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Monster Energy Honda’s Brabec & Benavides remain in fight for Dakar bike title

Jan 14, 2019 Jarlath Cross-Country Rally, DAKAR RALLY 2018, Motorbike Comments Off on Monster Energy Honda’s Brabec & Benavides remain in fight for Dakar bike title

In spite it being Sunday, there is no rest for the Dakar. Far from it: today witnessed the longest stage so far in the 2019 odyssey at 839 kilometres. The route took competitors from inland to the...

WALKNER 3rd on Dakar’s technical SS6 for KTM

Jan 14, 2019 Jarlath Cross-Country Rally, DAKAR 2019 PERU, Motorbike Comments Off on WALKNER 3rd on Dakar’s technical SS6 for KTM

Dakar Rally 2019 – Stage 6 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Matthias Walkner has ridden to an excellent third place finish on an extremely technically demanding, and physically exhausting, stage six...

Dakar Rally SS6: Tough start to week two for MINI JCW

Jan 14, 2019 Jarlath Cross-Country Rally, DAKAR 2019 PERU Comments Off on Dakar Rally SS6: Tough start to week two for MINI JCW

Fifth place for Nani Roma Dunes put the crews through their paces Stage six, from Arequipa to San Juan de Marcona, proved a real test. After a long liaison stage, the competitors were faced with just...

Dakar Stage 6 win for Gerard de Rooy (Petronas Team De Rooy Iveco) in ‘incredibly heavy special’

Jan 14, 2019 Jarlath Cross-Country Rally, DAKAR 2019 PERU, Truck Racing Comments Off on Dakar Stage 6 win for Gerard de Rooy (Petronas Team De Rooy Iveco) in ‘incredibly heavy special’

With the knowledge that the first classified Siarhei Viazovich missed a waypoint with an hour’s penalty time, Gerard de Rooy decided to call himself the winner of the sixth stage of the Dakar...

Toyota Gazoo Racing in control at Dakar 2019 halfway point

Jan 13, 2019 Jarlath Cross-Country Rally, DAKAR 2019 PERU Comments Off on Toyota Gazoo Racing in control at Dakar 2019 halfway point

“To be in the lead of the Dakar is special. But to be at the head of the field with five stages to go, however, is a cruel mix between elation and terror.” – Glyn Hall, Team Principal:...

Birmingham blast-off for 2019 FIA World Rally Championship

Jan 13, 2019 Jarlath Events, News, Rally Comments Off on Birmingham blast-off for 2019 FIA World Rally Championship

Spectacular season launch for WRC 2019 at Autosport International show Star drivers and cars take centre stage at WRC’s Super Saturday Huge crowds watch teams unveil 2019 World Rally Cars...

Africa Eco Race 2019 comes to a successful conclusion

Jan 13, 2019 Jarlath Africa Eco-Race, Cross-Country Rally, Motorbike, Truck Racing Comments Off on Africa Eco Race 2019 comes to a successful conclusion

The last stage of the AFRICA ECO RACE between Akjoujt in Mauritania and Saint Louis in Senegal went perfectly well. Starting with the special stage of 218 kilometers which left from the bivouac to...

Monster Energy Honda Team: Calm in Arequipa before decisive week at 2019 Dakar

Jan 13, 2019 Jarlath Cross-Country Rally, DAKAR 2019 PERU, Motorbike Comments Off on Monster Energy Honda Team: Calm in Arequipa before decisive week at 2019 Dakar

2019 Dakar Rally – Rest-day A sense of tranquillity now permeates the bivouac in Arequipa as the Dakar reaches its rest day. The riders, however, after a well-deserved morning rest and massage...

Dakar Day 6: Official rest day & halfway point review from MINI JCW

Jan 13, 2019 Jarlath Cross-Country Rally, DAKAR 2019 PERU Comments Off on Dakar Day 6: Official rest day & halfway point review from MINI JCW

• Stéphane Peterhansel and his MINI John Cooper Works Buggy retain second place overall after Stage 5. • Six MINI crews finish Stage 5 before Dakar officials stop the race due to severe...

Red Bull KTM on course for Dakar week 2

Jan 13, 2019 Jarlath Cross-Country Rally, DAKAR 2019 PERU, Motorbike Comments Off on Red Bull KTM on course for Dakar week 2

RED BULL KTM READY TO TACKLE WEEK TWO OF THE 2019 DAKAR RALLY Dakar Rally 2019 – Rest Day Red Bull KTM Factory Racing riders have completed an extremely successful first half of the 2019 Dakar...