Four years after hosting the SPEA RFME Spanish Trial Championship for the last time, on June 11 the town of Arnedillo in La Rioja will once again be the scene of an event of the highest national competition of the specialty. To be exact, on the weekend of June 10 and 11, the XXVI Trial of Arnedillo will be held there.
On this occasion, this municipality nestled in La Rioja Baja and almost submerged by a mountain massif in the heart of the Cidacos valley will be the epicentre of the fourth round of the CET 2017; the third scoring for TR1, the highest level of difficulty and demand in the championship. In addition to the maximum class, the TR2, TR3, Tr4, Junior, Cadet and Female A categories will also enter the fray; The latter has been absent from the series since the first race of the season at the end of February.
The Moto Club Calahorra, with the help and collaboration of the Riojan Motorcycling Federation, will be in charge of bringing to fruition an event whose route, with a total of 12 zones, will be practically identical to the one seen in 2013.
The paddock, located in the parking lot of the municipal swimming pools, will open on Friday at 3:00 p.m., while the municipal fronton will house the Race office, press room, administrative verifications and Race Direction.
CET ARNEDILLO RACE PLAN 2017
On Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., administrative checks will be open. Likewise, the participants will be able to finalize their set-up for Sunday in the training area located 200 meters from the paddock, in the place called Peña la Monja, until 1:00 p.m.
On Sunday at 8:30 a.m. the first driver will start.
Arnedillo has an interesting human, thermal and landscape heritage. Without going any further, it offers great possibilities for lovers of rural tourism and sports. From the Thermal Water Spa or the natural thermal water pools next to the Cidacos River, the latter completely free, to the Vulture Observatory or the route of the seven hermitages; passing by the theme park dedicated to the Dinosaurs El Barranco perdido in neighboring Enciso. In addition, in the restaurants, hotels and inns in the area, you can taste the tasty and traditional gastronomy of La Rioja; Of course, washed down with local wines.
On a sporting level, in TR1,
Toni Bou
, with two wins out of a possible two, leads the table, followed by
Adam Raga
, who has two second places. A short distance from the latter, however, there are up to five riders:
Jorge Casales
,
Albert Cabestany
,
Miquel Gelabert
,
Jaime Busto
and
Jeroni Fajardo
; separated from each other by just 6 points.
As for TR2, the world champions Gabriel Marcellí, Aniol Gelabert and Sam Obradó lead, already with a certain margin, the provisional classification in that order, while in TR3 the return of David Millán, winner of the first two races and current second classified, is expected. The leader? David Oliver, winner in TR4 last season.
In the Junior category, Gerard Trueba, Martín Riobo and Marc Cots will be looking to continue in the top places and open up even more gap with respect to their pursuers in the table. And the same can be said of Álex Canales and Pau Martínez, with the permission of Pau Menoyo, in Cadete.
Berta Abellán, Mireia Conde and Neus Murcia, all of them teammates in the RTS Stihl, will try to take the podium of Women’s A again. Maria Giró, Carla Caballé and Mireia Lozano, on the other hand, will do everything possible to prevent them from returning to action in this category after four months of strike.
