Spain’s Laia Sanz joins KTM family
By Team TMX on 9th Apr 15
KTM Motorsports is very pleased to announce the signing of Spains Laia Sanz to compete in the Womens Enduro World Championship and to be part of the KTM Factory Rally Team.
KTM Motorsports is very pleased to announce the signing of Spain's Laia Sanz to compete in the Women's Enduro World Championship and to be part of the KTM Factory Rally Team.
Laia Sanz brings with her exceptional riding skills shaped by a background in Trials competition where she has won 13 women's world titles. She has won the Women's Enduro crown three times (2012, 2013 & 2014) and in January 2015 had her career best finish in the Dakar Rally where she was ranked overall ninth in what is widely considered the toughest offroad event on the motorsports calendar.
Sanz said as well as competing in the Women's Enduro Championship she will try to compete in some of the FIM World Championship rallies, if the racing calendar permits. Speaking from Spain she confirmed that she was very happy to be joining KTM. "It will be amazing to be with such good riders like (Marc) Coma and (Ivan) Cervantes. I can learn a lot from them and it is very important for me. I know I am still able to improve and being with KTM is the best way to do this. I grew up with a passion for trials, which is more technical but this has given me the skills I need for good Enduro riding. Now I also have a real passion for riding the Dakar. I watched it on TV when I was very young and I never imagined I would be able to compete. It is a great adventure. You have to give your best and you have to know your limits.”
Pit Beirer Head of KTM Motorsports: "It is a pleasure to welcome Laia Sanz into the KTM Factory Rally Team and to the EWC competition as our first female Enduro factory rider. Laia brings with her a great record of success and outstanding motorcycle skills. Her three World Enduro titles in the women's competition and her overall ninth place finish in the 2015 Dakar all speak for themselves. With the KTM factory behind her we can look forward to seeing Laia go from strength to strength.”
Fabio Farioli, Enduro Team Manager: "For me this is very good news and it will be a new challenge for us to also go for the Women's World Championship title. This will be the first time we have had a competitor in the women's competition and for sure Laia is the best rider to make this happen for us. It will be good to work with her to achieve this new goal.”
The 2015 Women's Enduro World Championship is made up of eight rounds on four race weekends as follows
