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Tag: Dakar Rally

Apr192019April 19, 2019April 19, 20190Commentby Tina Torelli

Luciano Benavides’ jumpy ride to the world cross-country rallies podium: “I said to myself I could do it, for myself, and the team”

Posted in People, Racing

It was 11am, April 4, when Luciano Benavides, still a junior, rode into the Red Bull KTM Factory Racings Rally Team’s paddock at Yas Marina Circuit as runner-up of the 29th Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. A big smile appeared on his face when he took off his helmet. It was the take off the 23-year old Argentinian had been waiting impatiently for quite some time. “In this race I discovered the new me,” he said. The magic can’t be truly explained, but we can at least try.


Mar292019March 29, 2019April 3, 20190Commentby Tina Torelli

Marc Coma is back in the saddle (in his natural habitat)

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With the first KTM Ultimate Race just around the corner, we had a chat with Marc Coma, the great warrior of the African and South American Dakars. We discussed about the mysteries of the rally raid and the irresistible attraction of the Dakar.


Mar152019March 15, 2019March 27, 20191Commentby Luke Brackenbury

KTM Ultimate Race 2019: The decisive adventure

Posted in Bikes, Lifestyle, Racing

KTM has announced the twelve riders who will be given a fully supported KTM 790 ADVENTURE R in order to compete in a unique event within the 2019 Merzouga Rally – The KTM Ultimate Race.


Mar082019March 8, 2019March 8, 20190Commentby Tina Torelli

The team behind the (Dakar) team or five short stories of love and passion – Part 2

Posted in Lifestyle, People, Racing

The Dakar Rally is a massive operation, therefore it requires more working hands and ingenious minds than any other cross-country rally of the season. This year, the team backing up the Red Bull KTM Factory Riders included 33 members, achieving a historical result under the command of new team leader, Jordi Viladoms. We talked to five of those who joined the orange family only for Dakar.


Feb222019February 22, 2019February 22, 20191Commentby Tina Torelli

The team behind the (Dakar) team or five short stories of love and passion – Part 1

Posted in Lifestyle, People, Racing

The Dakar Rally is a massive operation, therefore it requires more working hands and ingenious minds than any other cross-country rally of the season. This year, the team backing up the Red Bull KTM Factory Riders included 33 members, achieving a historical result under the command of new team leader, Jordi Viladoms. We talked to five of those who joined the orange family only for Dakar.


Feb082019February 8, 2019February 15, 20190Commentby Jon Pearson

The highs and lows of the 2019 Dakar Rally – Sam Sunderland

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Sam Sunderland talks openly about how tough the 2019 Dakar proved to be with extreme highs and lows arriving with each stage of the infamous rally.


Feb062019February 6, 2019February 11, 20191Commentby Tina Torelli

Race hard, play hard, chill out hard – it’s rally style!

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We caught up with KTM´s Dakar 1-2-3 finishers and asked them about their after-Dakar life. Is it paradise?


Jan302019January 30, 2019January 31, 20192Commentsby Future7Media

Interview of the Month: Toby Price – 2019 Dakar Rally Winner

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2019 Dakar Rally Winner and 2018 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Champion! The last three months have seen Toby Price reaffirm himself as the world’s number one rally racer. And in unquestionably impressive style. Battling his way through the world’s toughest cross-country rally with a broken wrist, with the full support of the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team Price earned his second Dakar victory having overcome injury and 10 brutal days of racing in Peru.


Jan252019January 25, 2019January 31, 20192Commentsby Future7Media

Ready for Dakar: A 12-month task

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As the KTM Factory Racing Team battled their way through the 2019 Dakar Rally in Peru all eyes were unquestionably focused on the job in hand – that of overcoming the event’s many and varied challenges. But Dakar is an otherworldly undertaking, one that requires a full 12 months of preparation.


Jan182019January 18, 2019January 23, 20194Commentsby Future7Media

KTM Factory Racing: The ultimate support truck and rally team logistics

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Behind every good team is, among many other things, an impressive race truck. Certainly, that’s the case at KTM Factory Racing. Two years in development and construction, the new six-wheel-drive monster is the brainchild of Michael Angerer. The KTM BLOG spoke to the Austrian mechanic to find out more.