Enduro World Cup: Knight storms second round

THE MIGHTY David Knight was in exemplary form as he dominated the second round of the 2007 FIM Indoor Enduro World Cup held in the Olympic Stadium Munich at the weekend.

KTM's newest factory rider Taddy Blazusiak from Poland was close behind in second place, rounding off a strong weekend for the all-orange KTM bikes. Riding for the Red Bull KTM off-road Race Team, Knight, the newly crowned AMA Endurocross champion, had fully recovered from the illness that forced him to withdraw recently from the Red Bull Last Man Standing in Texas. In fact the rider from the Isle of Man was stronger than ever in Munich. Knight threw down the gauntlet by being fastest in the timed qualifying sessions at Munich. His start in the first of the three rounds was not perfect but he worked his way past several riders in the opening lap and once he hit the front he took a commanding lead. He successfully repeated the same tactics in race two and settled for a safe second place in the final race, won by team-mate Blazusiak, the winner of the 2007 Last Man Standing. David admitted it had been a great evening and everything had gone according to plan. "It was always my plan to get the hard work done early on and then I would be able to take it a bit easier towards the end of the night. Although I won the first race I didn't get a great start but I was pretty aggressive early on and made some good passes to move into the lead quite quickly. I pulled away a bit then and held a good gap over Taddy.

"I knew that if I could win the first two then I'd win the overall with a half decent result in the last race," he added.

The final round of the event will take place in Genoa, an occasion where Knighter aspires to add the Indoor Enduro World Cup title to his significant trophy collection.

Results:

1. David Knight KTM 42 2. Taddy Blazusiak KTM 39 3. Mika Ahola Honda 27 4. Markus Kehr KTM 26 5. Xavi Galindo KTM 17