Triumph Racing: test drivers announced for challenges in off-road series

Triumph Racing announced the reaching of an agreement with two pilots who will be testers testers as part of the British brand's sporting program, in view of the official debut from 2024 in MXGP/MX2 World Championships and Super Motocross. Clément Desalle and Ivan Tedesco join respectively the Triumph Racing MXGP/MX2 Team managed by Thierry Chizat-Suzzoni and the Triumph Racing US SuperMotocross World Championship Team managed by Bobby Hewitt.

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Triumph Racing is present at Triumph's headquarters in Hinckley, United Kingdom, where the design and R&D department focuses on the off-road segment, responsible for the definition and development of the chassis and engine of the unprecedented proposal of Enduro and Motocross models.
The team dedicated to the MXGP/MX2 world championship challenges is located at the Thierry race facility, not far from Eindhoven in the Netherlands, while those who will take care of the SuperMotocross world championship will be present at a new innovative and specific race facility in the United States .
The groups of technicians linked to Triumph and the teams are working to constantly improve the performance of the chassis and the engine through an intense testing program with Ivan Tedesco and Clément Desalle busy in the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe, in view of the debut in 2024.
Clément Desalle has taken part in the MXGP world championship for 15 years. He became Vice Champion on three occasions, as well as having reached third place in the World Championship rankings three times and placed fourth on two other occasions. Throughout his career, the Belgian took the top step of the podium 23 times and was Belgian Pro Open champion in 2009. He retired from competition in 2020 to dedicate himself to testing and developing racing specimens. His deep experience is important in the development work with the Triumph team, as reported.

Ivan Tedesco, on the other hand, started racing on two wheels from the age of eight and in 1999 he became a professional rider. He raced for 14 years, retiring in 2014 and then becoming one of the best test drivers in production development, as reported. In his career Tedesco has won the AMA 125 cc West Coast Supercross series twice in 2004 and 2005, then the AMA 125 cc National Motocross series again in 2005 and the Motocross of Nations three times in 2005, 2006 and 2009 with the Team USA.

In 2024 Triumph Racing will debut in FIM Motocross World Championship with a factory program, as mentioned. The Triumph Racing Team was set up in collaboration with Thierry Chizat-Suzzoni, one of the most experienced team owners in this field, fielding two 250cc 4-stroke Triumph motorcycles in the MX2 class of the 2024, then adding a entry into MXGP in the 450cc class in 2025.

Triumph Motorcycles will also be present in 2024 Monster Energy AMA SuperMotocross World Championship with an official program based in the United States. Created and managed in collaboration with Bobby Hewitt, Triumph Racing Team USA will bring to the race track in 2024 three Triumph 250cc 4-stroke MX examples in SuperMotocross World Championship West and East Coast Series before logging in 2025 to the 450 cc premier class.

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