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Monster Power rider Ricky Brabec has snatched the Dakar Rally trophy!
Honda’s current press launch tells us that that is Ricky’s second Dakar Rally win, the primary being again in 2020 when the Southern Californian turned the primary American to win Dakar’s two-wheeled efforts.
The 2024 Dakar Rally at a look
For 2023, the fifth Saudi Arabia Dakar took riders from the Northwestern metropolis of Al-`Ula to the shores of the Pink Sea, passing by way of the oceans of dunes within the Empty Quarter to land in Yanbu – a 4,766-mile trek that lasted from January 5-19.
Throughout these days, rivals needed to full timed sections of the Rally (titled “specials”) to find out a winner, with a single relaxation day given to recuperate from the powerful terrain and rugged environs.
Total, the Dakar 2024 landed the next last outcomes board (courtesy of the Dakar’s web site):
|
POS. |
NO. |
RIDER |
TEAM |
TIME |
GAP |
PENALTY |
|
1 |
9 |
(USA) RICKY BRABEC |
MONSTER ENERGY HONDA TEAM |
51H 30′ 08” |
– |
00H 01′ 00” |
|
2 |
46 |
(BWA) ROSS BRANCH |
HERO MOTOSPORTS TEAM RALLY |
51H 41′ 01” |
+ 00H 10′ 53” |
00H 01′ 00” |
|
3 |
42 |
(FRA) ADRIEN VAN BEVEREN |
MONSTER ENERGY HONDA TEAM |
51H 42′ 33” |
+ 00H 12′ 25” |
– |
|
4 |
47 |
(ARG) KEVIN BENAVIDES |
RED BULL KTM FACTORY RACING |
52H 08′ 56” |
+ 00H 38′ 48” |
00H 04′ 00” |
|
5 |
2 |
(AUS) TOBY PRICE |
RED BULL KTM FACTORY RACING |
52H 15′ 36” |
+ 00H 45′ 28” |
– |
|
6 |
11 |
MONSTER ENERGY HONDA TEAM |
52H 16′ 46” |
+ 00H 46′ 38” |
00H 06′ 00” |
|
|
7 |
1 |
(ARG) LUCIANO BENAVIDES |
HUSQVARNA FACTORY RACING |
52H 23′ 39” |
+ 00H 53′ 31” |
00H 16′ 00” |
|
8 |
5 |
(AUS) DANIEL SANDERS |
RED BULL GASGAS FACTORY RACING |
52H 44′ 40” |
+ 01H 14′ 32” |
– |
|
9 |
142 |
(SVK) STEFAN SVITKO |
SLOVNAFT RALLY TEAM |
53H 26′ 36” |
+ 01H 56′ 28” |
– |
| 10 | 23 | (CZE) MARTIN MICHEK | ORION – MOTO RACING GROUP | 54H 18′ 57” | + 02H 48′ 49” |
00H 01′ 00” |
Honda’s Monster Power staff efforts
We’re instructed that this 12 months’s iteration of the Rally noticed the Honda Monster Power staff identify taking lead the vast majority of the way in which, with occasional challenges offered by Spaniard Tosha Schareina (who snatched the prologue initially of the Rally) and Chilean José Ignacio “Nacho” Cornejo, who took the lead for a full day after Stage 4.
After the 48-hour Chrono stage, Brabec stayed in entrance and refused handy over his crown, creating the next stats for Monster Power Honda:
- Ricky Brabec: First Place
- Adrien Van Beveren: Third Place
- Jose Cornejo: Sixth Place
What does Ricky need to say about this 12 months’s Rally win?
Naturally, Ricky is extraordinarily pleased with the outcomes, although stage 11 purportedly had Brabec a bit apprehensive when Ross began the stage 18 minutes behind.
Upon completion of the Dakar, Brabec was quoted as being grateful that everybody stayed protected in the course of the grueling occasion:
– Ricky Brabec, Monster Power Honda racer (Honda) |
