Jeffrey Herlings Signs Contract Extension With KTM
Cycle News Staff | October 30, 2014
Two-time MX2 World Champion Jeffrey Herlings has signed a new contract with the Red Bull KTM team that runs through the end of the 2017 season, the Dutchman staying with the team with which he began his career as a 15-year-old in 2009.
“I’ve now had five seasons with KTM and I’m very happy that Pit [Beirer – the head of KTM Motorsport] is giving me a chance to stay with the team for another three years,” Herlings said. “The team has done a great job and I hope we can continue with good news and good wins in the future.”
Herlings rode his first full MX2 season with Red Bull KTM in 2010 and became the youngest ever MX2 Grand Prix winner in April of that year in front of his home crowd at Valkenswaard.
Since then he has earned two World Championships and 43 Grand Prix wins. This year he had a streak of 18 race wins in a row before suffering a broken femur that forced him out for the next three rounds of the series. Herlings came back for the final round in Mexico, trying to take the title while riding with his still-injured leg. He ended up losing the championship to his teammate Jordi Tixier.
“We are very pleased to have reached agreement with Jeffrey to ride for the factory team through to the end of 2017,” Beirer said. “Anyone who is a follower of the sport recognizes that he is a rider of passion and exceptional skill and we are very proud that he will be on our bikes and in our factory team in the coming seasons.”
