Alexz Wigg
British motorcycle racer
| Alexz Wigg | |
|---|---|
 2008 SPEA FIM European Trial Motorcycle Championship, Bangor | |
| Nationality |  British |
| Born | (1989-11-11) 11 November 1989 (age 34) Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Current team | Gas-Gas |
| Website | Alexz Wigg official site |
Alexz Wigg (born 11 November 1989), is an English International motorcycle trials rider.
Biography
Born in Aylesbury, United Kingdom, Wigg started riding at 4 years of age. He progressed through the schoolboy trials ranks and was European Youth Champion in 2004.[1] For 2006 Wigg rode a Gas Gas motorcycle and contested the Youth World Championships and European Junior Championships, emerging as winner of both titles.[2] 2007 saw him finish runner up in the Junior World Championships. For the 2008 season he was again runner-up in the Junior World Championship, and that year also in the Junior European Championship. Wigg finally clinched the Junior World title in 2010, along with the European Title and a win at the famous Scottish Six Days Trial.[3] In 2011 he switched to riding for the Sherco factory team, contesting the FIM Trial World Championship. He hit problems mid-season and in 2012 he went back to riding in the world championships for the Gas Gas factory.[4]
International Trials Championship Career
| Year | Class | Machine | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Rd 11 | Rd 12 | Rd 13 | Points | Pos | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | FIM European Junior Championship | Gas Gas | SPA 2 | POR 3 | FRA 1 | ITA 1 | POL 1 | CZE 3 | 107 | 1st | European Junior Champion | |||||||
| 2007 | FIM European Championship | Gas Gas | SPA 15 | FRA 15 | ITA 15 | POL 10 | NOR - | 9 | 17th | |||||||||
| 2008 | FIM European Championship | Montesa | IRL 4 | ITA - | POL 2 | CZE 2 | SWE 2 | POR 1 | 84 | 2nd | ||||||||
| 2009 | FIM European Championship | Beta | POR 10 | ITA 3 | POL 1 | CZE 3 | SPA 2 | 73 | 3rd | |||||||||
| 2009 | FIM World Championship | Beta | IRL - | IRL - | POR - | GBR - | GBR - | JAP - | JAP - | ITA - | AND - | SPA 10 | FRA 11 | 11 | 14th | |||
| 2010 | FIM European Championship | Beta | ITA 2 | SPA 4 | POL 1 | AND 2 | ITA 3 | CZE 1 | 97 | 1st | European Champion | |||||||
| 2010 | FIM World Championship | Beta | SPA 12 | POR 13 | POR 12 | JAP 12 | JAP 12 | GBR 10 | GBR 10 | FRA 14 | RSM 12 | ITA 11 | CZE 9 | 49 | 12th | |||
| 2011 | FIM World Championship | Sherco | GER 13 | FRA 12 | FRA 11 | SPA 11 | AND 10 | ITA 15 | GBR - | JAP - | JAP - | FRA - | FRA - | 24 | 12th | |||
| 2012 | FIM World Championship | Gas Gas | FRA 13 | FRA 12 | AUS 13 | AUS 13 | JAP 8 | JAP 14 | SPA 12 | SPA 10 | AND 11 | AND 13 | ITA 14 | GBR 10 | GBR 8 | 57 | 11th | |
| 2014 | FIM World Championship | Gas Gas | AUS 12 | AUS 11 | JAP 12 | JAP - | EUR - | EUR 12 | ITA 13 | BEL 12 | GBR 10 | GBR 13 | FRA 11 | SPA 13 | SPA 13 | 44 | 12th |
Honors
- FIM European Youth Champion 2004
- FIM European Junior Champion 2006
- FIM European Champion 2010
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Motorcycle trials competition seasons
- 1992
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000
- 2001
- 2002
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
Related Reading
References
- ^ "Gas Gas Youth Team". gasgasuk.com. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ^ "Alexz Wiggz Biography". www.alexzwiggs.com. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ^ "Wigg wins the Scottish". g2fgroup.com. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ^ "Gas-Gas Team 2015". gasgasuk.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ^ "FIM European Championship". trialonline.org. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
External links
- Alexz Wigg official site
