Repsol Honda Team get the season under way
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Repsol Honda Team get the X-Trial 2016 season underway in Sheffield, UK
Repsol Honda Team – the biggest winners over the last decade – get the new indoor season underway in Great Britain this weekend. Toni Bou, starting his bid for a tenth world championship title and Takahisa Fujinami, returning to the competition, will both represent Repsol Honda Team in this 2016 FIM X-Trial World Championship.
It has become something of a tradition over recent years, with 2016 no exception, to see the start of the FIM X-Trial World Championship held in Sheffield, UK. The city situated in the north of England has always hosted indoor trial’s top event and will once again feature the season’s opening date. No one knows this better than Toni Bou who has consistently excelled there over the past decade.
The Repsol Honda Team rider has now clinched no less than nine consecutive X-Trial championships and the top gun’s attempt at a tenth title will begin on 9th January. Toni Bou has cleaned up in the six most recent X-Trial editions in Sheffield and it could prove crucial to begin this season on top of the podium, especially given that the indoor championship has a highly reduced number of four dates this season. Apart from Great Britain, this year’s FIM X-Trial World Championship will feature, Barcelona (Spain), Wiener Neustadt (Austria) and Marseille (France).
The other big news for X-Trial this season is the return of Repsol Honda Team’s Japanese rider Takahisa Fujinami who was forced to take a year out due to a knee injury and his subsequent convalescence.
DATE | STADIUM | COUNTRY |
January 9 | Sheffield | Great Britain |
February 7 | Barcelona | Spain |
March 19 | Wiener Neustadt | Austria |
March 25 | Marseille | France |