Tuesday, October 13, 2009
KTM’s rally racing ace, Cyril Despres, conquered all comers in the Egyption sand for the 2009 Pharaons Ralley aboard his KTM 690 rally dirt bike.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
KTM has decided to send an official service truck to the coming Dakar Rally in order to continue to provide service for privateer KTM riders, but the decision to withdraw the KTM Factory Team remains final.
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Following many requests for a customer service for the upcoming Africa Race, KTM will be present with its Customer Truck to take care of the company's participating customers.
Thursday, June 04, 2009
The limiting of motorcycles with a displacement of 450 cc forces the long term dominator of the Dakar Rally to withdraw.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
The 2009 Dakar saw 23 ATVs start with only 13 finishing. Of that 13, three were members of Team Polaris.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Terminal Velocity Processing is happy to announce the adding of Dakar Rally stand-out, Jonah Street, to their list of athletes they will support.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Pirelli’s debut in the Dakar was nothing short of dominating, with the new Scorpion Rally tire capturing the 1st and 2nd positions on the podium with riders Marc Coma and Cyril Despres.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Marc Coma claimed his second career Dakar victory. The Spaniard played it cool in the final stage to take an easy win at the first Dakar held in South America.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Another day of the 2009 Dakar and another stage in the books as Cyril Despres takes his fifth stage win of the rally with Marc Coma right on his tail, followed by David Frétigné to round out the top three of Stage 13.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Stage 12 has been completed as scheduled, minor course adjustment but an over all "normal" stage for the Dakar, with Despres and Coma taking the top two spots as they work closer to the finish line.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
As mentioned in the Stage 10 results, Stage 11 was canceled due to Heavy Fog. This cancellation will make it difficult for riders, leaving only three stages to battle for top spots.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Stage 10 began with a delay/course modification and ended with Jordi Viladoms running away with the stage win after the early leaders went in the wrong direction.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Another stage of the 2009 Dakar has come to a close and Stage 9 proved to be anything but average.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Cyril Despres won Stage 8 as racing gets back underway in Chile for the 2009 Dakar Rally.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Today brings a well needed day of rest for the rally riders marking the half way point though the stage. This is the perfect time to catch up on what has occured so far if you are just joining the rally.
Friday, January 09, 2009
Stage 7 marked the crossing of borders from Argentina to Chile and what better way to mark that occasion than with Chilean rider Francisco Lopez winning the stage, his career first on the Dakar.
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Stage 6 began with a course reduction, with unclear signs and some tricky dunes costing Jonah Street the lead and allowing Despres take the Stage 6 win.
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Stage 5 proved to be all about the tires. Coma and Depres had punctures reletively early in the stage allowing Street to breeze by and take the lead.
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
The first tragic news of the 2009 Dakar Rally has finally broken with the announcement that Pascal Terry was found dead after going missing during Stage 2.
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Marc Coma continues his winning ways, but American Jonah Street has moved into the second overall position.
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
For this year’s Dakar, Polaris will be the first manufacturer to participate with an official ATV Team. Polaris France has four members, racing in the famous race.
Monday, January 05, 2009
Dakar in South America still proves tough on the tires with more punctures and failures for Cyril Despres. Marc Coma won his second stage and holds a commanding lead.
Sunday, January 04, 2009
Frans Verhoeven scored his first ever special test victory after Marc Coma suffered radiator problems on Stage 2 of the 2009 Dakar Rally.
Saturday, January 03, 2009
Stage 1 is compete to kick off the first-ever Dakar Rally in South America. The opening day saw fast terrain and lots of it. Many top competitors are already in trouble after suffering flats.
Friday, January 02, 2009
On the eve of the start of the 2009 Dakar Rally, held for the first time in its 30 year history in South America, KTM's four factory riders are apparently impatient to get racing.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Dakar.com gives us a detailed list of each stage in the upcomming Dakar Rally.
Monday, December 29, 2008
KTM interviews Red Bull KTM rider Cyril Despres and Team Manager Alex Doringer about their preparation for the 2009 Dakar Rally.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Top 1 Oil Products Company has again joined America's premier motorcycle rally team, Rally Pan America, for the world’s most grueling and challenging endurance race, the 2009 Dakar Rally.
Monday, December 22, 2008
The KTM Factory team will be participating in the 18-day Dakar Rally, held this year in South America.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Liparoti is the first rider of a KTM ATV in the race that this year and she will be the first woman to do so on the new orange machine.
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
KTM interviews Marc Coma to give us all some insight in to his Dakar 2009 preperations and what you need to do to take on one of the most challanging races in the world.
Sunday, January 21, 2007
After the 15th and final stage of the Dakar Cyril Despres claims his second career victory, followed by David Casteu and American Chris Blais.
Saturday, January 20, 2007
American Chris Blais was poised to take over second place as his French competitor David Casteu struggled with fuel injection problems during the 124 km liaison to start Stage 14. This was exactly the kind of lucky break the Red Bull KTM team was hoping for.
Friday, January 19, 2007
The worst possible outcome for Team Repsol KTM has emerged today with the injury and subsequent withdrawal of the sole remaining rider and overall leader, Marc Coma.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Isidre Esteve Pujol picked up his second stage win of the rally and a host of lesser-known riders took advantage of the confusion to log excellent results.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Competitors were not timed today during the 11th stage which traveled 280 km by liaison from Nema to Ayoun.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
The loop route was won by Helder Rodrigues, the Portuguese rider who found victory in front of his home crowd during Stage 2.
Monday, January 15, 2007
Janis Vinters put his KTM 660 at the top of today's leaderboard and scored the first special test victory for his country of Latvia by covering the 494 km of terrain 7'31 ahead of Gauloises KTM's Cyril Despres.
Sunday, January 14, 2007
The current string of transmission problems with KTM's new 690 machine may play a decisive role in the success of American Chris Blais.
Friday, January 12, 2007
A severe sandstorm grounded the safety helicopters and forced the stage to be shortened. Riders were cut short between CP1 and CP2 where visibility had reduced to dangerously low levels.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Jordi Viladoms, the Spaniard who cracked the top-5 for the first time yesterday has won Stage 6, the longest of the competition, by nearly a minute over his Repsol KTM teammate and current overall leader, Marc Coma.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
The battle royal continues between the two powerhouse KTM teams Repsol and Gauloises.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
The American presence is dwindling as only four US riders finished Stage 4.
Monday, January 08, 2007
American riders got a big boost in the standings as the Dakar Rally laid the first tracks in Africa.
Sunday, January 07, 2007
The second day of racing looked much like the first inside the top-5 with Helder Rodrigues swapping places with Stage 1 winner, Ruben Faria for the win.
Saturday, January 06, 2007
The terrain was covered in deep sand which seemed to play into the favor of local riders and blue machinery as another Portuguese man, Helder Rodrigues, pulled in behind Ruben Faria on his Yamaha for a hometown sweep.
