The opening round of the FIM Bajas World Cup took place in Saudi Arabia and the second was staged in Spain on the Portuguese border. Round three returns to the Aragón region of northern Spain with a route of just over 800km across the mythical rural tracks near the town of Teruel in the heat and dust of July.
Tosha Schareina © EdoBauer_Photography
This year’s Baja Spain Aragón returns to its traditional three-day format with a 7.5km Prologue taking place on Friday (July 26th) followed by two days of special stage action on Saturday and Sunday (July 27th-28th). The route includes 523 competitive kilometres in a route of 810km.
Honda rider Tosha Schareina will defend his title as winner of last year’s Baja Spain Aragón but will have to fend off the challenge from his compatriot Lorenzo Santolino (Sherco) and the Portuguese rider Bruno Santos (Husqvarna), winner of the Baja Dehesa Extremadura.
Mohammed Al-Balooshi (Husqvarna) tops the FIM Bajas World Cup rankings on 29 points and is present along with Veteran rider Pedro Bianchi Prata (Honda), who is second in the provisional standings. The entry list also contains Harith Noah (Sherco), Neels Theric (Kove), Abdullah Al-Shatti (KTM) and the two Junior riders, Edgar Canet (KTM) and Filip Grot (GasGas), the leader of the category.
Three girls will also be at the start: Sara Garcia (Yamaha) tops the provisional rankings in the Women’s category and lines up with the Indian riders Aishwarya Pissay (Sherco) and Tanika Shanbhag (KTM).
Dani Vilà © EdoBauer Photography
In the quad section, Saudi rider Hani Al-Noumesi is the only competitor present to have scored points this season. He will have to remain vigilant on the demanding rocky tracks for his frthcoming fight with Davi Vilà, Toni Vingut, Jérôme Connart and Marcin Wilkolek.
There are a total of 29 FIM motorcycle riders and five FIM quad entrants, including three Women, five Juniors and seven Veterans.
Further information is available on BAJA ARAGON and on Sportity code BAJAARAGON24_BIKES.
2024 FIM Bajas World Cup
Provisional classification after round 2:
Motorcycles
1. Mohammed Al-Balooshi (KTM) 29pts
2. Pedro Bianchi Prata (Honda) 27pts
3. Bruno Santos (Husqvarna) 25pts, etc
Quads
1. Abdulaziz Al-Shayban (Yamaha) 41pts
2. Haitham Al-Tuwaijri (Yamaha) 41pts
3. Hani Al-Noumesi (Yamaha) 40pts, etc