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team leader. His determination to
make the U.S. successful in the
ISDE was huge. He put so much
into the team and helped so
many riders. He always wanted
the U.S. to be competing as one
of the event's best teams."
Behind the scenes the United
States World Trophy Team has
been busy preparing themselves
for this year's six-day challenge.
The belief that victory is possible
rides high within the camp.
"Last year we equaled our best
ever result and finished second,"
said Kallonen. "But we're not
stopping there. Our team is very
motivated this year and there is
not one rider that wouldn't want
anything more than to win for
Kurt. We have done more prepa-
ration on all levels for this year's
race than we've done in the past.
Our team knows it will be a very
hard challenge, but I feel we are
ready.
"We believe we can win the
ISDE – that's our goal. It would
go down in the history books as
the first-ever win for the U.S., but
more importantly it would be an
incredible achievement in Kurt's
honor."
The 2014 ISDE takes place
in San Juan, Argentina, begin-
ning on November 3 and running
through November 8.
The team is hopeful of
pulling off a victory in
honor of its fallen team-
mate Kurt Caselli.
Zach Osborne will
ride a Husky in this
year's ISDE.
