Press Release | March 29, 2024
The FIM X-Trial World Championship has added a round for October 26 in Tallinn, Estonia. n capital on October 26. And, announced at the same time, the FIM X-Trial of Nations, which was planned to be contested in La Réunion, is cancelled, as building works on the Stade Jean Ivoula have not been completed on time.
Here is the press release from the FIM…
UPDATE (March 29, 2024):
The FIM X-Trial World Championship is set to visit the Estonian capital on October 26.
The FIM X-Trial World Championship has added a new and promising stage for the 2024 season, bringing the Championship up to seven scoring Rounds. The new date means that, three weeks after X-Trial Andorra la Vella, the world’s best will head to the Unibet Arena in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.
Unibet Arena in Tallinn, Estonia
This will be the first visit for the series to Tallinn, providing the opportunity to widen the sport’s reach in the Baltic region, with it being close to the borders of both Estonian and Finland. The venue has previously twice staged open events but will now benefit from gaining FIM World Championship status.
2024 X-Trial Calendar (Updated)
Bernard Estripeau, Director of Esdeux, the World Championship promoter, explains: “Scoring World Championship points was the next step for this event that has already been run twice and has had a high level of riders and organization as well as considerable success with spectators. For us it is very exciting to add the Round and a new geographical space to the Championship which is growing in every area.”
Kaino Tülle, head of TRIXS the local organizer of the event, said: “In two seasons our competition has gained us real attention as an organization and structure, which is very attractive spectators. All of this has also caught the interest of the World Championship and the FIM. Organizing an event at this level will of course mean more responsibility but it will be very important for the development of the sport in the region and will bring a great visibility to Estonia.”
X-Trial Tallinn will become the penultimate round of the season. In other news, the FIM X-Trial of Nations which was due to be contested in La Réunion has been cancelled as building works on the Stade Jean Ivoula have not been completed on time.
UPDATE (February 3, 2024):
November Date Confirmed For X-Trial Pamplona 2024 Finale
The season will close on November 16 with a visit to Navarra.
The new FIM X-Trial World Championship gets underway this Sunday on February 4, and the full six-round calendar for 2024 has now been announced. X-Trial Pamplona is confirmed for November 16, meaning the season will conclude in the capital of Spanish region Navarra.
2024 X-Trial Calendar (Updated)
February 4: Barcelona, Spain
March 15: Chalon-sur-Saône, France
March 22: Nice, France
May 4: Geneva, Switzerland
October 5: Andorra la Vella, Andorra
November 16: Pamplona, Spain
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November 8: Saint Denis La Réunion, France
PRESS RELEASE FROM DECEMBER 2023
The provisional 2024 X-Trial calendar is out and it includes seven events including the return of X-Trial of Nations.
The 2024 X-Trial season will open as soon as February. As a result of disruption caused by the global Covid-19 pandemic, the structure of the calendar was modified from the previous winter schedule to an annual January to December model with a sizeable summer break. This new format will be maintained for the coming season, with a majority of Rounds taking place at the start of the year, then three events in October and November, including the returning X-Trial of Nations. The intention is that the 2025 calendar will then return to a traditional composition, starting in December 2024.
The opening Rounds take us back to three cities that appeared on the 2023 calendar. X-Trial Barcelona maintains its traditional February date and will be the season’s curtain-raiser, before the series heads to France for X-Trial Chalon-sur-Saône and X-Trial Nice. To complete the spring schedule, the series then heads to the home of the FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) for the fourth staging of X-Trial Geneva and the first since 2012.
The Championship then returns from hibernation with a visit to Andorra la Vella. The first X-Trial of Nations since 2019 will be hosted in Saint-Denis, where X-Trial La Réunion was held in 2020.
