Adam Raga

 

You can be ahead of your age, you can be truly gifted at something, and then there's Adam Raga. Perhaps this explains why at only 23 he was already the second Spanish rider with the best record in history. The Spaniard has won four times in the World Indoor Trial Championship and has also been trial world champion outdoors in 2005 and 2006.

Raga debuted in the world of motorcycles when he was only six. From that moment he began to combine his studies with competitions. In 1995 he won the Catalonia trial junior championship and two years later, the championship of Spain. Raga begins then to establish himself as a rising star in Spain before winning the World Championship in 2000.

The leap into professionalism came in 2003 and he became part of the professional trial elite. In his first year he won his first World Indoor Trial, while in outdoor finished in the fourth place. In 2004 he won again the title in the indoor specialty, but finished third overall in the specialty outdoor. In 2005 and 2006 came the rider's best two years, as Raga managed to clinch world titles in more outdoor and indoor.

A knee injury in 2009 forced him to take time out from his career, but he returned in 2010 and fought again in every competition for victory, which led him to become champion of Spain.

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He’s only in his mid-20s but Adam Raga is already one of the best motorbike trials riders in history.

His passion for motorbikes started early: his dad bought him his first 50cc bike when he was two and Adam has been riding around on two wheels ever since.

At the age of six, when other kids are still trying to learn to ride a bicycle, Adam started out in trials competition at weekends. He continued to stand out until the age of 15, when he won his first Spanish Junior Championship, riding a 250cc machine against a field of older and more experienced boys.

At 16 he became an official rider for the Team Andorra GAS-GAS, led by the legendary seven-time Outdoor World Champion Jordi Tarrés. Jordi took up a key role guiding Adam’s career. “Everyone knows that ours is like a father-and-son relationship,” says Adam.

His early victories are not just down to his natural talent as Adam also trains very hard. “In the morning I do physical training in the gym, and in the afternoon I work on my technique,” he says. And that dedication means Adam is more interested in developing his technique than in winning prizes. “After a lot of hard work I’ve improved aspects such as my problems with wet surfaces; this allows me to become a more complete rider.”

Adam may be the brightest star among the new generation of Spanish Trials riders but he’s also a born crowd-pleaser. “I need to be able to count on the public, it’s demoralising if nobody appreciates the work and effort I put into this. If there is no applause, what’s the point of risking yourself by doing impossible manoeuvres and risks? Support from the audience is what lets me do things my way. Without it, my motivation would plummet!”

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