28 Mar 2014, 10:27 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Now, this was one move we never saw coming: after spending less than a year in his new Yamaha team, Dakar star Cyril Despres is leaving the motorcycle class and joins the ranks of Peugeot, as the Fr...
20 Jan 2014, 11:52 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Stage 13 was a rather short cool-down ride to Valparaiso and the leader Marc Coma (KTM) was keen on getting to the finish line safely. He did not take any risks and ended the stage in the 18th posit...
17 Jan 2014, 14:47 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With KTM and Marc Coma leading the overall rankings after 11 stages (12th under way), 37 minutes ahead of Honda's Joan Barreda Bort, it's the battle for the third step of the podium which ...
17 Jan 2014, 08:27 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Stage 10 of the 2014 Dakar saw Honda crossing the finish line in the first and second positions, with Barreda and Rodrigues, respectively. Cyril Despres was third in Stage 10, ahead of Pain and Coma...
15 Jan 2014, 11:06 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Marc Coma clawed another win for KTM in Stage 9, followed by Yamaha's Cyril Despres, 5m45s behind, seemingly having found a better rhythm in the last stages and starting to close the gap to the...
14 Jan 2014, 11:54 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Few more grueling days and the 2014 Dakar will be over, but so far Stage 8 ended with the first victory for the 5-times overall winner Cyril Despres, in his first year on Yamaha machinery. The Fr...
13 Jan 2014, 16:52 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Though Stage 8 is still in progress, we already know the top riders reaching the finish line of the Salta/Uyuni – Calama leg. Cyril Despres takes his first win this year and maybe there is sti...
9 Jan 2014, 07:57 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Samsung Sherco rider Pedrero Garcia put a stop to Honda's series of victories in the 4th Stage of the 2014 Dakar. The Spaniard was only half a minute faster than KTM's Chaleco Lopez, with ...
3 Jan 2014, 13:55 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / By far one of the best-known name in aftermarket motorcycle exhausts, Akrapovic, will be present in the 2014 Dakar enduro rally equipping both bikes and cars. The MonsterEnergy X-Raid Team and th...
30 Dec 2013, 10:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Cyril Despres is doubtlessly one of the great Dakar champions, with no less than 5 victories, 2 runner-up positions and one 3rd place in the last 10 years. After parting with KTM, Despres was welcom...
18 Dec 2013, 14:01 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here are some nifty photos of the bike Yamaha prepared for the 5-time Dakar winner Cyril Despres, who decided to part with his traditional team Red Bull KTM and go Team Blue for the 2014 Dakar. Y...
7 Jun 2013, 07:56 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Marc Coma won the Sardinia Rally and has thus completed a hat trick if wins in the 2013 World Cross-Country Rally Championship. Coma missed the 2013 Dakar because of injuries which made it imposs...
30 May 2013, 13:42 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yamaha Motor France and Red Bull are happy to announce they signed famous cross-country rally rider Cyril Despres as the main pilot of the team. Despres' team mate will be fellow-countryman Mic...
13 Mar 2013, 10:46 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / KTM announced that 5-times Dakar winner Cyril Despres will no longer be a part of the team. KTM has mentioned the riders enlisted in the “Red Bull KTM Factory Racing” team, and Despres...
16 Jan 2010, 17:40 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Carlos Sainz clinched his first ever Dakar Rally a few minutes ago, despite crossing the finish line of the last San Rafael to Buenos Aires stage on Saturday behind his title rival and Volkswagen te...
15 Dec 2009, 11:50 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Though recent rule ambiguities would have seen a completely KTM-free 2010 Dakar Rally, the Austrian manufacturer confirmed its presence for the competition which is due to start from the Argentine c...