2017 Enduro2 World Champion, Josep Garcia, who spent the 2018 and 2019 seasons contesting the World Enduro Super Series, will return to the Enduro2 (E2) category for the 2021 season.
The consummate all-rounder, Garcia grew up riding motorcycles. Starting with motocross, the Spaniard even spent a season road racing in the Red Bull Rookies Cup before settling on enduro. Following success in the Spanish Enduro Championship, Josep won the Enduro2 World Championship in 2017.
For 2018 competed in the then newly formed World Enduro Super Series. With much of the championship consisting of hard enduro events, Josep rose to the challenge, excelling at many events while also directly taking on established extreme specialists.
The three-time ISDE Enduro1 class winner focused on the task and unquestionably improved his technical riding, ultimately completing the inaugural World Enduro Super Series season in a highly commendable fourth place. Continuing to work hard, Josep‰Ûªs dedication paid off, and at the close of the 2019 World Enduro Super Series he claimed an impressive overall runner-up result following the tough seven-round season.
Due to the global pandemic, the 2020 WESS Enduro World Championship season was cancelled, but Josep raced his national enduro championship where he claimed both the E2 and overall titles. Wildcard rides at the final two rounds of the 2020 FIM Enduro World Championship ended with ultra-competitive performances and two day wins.
Now, armed with a greater set of skills due in part to his extreme experiences, and with full factory backing, Garcia will return to the FIM Enduro World Championship in 2021 eager to claim a second world title, as well as competing in selected FIM Hard Enduro World Championship events.
The six-round 2021 FIM Enduro World Championship is currently scheduled to start with the GP of Portugal on the 18-20 June. The series then heads to Italy later that month before travelling to Estonia and Sweden in July. A two-month break is then followed by the final two rounds ‰ÛÒ Germany and France ‰ÛÒ both of which are held in October.
