Kurt Caselli Returns at Italy World Enduro

Kit Palmer | June 19, 2006

KTM’s Kurt Caselli returned to action in a big way in Bergamasche, Italy, June 17-18. Caselli, who has been sidelined with a knee injury for most of the year, jumped right into the fire by competing in the World Enduro round in Italy, where he finished both days. Competing in the E2 class, Caselli finished 11th on Saturday and 12th on Sunday.

“I’d only been riding for a few weeks before coming to Italy, after my knee operation in February, so I wasn’t really well prepared for the race,” he said in a KTM news release. “I was hoping that it wasn’t going to be tough a race, but I don’t think that it could have been much harder. I certainly learned a lot, but I don’t want to see any rocks for a while. There’s no way that any race I do back in the U.S. will be a tough as this, which is a good thing.

“I finished 11th on the first day, which I was a little disappointed with,” Caselli said. “I wasn’t riding well in the extreme and motocross tests, so I was just trying not to crash. Day two was pretty much the same. It was so rough and dusty and rocky – it was brutal. I’m glad I finished both days, as there were a lot of riders that didn’t, but I didn’t really enjoy it.”

KTM riders Ivan Cervantes, Samuli Aro and David Knight all won their respective classes both days, and all three riders now lead their respective classes in points.

Knight has won the E3 class in all six rounds