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Cyril Despres Ditches Bikes, Joins Peugeot for Dakar Comeback
Cyril Despres Ditches Bikes, Joins Peugeot for Dakar Comeback

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...

 
2014 Dakar: 13th KTM Victory in a Row, Coma's 4th Win
2014 Dakar: 13th KTM Victory in a Row, Coma's 4th Win

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...

 
2014 Dakar: Fierce Battle for 3rd After Stage 11
2014 Dakar: Fierce Battle for 3rd After Stage 11

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 ...

 
2014 Dakar: Two Hondas Top Stage 10, Despres Closing in to the Podium
2014 Dakar: Two Hondas Top Stage 10, Despres Closing in to the Podium

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...

 
2014 Dakar: Coma Takes Stage 9, Despres Slowly Closing the Gap
2014 Dakar: Coma Takes Stage 9, Despres Slowly Closing the Gap

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...

 
2014 Dakar: Stage 8 Over, Stage 9 Reaches the Pacific
2014 Dakar: Stage 8 Over, Stage 9 Reaches the Pacific

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...

 
2014 Dakar: Despres Claws Stage 8
2014 Dakar: Despres Claws Stage 8

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...

 
2014 Dakar: Pedrero Garcia Takes Stage 4, Short-Circuit Slows Despres for 40 Minutes
2014 Dakar: Pedrero Garcia Takes Stage 4, Short-Circuit Slows Despres for 40 Minutes

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 ...

 
Akrapovic for the First Time at Dakar with Both Bikes and Cars
Akrapovic for the First Time at Dakar with Both Bikes and Cars

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...

 
2014 Dakar: Watch What Training Means for Cyril Despres
2014 Dakar: Watch What Training Means for Cyril Despres

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...

 
2014 Dakar: Yamaha Shows Despres' YZ450F Rally Bike
2014 Dakar: Yamaha Shows Despres' YZ450F Rally Bike

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...

 
Marc Coma Wins the Sardinia Rally
Marc Coma Wins the Sardinia Rally

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...

 
Dakar Star Cyril Despres Signs with Yamaha
Dakar Star Cyril Despres Signs with Yamaha

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...

 
Breaking News: Cyril Despres No Longer Riding for KTM
Breaking News: Cyril Despres No Longer Riding for KTM

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&#...

 
Carlos Sainz Wins 2010 Dakar Rally
Carlos Sainz Wins 2010 Dakar Rally

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...

 
KTM Confirmed for the 2010 Dakar Rally
KTM Confirmed for the 2010 Dakar Rally

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...