FIM SuperEnduro World Championship

The Triumph Factory Racing team is led by Paul Edmondson, a former British racer who has four Enduro World Championships to his name, including a record-breaking 18 gold medals at the ISDE, where he represented Great Britain multiple times. Edmondson is a well-known figure in off-road racing, having achieved significant success with his former EnduroGP race team, Fast Eddy Racing, which he founded and managed, as well as through running a number of highly popular Enduro events in the UK.

Paul has been involved in Triumph’s off-road project from the beginning, providing essential input to the development of the TF 250-X and TF 250-E platforms. The likable and highly motivated enduro expert also rode Triumph motorcycles as 007’s stunt double in the James Bond film No Time to Die and is now Team Manager of the Triumph Factory Racing Enduro Team, partnering the British manufacturer as it embarks on a new journey in enduro racing.

In the SuperEnduro series, British racer Jonny Walker enjoyed a strong first season in ‘25 aboard Triumph machinery, taking an impressive second overall with seven podium finishes from seven events, including a first World Championship race victory for the TF 250-X. Walker backed this up by winning Triumph’s first AMA EnduroCross Championship in 2025 aboard the TF 450-X, the bike he debuted in the 2026 FIM SuperEnduro series this season. Walker enjoyed several strong outings, including an impressive sixth-place finish at the world-renowned Red Bull Erzbergrodeo—a notoriously tough race to conquer, predominantly dominated by two-stroke machines.

Switching to the outdoor discipline of EnduroGP, Mikael Persson and Jamie McCanney raced for the team in 2025, earning numerous E1 podiums and winning both the British Enduro and British Sprint Championships. For 2026, McCanney will continue contesting the British series but will move into a rider-coach role for Persson and new signing Jeremy Sydow in international competition.

Also worth noting, Triumph contributed to ISDE success, with Persson helping Team Sweden to a first podium in a decade, and Morgan Lesiardo, racing for the Triumph Italia Racing team, helping Team Italy to victory. Lesiardo also enjoyed notable results on Triumph machinery with an E1 class win and first EnduroGP podium with his TF 250-E.

Triumph Factory Racing Enduro Team – a deeper dive

A closer look at Triumph’s Enduro program shows that its riders will compete in three different disciplines throughout the season. British racer Jonny Walker will contest the FIM SuperEnduro World Championship, the AMA EnduroCross Championship, as well as a select number of events throughout the summer, and perhaps a number of Hard Enduro races. Teammates Mikael Persson and Jeremy Sydow will focus on the more traditional FIM EnduroGP World Championship. Jamie McCanney will race in the British Enduro Championship.

The FIM SuperEnduro World Championship is an indoor series that has been running for nearly 20 years. It is held in packed arenas, where racers compete over extreme obstacles such as rocks and logs in this hugely popular winter series. It features a gate-drop start and short but very intense races. Jonny Walker has enjoyed much success in the seven-round series, concluding Triumph’s first season with the TF 250-E with seven podiums from seven races, including a victory at the fifth round in Hungary. In the US, a series with a similar format, called EnduroCross, takes place. Walker claimed Triumph’s first championship in 2025—which went down to the wire—before returning to Europe to focus on the World Championship. The Cumbrian racer, who has won some of the biggest hard enduro events on the planet—including the Red Bull Erzbergrodeo Hare Scramble, where he impressively finished sixth on Triumph machinery last year against predominantly two-stroke competition, and Red Bull Romaniacs—joined the Triumph Factory Racing team at the end of 2024 and has a varied schedule planned for 2026.

The FIM EnduroGP World Championship is the more ‘traditional’ of Enduro disciplines featuring a number of tests across the race weekends. The enduro, motocross, and extreme tests feature in all race events, with a crowd-pleasing super test usually taking place on Friday night. The Enduro series dates back to 1968 and today has three categories: Enduro1 (up to 250cc 2-stroke and 4-stroke), Enduro2 (255cc–450cc 4-stroke), and Enduro3 (255cc 2-stroke and 450cc 4-stroke), as well as the overall EnduroGP standings, awarded to the highest point scorer across all three categories. Triumph’s rider Mikael Persson, who remains with the squad for a second season, has previously battled for championship victories and brings a wealth of experience to the Triumph Factory Racing team. In 2026, Persson will be joined by German racer Jeremy Sydow, who is hungry for results in the series, and both racers will be mentored by Jamie McCanney. The team will contest the E1 & EnduroGP class for 2026.

Birthday: January 27, 1991

Nation: Great Britain

Hometown: Keswick 

Start Number: 22

Height: 6’0”

Weight: 176 lbs

2025 – Runner-up FIM SuperEnduro World Championship

2024 – Winnder Indoor Enduro of Champions

2024 – Runner-up FIM SuperEnduro World Championship

2023 – AMA EnduroCross Champion

2016 – Winner Red Bull 111 Megawatt 

2016 – 3rd FIM SuperEnduro World Championship

2015 – Winner Red Bull Romaniacs

2015 – Winner Red Bull 111 Megawatt

2015 – Winner The Tough One

2015 – Winner Hell’s Gate

2015 – Winner Red Bull Erzbergrodeo Hare Scramble

2013 - Winner Red Bull Erzbergrodeo Hare Scramble

2012 - Winner Red Bull Erzbergrodeo Hare Scramble