On The Pegs December 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 12 | Page 33

On The Pegs
VOL. 4 ISSUE 12 - DECEMBER 2019
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BLAZUSIAK, SANZ SIGN WITH GASGAS
GasGas will expand their FIM World Championship competition program
for 2020 and will enter factory racing teams in Motocross, Rally and Enduro.
GasGas will make a historic inaugural step into MXGP courtesy of an alliance with
the Standing Construct squad, expand their presence and competitiveness in Rally
thanks to linking up with high profile record-setter Laia Sanz and host the multi-ti-
tle winning talents of Taddy Blazusiak in the arenas of Enduro and Extreme Enduro.
Significantly ‘Standing Construct GasGas Factory Racing’ is the very first works
Motocross Grand Prix team for the marque and boasts the exciting combination of
Glenn Coldenhoff and Ivo Monticelli on MXGP machinery in 2020. Coldenhoff se-
cured 3rd position in the 2019 MXGP standings and has owned his class in the last
two editions of the FIM Motocross of Nations. Monticelli impressed in his second
term in the premier division in 2019 to fill 11th spot in the championship.
Laia Sanz, a serial FIM Women’s trial world champion and now almost ten years as
an Enduro and Rally record-breaker (Female category winner and highest ranked
female finisher at the Dakar Rally with a personal best of 9th overall in 2015) will
lead the charge for the revitalized GasGas effort in Rally. The soon-to-be 34 year
old will disembark to the middle east in a matter of weeks for the 42nd Dakar Rally
beginning on January 5th.
It is hard to find a bigger name in the world of Enduro than Taddy Blazusiak and
the decorated 36 year old Pole is the perfect vanguard for the GasGas name in the
2020 WESS Enduro World Championship. n