Date of birth: 04/02/2000
Birthplace: O Rosal – Galicia – España Weight: 74 kg Height: 177 cm Nationality: Spanish Years as Repsol rider: 2 |
Honours
First podium in the World Championship: Pobladura de las Regueras (España) 2020
TrialGP debut: Isola (Francia) 2018
World Championship titles: 1 Trial2
Sporting career
2013 | Spanish Juvenil Champion |
2014 | Spanish Cadete Champion |
2015 | Spanish Junior Champion Galician Trial Champion |
2016 | Galician Trial Champion |
2017 | 2nd Trial2 World Championship TR2 Spanish Champion |
2018 | 3rd Trial2 World Championship 9th Spanish Championship |
2019 | Trial2 World Champion European Champion 9th Trial Indoor Championship 6th Spanish Outdoor Championship |
2020 | 6th Trial Outdoor Championship 7th Trial Indoor Championship 4th Spanish Outdoor Championship |
2021 | 7th Trial Outdoor Championship 4th Trial Indoor Championship 3rd Spanish Outdoor Championship |
2022 | 5th Trial Outdoor Championship 5th Trial Indoor Championship 3rd Spanish Outdoor Championship |
2023 | 3rd Trial Outdoor Championship 3rd Trial Indoor Championship 3rd Spanish Outdoor Championship |
Biography
Previous titles and arrival at Repsol Montesa Honda Team
Born on 4 February 2000 in the town of O Rosal (Pontevedra), Gabriel Marcelli makes his debut with the Repsol Honda team in 2022, as one of the great promises of this sport, after winning the Spanish Championship four times in the lower categories and becoming Trial2 World Champion in 2019.
During the last two seasons he has competed in the Outdoor Trial World Championship and in the X-Trial, where this last season he finished 4th in the Indoor competition.
First year with the team
In 2022, the young Galician was fifth in the X-Trial championship, where his best position was a second place in the Madrid indoor.
At the end of September 2022, Marcelli repeated fifth position in the TrialGP Championship, being fourth his best race position. The Repsol Honda rider also participated in the Spanish Trial Championship where he was third overall. Marcelli was on the podium in five races out of the seven contested.
A step forward
In 2023, Gabriel Marcelli confirmed himself among the best riders in the speciality, regularly placing himself in the top positions and challenging his team-mate Toni Bou for victory in several races, putting him in serious trouble. He came close to finishing runner-up in the national championship and progressed race by race in both the X-Trial and TrialGP World Championships, finishing third in all three competitions.