Image: Jonty Edmunds.

Enduro legend Taddy Blazusiak has re-signed with KTM through the 2015 and 2016 seasons, the Austrian brand has announced.

The 30-year-old burst onto the scene in 2006 at the notoriously difficult Erzberg Rodeo, when after winning the prologue, he was offered a borrowed KTM bike to race the gruelling Red Bull Hare Scramble. He won the event, his first of five, and was rewarded with a place on the KTM Factory Extreme Enduro team.

Blazusiak then turned his attention to what was the beginning of the vibrant discipline of indoor enduro and has gone on to be the dominant rider in both Europe and the USA. He has now won five consecutive SuperEnduro World Championships and another five AMA EnduroCross Championships.

“I already had a contract with KTM through to the end of 2014, but I’m super pumped and really happy to extend this for another two years,” Blazusiak said. “I have a great bike and a great team and I am really looking forward to winning some more titles.

“We are about to start testing ahead of the EnduroCross season and I’m looking forward to another great year.”

Pit Beirer, Head of KTM Motorsports said he was delighted that Blazusiak is staying with the factory team.

“We’ve had already enjoyed eight great years with Taddy and I’m very pleased that he is staying with us as a valued member of the KTM Racing family,” Beirer said.

“Taddy is a real professional and with his thrilling riding style and will to win, he has been a key figure in the emergence of EnduroCross in the US and SuperEnduro in Europe. We look forward to sharing even more success with him in the coming seasons.”

Having secured his fifth SuperEnduro world title in France at the end of February, Blazusiak is now preparing for the AMA EnduroCross, which kicks off in Las Vegas on 2 May.