adam Raga at
second stage of the podium, right behind Toni
Bou. Lampkin, still not fully adapted to his new
bike, could not get a place in the final play-off. On
the other hand, his debut with the new EC 300 is
scheduled for February 6th in Barcelona, in the
second round of the Indoor Enduro World
Championship. As it happened in the Genoa on
November 27th, the indoor enduro and the X-trial
will share the billboard.
Dougie Lampkin
"This is a very exciting
opportunity for me. I'm glad of
having accepted it after feeling
Gas Gas' real passion and
interest to include me in its
team. I'm positive that I still have
my chances in the trial World
Championship and among my
aspirations are winning at least
on more Grand Prix. I'm really
confident that I can ride at the
top level and also cooperate in
the development of new models
as the firm has asked me.
As far as enduro is concerned,
the 2 stroke Gas Gas bikes are
among the best and I think they
will work really well in the indoor
and extreme competition.
Although so far I've had some
good results, I will be able to
improve my performance thanks
to the EC benefits. This is going
to be a very intense year and I'm
really encouraged to achieve my
hundredth win, to win the
hundredth edition of the Scottish
and also to win as many enduro
races as possible".