2011 Dakar News

The Dakar Rally is as much about adventure as it is about winning. While the limelight may rest with the leaders like KTM’s 3-times winners Marc Coma and Cyril Despres, there are dozens of other passionate KTM riders who fulfill a dream by competing in this great rally.

2011 Dakar Rally

The Dakar 2011, which finished last weekend in Buenos Aires, will be remembered at KTM as one of the company’s greatest triumphs in rally sport.

Stage 13: Cordoba to Buenos Aires

After the motorcycle field at the 2011 Dakar Rally was put through 9,500 km over the past 15 days, KTM was victorious, taking its 10th Dakar title.

2011 Dakar Rally

Stages 12 and 13 and almost 700km of special are all that remain in the 2011 Dakar – the 33rd edition of the world’s toughest race – and Yamaha are on the edge of another top-of-the-leader-board finish thanks to the skills and exertions of Helder Rodrigues and his Yamaha Racing France Ipone team.

Dakar 2011

On New Years Day the American Team of JCR Honda’s Quinn Cody and the 2011 Dakar Rally saw an emotional beginning when more than one million motorcycle race fans cheered for the 430 off-road racers as they headed of into the deserts of Argentina and Chile.

2011 Dakar News

The 2011 Dakar Rally has presented many challenges to the motorcyclists, as they traveled over 4,500 km throughout the first six stages. But the Dakar has even more challenges in the remaining seven stages, which begin today as riders travel from Arica and Buenos Aires.

2011 Dakar Rally

On the last day before the rest day at the 2011 Dakar Rally, Team Honda Europe were taking no chances, making sure that they all made it to the halfway point of the rally.

A day of rest is scheduled in Arica, in the north of Chili, close to the border of Peru. The Dakar Rally will then start heading back to Buenos Aires.

Dakar Wallpaper

The Dakar is probably the most challenging annual motorcycle rally raid for both competitors and motorcycles. This particularly applies to the motorcycles and their riders who not only require enormous riding and navigation skills but also superb physical and mental abilities.

Dakar 2011

Thousands lined the streets in the Argentinean capital Buenos Aires on Saturday to send off competitors in the 2011 Dakar Rally where KTM’s factory riders will attempts to secure the Austrian brand’s tenth title in the most prestigious rally on the motor sports calendar.

2011 Dakar Rally

407 racers and crew will take the starter’s orders for the 2011 Dakar Argentina Chile, which begins tomorrow with a starting ceremony at the foot of the Obelisk in Buenos Aires, followed by a warm-up stage to Victoria, before a first timed stage on Sunday morning.

2011 Dakar Rally

When riders take of on the first day of the 2011 Dakar Rally on the morning of Jan. 1, 2011, KTM will be going for the brand’s tenth title in this, the world’s toughest rally.

Spearheading the attack for the Austrian sports motorcycle manufacturer will be two teams: one led by Dakar titleholder Cyril Despres and the other by arch rival Marc Coma.

2011 Dakar Stage

The Dakar first discovered South America back in ‘09. Three years later, route preparation for the 2011 Dakar Rally provided confirmation that the landscapes continues to amaze, as the terrain is set to challenge the best of the world’s motorcycle enduro riders.

Dakar Video

When the 2011 Dakar Rally begins in Buenos Aires on Jan. 1, it ushers in a new era for Cyril Despres and Austrian motorcycle manufacturer alongside the three other factory-supported riders competing on the latest KTM 450 Rally enduro motorcycles.

Fan Killed

An accident has occurred involving the vehicle of competitor number 418. It left the track and collided with a group of spectators at the 75 km point in the day’s special stage, outside one of the designated "spectator zones".

Several people were injured including one who was left in a critical condition. They emergency services were quick to reach them and evacuate them alongside the race organizers’ medical assistance helicopters. A detailed report will be released later on in the day.

Marc Coma and Cyril Despres have shared Dakar Rally glory in past seasons and as they set off from Buenos Aires today for the challenges of Dakar 2010 both are optimistic that they can again this year be each other’s greatest opponents.

But Day One of the world’s most famous and challenging rally was largely ceremonial with no timed section and no results. The riders set off and made their way west to Colon where the first timed section starts on Saturday, the second day of the second decade of the 21st century.