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Tragic news coming in from Dakar 2020 where the Portuguese rider Paulo Goncalves, who was riding for Hero's Dakar team, passed away after a crash at 276 kms mark into the rally during Sunday's 546 km Riyadh-Wadi Al Dawasir test. He was a veteran of the Dakar Rallly this was his 13th appearance in this iconic sporting event.
Dakar, world’s most famous rally raid, being run in South America since 2009, might head to the Middle East in 2020. Before South America, the rally was being held in the African continent but it had to be shifted to South America in 2009 due to terrorist threats.
There is no official confirmation yet, according to a report from...
Sam Sunderland of KTM won the 2017 Dakar Rally on his KTM. CS Santosh finished in 47th position overall on his Hero Speedbrain motorcycle, while teammate Joaquim Rodrigues finished 10th, an impressive performance for the team's first outing at the Dakar. Sherco TVS also had a strong showing with Juan Garcia Pedrero finishing 13th...
Joaquim Rodrigues once again claims 10th place, C.S Santosh moves into 48th position
With the last major stage done and dusted, the 2017 Dakar is set to wind down in 24-hours. But, before the champagne is popped, one last special stage of 64 km needs to be finished before the participants head to Buenos Aires for a...
Stage 10: Adrien Metge attacks then relaxes
It was a very long special and the navigation was very difficult as had been announced by race director Marc Coma. Adrien Metge rode an outstanding race and he was in the lead at CP1. Concentrating on the navigation, he found the right track and rolled at a good rhythm. He was...
CS Santosh had a good day in office as he moved up 10 places in the overall classification at the end of the 2nd stage at the Dakar 2017. KP Aravind on the other hand had a terrible day, as he crashed and suffered a wrist fracture as per latest reports.
Stage 2 was 803 km long, with 275 km of it being timed. The riders started from...
The Dakar 2017 got off to a flying start for TVS Sherco, as the team's rider Juan Pedrero Garcia finished the 39km times stage at the top of the timesheets.
The 9000 km rally started off with a 454 km opening stage, out of which only 39 km was timed. The fastest time set by Pedrero was 28 minutes and 22 seconds. Since it...
The Dakar 2017 ceremonial start ceremony was held on Sunday in Asucion, Paraguay. 318 vehicles (144 motorcycles, 37 quads, 87 cars including 10 SSVs, and 50 trucks) and a total of 501 competitors were cleared to start the 39th edition of the Dakar. The drivers, riders and crews will go head-to-head on Monday in the rally's only...
A raging desert storm was the biggest star in Stage 3 of the Afriquia Merzouga Rally. Figuratively and literally dominating everyone's senses!
The Stage 3 was the first half of a two day marathon stage. Where the bikes had to be tended to by the rider themselves with no help allowed from the mechanics and teams. But the storm threw a...
Hero MotoCorp announced that they will have CS Santosh riding for them in Dakar 2017 on board a Speedbrain 450 Rally Bike. The team has been called the 'Hero MotoSports Team Rally'.
Hero MotoCorp have formed a strategic partnership with Speedbrain GmbH of Germany for rally racing. Speedbrain is a German off-road racing specialist. The...
