World Championship Chat

Out here for 3rd round of 2014 X-Trial Championship. Will be posting updates to the TC Twitter and Instagram accounts as the day progresses. I don't think you have to be registered for either to view posts, though you might have to manually refresh pages to see new stuff. Twitter - https://twitter.com/trials_central Instagram - http://instagram.com/trialscentral# Some stuff may also appear on the TC Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/trialscentral but they're funny. If you make too many posts in succession they stop publishing them.

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just read an email, tickets for the fim world trials are on offer, around half price but only for a few weeks, here is the link if you are interested, it is at Nord Vue Penrith Cumbria, i would love to go but no chance this year, maybe next year. www.worldtrialuk.co.uk

Can anybody tell me how i can get tickets for a WTC round? I would like to visit the WTC round in Belgium this year, but can't find any info on the web up till now.

So whats happened to Monster sponsoring Bou?? If the dominant force in an extreme form of sport isn't attractive enough to sponsor then what the hell do they want!?? He's also not using Arai helmets anymore.

Does anybody know if the FIM have done deal to transmit the indoor & outdoor WTC for UK broadcast?

Great to hear that Albert pushed Toni all the way, shame he didn't win, it's surely about time he got to win again, he really is a superb rider. To anyone lucky enough to go, How did the sump rule go, any protest about it.

Okay, not sure I totally understand this myself (nor does anyone else by the looks of things!) and have a very confusing document in front of me that makes little sense, but as I understand it The riders have been drawn into pairs - one seeded rider against one non-seeded rider The pairs will ride against each other over a number of sections The best rider will qualify for the semi-final along with the best non-qualifier (six riders in total) The ride against each other thing in pairs will then be repeated. After that I don't know what happens, but I suspect everyone's head will explode trying to understand things. Also, interestingly, riders will now be penalised o…

Hi All. Was wanting to know if there is any live streaming of the sheffield indoor? for us that live on the other side of the world lol If not would be good to see this one day in the near future. Thanks for any help. Clarky.

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Any speculation on who are the yet to be announced Ossa works riders? (See front page for details) I hope it is M. Andrews and D Thorpe as they will not have far to go!

While sitting and watching the latest videos of the top riders training (bou, raga, cabes, jeroni) they all seem to be practicing stop permitted on outdoor terrain... Do the riders know something we don't?! A return to stop permitted at world level maybe?

Congrats to Toni Bou for tying Doug's streak of 7 consecutive World Titles. Congrats to Adam Raga for pushing him right to the end. The Montesa boys all agree it has been a very tough year. It was closer than most realize. After Saturday's result Raga 1st Bou 3rd the lead had been cut in half (5pts). On Sunday by lap 2 section 3: Bou 5th Cabes 4th Raga & Fajardo tied for 2nd and Dabil winning! At this point Raga had the WTC in his grasp. Only a stong finish by Bou and a few errors by Raga on the last lap changed the outcome.

So this years World Champoinship is over and we have had a year to see the NoStop rules play out . Will the rules be revised for next year to make the scoring consistant ? I hope some serious thought goes into this process and the riders thoughts as well as the spectators are considered . What would most like to see ???

Just had a email from my federation of the new trial rules 2013 assessment. Take a look it must be on the FIM website. Rose coloured specs. The assessment was done by someone with one eye that is full of non stop. The way I read it all is the problems they have had is caused by section setters, riders, or observers. Well that's true, that's all you can blame theres no one else. A couple of things that made me smile Riders need technical and strategic adaption Observers to adapt their way of seeing in order to judge not moving forwards in the same way as they had been used to judging moving backwards for many years. You would at least think the FIM assessment be more …

Anyone know when the calendar is announced? Ta

Has anyone been here before to spectate?? If so how was it and would you recommend going? I'm thinking of driving down with Adam at end of August but not sure on accessibility of venue etc etc. I've been to a French WTC round before and it was amazing - practically took over the whole village for the week. I missed Penrith as I was away this weekend but luckily my wife and dad took Adam so he still went and loved it... Now I'm wanting to go again and Isola 2000 is last round this year so needs to be there. Anyone else going this year? Thanks

Many opinions regarding non stop pre season. Thought I'd post a link to a vid from today. If you where the observer and followed the FIM rules (non stop), what would YOU give fujigas in these sections?? To avoid interpretation, here are the crystal clear rules -

Say after one year on a factory Mont (Raga), and after one year on a factory Gasser (Bou), what do you think the race for #1 would look like, versus what it's been over the last few years?

Should we send our best team this year?