Graham and Cabes, Sherco Trials Team

Congratulations Albert!

After his outstanding victory in the recent (August 29th) "Trial Urbain International de Cahors" in Cahors France, over all of the contenders for the Outdoor Championship of the World Albert is ready to attack the final three stages of the Championship with a renewed purpose. The Sherco rider is currently in third place in the provisional standings, four points behind the current Champion, Japanese rider Takahisa Fujinami.

The superiority that Albert displayed over his competitors at the Cahors event, he had a ten point advantage over the current leader of the Outdoor Championship Adam Raga, has given him a renewed spirit for the remaining events.

"The truth is that the Championship of the World is very difficult, however the outcome is still undecided. Adam can have some failures and there are several other riders that can place between him and I which could reduce his advantage even more. My obligation is to ride my very best in the remaining three stages and I feel qualified to do so. It should help that I have been training for several days in Camprodón (Girona) which has very similar terrain to what we will see in Germany. This and the comfortable feeling that the win at Cahors has given me has provided me with a very positive face for the rest of the season. I think that the results that we have achieved as a team this year, considering the fact that this was our first year together, have been very positive. I hope to conclude the season with a good final result, as a minimum we want to be the Sub Champion, which is within our reach and we going to give it our all in order to obtain it."

Malcolm in action

Malcolm Rathmell Sports, the Sherco importer for England organized the most recent Sherco Academy Training Camp which was held in England during the month of August.

This edition was a great success; there were 50 riders from a variety of countries who participated in this event. The "Professors" of this gala event were none other than: Graham Jarvis, Joan Pons, Andreu Codina and the organizer Malcolm Rathmell.

During the first two days the riders were divided into groups by their skill level and they received technical training from the professors. On the third day they participated in a mini trial which consisted of 5 sections. The professors scored and coached the riders as they competed in the event. Afterwards Graham Jarvis provided all of the participants with an entertaining exhibition.

Sherco is working on plans for another Training Camp for 2005, this one is being planned to take place this November in Australia and is being organized by the Australian Importer "Trialzone".

We have never doubted the sense of responsibility of our star trials rider, Albert Cabestany, however since August 21st he has a new person to whom he must yield an account. She is none other than his wife Yolanda, his life partner for the past three years. They celebrated their marriage in the very charismatic atmosphere of our champion's home town of Tarragona. The service was held in the very beautiful Roman Catholic Cathedral in Tarragona which was the perfect place for this unique moment for Albert and Yolanda. All of the members of the "Sherco Family" desire the very best for the new couple.

The factory promised a complete redesign for the 2T and 4T models, which will be the base for the next generation of Sherco trials models in the future.

Albert Cabestany will be riding the event with the new model.