Biketrial Unión Española

Biketrial Unión Española (BUE), also known in Catalan as Biketrial Unió Espanyola or Unió Espanyola de Biketrial, is the governing body for the sport of biketrial in Spain. It was founded in 1991 by Pere Pi and Enric Rubio, with legal registration at the Directorate General for Sport of the Generalitat de Catalunya, and it has its headquarters in Torredembarra, in the Tarragonès comarca of Catalonia. The organisation is responsible for promoting and developing biketrial across Spain, and it organises territorial championships in various autonomous communities as well as the Spanish national biketrial championship, the highest-level competition at state level. The BUE was created before the formalisation of the BIU (1992), and it was one of the first bodies, together with the BIU, to introduce a two-minute time limit for completing sections in its technical regulations. This innovation was unprecedented at the time and has since been adopted even in motorcycle trials. The first president of the BUE was Enric Rubio, and the first Secretary General was Rafa de la Torre. Rubio was succeeded by Màrius Mollà, father of world champion Armand Mollà, who led the organisation until 2012, when Rafael de la Torre took over the presidency in January of that year. Until the creation of the BAC in 2009, the BUE also organised the Championship of the Catalan Countries and the Championship of Catalonia; these competitions are now organised by the new Catalan entity. The BUE remains active in the promotion and regulation of biketrial in Spain, and its official website is biketrial-spain.com.

Biketrial Unión Española (BUE) was founded in 1991 by Pere Pi and Enric Rubio, with legal registration at the Directorate General for Sport of the Generalitat de Catalunya, advised by the then Secretary General for Sport, Josep Lluís Vilaseca. The organisation was created even before the formalisation of the BIU in 1992. Its headquarters are in Torredembarra, in the Tarragonès comarca of Catalonia. The BUE was one of the first bodies, together with the BIU, to include a two-minute time limit for completing sections in its new technical regulations, an innovation that was unprecedented at the time and has since been adopted even in motorcycle trials. The first president of the BUE was Enric Rubio, and the first Secretary General was Rafa de la Torre. Rubio was succeeded by Màrius Mollà, from the Anoia region and father of world champion Armand Mollà. Mollà was elected president in 2006 and led the organisation until 2012, when Rafael de la Torre took over the presidency in January of that year. The BUE organises territorial championships in various autonomous communities as well as the Spanish national biketrial championship, the highest-level competition at state level. Until the creation of the BAC in 2009, the BUE also organised the Championship of the Catalan Countries and the Championship of Catalonia; these competitions are now organised by the new Catalan entity.

• 2012

  Rafael de la Torre becomes president of the BUE in January.

• 2009

  Creation of the BAC (Catalan Biketrial Association); BUE ceases organising the Championship of the Catalan Countries and the Championship of Catalonia.

• 2006

  Màrius Mollà elected president of the BUE.

• 1992

  Formalisation of the BIU (Biketrial International Union).

• 1991

  Biketrial Unión Española founded by Pere Pi and Enric Rubio, legally registered at the Directorate General for Sport of the Generalitat de Catalunya.

National governing body for biketrial in Spain

1. 1Biketrial Unió Espanyola - Viquipèdiaca.wikipedia.org
2. 2Biketrial Unión Española - Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Official websitebiketrial-spain.com