Suffering injuries at the GP of Greece this year, two-time world champion Aubert was forced out of the remainder of the 2010 season. Now fully recovered, he's currently in training for the Dakar challenge.

Also announced at the EICMA, teammate, Cyril Despres, has renewed his contract with the KTM actory team for another two years. Cyril scored his first outright victory in the Dakar in 2005, a day he says, "that will remain engraved in my memory forever." He took his second Dakar victory in 2007 and won again in 2010.