The latest test for Adam Raga and all members of the Gas Gas School of Champions Team in the World Championship, is the USA Grand Prix at the Trials Training Center in Sequatchie Tennessee. Raga, who introduced the TXT Pro 300 Factory Replica in the World Cup, remembers well his two victories in Sequatchie that helped him to earn the 2006 world title.

Raga, who won last week’s Trial Indoor de Rouen (France), hopes to re-enter the fight to win races and leave behind the controversy over the Non-Stop. The Spaniard is in third place in the provisional standings, only five points behind the leader and three away from second place.

For his part, the Catalan Pere Borrellas, another official Gas Gas Team rider seeks the opportunity to score in this second round of the World Championship. One of those who has already achieved is the Italian rider Matteo Grattarola, who will enter this test hoping to improve his riding in the top category, looking for a top ten finish.

The United States Trial Grand Prix consists of a loop of about ten Kilometers, with a total of twelve zones and three laps.

STANDINGS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PRO

1.	Toni Bou	35 points
2.	Takahisa Fujinami	33 points
3.	Adam Raga (Gas Gas)	30 points
4.	Jeroni Fajardo	28 points
5.	Albert Cabestany	25 points
7.	Michael Brown (Gas Gas)	17 points
13.	Matteo Grattarola (Gas Gas)	6 points
	Pere Borrellas (Gas Gas)

STANDINGS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP JUNIOR

1.	Jack Sheppard	35 points
2.	Maxime Warenghien	30 points
3.	Jorge Casales (Gas Gas)	28 points
4.	Pol Tarrés	28 points
5.	Cédric Tempier	26 points
7.	Francesc Moret (Gas Gas)	19 points
11.	Kyle Middleton (Gas Gas)	10 points

In Torres Vedras, Portugal, the fourth Grand Prix of the season was disputed. These two races have tested the new Gas Gas EC Factory Replica and its riders. Of these results, one highlight is the inclusion of the Belgian rider, Jeff Goblet, who joined the team structure of the Gas Gas Factory Pons Team as a rider in the E2 class. Goblet, who recently had knee surgery, had a discrete outcome in the first of the two days. On Sunday he felt more comfortable on the bike and the terrain, improving his finishing position and lessening time difference with the winner of the category.

In Junior, Danny McCanney is focused upon narrowing the gap with his rivals, a fact that has made him lose concentration on several occasions, resulting in falls like the one experienced in the SuperTest , losing precious time that he was unable to recover before the end of the race. Sunday’s result was better, but far from expected. The Chilean Diego Rojas continues his impressive performances in the category, in which he was left just outside the gates of the ‘top10’ and at future events this will be the goal of the young member of the Gas Gas School of Champions.

Esteban Lanz, the best of the Gas Gas riders in the Youth Cup was about to achieve the first objective: to consolidate in the top eight, but a hard fall in the extreme on Saturday, with a major blow to his back, affected him physically and resulted in him finishing toward the rear of the field of riders. For his part, the Israeli rider, Tomer Shapira was out of the points in the race despite showing good form.

The Gas Gas Factory Pons Team has almost one month before the next round of the World Championship in Romania on the 14th to 16th of June, where head coach of the team, Sergi Duran, plans a test session with the riders to harden them for the championship finals.

Danny McCanney:
"My weekend started bad for me when I crashed in the SuperTest and lost ten, twelve seconds that put me off the leaders straight away. The first Enduro test, I just struggled a little bit with my time, I was just a bit too slow and lost another ten seconds and then all day I was fighting to try and get up the leader board. But it’s been a tough race for me. I’ve had some good tests, and some bad ones. I’ve had four weekends in a row racing and I’m quite tired now, I need a good rest".

Jeff Goblet:
"I have to be graceful to the Gas Gas team for believing in me. I really like the bike and I’m doing very well. The race was very difficult for me. It was very much like MX and I’m not used to that. It’s my first World Cup race this year and I hope on the next test I’ll be getting better".

Diego 'Toro' Rojas:
"The race was good. I ended up pretty tired with these two days of racing. Every time I feel more comfortable with the bike and am very happy with the team. Everything is perfect. The bike is flawless and I, well I keep training and try to win".

Esteban Lanz:
"Today was not a good day for me. The track was very rough and it prevented me from making good lap times. I made several mistakes and had several falls. I tried to recover but at the end finished 14th. I’ll be looking for a ‘top 10’ finish in Romania and Greece, and for this I will have to train hard".

Results

Portuguese GP. Day1

E2

1.	Alex Salvini	1:07'02.79
2.	Iván Cervantes	at 6.78
3.	Johnny Aubert	at 47.21
15.	Jean-François Goblet (Gas Gas)	at 5'53.73

Junior

1.	Mathew Philips	1:08'35.23
2.	Luis Oliveira	at 33.36
3.	Mario Román	at 34.04
10.	Danny McCanney (Gas Gas)	at 2'10.01
13.	Diego Rojas (Gas Gas)	at 3'01.60

Youth Cup 125

1.	Jamie McCanney	1:10'12.82
2.	Albin Elowson	at 1'18.44
3.	Oliver Nelson	at 1'51.17
13.	Esteban Lanz (Gas Gas)	at 4'26.60
16.	Thomer Shapira (Gas Gas)	at 6'50.13

Portuguese GP. Day2

E2

1.	Alex Salvini	1:05'16.86
2.	Iván Cervantes	at 37.92
3.	Johnny Aubert	at 54.40
15.	Jean-François Goblet (Gas Gas)	at 4'43.37

Junior

1.	Mathew Philips	1:07'02.79
2.	Giacomo Redondi	at 15.72
3.	Loïc Larrieu	at 21.43
10.	Danny McCanney (Gas Gas)	at 57.13
13.	Diego Rojas (Gas Gas)	at 3'22.70

Youth Cup 125

1.	Jamie McCanney	1:09'49.85
2.	Albin Elowson	at 30.85
3.	David Ciucci	at 1'04.28
14.	Esteban Lanz (Gas Gas)	at 3'31.85
17.	Thomer Shapira (Gas Gas)	at 7'47.06

The Sardegna Rally race will take place from May 31st to June 5th, the third round of the Cross-Country Rallies World Championship, in which Gas Gas rider Jordi Viladoms will be present, he is the reigning champion of the Italian round.

Viladoms, who got the win in the 2012 Sardegna Rally, is one of the best riders in the field and after participating in a Championship event in Spain on the Gas Gas Enduro, rider and team decided to agree to a continuation of the agreement with a view of preparing for the Dakar Rally.

The Rally of Sardinia is one of the more complicated tests in the Cross-Country Rallies World Championship, especially in regards to navigation. For the particular characteristics of the race, most participants do not use a rally bike, but an Enduro motorcycle with navigation instruments and a special kit that allows greater autonomy.

Jordi Viladoms participated in the Valverde del Camino Enduro, Spanish Championship, with the official team, Gas Gas Factory Team Pons. It was an agreement to provide continuity in Viladoms’ preparations, which also included participation in Enduro or National rally-raid races.

The Sardegna Rally Race will begin on Friday, May 31st in Alghero with inspections and the prologue stage, and ends in San Teodoro on Wednesday June 5th after traveling more than 1,500 kilometers, (930miles) more than half being timed sections.

Dougie Lampkin, the seven-time Trial outdoor and five-time indoor world champion is the official winner of the Scottish Six Days Trial, the legendary Scottish has taken place at Fort William. The Gas Gas rider had an upward trend throughout the week in a competition that rewards consistency, and after sharing the lead in the early days, he took the lead in the solo competition on Thursday and never relinquished the yellow plate until completing the thirty zones of the final day. The last zone, with heavy rain was located within the city of Fort William, for more than 100 years, the global center for Trial during the first week of May.

This is the seventh victory for the Gas Gas rider, which marked another milestone in the Scottish, being the most successful rider in the history of this event with more than 100 years of recorded statistics. After lifting his past two trophies of victory while riding a Gas Gas TXT300 Pro Racing, Lampkin has now outpaced the mythical Trial legends, Mick Andrews and Sammy Miller.

Results
1.  Dougie Lampkin (Gas Gas)  11 points
2.  James Dabill  26
3.  Gary McDonald  32
4.  Ross Danby  33
5.  Sam Connor  35
6.  Alexz Wigg (Gas Gas)  39

Photos courtesy of G2FMedia

 

The Gas Gas factory team competing in the World Enduro Championship has finished the Grand Prix of Spain with an optimistic point of view, and they are now looking forward to the next race in Portugal. Having not been able to achieve a podium position, which has eluded the young Danny McCanney after a couple of falls in the Extreme and Enduro test, but eventually he finished fourth in the Junior category after a good showing in certain special tests. McCanney who has piloted the new EC 300 Factory Replica without any mechanical problems, holds the third position overall in the World Cup. In the same category, Diego ‘El Toro” Rojas has continued to improve and had finished in sixteenth position. The competitive Chilean rider seeks to improve race after race, and this time he was able to observe the difficulty of the Grand Prix series but managed to complete the event, something that in itself is an accomplishment.

The Gas Gas School of Champions program is paying off with the youngsters Esteban Lanz and Tomer Saphira, who have managed to reduce the gap to the front runners. The Chilean Lanz was 12th and Israeli Saphira 14th, and in this GP of Spain has earned their first World Cup points.

Results Spanish GP, day 2

Junior
1.          Matthew Philips            58'52.77
2.          Giacomo Redondi            to 6.99
3.          Mario Román            to 10.10
4.            Danny McCanney (Gas Gas)            to 32.50
16.          Diego Rojas (Gas Gas)            to 4'48.70

Youth Cup
1.           Jamie McCanney            1:00'42.16
2.           Albin Elowson            a 15.22
3.           David Ciucci            a 49.10
12.            Esteban Lanz (Gas Gas)            a 4'41.43
14.            Tomer Saphira (Gas Gas)            a 6'27.53

Standings
Junior
1.         Matthew Philips            103 points
2.         Giacomo Redondi            98 points
3.            Danny McCanney (Gas Gas)            86 points
12.          Diego Rojas (Gas Gas)            22 points

Youth Cup
1.           Jamie McCanney            114 points
2.           Benjamín Herrera            95 points
3.           Albin Elowson            76 points
18.            Esteban Lanz (Gas Gas)            8 points
25.            Thomer Saphira (Gas Gas)            4 points

Gas Gas rider Adam Raga took the third position on the podium in third round in the championship, held in the town of manchega de Sigüenza and organized by the motorcycle club Alto Henares, who prepared a Trial with a good technical level with long zones held upon a dusty course.

Adam Raga, premiering the new Gas Gas TXT Pro 300 Factory Replica, sought the win form the first zone but this risk lead to an accumulation of points that despite improvements later in the race, the burden was too much to overcome in achieving victory, which was his main goal after witnessing errors made by championship leader Toni Bou. However, Raga continues to maintain the second position in the championship standings.

For his part, the rider from the Gas Gas School of Champions program, Jorge Casales, finished in fifth position and stands in fourth place in the provisional championship. Also, another good performance was seen as Gas Gas rider Pere Borrellas finished the Trial in sixth place, his best national result so far.

The next race for the Team Gas Gas riders is the second round of the World Trial Championship, to be held in Sequatchie Tennessee, in the USA on the 25th and 26th of May.

Results Trial de Sigüenza
1.            Toni Bou            18 points
2.            Albert Cabestany            41 points
3.            Adam Raga (Gas Gas)            46 points
4.            Dani Oliveras            83 points
5.            Jorge Casales (Gas Gas)            83 points
6.            Pere Borrellas (Gas Gas)            86 points

Standings
1.            Toni Bou            60 points
2.            Adam Raga (Gas Gas)            49 points
3.            Albert Cabestany            45 points
4.            Jorge Casales (Gas Gas)            33 points
5.            Dani Oliveras            31 points
7..            Pere Borrellas (Gas Gas)            28 points

The first day of the GP of Spain event has tested riders and machines in a very technically demanding course, and despite this, the new Gas Gas EC Factory Replica has finished the race without mechanical problems.

The Gas Gas rider who has obtained the best results is again Britain's Danny McCanney, who could not reach the podium after a couple of crashes during the first round, resulting in a lot of wasted time compared to his rivals. In the second round he rode with greater ease, recovering several positions in the interim. In the Special test, dust has hindered his comeback attempts, having to settle for fourth position in the first day of the GP of Spain. Also in the Junior category, the Chilean rider Diego Rojas, another member of the Gas Gas School of Champions in which he progresses in each race, finished in 12th place. The other two Gas Gas riders from the program to support young hopefuls competing in the Youth Cup category have ended the day slightly lower positions: Esteban Lanz was 12th and Tomer Saphira, 14th.

Results, GP Spain. Day 1
Junior
1. Matthew Phillips 1:00'01.83
2. Mario Román a 27.65
3. Giacomo Redondi 30.50
4. Danny McCanney (Gas Gas) a 1'06.50
12. Diego Rojas (Gas Gas) a 3'46.68

Youth Cup
1. Jamie McCanney 1:02'26.16
2. Albin Elowson a 1'08.58
3. Matteo Bresolin a 2'02.64
12. Esteban Lanz (Gas Gas) a 9'35.16
14. Tomer Saphira (Gas Gas) a 12'34.45

 

The brand regret that for reasons beyond their control, Laia Sanz not going to dispute the trial world championship, the Trial des Nations, the enduro world championship and next Dakar despite having a contract in place until the 2014 season.

In almost two years, Laia Sanz has won with Gas Gas two Dakar Rally, she has been trial world champion and won his first world enduro championship and she was already awarded with the gold medal at the X Games in Brazil.

Gas Gas would like to thank the professionalism and dedication of Laia Sanz in all this time wishing her good luck in the new way of her career in the different specialties in which she is going to compete.

The Scottish town of Fort William is the center of the Trial world for a week. More than 250 riders participate in the Scottish Six Days Trial, a centennial race in which is highlighted by several Gas Gas riders, and among them, one in particular: The winner of the last edition, Dougie Lampkin. The twelve times Trial World Champion and six-time winner of the Scottish comes off as the favorite to win the event.

In fact, after the first of six days of this Scottish, of Silsden,the leaders are very close, with the British rider Michael Brown in the lead, after finishing without penalty. Lampkin has set a foot in one zone and Alexz Wigg followed with two. The Spaniard Francesc Moret, winner of the Three Day Trial of Santigosa, has ranked among the top fifteen, with seven points, of which five of those have been after receiving the maximum penalty in a section.

The thirty zones of the course on the first day have not been at all easy,but given the score of the top finishers one might think otherwise. Still, the organizers have taken into account the bad weather and have not complicated the already difficult course of the Scottish, because you have to keep in mind that the rainfall during the weekend has forced the cancelation one of the days of another classic in the Six Days, the Pre-65.

Gas Gas is, in this centennial edition of the trial, the second brand with greatest participation in the race and has managed to win three times in the Scottish. Dougie Lampkinwon last year, Steve Colley was the first to achieve this, in 1997, and repeated in 2000.

The Spanish brand is present in active form in the Scottish Six Days, participating with several of its official riders, and is also assisting clients of the brand. Furthermore, in the Scottish Six Days has been seen for the first time the new 2013 Gas Gas TXT Pro Factory Replica.

The 100 milles Motorcycle Club of Antas prepared a highly technical course, which tested the riders in this third round of the Spanish Enduro Championship. The arid terrain and high temperatures throughout the day accompanied the riders, causing them to be completely exhausted when they finished. Gas Gas riders, even without winning in the categories in which they participated, have achieved good results that keep them in the hunt for the championship.

Danny McCanney has finished the race while earning points in a more complicated test than he expected. He knew that the Almeria terrain was not very conducive for his riding specialties, specifically the stretch, where he suffered several falls, resulting in the Swede Joakim Ljunggren, being the winner of the category, and Frenchman Fabien Planet, ended up ahead in the Enduro3 category. Despite this, the young Briton, the mainstay of the Gas Gas School of Champions, holds the second position in the championship standings.

In Enduro1, after the injury in the initial round of the Championships, Arnau Solà entered competition again, although harassed by the lack of training and endurance, and despite racing against several World Cup riders, has garnered a positive sixth position in the end.

Meanwhile, the participation of Laia Sanz in her first National Enduro race in the category Enduro1 was over prematurely. The Gas Gas rider has suffered from tendinitis, which has caused several falls resulting from stiffness in the arms, deciding to retire in the middle of the race.

In the Junior Open category, the Chilean Diego Rojas has smoked his chances of winning the race after suffering an oversight by an erroneous marking of the route, which has led him to be late into a control, penalizing him a minute. 'El Toro' Rojas finished in sixth place,but kept his options open in the category, in which he is ranked third. His partner in the Gas Gas School of Champions Esteban Lanz, has come back strong after his wrist injury setting a good pace and pressing at the top until a fall lost him half a minute.

Tomer Saphira and Oscar Bethancourth maintained their optimal progression within the Gas Gas School of Champions team, being able to finish the race despite the high level of difficulty for riders and their mounts.

The next test for all official Gas Gas Team O. Pons riders will be next weekend, May 10th, 11th and 12th. This is the third round of the Enduro World Championship, taking place in the Spanish town of Puerto Lumbreras.

Classifications Enduro of Antas
E1

1.	Cristóbal Guerrero	48’49.010
2.	Lorenzo Santolino	a 45.080
3.	Víctor Guerrero	a 48’.970
6.	Arnau Solà (Gas Gas)	a 3’14.240

E3

1.	Joakim Ljunggren	48’50.130
2.	Fabien Planet	a 50.350
3.	Danny McCanney (Gas Gas)	a 1’08.290
4.	Juan Pérez de la Torre	a 1’29.950
5.	Joan Jou (Gas Gas)	a 3’58.040
8.	Miquel García (Gas Gas)	a 7’21.440

EJ

1.	Johan Edlund	52’12.860
2.	Ramon Quer	a 4.510
3.	Kirian Mirabet	a 15.180
6.	Diego Rojas (Gas Gas)	a 56.750
8.	Esteban Lanz (Gas Gas)	a 1’51.530
12.	Tomer Shapira (Gas Gas)	a 4’10.060
15.	Oscar Bethancourth (Gas Gas)	a 15’41.140

STANDINGS
E1

1.	Lorenzo Santolino	114 puntos
2.	Víctor Guerrero	114 puntos
3.	Mario Román	98 puntos
8.	Arnau Solà (Gas Gas)	15 puntos

E3

1.	Joakim Ljunggren	113 puntos
2.	Danny McCanney (Gas Gas)	108 puntos
3.	Fabien Planet	106 puntos
4.	Alfredo Gómez	85 puntos
5.	Miquel García (Gas Gas)	58 puntos
6.	Joan Jou (Gas Gas)	62 puntos

EJ

1.	Ramon Quer	114 puntos
2.	Kirian Mirabet	111 puntos
3.	Diego Rojas (Gas Gas)	92 puntos
9.	Esteban Lanz (Gas Gas)	44 puntos
14.	Tomer Shapira (Gas Gas)	21 puntos
16.	Oscar Bethancourth (Gas Gas)	13 puntos