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 KTM 450 Rally Production Racer Available for €24,000
22 Feb 2014, 08:59 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / After Honda and Yamaha showed their Dakar production racers, it's time for KTM to make a move. The 2014 450 Rally Production Racer is now available in a rather limited run and we hear that pri...
Dakar-Ready Yamaha WR450F Rally for €14,390
28 Jan 2014, 13:21 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yamaha Italia and Team Rebel Racing have showed a "Dakarized" version of the revered WR450F machine at the Motor Bike Expo in Verona, Italy. The bike is upgraded with multiple rally-rai...
Dakar Veterans Create the Rally Diabolico
23 Jan 2014, 14:14 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Rally Diabolico is the newest addition to world's list of extreme racing events, and was created by Dakar veterans Darren Skilton and Scott Whitney. This radical race will take place in Mexi...
Honda to Offer CRF450 Rally Machines to Dakar Privateers
21 Jan 2014, 12:30 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With Honda back to Dakar racing with quite a bang and missing the podium only because of bad luck, things are about to change for the future. HRC announced that the CRF450 Rally will be offered to ...
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: Huge Drama as Honda Loses Podium
18 Jan 2014, 08:12 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Stage 12 brought a disheartening failure for Honda, as Joan Barreda Bort's motorcycle yielded to the toughness of the Dakar Rally. 350 kilometers (217 miles) into the timed stage, Barreda'...
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
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
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
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: Another Honda Win as Barreda Takes Stage 7
13 Jan 2014, 11:39 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / More than half way into the 2014 Dakar, Honda claims another stage win, with Joan Barreda Bort riding almost flawlessly and stealing the lead after the first 92 km (57 miles). He retained the first ...
2014 Dakar: Paulo Goncalves Bike Burns Hopelessly in the Argentinian Desert
10 Jan 2014, 16:57 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / As we reported earlier today, the 5th Stage of the 2014 Dakar started to show both teams and riders how tough this year's edition is. Yamaha's Cyril Despres was left with no fuel, but the ...
2014 Dakar: a Very Tough Stage 5, Golcalves' Honda Up in Flames
10 Jan 2014, 08:35 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Despite the fact that the Dakar 2014 organizers decided to shorten the timed portion of Stage 5 down to 211 km (131 miles), it looks like the going is getting really tough for the riders. Disaste...
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 ...
2014 Dakar: Stage 3 Claimed by Honda, Navigation Problems Occur
8 Jan 2014, 08:15 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The third stage of the 2014 Dakar brought another victory for Honda as Joan Barreda Bort claimed his second win this year. He was followed by reigning champion Cyril Despres (Yamaha), 4'41"...
2014 Dakar: Pedrero Garcia Lost, Verhoeven Reportedly Breaks Arm
7 Jan 2014, 17:02 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The 2014 Dakar starts playing tricks as some riders are also facing navigation problems. Pedrero Garcia, riding for the Samsung Sherco Rally Factory lost the right trail around kilometer 176 of the ...
2014 Dakar: Honda Claims the Second Stage
7 Jan 2014, 08:01 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like Honda is really up to spectacular deeds in the 2014 Dakar, as HRC rider Sam Sunderland claimed the victory in Stage 2. The general rankings still don't see the Big Red in the lead...
2014 Dakar: Joan Barreda Bort and Honda Claim Stage 1
6 Jan 2014, 07:46 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Team HRC made a spectacular comeback into Dakar racing, with the team's Joan Barreda Bort claiming the victory in Stage 1, Rosario to San Luis, in Argentina. Though the 37 seconds lead over ...
2014 Dakar: Official Teaser Out, Expect Hardcore Racing in Bolivia
3 Jan 2014, 13:10 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like pretty much all of the racers and teams who will start the 2014 edition of the Dakar rally are a bit worried about the unknown dangers which expect them in Bolivia. Nevertheless, th...