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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=3 height=56 BGCOLOR="#666633" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="b58731a0.png" border=0 width="115" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Newsletter Specials</div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=108 BGCOLOR="#666633" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="1cc64643.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="European Dirt: Motocross . . . Trials ."><U><B><IMG SRC="53b7d170.png" border=0 width="125" height="23" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>(Click on Logo to return to </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>E-mail: </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="mailto:eurodirt@rof.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:eurodirt@rof.net"><U><B><U>eurodirt@rof.net</U></B></U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=424 BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>THE 2009 GAS GAS ARMY</B></div> <div> <B>OVER 60 RIDERS ALL OVER EUROPE</B></div> <div> <I>GAS GAS Motos present their whole Trial, Enduro, Supermoto and</I></div> <div> <I>Raid competition structure and school</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="ba0f9070.png" border=0 width="249" height="519" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="ba1fa070.png" border=0 width="250" height="519" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="ba22b6f0.png" border=0 width="299" height="623" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> One of the main assets that have made GAS GAS Motos international and a world leader in the two-wheel</div> <div> off-road world, apart from their autonomous manufacturing and the quality of their products, is presence</div> <div> in competition. An endless list of riders, most likely with Jordi Tarr?s and Paul Emondson as the spearheads</div> <div> and winners of the first titles in the Trial and Enduro specialities, has been in the line-ups of the double-G</div> <div> manufacturer. Quite an impressive legacy that materializes today in a varied range of young espoirs and</div> <div> acclaimed figures, forming their 2009 teams for the Trial, Enduro, Supermoto and Raids disciplines at world,</div> <div> European, Spanish and Catalan levels.</div> <div> The family snapshot that will immortalize the meeting of the GAS GAS riders for the coming season in all</div> <div> the specialities will be really dense. For 2009, the Catalan company is betting on over 60 riders in works</div> <div> and semi-works teams as well as training schools for future champions. They all have in common their bikes,</div> <div> GG of different sizes - from the TXT 125 to the 300 in Trial and the EC 125 to the 450 in Enduro, Raids and</div> <div> Supermoto), but equally acclaimed after winning events and championships in all parts of the world.</div> <div> And behind every team, the support of the factory and a group of professionals that will attend any rider</div> <div> no matter their condition, with the only aim to push the factory products as far as possible up the leader</div> <div> boards in any discipline and, at the same time, to weave a relay that can guarantee a new breeding ground</div> <div> for riders in Spain, France, Great Britain, Italy and Belgium, the GAS GAS markets of reference.</div> <div> <B>•••Trial: One works team, a satellite team and a training school</B></div> <div> <B>GG Trial Factory, the works team</B></div> <div> With the name GG Trial Factory, the works trial GAS GAS</div> <div> team will be formed by four riders: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="GillSans-Bold" ><B>Adam Raga </B></FONT>and <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="GillSans-Bold" ><B>Marc</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>Freixa </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="GillSans" >(both riding the GG 300 TXT Racing Raga) and young</FONT></div> <div> espoirs <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="GillSans-Bold" ><B>Daniel Oliveras </B></FONT>and <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="GillSans-Bold" ><B>Carles Traviesa</B></FONT>. The first</div> <div> three will tackle the overall World Trial Championship and the</div> <div> Spanish Championship, while young Traviesa will enter the Spanish</div> <div> TR2 and the European and World 125 Youth Cup.</div> <div> Adam Raga is about to turn 27 and his tally shows 7 World</div> <div> Champion titles (4 indoor, 2 outdoor and 1 Junior) as well as</div> <div> 4 Spanish Championships, 1 European and 8 World Trial Championships</div> <div> for National Teams at the Trial des Nations as his</div> <div> main achievements. He has already started this year’s season</div> <div> by entering the World Indoor Trial Championship, where he</div> <div> may conquer the runner-up place at the last round to be held</div> <div> in Madrid in mid-March. His minder this year is Josep Campas.</div> <div> <I>“We always aim at the win. With the Indoor Championship already</I></div> <div> <I>decided I will bet strongly for the outdoor championship and, obviously,</I></div> <div> <I>aim at repeating my Spanish Championship titles both in the</I></div> <div> <I>outdoor and in the indoor. We must keep being ambitious,” </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="GillSans" >states</FONT></div> <div> the Ulldecona rider, who is living in Rellinars, Barcelona, where</div> <div> he has trained through the years under the guidance of Jordi</div> <div> Tarres, through the model and prolific School of Champions</div> <div> GAS GAS.</div> <div> Marc Freixa is the team’s most veteran rider. He is the top rider</div> <div> of the “GRO-Non Stop Bikes” structure with GAS GAS Motos</div> <div> backing, and has factory-rider category. He has been active</div> <div> for 12 seasons in international trial and he will team up with Santi Navarro as his minder. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="GillSans-Italic" ><I>“Our target is to</I></FONT></div> <div> <I>be among the top riders in every championship we enter. We must be realistic and we know that winning races is</I></div> <div> <I>complicated, but with good performances we can help GG to be as high as possible in the manufacturer’s charts.”</I></div> <div> His account has five World Trial Championships for National Teams (Trial des Nations) and he has been the</div> <div> runner-up in the Spanish Trial Championship. He has also won 5 events in the outdoor World Trial Championship,</div> <div> and is the sixth Spaniard in number of wins.</div> <div> Daniel Oliveras returns to his origins in GAS GAS after two years outside the Catalan team. He is 21 years</div> <div> old and is facing a full season in which <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="GillSans-Italic" ><I>“we must manage to be in the top six in the World and Spanish Trial</I></FONT></div> <div> <I>Championships,” </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="GillSans" >explains the youngster from Girona, who is living in Vilablareix and has Gabriel Reyes as his</FONT></div> <div> loyal minder.</div> <div> <I>Adam Raga (GG TXT Racing Raga 300)</I></div> <div> Carles Traviesa is the new bet for the team. With only 16</div> <div> years of age, this young man from Sant Andreu de Lavenders</div> <div> is studying 1st of Technical High School diploma in a school</div> <div> in Alella and is very good at languages. He will be competing</div> <div> in the Spanish, European and World Trial Championships this</div> <div> year - the last two in the Youth Cup - and will also be a rider</div> <div> in the Spanish National Team. Ismael Lobato is his minder and</div> <div> coach, a role he shares with Carles Requena.</div> <div> The works trial team will be supported by a team of professionals</div> <div> led by <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="GillSans-Bold" ><B>Claudi Obradors</B></FONT>, with a fantastic racing</div> <div> structure formed by two motorhome-lorries which will</div> <div> decorate all the paddocks of the championships that the GG</div> <div> Trial Factory riders will enter, overlooked by <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="GillSans-Bold" ><B>Josep M. Pibernat,</B></FONT></div> <div> the company chairman as well as brand manager of</div> <div> the manufacturer’s competition section. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="GillSans-Bold" ><B>Ramon Puente</B></FONT>,</div> <div> the firm’s director, and <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="GillSans-Bold" ><B>Marc Arano</B></FONT>, manager, Commercial</div> <div> and Marketing, will also follow the evolution of the works</div> <div> teams closely.</div> <div> <B>Spea Tarres Trial Team, the semi-works team</B></div> <div> Yet another year, GAS GAS is supporting a young team directed</div> <div> by one of the manufacturer’s bastions, <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="GillSans-Bold" ><B>Jordi Tarres</B></FONT>,</div> <div> with the name ‘Spea Tarr?s Trial Team’, a formation that is</div> <div> joined in 2009 by a new rider and that will enter events in the</div> <div> Catalan, Spanish, European and World Championships.</div> <div> The members of this team are all between 15 and 18. Since</div> <div> <B>Francesc Moret </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="GillSans" >is the only over-18, he will leave his GG</FONT></div> <div> TXT 125 this year and ride a bigger GG TXT 280, which he</div> <div> intends to use to aim at the overall European and World Junior</div> <div> titles, as well as having good performances in the Spanish</div> <div> TR2 class. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="GillSans-Bold" ><B>Pere Borrellas </B></FONT>and <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="GillSans-Bold" ><B>Aaro Castells </B></FONT>- both</div> <div> debutants in the team - will follow a similar plan in the World</div> <div> Youth Cup 125 and in the European Junior Championship, and</div> <div> they will also tackle the Spanish TR2, although their targets</div> <div> differ: Borrellas will try to be regularly on the podium, while</div> <div> Castells’s aim for this year is just to train. Finally, <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="GillSans-Bold" ><B>Pol Tarres</B></FONT></div> <div> will not be able to make his World Championship debut</div> <div> because he is not 16 yet, but he aims at sweeping his rivals</div> <div> in the championships he takes part in: European Youth 125,</div> <div> Spanish Junior Championship and the Catalan Elite class.</div> <div> This team has already started their participation in the Catalan</div> <div> Trial Championship in La Clau with a hattrick in the top</div> <div> Elite class, with Moret, Tarres and Borrellas at the top of the</div> <div> rostrum and Castells third in Master 125.</div> <div> <I>Carles Traviesa (GG TXT Pro 300)</I></div> <div> <I>Pol Tarr?s (GG TXT Pro 125)</I></div> <div> <B>Pascuet Trial School</B></div> <div> As the person in charge of the ‘Pascuet Trial School’, Jordi Pascuet, allied with Marcel Justribo, will be responsible</div> <div> for the school’s good performance. Season after season, kids, youngsters and adults from all parts</div> <div> of the world go through this school to train, perfect or prepare for trial competition. In this job they will be</div> <div> assisted by Jordi`s brother, Franc Pascuet.</div> <div> The school counts on a contingent of GAS GAS motorbikes, which are used to teach the lessons and train</div> <div> near the headquarters located near la Seu d’Urgell. There are also trial exhibitions by Jordi Pascuet and</div> <div> Marcel Justribo.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="ba35afd0.png" border=0 width="346" height="253" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="ba478fb0.png" border=0 width="376" height="251" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>European Dirt specials, new bikes, and classifieds</U></B></div> <div> <A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Title 245"><U>Western Colorado Trials 1</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Title 245"><U>st</U></A></FONT><A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Title 245"><U> Get Together!</U></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Title 245"><U><B> <IMG SRC="b1470640.png" border=0 width="112" height="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> Fellow Riders,</div> <bR> <div> SPECIAL---We have Dunlop 803 rear trials tires for $79.95 while supplies last</div> <bR> <div> European Dirt is getting ready to place an order for the first shipment of 2009 Scorpa's. This includes, for the first time in the US, the 2009 Scorpa T-Ride. This bike is being called the ultimate trail bike. Dirt Rider magazine wrote a great article on the T-Ride. You can find the link on <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><U>scorpausa.com</U></FONT>.</div> <div> If you are interested in ordering a 2009 Scorpa let us know asap. The full line of bikes are available and should be arriving in the states by late October. We will only be receiving bikes that are sold, so order yours today!</div> <div> Call for current 2009 pricing.</div> <bR> <div> The new 2009 Gas Gas bikes are here. European Dirt is Utahs only full line Gas Gas dealer. The trials, mx, and enduro bikes are available now. Call for availability and current prices.</div> <div> The 2009 Gas Gas 4 stroke wont be available until early 2009. Order yours today to guarantee one for yourself! This bike is going to be the most powerful, lightest, and lowest price 4 stroke trials bike ever.</div> <bR> <div> For Sale:</div> <div> 2008 Gas Gas 200pro trials bike. Brand new leftover '08. Last one. $6449.00</div> <div> 2008 Gas Gas EC300 enduro/desert. Brand new leftover '08. $7199.00</div> <div> 2007 Scorpa SY250R trials bike. Low hours. Tryall bars, foot pegs, rear sprocket $4799.00</div> <div> 2006 Scorpa SY250FLR with '07 updates. Low hours, excellent condition. Includes</div> <div> long ride kit, original plastic and tank, lighting kit, comp flow </div> <div> reusable oil filter and cover, Boyesen water pump cover and </div> <div> impeller kit, Hebo auxiliary fuel tank. $5999.00</div> <bR> <div> European Dirt is also a Tucker Rocky dealer. Simply click on the Tucker Rocky link on <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><U>eurodirt.com</U></FONT> or go to <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><U>powersportrider.com</U></FONT> and make a wish list. Send us your list or call us with the item numbers and we can have your order drop shipped to you.</div> <bR> <div> Vintage or modern, hopefully we will see you at the next meet.</div> <div> Ride Safe.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Thanks</div> <div> Chris Trease</div> <div> European Dirt Utah</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=54 BGCOLOR="#666633" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="1cc64643.jpg"> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>