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
Year Team Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points Rank 1997 Beta Pro POR8 SPA4 FRA6 POL9 ITA13 GER5 52 7th 1998 Beta Pro SPA2 POR5 POL1 ITA9 FRA2 GER2 89 2nd
World Trials Championship career
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 SPA14 SPA- LUX- LUX- BEL- BEL- RSM- RSM- ITA- ITA- FRA- FRA- AND- AND- USA- USA- CZE- CZE- GER- GER- 2 21st 1998 Beta SPA12 SPA15 GBR15 GBR13 RSM15 RSM12 CZE9 CZE- GER- GER- FRA13 FRA13 AND14 AND6 FIN13 FIN- NOR8 NOR- 50 14th 1999 Gas-GasSPA9SPA8POR8POR4BEL10BEL15GBR9GBR6 GER2 GER2FRA6FRA14USA7USA9USA9USA7SUI14SUI13ITA6ITA3 168 8th 2000 Beta SPA9 SPA7 POR4 POR8 BEL10 BEL7 GBR6 GBR7 CZE- CZE- GER8 GER10 JAP8 JAP- FRA13 FRA4 ITA1 ITA2 AND9 AND5 164 6th 2001 Beta SPA4 SPA8 POR7 POR7 BEL8 BEL6 JAP8 JAP7 USA5 USA4 ITA10 ITA5 FRA11 FRA8 AND14 AND7CZE3CZE3 169 7th 2002 BetaSPA3SPA3GBR3 GBR4 USA4 USA5 AND1 AND5 FRA1 FRA2 ITA5ITA3 FRA6 FRA4 JAP11 JAP7 213 3rd 2003 Beta IRL7IRL3 LUX- LUX- GER6 GER9 JAP- JAP- AND9 AND8 SPA6 SPA1 ITA5ITA3 FRA4 FRA4 EUR4 EUR5 162 7th 2004 BetaIRL3 IRL2 POR4 POR4 JAP8 JAP8 USA5 USA4 FRA4 FRA4AND3 ITA5 ITA6 SPA5 SUI5 SUI5 195 4th 2005 ShercoPOR3 SPA2JAP3 JAP1 USA6 USA2AND3FRA3 FRA2ITA3 ITA9GBR3 GER5 GER6 BEL5 210 4th 2006 Sherco SPA4 POR6 USA5 USA4JAP3 JAP1 FRA5 FRA2POL3GBR3 AND1 BEL2 177 3rd 2007 Sherco SPA5 GUA5 GUA7 FRA5 JAP4 JAP4 ITA5POL3CZE3 GBR4 AND4 135 4th 2008 Sherco IRL5 IRL4USA3 USA7 JAP7 JAP7 FRA6 ITA4 CZE4 SWE7 POR5 SPA5 133 5th 2009 Sherco IRL4IRL3POR3 GBR5GBR3 JAP7 JAP8 ITA5 AND7 SPA5 FRA5 128 5th 2010 Sherco SPA5 POR2 POR2 JAP7 JAP5 JAP7 GBR6 GBR2 FRA4RSM3 ITA7 CZE4 142 5th 2011 Sherco GER2 FRA4 FRA2SPA3 AND4 ITA5 GBR4 JAP- JAP-FRA3FRA3 129 4th 2012 ShercoFRA3FRA3AUS3 AUS5JAP3 JAP2 SPA2 SPA7 AND5 AND1ITA3 GBR6 GBR5 181 4th 2013 ShercoJAP3 JAP6 USA4 USA5AND3AND3SPA3 ITA5CZE3 GBR5 GBR5 FRA5 FRA2 170 4th 2014 Sherco AUS6 AUS4 JAP4 JAP3EUR- EUR3 ITA3 BEL3 GBR3 GBR7 FRA4 SPA2 SPA4 163 3rd 2015 Sherco JAP5 JAP5 CZE3 CZE6 SWE5 SWE3 GBR3 GBR4 FRA4 FRA5 AND4 AND3 USA4 USA4 POR5 POR3 SPA3 SPA4 233 4th 2016 Sherco SPA1 SPA7 JAP5 JAP4 GER3 GER11 AND5 AND5 FRA10 FRA5 BEL3 GBR4 GBR3 ITA4 ITA4 181 4th 2017 Sherco SPA3 JAP8 JAP3 AND7 FRA6 GBR8 USA6 USA6 CZE6 ITA9 102 6th
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