Following Cooper Webb’s championship performance at Saturday’s final round of the 2021 Monster Energy Supercross championship, Roger DeCoster said that when it comes to race-craft and desire to win, Webb ranks among the very top.

Accomplished racer, team manager, and now the Director of Motorsports for KTM North America, DeCoster’s seen quite a bit throughout his career in the motocross world.

The five-time world champion had great things to say about Webb’s performance this season and his championship-clinching win on Saturday night in Salt Lake City.

“There have been many great champions over the years,” Decoster explained. “But when it comes to race craft and the really deep desire to win, Cooper is special and he ranks at the very top.

“Even when it was not necessary to win today – he could have just rode around and 18th would have been sufficient – but he decided he wanted to win the race and it was very impressive how he ended the season. The guy has so much heart, he keeps impressing me time after time and I’m really thankful for that.”

DeCoster also noted that while the rider is the biggest factor when it comes to championships, there are many people involved in the process of winning.

“I’m also thankful for the people that make this possible,” he continued. “Of course the rider is the biggest factor in this sport by a long margin but there are a lot of people that make this possible also that have influence and make a difference in getting there.

“Especially the people in Austria, also Slovenia with Akrapovic and then all the people in the U.S. like WP suspension, Carlos and so many other people that have something to do with this championship. I’m just thankful to still be a part of it and witness this awesome racing.”

The team now switches focus to the 2021 Pro Motocross Championship that kicks off in less than three weeks, on 29 May at Fox Raceway in Pala, CA.