The USA returns to the Outdoor Trials Championship calendar as the host of the sixth and penultimate round of the 2025 season this weekend. On a difficult first day, on completely new terrain, Miquel Gelabert fought to score as many points as possible but had his Saturday end earlier than planned.
After a month-long break since the previous round in San Marino, the Honda Montesa rider arrived at the event intent on keeping the title fight alive. The first run of the day was greatly influenced by the complexity of a slippery and unfamiliar terrain for the intermediate class riders.
Gelabert gave his best performance with the RTL Electric, climbing positions and minimising damage against his direct rivals in the fight for the championship. However, with only one section to go and when he was provisionally leading the classification, the Barcelona-born rider suffered a technical issue that prevented him from taking the first victory of the day.
In the second race, thanks to the experience gained from the first time round, Gelabert started with a good pace, managing to complete three sections without incurring penalty points and placing himself among the front positions. However, the RTL Electric rider was unable to complete the race due to a technical issue in zone 5 and, finally, he did not score points for the whole day as he was disqualified from Saturday’s race.
With this end of the day, Miquel Gelabert maintains his 305 points in the general classification, 38 points behind the leader, Harry Hemingway. Looking ahead to tomorrow’s race, the Honda Montesa will be working hard to come back stronger and continue in the fight for the championship. Sunday’s race will start at 10:00 local time with the first rider taking off.
Miquel Gelabert
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Honda Montesa
It was a tough day because at the start I felt very good on the bike. We knew it was an important weekend in the overall standings, and we were clear about our focus: To enjoy it and close the gap to Harry Hemingway. But technical issues with the bike prevented us from achieving our goal. Tomorrow we’ll go out there to win; there are still three races left and it’s not all over.
It was a tough day because at the start I felt very good on the bike. We knew it was an important weekend in the overall standings, and we were clear about our focus: To enjoy it and close the gap to Harry Hemingway. But technical issues with the bike prevented us from achieving our goal. Tomorrow we’ll go out there to win; there are still three races left and it’s not all over.
Carles Barneda
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Honda Montesa
We started the day very well, maintaining the good feeling we had in the previous races. However, we weren’t able to finish the day due to some technical issues. I want to thank Miquel for the work he did today and we are going to work very hard to solve the problems so that we can give our 100%.
We started the day very well, maintaining the good feeling we had in the previous races. However, we weren’t able to finish the day due to some technical issues. I want to thank Miquel for the work he did today and we are going to work very hard to solve the problems so that we can give our 100%.