The greatest motocross rider of all time , Ricky Carmichael , and five-time enduro world champion Iván Cervantes , spent the last week with the Triumph motocross and enduro team in the UK .
Receiving a warm welcome from Triumph employees , Ricky and Iván took the time to meet passionate Triumph fans before deep diving into development workshops with the design team and testing the latest prototypes , continuing in their unique role of providing invaluable feedback and input into the project .
“ It ’ s been a pleasure to finally come to the Triumph headquarters ," enthused Carmichael . " Meeting everyone in all of the departments , seeing how it all works and getting to put the names to faces of those who I ’ ve been working with for so long . I ’ ve been incredibly impressed throughout the project , right from my first test with the team in the US , and it ' s great to see how much progress they made to this point ."
A sentiment echoed by Cervantes , " for me , this is a huge moment . We ’ ve tested the bike many times , but it was wonderful to ride with Ricky in person , and so satisfying to see how happy he is with the setup we ’ ve developed . We ’ ve made some very big steps and some very productive changes , and I ’ m very happy with where we are .
“ I ’ ve worked for a long time on this project with an amazing team , who all share the same goal : to be competitive from the very beginning . I can ’ t wait for the next steps !”
Triumph Chief Product Officer , Steve Sargent agreed that the experience of Carmichael and Cervantes has been invaluable and that the project ' s main goal is to ensure that Triumph is " 100 % capable of winning ".
" Ricky and Ivan know about winning and developing bikes that deliver consistently race after race .”
Triumph ’ s racing activities are further bolstered by a return to the World Superbike paddock in 2022 with a factory-supported race team , Dynavolt Triumph , in the World Supersport Championship .
In 2021 Triumph announced their forthcoming entry into the Motocross and Enduro worlds as well as a new factory racing effort , with a commitment to top tier championship racing in both Motocross and Enduro series .
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