Laia Sanz, Montesa-HRC rider in the current season. (press release by Montesa-HRC)

Santa Perpètua de Mogoda (Barcelona), 02.01.2004. Laia Sanz, current champion of the women's world trial, will this year compete as a rider for Montesa-HRC, a structure that is welcoming into its ranks a new reference for this motorcycling speciality at world series level.

Born on December 11, 1985 in Corbera de Llobregat (Barcelona), Laia Sanz is the best female rider in the history of this sport, a status proven by the four world series titles achieved by the young Catalan rider from the year 2000, as well as the European titles in the last two seasons.

Laia Sanz: "I am very excited about forming part of such a professional team and to be able to enjoy the resources that give best possibilities for good results. From a personal point of view, I'll do my best to continue winning among the girls and also to compete in the major world junior series. My objectives are just to revalidate the women's world and European championships and to get as high as possible in the world junior series, where the guys will be my rivals".

As a Montesa-HRC rider, Laia Sanz will have teammates such as Dougie Lampkin, Takahisa Fujinami and Marc Freixa.