Albert Cabestany

Albert Cabestany
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1980-06-26) June 26, 1980 Tarragona, Spain
Current team	Sherco Factory

Albert Cabestany (born 26 June 1980 in Tarragona, Spain), is an International motorcycle trials rider. He was Spanish Outdoor Trials Champion in 2002, and Indoor Champion in 2002, 2003 and 2006.

Biography

Cabestany competed in his first international competition in 1997 at the age of 16, riding his Beta in the Portuguese round of the FIM Trial European Championship and finishing in 8th place. At the second round in Spain he narrowly missed the podium with a 4th place finish. After competing for the full season he ended the year 7th in the standings. He also rode in the Spanish round of the FIM Trial World Championship scoring 2 points for a 14th place finish.

In 2002 Cabestany took the Spanish Championship Title after a season long battle with Adam Raga. It came down to the final round in Terrassa with Cabestany finishing 2nd and Raga finishing 4th giving Cabestany the title with 131 points to 129 for the season.

European Trials Championship Career

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Year	Team	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6		Points	Rank
1997	Beta	Pro	POR 8	SPA 4	FRA 6	POL 9	ITA 13	GER 5		52	7th
1998	Beta	Pro	SPA 2	POR 5	POL 1	ITA 9	FRA 2	GER 2		89	2nd

World Trials Championship Career

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Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Points	Rank
1997	Beta	SPA 14	SPA -	LUX -	LUX -	BEL -	BEL -	RSM -	RSM -	ITA -	ITA -	FRA -	FRA -	AND -	AND -	USA -	USA -	CZE -	CZE -	GER -	GER -	2	21st
1998	Beta	SPA 12	SPA 15	GBR 15	GBR 13	RSM 15	RSM 12	CZE 9	CZE -	GER -	GER -	FRA 13	FRA 13	AND 14	AND 6	FIN 13	FIN -	NOR 8	NOR -			50	14th
1999	Gas-Gas	SPA 9	SPA 8	POR 8	POR 4	BEL 10	BEL 15	GBR 9	GBR 6	GER 2	GER 2	FRA 6	FRA 14	USA 7	USA 9	USA 9	USA 7	SUI 14	SUI 13	ITA 6	ITA 3	168	8th
2000	Beta	SPA 9	SPA 7	POR 4	POR 8	BEL 10	BEL 7	GBR 6	GBR 7	CZE -	CZE -	GER 8	GER 10	JAP 8	JAP -	FRA 13	FRA 4	ITA 1	ITA 2	AND 9	AND 5	164	7th
2001	Beta	SPA 4	SPA 8	POR 7	POR 7	BEL 8	BEL 6	JAP 8	JAP 7	USA 5	USA 4	ITA 10	ITA 5	FRA 11	FRA 8	AND 14	AND 7	CZE 3	CZE 3			169	6th
2002	Beta	SPA 3	SPA 3	GBR 3	GBR 4	USA 4	USA 5	AND 1	AND 5	FRA 1	FRA 2	ITA 5	ITA 3	FRA 6	FRA 4	JAP 11	JAP 7					213	3rd
2003	Beta	IRL 7	IRL 3	LUX -	LUX -	GER 6	GER 9	JAP -	JAP -	AND 9	AND 8	SPA 6	SPA 1	ITA 5	ITA 3	FRA 4	FRA 4	EUR 4	EUR 5			162	7th
2004	Beta	IRL 3	IRL 2	POR 4	POR 4	JAP 8	JAP 8	USA 5	USA 4	FRA 4	FRA 4	AND 3	ITA 5	ITA 6	SPA 5	SUI 5	SUI 5					195	4th
2005	Sherco	POR 3	SPA 2	JAP 3	JAP 1	USA 6	USA 2	AND 3	FRA 3	FRA 2	ITA 3	ITA 9	GBR 3	GER 5	GER 6	BEL 5						210	4th
2006	Sherco	SPA 4	POR 6	USA 5	USA 4	JAP 3	JAP 1	FRA 5	FRA 2	POL 3	GBR 3	AND 1	BEL 2									177	3rd
2007	Sherco	SPA 5	GUA 5	GUA 7	FRA 5	JAP 4	JAP 4	ITA 5	POL 3	CZE 3	GBR 4	AND 4										135	4th
2008	Sherco	IRL 5	IRL 4	USA 3	USA 7	JAP 7	JAP 7	FRA 6	ITA 4	CZE 4	SWE 7	POR 5	SPA 5									133	5th
2009	Sherco	IRL 4	IRL 3	POR 3	GBR 5	GBR 3	JAP 7	JAP 8	ITA 5	AND 7	SPA 5	FRA 5										128	5th
2010	Sherco	SPA 5	POR 2	POR 2	JAP 7	JAP 5	JAP 7	GBR 6	GBR 2	FRA 4	RSM 3	ITA 7	CZE 4									142	5th
2011	Sherco	GER 2	FRA 4	FRA 2	SPA 3	AND 4	ITA 5	GBR 4	JAP -	JAP -	FRA 3	FRA 3										129	4th
2012	Sherco	FRA 3	FRA 3	AUS 3	AUS 5	JAP 3	JAP 2	SPA 2	SPA 7	AND 5	AND 1	ITA 3	GBR 6	GBR 5								181	4th
2013	Sherco	JAP 3	JAP 6	USA 4	USA 5	AND 3	AND 3	SPA 3	ITA 5	CZE 3	GBR 5	GBR 5	FRA 5	FRA 2								170	4th
2014	Sherco	AUS 6	AUS 4	JAP 4	JAP 3	EUR -	EUR 3	ITA 3	BEL 3	GBR 3	GBR 7	FRA 4	SPA 2	SPA 4								163	3rd

References

↑ "FIM European Championship". trialonline.org. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
↑ "FIM World Championship". trialonline.org. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

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