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Gloomy El Nino Forecast Causes Peru to Withdraw from the 2016 Dakar Rally
Gloomy El Nino Forecast Causes Peru to Withdraw from the 2016 Dakar Rally

25 Aug 2015, 09:18 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The pessimistic forecast for the El Nino phenomenon this year causes the Peruvian authorities to withdraw from hosting the 2016 Dakar Rally

 
KTM Announces Two Dakar Factory Teams
KTM Announces Two Dakar Factory Teams

16 Jul 2015, 08:16 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / KTM has been planning a change of generations for quite some time, and it finally happened. The Austrian maker will line up two factory teams in Dakar

 
Husqvarna Is Back in the Dakar Rally, Announces Two-Rider Line-Up
Husqvarna Is Back in the Dakar Rally, Announces Two-Rider Line-Up

10 Jul 2015, 08:36 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Ruben Faria and rookie Pierre-Alexandre "Pela" Renet are the two riders confirmed by Husqvarna for the official, full-factory Dakar team

 
Carlos De Gavardo, the First Chilean Dakar Rider Dies
Carlos De Gavardo, the First Chilean Dakar Rider Dies

7 Jul 2015, 07:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / De Gavardo was cycling with his son south of the capital Santiago when he felt sick. He died in a local hospital hours later

 
Marc Coma Won't Be Riding in the Dakar 2016, Becomes the Sporting Director of the Rally
Marc Coma Won't Be Riding in the Dakar 2016, Becomes the Sporting Director of the Rally

3 Jul 2015, 08:34 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Despite hinting for a shot at a sixth Dakar victory in 2016, Marc Coma accepts the proposal of becoming the Sporting Director of the whole rally

 
Honda Dakar Team "Steals" Metge from Yamaha, Olivier Pain Goes Private on a KTM
Honda Dakar Team "Steals" Metge from Yamaha, Olivier Pain Goes Private on a KTM

7 Jun 2015, 08:43 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Two of Yamaha's factory riders have chosen new teams for the 2016 edition of the Dakar. Metge goes Honda, Pain goes KTM.

 
Dakar Heroine Laia Sanz Signs with KTM Through 2017
Dakar Heroine Laia Sanz Signs with KTM Through 2017

10 Apr 2015, 10:32 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's hard to tell whether HRC had no better offer for Laia Sanz or if KTM topped everything, but the fact is that the female Dakar champion goes Orange

 
Honda CRF250 Rally Makes Appearance, Looks Like a Dream Bike
Honda CRF250 Rally Makes Appearance, Looks Like a Dream Bike

17 Mar 2015, 13:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Honda reveals the CRF250 Rally Concept, a machine derived from the road-going CRF250L, but which received Dakar-inspired looks

 
Marc Coma Rides a KTM in 2016, Aims for Sixth Dakar Victory
Marc Coma Rides a KTM in 2016, Aims for Sixth Dakar Victory

9 Feb 2015, 13:36 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Despite the rumors which already saw Marc Coma behind the wheel of a Toyota in 2016, the Spaniard searches for the 6th Dakar title in 2016

 
Five-Time Dakar Winner Marc Coma Rumored to Switch over to Cars, with Toyota in 2016
Five-Time Dakar Winner Marc Coma Rumored to Switch over to Cars, with Toyota in 2016

20 Jan 2015, 13:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It’s only been a couple of days since KTM factory rider Marc Coma won his 5th Dakar Rally, achieving his second consecutive victory in this gruel competition and it looks like our previsions o...

 
Watch the Best Bike Moments of the 2015 Dakar
Watch the Best Bike Moments of the 2015 Dakar

19 Jan 2015, 15:51 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / By now you already know that the 2015 Dakar Rally was won by KTM’s factory rider Marc Coma in the motorcycle class. The video below was published by the organizers of the rally and is a roundu...

 
2015 Dakar: Jakes Takes Final Stage, Coma Wins His 5th Dakar
2015 Dakar: Jakes Takes Final Stage, Coma Wins His 5th Dakar

19 Jan 2015, 08:52 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With the overall distance of Dakar’s final timed stage shortened to 101 km (63 miles) due to the heavy rain, it was obvious that nothing could change dramatically in the way the podium positio...

 
ACCIONA Electric Vehicle Completes Dakar Stage, Writes History
ACCIONA Electric Vehicle Completes Dakar Stage, Writes History

9 Jan 2015, 16:32 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / It’s the first time in 37 years of Dakar Rally history that an all electric vehicle completed a stage of the world’s toughest challenge. The ACCIONA EV driven by Albert Bosch and Augusti...

 
2015 Dakar Marc Coma Returns to Winning in Stage 5
2015 Dakar Marc Coma Returns to Winning in Stage 5

9 Jan 2015, 09:46 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / KTM and Marc Coma are back to winning in the Dakar Rally, with the Spaniard claiming his first victory in the 2015 edition, in Stage 5 between Copiapo and Antofagasta. Coma’s rival Joan Barred...

 
2015 Dakar: Barreda Leads after Stage 4, Sunderland Quits with a Broken Collarbone
2015 Dakar: Barreda Leads after Stage 4, Sunderland Quits with a Broken Collarbone

8 Jan 2015, 08:45 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Joan Barreda Bort claimed victory in the fourth stage of the 2015 Dakar, after he trailed Marc Coma for some time. The HRC rider overtook the KTM machine in the final kilometers of Stage 4, which li...

 
2015 Dakar: Rookie Matthias Walkner Claims Stage 3 Victory
2015 Dakar: Rookie Matthias Walkner Claims Stage 3 Victory

7 Jan 2015, 08:43 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Tough and putting every last bit of strength to the test, the Dakar Rally is a place where surprises do occur. And the latest surprise comes from Austrian rookie Matthias Walkner, who claimed his fi...

 
2015 Dakar: Barreda Bort Wins Stage 2, Sunderland Loses 2 Hours and Chances for Podium
2015 Dakar: Barreda Bort Wins Stage 2, Sunderland Loses 2 Hours and Chances for Podium

6 Jan 2015, 09:15 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The real toughness of the Dakar showed up as early as the second stage of the 2015 edition. A grueling, very long and physically-demanding special wreaked havoc through all categories, and the ranki...

 
MINI Wins First Stage of 2015 Dakar Rally
MINI Wins First Stage of 2015 Dakar Rally

5 Jan 2015, 14:37 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / MINI began the 2015 Dakar Rally with a stage win. Orlando Terranova (Argentina) and his team-mate, Bernardo Graue (also from Argentina), behind the wheel of a MINI ALL4 Racing, managed to steal the ...

 
Create Your Own Dakar Scene with Yamaha's Mind-Boggling Papercraft Models
Create Your Own Dakar Scene with Yamaha's Mind-Boggling Papercraft Models

4 Jan 2015, 14:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With only hours separating us from the start of the Dakar Rally 2015, Yamaha is delivering one more refined, exquisite, hard-to-put-together piece of marketing contraptions: not one, but two Iwata m...

 
Rolls-Royce Rally Car Listed at €200,000, It Finished the 1981 Dakar Rally
Rolls-Royce Rally Car Listed at €200,000, It Finished the 1981 Dakar Rally

1 Jan 2015, 07:33 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The best name in the luxury automaking biz was officially founded 98 years ago, but who would have thought the Flying Lady would eventually adorn the hood of a rally car? This isn’t a joke, no...