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Cycle News 2016 Issue 14 April 12

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VOL. 52 ISSUE 14 APRL 12, 2016 P35 PHOTOGRAPHY BY FUTURE7MEDIA TAYLOR ROBERT CHECKS IN FROM WEC T he GP of Agadir in Morocco marked American off-road rider Taylor Robert's first race in the FIM World Enduro Championship with the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team. Robert checked in and chatted about his new team, the new racing format and what his expectations are for the 2016 season. Everything this weekend was new to you—the race team, race format, the coun- try. Can you give us an overview of your first World Enduro experi- ence in Morocco? It was kind of a crazy experi- ence here in Morocco. Even though I've never raced a World Enduro, I have raced five ISDEs and I've seen a fair amount of special tests. These were by far the most dangerous special tests I've ever seen. So in last two days I was thinking, 'If I get hurt here, this is not going to be good.' I'm happy to get through the first round safe and healthy. There are some guys that got pretty beat up the last couple days. How do you rate your per- formance at your first World Enduro? I got fourth the first day and sixth today (Sunday). I just fell too many times today. It's kind of a bummer because I missed out on third [in E2] by something like two tenths of a second on Saturday and then I missed out on fifth by one one-hundredth of a second today. It's not like SuperEnduro; you can't just put that last-lap block-pass on and hope it's good enough to get in front. You have to go out and do your best every test and hope its good enough. As far as this being my first event, I'm pretty happy with it. I just want to keep improving from here. How has it been being a part of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team? It's been awesome. They have the best support out there for everything. For example, yester- day we had a change in our time schedules and at the very next checkpoint they had brand new laminated time cards for us. I saw everyone else scratching all their old numbers out and trying to write new numbers in. Little stuff like that shows you have everything you need. How are you looking forward to the next event in Portugal? I really don't know what to expect but I've been talking to the guys and it should be the complete opposite of here, especially if it rains all week like it's supposed to. CN He's off to a good start, but Red Bull KTM Factory racer Taylor Robert is looking for more in the World Enduro Championship. PHOTOGRAPHY BY FUTURE7MEDIA

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