The objective that arises for the debut season of the RTL Electric, both Montesa and its pilot, Miquel Gelabert, is elevated because they aspire to be able to fight for the title. Now that the inaugural test of the Trial2 season has been completed, it seems that it is not so disabled even though, as expected, it will not be an easy task.
The challenge of face to face the RTL Electric Montesa against combustion motorcycles is capital and more doing it directly in trial2, which without being the maximum category of the world of trial, is tremendously competitive and does not give rise to errors.
In this first event of the season, played in the Malaga town of Benahavís, the good level of the Montesa Electric / Miquel Gelabert team has been verified with high level flashes that make them think about the possibilities they will have as the season progresses.
The RTL Electric Montesa and Miquel Gelabert have sneaked among the best
With the new format of the Trial World Cup, every past to the areas counts as an independent race, and in the four rounds played this weekend Gelabert has been able to establish among the best ten, sneak into the top5 with a fourth place on Saturday and even fight for the podium in the second race of the second day.
In fact in that second race, Gelabert and the RTL Electric were in the fight not only for the podium but for the second position until, by adding a point in the last area of the day, it was tied to points with third and fourth to finish fifth and only three points of the victory.
A debut that makes clear the potential of the RTL Electric Montesa and what Gelabert can do with it. After these first four races in which, removing the first one in which he finished 16, he has been the protagonist with a quarter, tenth and fifth place, there is curiosity to know how far he can go in the following rounds when the project is more shot.
The positive part is that we will not have to wait more than until next weekend to see the Montesa Electric already Miquel Gelabert fighting in each area, and that is that from April 11 to 13 it is celebrated in Viana do Castelo (Portugal) the second trialgp date of the season.
