The Gas Gas rider achieved victory in the first round of the electric motorcycle world championship held in Lourdes, France. The new Gas Gas TXTe stars in a successful debut in the premiere of the
TrialE Cup
, writing its name as the first winner of the newly launched electric category of the world championship and showing itself as an extremely competitive bike after beating the results of the Trial125 bikes in the world championship.
Fourteen years after his last race in the Trial World Championship, Marc Colomer He has put on his helmet again this weekend in Lourdes to compete in the first round of the TrialE Cup, a race held in France in which the four-time world champion and the new Gas Gas TXTe have written their name in gold in the debut of the electric category in the trial world championship.
“We are very satisfied with the result, but above all with how the bike has behaved, and the expectation and acceptance it has had from the whole trial world. Our Gas Gas is currently one step ahead of the rest of its category rivals. We wanted to show that our TXTe is competitive and I think that with this victory we have achieved it, because we have been superior even to the 125 fuel engines, which is a very significant figure and opens up a very promising future for us. Electric trial bikes are already a reality.”
“When I started, I focused on competition. Normally, I don’t usually get nervous before, more so when I’m in it and I think things aren’t going too well for me, like in the first part of this race, which is when the rider inside me has emerged. It can’t be helped. That motivated me to do my best and get the win. When I put the helmet on I became the rider I’ve always been, maybe in a different category and with a different bike, but with the same ambition as always.”
“Our goal here went beyond the result, we wanted to gather information and this race has been a fantastic test bed for us,” added Colomer, currently sports director of Gas Gas and head of the trial competition team. The rider from Girona, for a weekend, has put on his gloves and helmet again to make his debut with the new electric TXTe EGD from the Salt factory, a project that he has led in the last few months.
“On Saturday I made a mistake in qualifying that forced us to start first, which I don’t think hurt us too much, because we had hardly any references from our rivals. That’s why we’ve focused on making our own career. The first lap the ground was wet and the technical level of the sections has increased, which has benefited us to make a difference. Then it dried and we were able to do an even better second lap.”
Marc Colomer delivered his final card with only 19 points. A score that opened with the victory of the Girona native and the Gas Gas TXTe EGD in the Trial125 category of the world championship, which demonstrates the potential of electric motorcycles in this specialty.
MARC COLOMER CASAMITJANA
Olot (Girona), 17 August 1974
HONOURS
Winner of the first TrialE Cup (2017)
World Indoor Champion (1994, 1995 and 1996)
World Outdoor Champion (1996)
Runner-up in the outdoor world championship (1993, 1995, 1997 and 1998, with a total of 18 wins and 87 podiums)
Spanish Outdoor Champion (1995, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000)
Spanish Indoor Champion (2001)
Winner with the Trial of Nations selection (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2001)
THE BIKE: GAS GAS TXTe ELECTRIC
