collective organized in Paris, Cyril Despres announced that it had signed with the team Yamaha Racing France , adding to the team and Michael Olivier Pain Metge. Now, it will be behind the handlebars of a motorcycle blue he tries to equal the record of Stéphane Peterhansel in the category. On his way, Despres will find a Team Honda also enhanced with Joan Barreda and Paulo Goncalves.
Thus, the suspense ended. Since the announcement of his departure from the team KTM , with which he won the Dakar five times, Cyril Despres had kept secret about the new colors and the new motorcycle would wear with which would run. Blue is the color of Yamaha , which formalized Japanese company hiring the master mode and presented its competition schedule in rally for next year.
For his 13th Dakar, Despres joined the builder who made his mark in the history of the rally from its beginnings with the 500 XT, led by Cyril Neveu, followed by the saga of his then mentor Stéphane Peterhansel, winner six issues behind the handlebars of a Yamaha in 1990. From January, the prestigious Rookie Team will be certainly trying to match the record for victories in rally set for Peter.
“ I’m very motivated by the prospect of wearing the Blue Team Yamaha. I used to dream about this when I was a kid. Obviously, we started this partnership with a common goal, which is to continue the success and face the challenges of my predecessors with victory at the 2014 Dakar . As a mechanic, I also learned to develop the motorcycle and I know it will still be a rewarding challenge, try to win with a new builder , “said Despres.
hunt for this record, Despres will be joined at Yamaha by a team of first line, including Olivier Pain and Mickael Metge. The search now begins this week for the title holder, who will participate in his first race behind the handlebars of a Yamaha in Rally Sardinia . In September, the entire team will be present at Inca Challenge to the final test before the Dakar.
Meanwhile, the transfer market has been very active among the competitors of Yamaha because Honda HRC team , which made its official debut as a team in the latest edition of the Dakar, announced the arrival of reinforcements from the tip to the team, which has the Portuguese rider Helder Rodrigues. The closest rival Despres / Coma in the disputes of 2011 and 2012, who competed in his first Dakar with a Honda (finishing 7th), this year will be accompanied by a rising star in the sport, Joan Barreda, who won five stages in three participations in the rally.
Honda team, which also features Sam Sunderland and Javier Pizzolito, will take one more card sleeve with Paulo Gonçalves, who was from Husqvarna, and now joins the group. The second pilot Portuguese team promises to offer an interesting intensity, since he was a few seconds of Marc Coma in the first two legs of the world championship rally terrain in Abu Dhabi and Qatar.
The next presentationpilots HRC is scheduled for Dakar Challenge Series Route 40 , in Argentina in June, where Helder Rodrigues and Javier Pizzolito can test against KTMs piloted by Marc Coma, Chaleco Lopez and Kurt Caselli. An event not to be missed …
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