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GASGAS SIGNS MIQUEL GELABERT

G asGas has announced a two-rider line-up for the 2021 TrialGP season with Miquel Gelabert joining the team to compete in the 2021 FIM Trial GP World Championship alongside Jorge Casales . Both Gelabert and Casales will be riding the latest Gasgas TXT GP 300 throughout the championship as GasGas looks to unseat Honda ’ s Toni Bou from the top of the Podium . “ This is really a dream come true for me ”, Gelabert says . “ I ’ m from Girona , just next to the GasGas factory , and I ’ ve always wanted to be part of the GasGas factory team . I ’ m over the moon to be able to race the bike I have always loved and to be in the factory team that I always wanted to be a part of . Last year I decided to race their bike under a private team , and it worked really well . I managed to get some good results and now I ’ m racing for the factory team !” Entering his debut TrialGP season in 2016 , Gelabert delivered incredibly consistent results to place 10th overall in the final standings . Following his impressive start , the Spaniard then continued to maintain solid form during his second term , placing 11th overall in 2017 . 2018 was the year Miquel made his first trip onto a TrialGP podium , while competing in the UK at the penultimate round of the series . The then 20-year-old claimed third overall on the day – a result that helped lift the youngster up to ninth in the final championship standings . Consistent results continued in 2019 and 2020 with Gelabert again impressing throughout each campaign , ending both seasons in eighth overall . Three times fifth overall during the

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