KTM Announces 2020 Off-Road Team
T
he FMF KTM Factory Rac-
ing Team will be made up of
four riders for the 2020 off-road
season. The team will consist of
defending GNCC champ Kailub
Russell, reigning WORCS and
Sprint Hero Champion Tay-
lor Robert, 2019 XC2 GNCC
Champion Ben Kelley and 2017
XC2 GNCC Champion Josh
Toth. In addition, KTM will also
support 2019 WESS Enduro
World Champion Manuel Letten-
bichler who will compete as a
guest rider in select extreme off-
road races across the country.
Russell, who also announced
this will be his last year as a
full-time racer, will follow both
the GNCC and Full Gas Sprint
Enduro Championships. Rob-
ert will defend the number-one
plate in both WORCS and Sprint
Hero Championships while Toth
and Kelley will compete in both
the GNCC and National Enduro
Championships.
"I'm very satisfied to continue
with these four world-caliber
riders, plus Mani, that experi-
enced so much success last
year," said FMF KTM Team
Manager Antti Kallonen. "We
have established a strong con-
nection with these riders over
the years and each of them play
a significant and important role
in our brand's success and fu-
ture development. We will focus
with each rider to produce their
very best performance at each
race they enter and to reach our
goals of defending our champi-
onships in 2020." CN
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The 2020 FMF KTM Off-Road Team
will be made up of four riders: Kailub
Russell, Taylor Robert, Josh Toth and
Ben Kelley. PHOTO: SIMON CUDBY
