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Stage 6 of the Dakar Rally Cancelled
The world’s top adventure riders have been down in South America the past week, competing in the 33rd running of the Dakar Rally. Racing through South America since 2009, the 2012 Dakar will be taking...
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How Do You Get Halfway Through The Dakar?
The Dakar Rally might be one of the most grueling things you can do on two wheels, and for motorcyclists, it embodies the ultimate expression of adventure motorcycling. As if traversing thousands of...
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Cyril Despres Wins Fourth Dakar Rally Title
After battling with KTM teammate Marc Coma for the entire duration of the 2012 Dakar Rally, Cyril Despres bested the Catalan rider on the final stage, and claimed his fourth Dakar title. Despres won...
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The 2013 Dakar Rally – Peru, Argentina, & Chile
The Dakar Rally has already released its route for the 2013 Dakar, and the famous endurance race will once again compete in South America (Africa what?). Choosing to do a reversal of its previous...
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2014 Dakar Rally Route Replaces Peru with Bolivia
For the sixth year in a row, the Dakar Rally will race in South America, though the iconic rally race is mixing things up, and is dropping its route through Peru for one that includes Bolivia instead....
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Cyril Despres Will Ride with Yamaha in the 2014 Dakar Rally
When it happened, we were shocked to learn that Cyril Despres was left out of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s 2013 team announcement, though we American have a silver lining in the news as the five-time...
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HRC Sets Out To Win Dakar – Announces Team & New Bike
HRC has set its sights on winning the Dakar Rally in 2014 and today unveiled a new motorcycle and 5-man dream team here at Mugello.The 2014 team comprises five riders: Helder Rodrigues (Portugal, age...
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KTM Readying All-New 2014 Dakar Rally Race Bike
The 2014 Dakar Rally is still five months away, but KTM CEO Stefan Pierer has tipped the Austrian company’s hand in an interview with KTM’s official company blog. With the goal of making a lighter,...
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Cyril Despres Makes Switch to Cars for 2015 Dakar Rally
We had to check the date on this one, because five-time Dakar Rally winner Cyril Despres has announced that he will not be on two-wheels for this year’s rally raid, and instead will campaign in the car...
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Francisco “Chaleco” López Out for 2015 Dakar Rally
The start of the 2015 Dakar Rally is just about a week away now, and already we have news of a retirement: local favorite Francisco “Chaleco” López.The Chilean rider has been one of the top contenders...
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2016 Dakar Rally Route: Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina
After the news that Chilé would be dropped from the 2016 Dakar Rally because of extensive flooding near the course area, the iconic race and its organizers had to go back to the drawing board to find a...
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Peru Scrubbed from the 2016 Dakar Rally Route
The 2016 Dakar Rally has already has the setback of Chilé being removed from its rally raid course, and now today we get word that the ASO is making another alteration to next year’s event, as Peru is...
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2016 Dakar Rally – Stage 1: Canceled
The 2016 Dakar Rally is off to a poor start, as the first stage of the event had to be canceled today, on account of the weather. While yesterday’s prologue in Rosario was under 104°F sun, lightning...
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2016 Dakar Rally – Stage 2: Beginning, In Earnest
Racing almost 800km from Villa Carlos Paz to Termas de Río Hondo, Monday marked the first earnest day of racing in the 2016 Dakar Rally, after the timed section of Stage 1 had to be canceled because of...
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2016 Dakar Rally – Stage 3: Hat Trick?
Stage 3 of the 2016 Dakar Rally saw another modified route, as the competitors worked around the weather in Argentina. This means that the timed special section was reduced to roughly 200km. With the...
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2016 Dakar Rally – Stage 4: Big Red Rises
Stage 4 of the 2016 Dakar Rally saw competitors racing mostly in a 420km loop near Jujuy, Argentina. Stage 4 is also the start of the marathon stage of the Dakar Rally, where this year team mechanics...
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2016 Dakar Rally – Stage 5: KTM Closes In
The second half of the marathon stage for the 2016 Dakar Rally, where riders and teams are forbidden from working on their machines until today’s liaison stage, Stage 5 had the added challenges beyond...
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2016 Dakar Rally – Stage 6: A Battle of Attrition
With the marathon stage behind them, the riders took to the long loop around Uyuni today. Stage 6 of the 2016 Dakar Rally brought in more navigational challenges, not to mention a staggering 540km time...
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2016 Dakar Rally – Stage 7: Halfway Point
Stage 7 of the 2016 Dakar Rally was another long one, with 793km in total on the route and 353km on the special. With more trecherous weather, not all of the motorbike competitors crossed the finish...
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2016 Dakar Rally – Stage 8: KTM Takes Over from HRC
With a full day’s rest under the belts, after Sunday’s day off, the competitors of the 2016 Dakar Rally once again had to go back to work. Tackling the difficult and taxing route ahead of them in...
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