2020 FIM X-Trial World Championship breaks new ground
By Team TMX on 1st Sep 19
Among the Rounds that will take the worlds best X-Trial riders away from their European base in 2020 is X-Trial Quito, Ecuadors capital city scheduled to host the sixth round of the season .
The event will also mark X-Trials return to Latin America, a crucial step in the planned growth of the sport that intends to include more countries in the coming seasons.
The forthcoming X-Trial Quito will also create an additional challenge for the riders: by visiting the General Rumiahui Coliseum next year they will compete for the first time at an incredible altitude of 2,800 metres.
The newly released FIM X-Trial World Championship calendar also features a second venue outside of Europe, with a first trip to La Reunion, located close to Madagascar to the south-east of Africa.
The November 16 date means that Toni Bou will start the defence of his title in 2019 outside of Europe.
In between these overseas fly-aways, the regular European calendar is boosted by the inclusion of the new X-Trial Rennes, which will take place on November 23.
Meanwhile, four of last seasons venues are retained, including: X-Trial Budapest (January 19), X-Trial Barcelona February 2) and X-Trial Bilbao (February 15) that keep their dates in the diary.
X-Trial will also make a welcome return to Austria, after a two-year absence, for the fourth X-Trial Wiener Neustadt on March 21 2020.
Once again the honour of closing the FIM X-Trial World Championship falls to Andorra la Vella, the spectacular scene of last seasons finale is back on the calendar on April 25.
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