2013 Dakar: Rookie Caselli Takes Stage 7
12 Jan 2013, 09:15 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Nice surprise for the Stage 7 of the 2013 Dakar held between Calama and Salta: Kurt Caselli, placeholder for KTM's last year champion Marc Coma, takes the stage, and proves again that rookies a...
2013 Dakar: Full KTM Podium in Stage 6, Top 3 Overall Are French
11 Jan 2013, 07:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Stage 6 of the 2013 Dakar (Arica- Calama) brings a full podium for KTM, with Chile's Lopez in the 1st position, followed by Portuguese Faria and the favorite Despres in third. However, in t...
2013 Dakar: Despres' Hesitations in Stage 4 Cost Him Time
9 Jan 2013, 10:26 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / As we reported earlier, Joan Barreda Bort took Stage 4 of the 2013 Dakar for his team Husqvarna by Speedbrain. Despite him starting the race in position 24, it looks like barreda managed to find the...
2013 Dakar: Chivite and His Bultaco Withdraw, Along with Other 17 Riders
8 Jan 2013, 10:51 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Remember Ignacio Chivite, the privateer riding in the Dakar Rally with the old Bultaco? Well, it looks like the 2013 Dakar was no better than his last rallies: Chivite withdraws during Stage 2,s o h...
2013 Dakar: Barreda Found Out That Leading Isn't Always Fun
8 Jan 2013, 10:31 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / So a lot of us wondered how come the Stage 2 winner Joan Barreda lost so much time in the Stage 3 of the Dakar. Well, he found out that leading the pack and starting first is not always as good as i...
2013 Dakar: Cyril Despres Takes the Lead, Husqvarna Gets Podium
7 Jan 2013, 20:27 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It’s an early statement for 2013 Dakar favorite Cyril Despres. After yesterday’s 2nd stage with Despres making a costly navigation error and missing the front pack, the 3rd stage brings ...
Honda Revises Dakar 2013 Plans with a 3-rider Line-Up
21 Dec 2012, 09:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With weeks before one of the toughest cross-country rallies kicks off in Lime, Peru on January 5th, Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) announces a three-rider line-up for Dakar 2013. The trio trying to ...
Tacita T-Race, the Electric Cross-Country Motorcycle
26 Nov 2012, 15:58 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We can't help happily smiling after we've seen the Tacita T-Race, a most welcomed appearance in the electric motorcycle market. We're looking at (probably) the first electric motorcyc...
Sainz Happy for Winning the Dakar Rally "His Way"
18 Jan 2010, 11:50 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Carlos Sainz is arguably one of the happiest men in motor racing these days. After becoming double winner in the World Rally Championship in the early 1990s, the Spanish racer achieved one of the mo...
Mitsubishi Pull Out of Dakar Rally
4 Feb 2009, 08:52 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / No more Dakar Rally for Mitsubishi. Following the example of several other manufacturers out there, the Japanese car maker decided to cut their racing programmes down to a minimum due to the economi...