Manolo Morettini and Kevin Cristino, two of the protagonists of Italy’s winning team at the last Six Days, will face the 2026 racing season riding the Husqvarna 2T of the Nsa Motors Racing team. Albin Norrbin will join them
Although they both wore the Maglia Azzurra at the Six Days of Enduro 2025 in Bergamo, Manolo Morettini and Kevin Cristino did not race for the same team. Lined up respectively in the World Trophy and the Junior Trophy, both ran with determination to give themselves and all Italians a double splendid victory in the competition off-road oldest in the world. Now, the two, in view of the 2026 competitive season, find themselves under the same tent, that of Nsa Motors Racinga project wanted and founded by Alberto Di RubbaGeneral Manager of Nsa Motors, with the aim of creating a solid, organized sports structure oriented towards the growth of young talents in the discipline.
Three world champions for Nsa
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To tackle the Enduro World Championship for the first time, Nsa Motors Racing Team has decided to focus on three athletes who have already won world titles, victories at the Six Days and national championships. Sports management, to begin with, is entrusted to the expert Simone Albergonihimself a protagonist in the Enduro World Championship in the last decade. Albergoni will hold the role of Team Manager and will supervise three drivers: Albin NorrbinYouth World Champion in 2021, vice-World Champion in the Junior World Championship in 2023 and winner of the Junior Trophy at Isde 2024 with the Swedish national team; Kevin Cristinosix-time Italian category champion, Youth World Champion in 2023 and winner with Italia Junior at Six Days 2025; And Manolo Morettiniseven-time Italian category champion, winner of the Junior World Trophy Isde in 2021 in Valle Staffora and Val Curone and of the World Trophy Isde in 2025 in the Bergamo Valleys, the home race. Originally from the province of Bergamo, he shares the same roots as the team.
A new challenge
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After a first season dedicated to sporting and organizational consolidation, Nsa Motors Racing Team is therefore ready to take the most important step of its journey: the debut in the Enduro World Championship, accompanied by participation in the Italian Enduro Championship. An ambitious choice but consistent with the growth of the project, which marks the team’s entry into a new phase of development. The World Cup represents a new and highly selective dimension, in which every sporting, technical and organizational detail takes on a decisive value. Facing this scenario means competing with the best teams and drivers in the world.
The motorbikes
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To face the EnduroGP and the Italian Enduro Championships 2026, Nsa Motors Racing Team has opted to deploy the Husqvarna Enduro 2Treference platforms in modern competitive off-roading, especially the most extreme ones. Albin Norrbin and Kevin Cristino will race with theHusqvarna TE 300 2Twhile Manolo Morettini will be competing withHusqvarna TE 250 2T. A significant change perhaps more so for Morettini, who has been riding the Japanese for years Honda Crf 250Rx 4Twhich for Kevin Cristino, former official Fantic rider and fast both with the XE 300 2T than with the Xef 250 4T. Obviously, in view of the season, the Husqvarna TE 300 2T and TE 250 2T were subjected to an intense test programme, conducted by the riders together with the technical staff of the Nsa Motors Racing Team. A personalized tuning activity, designed to adapt the bikes to the characteristics of the riders and the needs of two extremely selective championships, with the aim of arriving at the first races with reliable, competitive and calibrated means. The declared objective of the Nsa Motors Racing Team is to face the debut in the World Championship and the commitment in the Italian Championships with a structured and credible approach, building experience, solidity and competitiveness race after race. A path that marks a fundamental step in the growth of the project and in the positioning of the team in the international panorama of the discipline.
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