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| Team KTM Usa has a new team manager?; is Roger De Costa joining the team? | |
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| Topic Started: 2 Sep 2010, 20:04 (319 Views) | |
| airtime | 2 Sep 2010, 20:04 Post #1 |
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The big rumour going round right now is that Roger De Costa has been link with the KTM team to head their supercross/motocross effort in the States. will Chad Reed be riding orange next year if De Costa becomes team manager? but on the bright side...with Roger and Stefan on the same side..imagine how much more improve will the orange bikes be!  lets see if dis will come true or not? stay tune here on 
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| bsriphet | 2 Sep 2010, 21:02 Post #2 |
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That would be super cool, big fan of Roger! Chad needs a good spanking to wake up as well and Roger would probably be one of the few that CR22 respects and would perform well under at this stage of his career.. |
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| bsriphet | 3 Sep 2010, 09:07 Post #3 |
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Great radio interview with Roger: http://bit.ly/aF5DxR |
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| airtime | 3 Sep 2010, 10:08 Post #4 |
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wow,if things really move as fast as what was mentioned in the interview,we would know by next week if roger will be with KTM for 2011. thanks for the heads up,bsriphet 
Edited by airtime, 3 Sep 2010, 14:18.
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| airtime | 6 Sep 2010, 00:26 Post #5 |
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IT'S OFFICIAL! KTM MAKES IT FORMAL; DECOSTER TO KTM Stefan Everts, Pit Bierer, Mr. Pierer, Heinz Kinigardner, Claudio de Carli, and Antonio Cairoli at press conference announcing Roger De Coster's signing with KTM. KTM, the market leader in offroad motorcycles has signed Roger DeCoster, one of the true icons of the sport of motocross to take over the management of the company's new factory team in the USA. Work now begins immediately to prepare the team for the 2011 racing season in all of the major US competitions. The signing of DeCoster represents a major step forward in vaulting the Austrian company into the global arena. KTM has already reached the top level of the sport in Europe and the World Championship GP series and will now also be a dominant force in US competition. KTM CEO Stefan Pierer said the signing represented a new and exciting era for the Austrian-based company: "The acquisition of Roger DeCoster to take over our factory team in the USA heralds a new era for KTM. We now enjoy a worldwide network and we are a real global player. Roger DeCoster is one of the great figures in the sport of motocross and we are delighted that he has agreed to manage our new team. KTM is now "Ready to Race" in the biggest and most competitive motocross competitions in the world." Pit Beirer, who heads KTM Offroad Sports Department, said, "We are honored that we can welcome a man of Roger DeCoster's credentials and stature into the KTM family. With him as the head of our new KTM USA factory team we will be a major force in the USA and Europe and we want to attract the very best American riders into our team. Roger has had a superb racing career and a distinguished and successful career in team management." DeCoster said by a live feed to a KTM press conference: "It is a big decision and a difficult one. After 25 years as a rider and team manager with Suzuki, it wasn’t an easy decision, but I believe KTM is a team that is really good for the future of racing. The reason I couldn’t get an agreement with Suzuki is I wanted more than one year and I couldn’t get that with Suzuki, but KTM are very committed about the future and I believe that we are heading through tough times and we need to look forward and work hard and things will turn around. KTM have that motivation and that interest and there is a lot of energy there and with what Stefan has accomplished, I think we should be able to do that also in America. It’s a big challenge, but it makes me feel good and it motivates me. I look forward to working together in October." Edited by airtime, 6 Sep 2010, 02:19.
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| airtime | 15 Sep 2010, 22:01 Post #6 |
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with the silly season beginning only the pro circuit team has their riders list finalised. seems like now nearly all the big name riders have started some form of contact with R.D to ride under his management. but as for now the riders for KTM are Marvin (2 time MX2 CHAMPION) and Mike Alessi who has 1 more year of his KTM contract left. while many people feel that the KTM team is like slowly turning into the powerhouse team of Honda was in the 80s' with Roger's magic and KTM aggressive engineering that remains to be seen. who is Roger going to sign ??? stay tune here for updates on the 2011 KTM US team!
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