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KTM ENDURO The KTM factory enduro squad has six riders from five different European countries for 2006. Do you think the team will support riders from outside Europe in the future? Fabio Farioli: KTM has a real international enduro team for 2006, which is great because KTM sells bikes all over the world. At the moment European riders are the best enduro riders in the world. This is the reason why KTM’s factory enduro team is made up of riders from the Isle of Man, Finland, Italy, Spain and France. When riders from outside of Europe are able to win World Enduro Championship titles they will be welcomed into our family. Can Ivan Cervantes, Samuli Aro and David Knight repeat their achievements of last season? Fabio Farioli: It is certainly going to be hard to repeat the results of last year because 2005 was such an amazing season for all three riders. Each rider will face stiff competition but repeating their achievements from last year is what everyone in the team is working towards. We have the best riders, the best bikes, best mechanics and best organization so I am confident that they can win again. This year the WEC series will start with a winter race in Sweden before travelling to events in Canada and the States. Is the world of enduro growing? Fabio Farioli: Different types of races as well as events outside of Europe are important if the World Enduro Championship is to grow into a truly international championship. The conditions at many of the races this year will be new to lots of riders but I am sure that the winners will be the same. KTM will field one official team with six riders into the World Enduro Championship in 2006. What is it that motivates you as team manager this season? Fabio Farioli: Last year KTM won three individual riders titles, three manufacturers titles and ended up first in the final team standings as well. The incentive for 2006 is not so much to ensure that the team keeps growing but to make sure it stays where it is – at the top of the World Enduro Championship. That is what motivates me. This season all of KTM’s official riders will race on four-stroke machinery. Do you think that two-stroke machinery is no longer competitive in the WEC? Fabio Farioli: KTM has the best two-stroke bikes with their 125, 250 and 300. I know that they are still very competitive machines but riders now want four-stroke power when they are racing in the WEC. Anyway, I’m sure in the future we will go back to two strokes, not for all riders but most of them. Have the riding styles and training techniques of the WEC’s best riders changed in recent years? Fabio Farioli: Just like in so many sports the world’s best enduro riders are moving towards more specific preparation. Their performance on extreme special tests is very important in today’s world championship so riders have to work hard on their high and low speed riding, as well as having good endurance and strength. All these things are necessary to be on the top. Sala, Farioli, Rinaldi, Aro, Cervantes, Knight… what do you think that all these champions have in common? Fabio Farioli: Determination, passion, devotion, world titles andof course KTM! Photo courtesy of D Agrati
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