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sports Park round in June and it came with stunning consequences as he fought back from a bad
start to win the first of two Supersport finals by
an unheard of eight seconds. The following day,
Roberts won again and he did so three more times
in 2013, ending the season a perfect five-for-five
in the races that didn't conflict with his Red Bull
Rookies Cup racing in Europe.
Roberts ended up 14th in the 2013 Red Bull
Rookies Cup Championship with a best result of
fourth at Brno in the Czech Republic. This year was
the third in the Rookies Cup for Roberts: He was
12th overall in 2011 with a race victory at Brno; and
he ended up eighth in the series points in 2012.
Now the Keith Code protégé will get a crack at
a full season of racing and a move up to the AMA
Daytona SportBike class for 2014.
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"I am very happy to have signed with M4 and
Team Hammer for the 2014 season," Roberts said
via a team issued release. "It's a championshipwinning team, so it's a great opportunity for me.
I worked with the team and my crew chief, Eric
Gray this last season in SuperSport, where we
achieved great results. DSB [Daytona SportBike]
is going to be a new challenge for me and it will be
interesting to see what the level is. The Honda is a
very nice handling bike and I am confident that the
team are going to get the bike where it needs to be
for Daytona and the rest of the season. I want to
say thanks to everyone who has helped me get to
this point in my career."
Roberts also plays bass with his brothers in the
band Red Tambourine.
DOVI GIVEN
THE BOOT?
D
VILLADOMS
TO KTM FOR DAKAR
K
TM has announced that Spanish off-road racer
Jordi Villadoms will join the Red Bull KTM Rally
factory team for the Dakar 2014 as the support
rider for three-time Dakar winner Marc Coma.
Villadoms rode for KTM from 2006 to 2010,
although his best individual result came in 2012
when he finished fourth overall. The 33-year-old
joins the team following the tragic death of Kurt
Caselli last month.
"We are very aware that no-one is able to recontinued on page 50
PHOTO COURTESY OF KTM
ucati factory MotoGP star Andrea Dovizioso
visited the Sidi factory and its founder Dino Signori recently in Italy. Dovi has been with Sidi for
two years.
Jordi Villadoms
will serve as the
support rider for
Marc Coma in
the upcoming
Dakar Rally.
