Taddy Blazusiak crowned World Indoor Enduro Champion
Friday 25 February: The title has now been confirmed by officials from the International Motorcycle Federation (FIM) who had to decide if the title could be awarded after the cancellations.
Red
Bull KTM's extreme Endurist Taddy Blazusiak of Poland has been crowned
World Indoor Enduro Champion for the second year in a row after the
final round of the competition was canceled.
The title has now been confirmed by officials from the International
Motorcycle Federation (FIM) who had to decide if the title could be
awarded after the cancellations.
Taddy, the man who has made a huge impression on the sport and
who is also twice AMA Endurocross Champion and a multiple winner of the
infamous Hare Scramble on Austria's Iron Mountain (Erzberg), won the
title by default after it was only possible to run two of the original
five rounds scheduled for this current season. Scheduled rounds in
Brazil, Vigo in Spain and now Lisbon in Portugal all failed to
materialise apparently as a consequence of difficulties stemming from
the international financial situation. This left only the rounds in
Genoa (November 2010) and Barcelona (early February 2011) in the
competition.
Taddy suffered a crash in Genoa in November in Round One and
made a masterly recovery to claim third on the night. Then in Barcelona
he was in a class of his own in the Palau Sant Jordi stadium in front of
thousands of enthusiastic fans, completely dominating the track to take
all three races and surge ahead in the standings.
He accrued 103 points from the two rounds to lead the standings
with Joakim Ljunggren of Sweden (Husaberg) in second place with 86
points and Mika Ahola of Finland third with 73 points.
Copy and photos courtesy of KTM Racing. Photographer: Jonty Edmunds