Blythe To Compete in World Enduro Championship
Kit Palmer | December 16, 2010
Colorado’s Ian Blythe will compete full-time in next year’s FIM World Enduro Championship. The 19-year-old Blythe has signed on with Team Jolly Racing (HM Honda Zanardo) and will compete in the Junior class, designed for riders 23 years of age and under. Blythe will have some fast company, as his teammates will be four-time Enduro World Champion Mika Ahola, and Rodrig Thain.Ian Blythe
Blythe will compete in all eight rounds and will be based out of Piacenza, Italy, near Milan.
“I’m super excited about my new ride and living in Italy,” said Blythe. “I’m looking forward working with Franco Mayr and his team. The team has lots of experience and I hope to take advantage of that.”
Blythe will ride a HM Honda CRF250R, prepared by TRS Racing.
Blythe recently competed in the ISDE Mexico, where he represented the United States on the Junior World Team, which finished third. Blythe finished seventh individual in the E1 class.
Kit Palmer | Off-Road Editor
Kit Palmer started his career at Cycle News in 1984 and he’s been testing dirt and streetbikes every since – plus covering any event that uses some form of a knobby tire. He’s also our resident motorcycle mileage man with a commute of 120 miles a day.
