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KTM Signs Roger DeCoster to Manage Its US Factory Team 4














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 immediately
begins 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 the
signing of such a personality as Roger DeCoster completes the circle
whereby KTM has great riders, has been enjoying unprecedented success
with its latest motorcycles and now has team leaders in place that will
make it a dominant force on both sides of the Atlantic.

 
Pit Beirer: "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."

 
Roger DeCoster was born in Belgium and is a long time
resident of the USA. Known simply as "The Man" when he was racing,
DeCoster was one of the sport's most decorated riders. He was always
admired for his smooth, controlled riding style and his late attacks on
race leaders in a career where he won a record 36 500 cc GP victories.
He was also a Gold Medalist in the 1964 International Six Day Trial, a
four-time winner of the Trans-AMA series and won the 1964 Belgian
Observed Trials National Championship. Since retiring from active
racing, DeCoster has been a prominent managerial figure in the USA
racing scene and has also managed Team USA at the Motocross of Nations.







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