Armand Monleón #1, Bikes category winner:
“I’m very happy of these two weeks. The KTM team did a great job. Taklimakan Rally is a very complete race. We won fast stages, very complicated stage with tricky navigation, off-road stages,… Of course we made some mistakes because it is a 2 weeks rally. I now turn to my next goals, Bajan Spain and Dakar Rally.”
“We are delighted to this victory. We were very close to get it two years ago. Jean-Pierre did a great job. We had to be patient because navigation was very tricky. We always had a good pace, and we pushed hard when we had to. Keeopower is a new team, so we could have fought with fiability issue. The team did a great job, we had no problem with the car. We will have to do as well next year. We are confident for Silk Way Rally.”
“In sporting terms, results have been mixed. We won the prologue but we destroyed our race when we rolled over the day after. We tried to make good performances the next stages even if we stayed always behind our teammates. It was a good experience shared with a well-structured team. This rally is sumptuous with extraordinary tracks.”
“What a great event… Extremely tough but very rewarding. The terrain was incredible and a real test of man and machine. The Chinese people are really nice and we were part of a great team. Our first trip to China as a team and we have fallen in love with the people and the country.”