Garcia Signs
Contract Extension
R
ed Bull KTM Factory Rac-
ing announced the signing
of a two-year contract extension
with Spanish enduro star Josep
Garcia.
The agreement will see the
former Enduro World Champion
remain with the team through
to the end of the 2023 season,
riding the KTM 350 EXC-F in the
FIM Enduro World Championship
and the ISDE.
Joining Red Bull KTM Factory
Racing in 2017, he enjoyed suc-
cess throughout the 2018 and
2019 seasons, becoming the first
non-French rider to win Trefle
Lozerien,
claiming victory
at BR2 Enduro
Solsona, and
topping the
Enduro1 class
at the 2019
International Six Days Enduro.
Returning to EnduroGP
competition full time in 2021,
Garcia claimed five EnduroGP
class podiums from eight days
of racing, including a double win
in the tough conditions of the
EnduroGP of Estonia. He also
currently lies second overall in
both the EnduroGP and Enduro2
classes. Garcia is competing in
this week's ISDE in Italy.
"Signing for two more years
means the team and I are free to
focus on the racing and aim to
be at the very top," Garcia said.
"Continuing with the KTM 350
EXC-F in EnduroGP helps to
keep things consistent too, so I
can really work on my riding."
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Spaniard Josep Garcia signed a two-year contract
extension with Red Bull KTM's off-road team.
MX of Nations:
Team USA In or
Out?
T
he announcement of Team USA's
lineup for next month's FIM Motocross
of Nations in Italy by the AMA is planned
for this coming Thursday, August 31, but
it's still not for certain that Team USA will
be able to attend.
The European Union and the host na-
tion of Italy are set to likely announce new
restrictions on entering the country. Of
particular concern is the worry that Italy may require anyone entering the country
to show proof of vaccination, as well as a possible new quarantining period.
Stay tuned to the news out of Italy, because it's all contingent on the possibility
of restrictions tightening on U.S. travelers and whether or not a team of riders and
mechanics can get in and out of the country in the first place.
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Travel restriction may
prevent Team USA
from competing in the
upcoming Motocross
of Nations.
