2019 WORCS, SPRINT HERO & ISDE CHAMPION TAYLOR ROBERT
P78
Interview
actually hit me super-hard and I
thought I'd broken my elbow! I
was like, "Really? This is going
to happen to me on the day that
I could potentially win a cham-
pionship?" But long story short,
it was okay—I just got a pretty
bad hematoma, but I was able
to keep it together, but it was
one of those things where your
heart just sinks for a second and
you're trying to figure out how
you're going to make it happen.
Who or what has been most
influential in your career so far?
I would say what was most
influential was just going to ISDE
in 2010. It was the first time I'd
ever raced any of those Euro-
peans and just seeing how fast
and smooth those guys are,
especially the French riders.
I remember watching Johnny
Aubert that year and being blown
away at how fast he was going
and how smooth he was. So that
was very influential in my riding
style and wanting to be able to
be successful at ISDE. There
have been a handful of guys
here in the United States that
I've looked up to and trained with
and have got a lot of advice from
over the years; those guys would
definitely be Steve Hatch, Destry
Abbott and Kurt Caselli.
"BUT THEN THE
ONE THAT REALLY
STUNG WAS IN
2018 WHEN I
GOT HURT AT
THE BEGINNING
OF THE SEASON
BECAUSE IT
WASN'T MY
FAULT."
Robert chalked
up another title
in the young
Sprint Hero
Championship.
