Willy Alcaraz was fastest among UTVs in the 2014 Dakar Rally for the third year in a row.

Xtremeplus' Nicolas Duclos and Sebastian Delaunay finished second in the UTV category in Dakar 2014.

Joan Barreda on his way to the 2014 Sealine Cross Country Rally overall win.

Jordi Villadoms joins KTM for the 2014 Dakar Rally.

Marc Coma finished second in the 2014 Sealine Cross Country Rally.

The third day of competition saw Alessandro Botturi take control, with a stage win and vaulting into the overall lead to claim victory in the 2014 Sardegna Rally.

Joan Barreda took his third stage win in Stage 7 of the 2014 Dakar Rally.

Marc Coma kicking up dust before the 2014 Dakar Rally.

Marc Coma will battle for the top-spot in the 2014 Dakar Rally.

Once the equipment arrives in South America, the work begins...

Jordi Villadoms joins KTM for the 2014 Dakar Rally.

Marc Coma finished second overall in the 2014 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge.

Marc Coma finished second in the 2014 Sealine Cross Country Rally.

Alessandro Botturi, who competes in the Italian rally championship, proved the most consistent rider of the five-day Sardegna Rally.

Joan Barreda was fastest through the opening test of the 2014 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge.

Joan Barreda came through fastest in Stage 10 of the 2014 Dakar Rally.

Joan Barreda finished fastest through Stage 1 of the 2014 Dakar Rally.

Joan Barreda retained the overall lead through Stage 4, despite a navigation error that cost him valuable time.

Joan Barreda won the lion's share of stages during the 2014 Rally of Morocco, but several penalties set him back to fourth overall.

Joan Barreda took the top-spot in Stage 3 of the 2014 Sealine Cross-Country Rally and moved to first overall.

Marc Coma took the Stage 9 win and extended his overall lead in the 2014 Dakar Rally.

Marc Coma incurred a 15 minute penalty for swapping engines, but maintains his overall lead by a healthy margin through Stage 12.

Marc Coma extended his overall lead after winning Stage 11 in the 2014 Dakar Rally.

Marc Coma is the 2014 Dakar Rally champion.

Marc Coma won Stage 5 and took over the top spot in the general standings.

Marc Coma finished runner-up to Alessandro Botturi in the Sardegna Rally, but the 2014 Dakar Rally winner holds the championship lead in the FIM Rally series.

Cyril Despres riding for Yamaha in the 2014 Dakar Rally.

Sam Sunderland giving the CRF450 Rally a good shakedown before the 2014 Dakar Rally.

Joan Barreda led the way in Stage 3 and built his overall lead to over 13 minutes.

Juan Pedrero Garcia won Stage 4 of the 2014 Dakar Rally.

Cyril Despres took his first stage win of the 2014 Dakar Rally in Stage 8.

Cyril Despres took the Stage 12 win and moved to fourth overall.

Cyril Despres faced serious engine issues at the end of Stage 4, costing him over 40 minutes on the leader.

New livery for the 2014 Dakar Yamaha 450F Rally.

After some early set-backs Cyril Despres is making his way up the overall classification and is within reach of a top-three finish with two stages remaining.

Cyril Despres will try for his sixth Dakar win his new team in 2014.

Cyril Despres was moved to second in Stage 9 after Joan Barreda received a 15 minute speeding penalty. Thanks to penalties of his own, Despres sits eighth overall.

Cyril Despres had an off during Stage 2 of the 2014 Dakar, which set him back to eighth in the overall standings.

Alain Duclos earned the Stage 6 win and moved to third overall.

Paulo Goncalves moved to third overall after Stage 1 of the 2014 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge.

Paulo Goncalves takes the top-prize in the 2014 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge.

Paulo Goncalves held to third through Stage 2 of the 2014 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge.

Paulo Goncalves moved to the head of the pack during the final stage of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge for the overall win.

HRC Honda rider Paulo Goncalves took the Day 2 stage win at the Sardegna Rally, but bike issues held the Honda rider back to fourth in the overall standings.

Joan Barreda taking the top-prize at the 2014 Sealine Cross Country Rally.

Joan Barreda topped the timesheet after Stage 1 of the 2014 Sealine Cross-Country Rally.

2014 Sealine Cross Country Rally podium with Joan Barreda (center) in first, Marc Coma (left) in second and Helder Rodrigues (right) in third.

Chaleco Lopez moved to second overall in Stage 2 of the 2014 Dakar Rally.

Marc Coma made up ground on the leader in Stage 4 and now sits second overall just three minutes behind.

Marc Coma took the win at the 2014 Rally of Morocco and secured the 2014 World Cross Countries Rally title.

Yamaha's Michael Metge took third-place in Stage 6.

Mickael Metge will ride for Yamaha Factory Racing in his second Dakar Rally in 2014.

Paulo Goncalves finished second-fastest through Stage 2 of the 2014 Sealine Cross-Country Rally.

Helder Rodrigues finished second in Stage 10 and moved up to fifth overall.

Helder Rodrigues took third in the 2014 Rally of Morocco.

New to KTM, Sam Sunderland leads the 2014 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge through Stage 3.

KTM Marc Coma running Stage 5 at the 2014 Sardegna Rally.

Husqvarna’s Alessandro Botturi claimed victory in the 2014 Sardegna Rally, ahead of KTM's Marc Coma and Gas Gas rider Gerard Farres.

The 2014 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge Stage 4 start. Team HRC's Joan Barreda would go on to win the stage.

After winning the opening stage of the Sardegna Rally, Marc Coma fell back on Day 2 and was unable to recover after Botturi took the lead on Day 3.

Sam Sunderland finished second at the Rally of Morocco 2014.

Team HRC's Sam Sunderland won Stage 2 of the 2014 Dakar Rally and moved to third overall.

Team HRC ready for the Dakar Rally 2014.

Helder Rodrigues, Paulo Goncalves and Joan Barreda are confirmed riders for Team HRC during the 2014 Cross-Country Rallies series.