TEKA SUZUKI SET FOR MX1 OPENER
After a very productive pre-season period Team Teka Suzuki
WMX1 are now preparing to head to round one of the World Motocross
Championship at Valkenswaard in Holland this weekend.
The race on April 6 is the first of the 15-round championship
and the team starts the series as reigning title-holders in
both the manufacturer and individual rider's championships
with Belgian racer Steve Ramon.
Entering the 2008 season with an all-new bike and also a
new rider - former British champion Ken De Dycker - who will
ride alongside Ramon on the aluminium-framed, Electronically
Fuel-Injected RM-Z450, the world championship promises to
be very exciting for the team.
"In 2007, the team won the manufacturer's world title
and finished first and second in the rider's championship
with Ramon and Kevin Strijbos," explains team owner Sylvain
Geboers. "It will be very difficult to repeat this in
2008 but that is our target.
"We trust that Steve Ramon will be even stronger in
2008 than he was in 2007 and the newcomer Ken De Dycker has
already proved in the pre-season races that he is a very strong
contender which gives us great hope!"
The team's riders are equally upbeat just days from the season
opener. ""I had a very positive pre-season,"
says Ramon. "My riding is going well, my confidence is
high and my fitness is very good. I'm really looking forward
to the first GP this weekend."
And De Dycker also feels ready to win. "I've been working
hard and I hope I can do well this weekend. I'm looking forward
to winning some races and of course I'd like to win the championship
too."
The weather forecast for this weekend is for periods of light
rain that should help keep the sandy Valkenswaard circuit
in prime condition.
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