Dakar Rally (Argentina – Chile) 2009 is Out Now on DVD, priced at £16.63 For the first time in its 30-year history the Dakar Rally crossed the Atlantic Ocean for the deserts, mountains and rocky terrain of South America in 2009. Now you can relive this incredible journey with the action-packed Official DVD Review from Duke. This is the full story... [Continue reading...]
Pirelli Moto Dominates Dakar 2009
Pirelli Scorpion Rally is top performing tyre in Dakar 2009 Pirelli’s new Scorpion Rally off-road tire proved to be the ideal weapon for the diversity of conditions for this epic challenge Pirelli’s debut in the Dakar as a supplier to the official KTM factory teams was nothing short of dominating, with the new SCORPION RALLY tyre capturing the 1st... [Continue reading...]
Dakar 2009: Marc Coma Coasts To Victory In South America
1-2 for KTM in 2009 Dakar With his second Dakar win in his sights, KTM factory rider Marc Coma coasted through the final stage of the first ever Dakar in South America to finish sixth and take victory in the race that has taken competitors through a major part of South America. Coma, from Spain, dominated the race that started on January 3 and finished... [Continue reading...]
Dakar 2009: Stage victory For KTMs Viladoms-Coma Maintains Overall Lead
Line victory in Stage 10 of the 2009 Dakar went to KTM factory rider Jordi Viladoms with factory teammate Alain Duclos coming home second. Marc Coma made it a perfect KTM day to maintain his commanding overall lead as the rally re-enters Argentina. While Marc Coma maintains his overall lead on the Frenchman Fretigne (second at 1h24′50) and... [Continue reading...]
Dakar 2009: Coma Still The Front Runner After Stage 9
KTM factory rider Marc Coma continued his quest to be the first winner in the first Dakar Rally to be held in South America consolidating his overall lead in the standings after Stage Nine. Tricky navigation today allowed those starting further down the field to catch the front runners – a situation that bought some relatively unknown names... [Continue reading...]
Dakar 2009: Another Win For Despres In Stage Eight
KTM factory riders Marc Coma (Spain) and Cyril Despres (France) continued on Sunday to show why they are the world best rally riders with Despres winning Stage Eight of the Dakar 2009 in front of Coma who continues to retain a commanding lead. In fighting form after the rest day, the stage victory went to Despres (Red Bull KTM) 1′49 ahead... [Continue reading...]
Dakar 2009: Cyril Despres Takes His First Stage Victory
The KTM factory rider and 2007 Dakar winner at last had a trouble free day. He started at eighth in today’s sixth stage with the Frenchman showing his classic skills to be the quickest over the dunes that launched it. Indeed today the KTM factory riders were back where they are used to being – at the top of the leader board. Despres... [Continue reading...]
Dakar 2009: American Jonah Street Shines In Stage Five On KTM
Young American Jonah Street crowned an impressive couple of days with his first Dakar stage win 5′53 ahead of Frans Verhoeven and 7′34 in front of the Chilean Lopez. Running into more tyre problems, the first KTM factory rider home was Cyril Despres (Red Bull KTM) (eighth at 14′46) just ahead of Marc Coma (Repsol KTM) (ninth at... [Continue reading...]
Dakar 2009: Marc Coma Nice And Easy
Victory on the fourth stage went once again to Marc Coma (Repsol KTM) 1′17 ahead of Cyril Despres (Red Bull KTM) with the American Jonah Street (KTM) third (at 1′21). Overall Marc increases his lead to 42′57 ahead of new second place man Street with Fretigne third (at 43′42). Jordi Viladoms (Repsol KTM) is fourth (at 55′57)... [Continue reading...]
Dakar 2009: Coma And Viladoms Cross The Line Together
The long stage from Puerto Madryn to Jacobacci smiled on the Repsol KTM team with Marc Coma and Jordi Viladoms crossing the final finishing line together ahead of their rivals. Less fortunate was their KTM team mate Cyril Despres (Red Bull KTM) who again suffered tyre problems and had to wait for his support rider Alain Duclos to ‘lend’ him... [Continue reading...]