Ken Roczen and Teka manager Martin Bau get to know KTM Mattighofen

| October 15, 2010 | 0 Comments

Ken Roczen, the impressive young German MX2 rider who joins the Red Bull KTM Factory Team as of 2011 and the general manager of Teka, a key major sponsor of the team have both been to KTM’s headquarters in Mattighofen Austria to be introduced to the world of Orange.

For Ken, who has sparked excitement and expectations with his riding skills, finishing second to Red Bull KTM’s Marvin Musquin in the MX2 world Championship in his full first season of riding got the chance to experience the Orange family and to talk about the coming season with KTM Racing boss Pit Beirer, the factory team manager and 10-times world champion Stefan Everts.

In a big week for visitors at the state-of-the-art KTM Factory, which also houses the KTM Racing Department and the company’s Research and Development, also making the acquaintance of the KTM Racing in-house team and senios management was Martin Bau the general manager of Teka, who KTM is delighted to have onboard for as a major sponsor as of the 2011 season. Teka, an international company that specializes in, among others, high quality kitchen and bathroom ware both at a domestic and professional level, has had a close link to Roczen in earlier seasons.

Pit Beirer: “We very much welcome the opportunity to have Ken and Martin Bau with us in Mattighofen so that we can show them around and introduce them to our extended team, all of which contribute to our success on and off the track.”

Roczen, who delivered a spirited attack on KTM’s world champion Martin Musquin and along with KTM’s Max Nagl, made an inspired contribution to vaulting Germany onto the MXoN podium in Thunder Valley Colorado, will be racing in the Supercross MX Lites in the USA before returning to contest the MX2 World championship. He, and his teammate Jeffrey Herlings, two of the youngest riders in the senior paddock are expected to deliver some of the most exciting track action in the coming season.