Juliana team rider Raphaela Richter will return to racing full-time in the Enduro World Series in 2021. She had taken a few years off from racing to concentrate on her optician training. In addition to several national titles, her best result in 2019 was second place at the EWS in Les Orres, France, and she also achieved the best German result at the 2020 Downhill World Championships with sixth place.

So she is starting 2021 with big ambitions and wants to win the top ranks for herself. That is why she is also switching to the small suspension manufacturer Intend from Freiburg in southern Germany. "2021 is a big year for me. After completing my training as an optician, I want to focus on riding full-time again and I feel a real hunger for it. In addition to Juliana as frame sponsor, Levelnine as cockpit sponsor and Schwalbe as tire sponsor, Dallmayr Kaffee is also a sponsor from outside the industry. I used the winter to design the remaining parts according to my wishes and requirements. I came into contact with Intend products last year at the Enduro World Series race in Zermatt. A little later, extensive test rides of the various models on the Freiburg tracks made it clear where the journey was heading. I get the best support from Intend for the setup and the function was clear right after the first ride: you can win races with it. The suspension responds extremely sensitively, which suits me very well as a relatively light rider of medium stature. What's more, the easy-to-adjust suspension simply leads directly to the goal: feeling good and riding fast."

Raphaela Richter will be using both the "Ebonite" rightside-up and the Intend upside-down versions during the 2021 season, depending on the bike, configuration and preference.

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