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Dakar adventure resumed after a rest day from Arequipa and bike category was to run 501 KM road section followed by a 317 KM competitive mileage, some 837 KM in total for the day back to San Juan de Marcona. Husqvarna’s Pablo Quintanilla (CHL) clinched his first stage win of...

Stage 5 for the bike category was a combination of 429 KM of road and 345 KM of special stage mileage, some 774 KM in total. The stage started from Moquegua and finished at Arequipa. The scene was set to a spectacular start in the morning, motocross style, 10 bikes...

Day 4 Marathon stage marks from Arequipa to Tacna with limited servicing available. This was a stage of 662 kilometres in total but bike category was to run only 509 kilometres of it. Stage 4 had a different nature of terrain with less sand dunes and instead it had faster...

Stage 3 run from San Juan de Marcona to Arequipa was a combination of 467 KM of road section and 331 KM of competitive stage mileage. This was the toughest test of this year’s Dakar without any question and all competitors were really excited about it.   Joan Barreda The...

Stage 2 was a 552 KM long route from Pisco to lovely San Juan de Marcona. Because it was the first real long stage of the year navigation was really critical and the weather conditions was really challenging as well. When we had back to the day’s recap KTM’s Matthias...

Stage one was a 330 KM route from Lima to Pisco started with a road section of 246 KM which is followed by a 84 KM of competitive stage mileage. STAGE 1 Joan Barreda - Honda This years action got underway with the Bike category and it was JOAN BARREDA BORT...