Taddy’s Tours de force
By Jason Bellinger on 28th Feb 14
Taddy Blazusiak has secured a fifth FIM SuperEnduro World Championship title following his win at the sixth and final round of the 2014 SuperEnduro series at Tours, France.
Starting the closing round of the series in a commanding position, Taddy wasted no time in securing winning the night's opening final in Tours.
That, added to the fact that the KTM racer finished ahead of his closest championship rival, David Knight in the Superpole qualifying session, meant the title was his.
"It's amazing to think that this is my fifth SuperEnduro championship,” said Taddy.
"It's been an incredible five years with some great moments and some tough times, but to finally get this championship won is brilliant.
"My plan was simple – I wanted to stay ahead of David Knight in the Superpole and then win the first final, and that's what I managed to do.
"Once I knew that the championship was safe I decided to go for the overall event win as well.
"I felt good in second in the opening final, but I could see that Bellino was tiring a little.
"I felt strong and pushed hard for the last two laps and got the win I needed.
Although I got second in the second race I still felt like I could get the overall win.
"The last race went really well and to end the series with the overall win here in France, and with the title, is just great... it's been another great series.”
