Marc Freixa returns to Gas Gas
By TMX Archives on 29th Jan 08
Marc Freixa returns to Gas Gas with the Gro-Non Stop Bikes Team
Salt, Girona, 24 January 2008 The 2008 season will see the debut of the private GRO-Non Stop Bikes team in the outdoor World Trial Championship and in the indoor and outdoor Spanish Championships.
This team, officially supported by GAS GAS Motos, will count on Marc Freixa as their rider, the young man from Sant Pere de Torell who, after 11 active seasons in international trial, is returning to the company that marked his start as a rider and where he was a works rider between the 1997 and 2000 seasons.
With the total support and implication of Global Racing Oil (GRO), Non Stop Bikes becomes the first private formation to be run under the GAS GAS structure with on-race assistance, parts and a totally works bike. Marc Freixa will ride a TXT 300 Raga Racing, a bike that features a featherweight figure (69 kilograms) and the uncontested reliability that has taken Adam Raga to collect six world crowns.
Marc Freixa, rider: I am very happy before this season, a unique opportunity to prove that, with my experience and riding the best trial bike, I can still be among the best. I don't feel the pressure because with my new team I have nothing to lose, but there's a lot to be won. Physically I am really strong and mentally this new start has given me a spectacular extra motivation. The combination of a motivated rider and a winning bike can only give good results. Furthermore, we must not forget that I can also be good help for Adam Raga in his fight for the world title, as well as contribute to the manufacturers' title for GAS GAS.
Marc Ara, the man in charge of Marketing in GAS GAS: From GAS GAS we have always promoted the sports of trial and enduro, by supporting initiatives that can promote off-road motorcycling. Now we are betting on the GRO-Non Stop Bikes and their rider Marc Freixa, who we will support as a works rider by giving him the same material as Adam Raga, so we will have two excellent riders both in the World and the Spanish Championships.
Javier Brugarolas, manager, Global Racing Oil: For GRO, being the main sponsor of this team is a bet on the future that will be significant in positioning ourselves definitely
in the two-wheel off-road market, both in competition, where we are already present as sponsors of GAS GAS Motos and now with Non Stop Bikes, and in the commercial level. We believe that Marc Freixa will have a good season counting on the best material in the market, and that Adam Raga will return to the leading positions.
scar Alonso, in charge of Non Stop Bikes: In our debut year in the World and Spanish Championships we count on the total implication of a pioneer works structure such as GAS GAS and on a highly motivated Marc Freixa, so we expect to be in the spotlight on many occasions. Our aim is to finish the World Championship in the top five, and on the podium in the indoor and outdoor Spanish Championships. We will also be present in long events such as Santigosa or Arinsal. The programme is complete and ambitious, but we count on the sponsorship of GRO and the total support of GAS GAS, and that gives us reassurance and satisfaction.
Marc Freixa will be assisted by 24-year-old Josep Camps as his minder, a young man I have good feeling with, and I am sure we will be able to have one of our best campaigns, comments the rider. Non Stop Bikes, a shop and workshop 100% specialised in trial, has its headquarters in Tona, Barcelona, while Global Racing Oil offers the most extensive range of lubricants, recommended by GAS GAS in all their products.