{"id":31084,"date":"2015-09-03T07:16:34","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T05:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enduro.nl\/?p=31084"},"modified":"2015-09-03T07:16:34","modified_gmt":"2015-09-03T05:16:34","slug":"knight-ready-to-return-to-slovakia-for-isde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/31084\/knight-ready-to-return-to-slovakia-for-isde\/","title":{"rendered":"Knight ready to return to Slovakia for ISDE"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>On 7 September the FIM\u2019s longest running off road motorcycle competition will begin in Ko\u0161ice, Slovakia. Marking the ninetieth edition of the FIM International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) more than five hundred and fifty competitors from over thirty-five different nations will take to the start line of the weeklong race.
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Ten years on since the ISDE last visited Slovakia, Great Britain\u2019s David Knight \u2013 KTM is one rider who will arrive in the paddock with fond memories of the Slovakian terrain.<\/p>\n

Competing as a member of the Great Britain FIM World Trophy team, back in 2005 Knight claimed the overall individual victory at the end of a challenging week\u2019s racing. Outright winner of the race, the three-time FIM Enduro World Champion regards that magical week in Pova\u017esk\u00e1 Bystrica as one the highlights of his illustrious professional racing career.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really is a wonderful feeling to return to race the ISDE in Slovakia,\u201d told Knight. \u201cThe ISDE is an event I\u2019m very passionate about and one I hold close to my heart. So to have my name on the list of race winners is a great privilege and is up there amongst one of my best achievements ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWinning a race like the ISDE is an incredible feeling. It\u2019s such a difficult week of racing \u2013 you have to be perfect for six days \u2013 and in a sport like enduro where anything can happen that\u2019s a tough thing to do. That\u2019s why my victory is one of the greatest memories of my career. Of course my three world titles are incredibly special, but the ISDE is something different, something very special indeed and one not too many can say they\u2019ve won.\u201d<\/p>\n

As one of the most experienced members of the British team, Knight knows that this year\u2019s race in Ko\u0161ice will be extremely competitive. France \u2013 with a hat trick of wins will be pushing hard to make it four-in-a-row, while the USA, Australia and Spain along with Britain, Finland and Germany will be fighting hard to stop them. Knowing that Slovakia is likely to deliver some wet, muddy and demanding terrain Knight\u2019s hoping his vast experience will help put him and Great Britain into the mix for top honours.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this time of year weather conditions in Slovakia can be very unpredictable so we could be in for a wet race,\u201d continued Knight. \u201cLike my teammates, I\u2019ve always enjoyed riding in the mud and if it\u2019s wet I know I can fight for a good result.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously I\u2019m now ten years older and my body is not what it was but if the conditions suit I know I can still do good. And at the ISDE it\u2019s experience that really counts. For me, top five in my class will be incredible, but as long as I give it my best and enjoy the race then I\u2019ll be more than happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2015 ISDE takes place in Ko\u0161ice, Slovakia from\u00a07 to 12 September.<\/p>\n

Follow the ISDE live \u2013 Download the FREE app \u2013\u00a0click here<\/a> for full details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On 7 September the FIM\u2019s longest running off road motorcycle competition will begin in Ko\u0161ice, Slovakia. Marking the ninetieth edition of the FIM International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) more than five hundred and fifty competitors from over thirty-five different nations will take to the start line of the weeklong race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-isde","category-persberichten"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enduro.nl\/wordpress-enduronlnewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}