One of the most thrilling events in the motorsport calendar has just taken place. The legendary Red Bull Dakar Rally is winding its way through deserts and mountains from its starting point in Argentina, through the Andes and Chile and onto the finishing point in Lima, Peru. For just over 2 weeks the bravest and most intrepid of motorcyclists have battled their way through all terrains to win the ultimate prize.
The bike race was claimed this year, for the fourth time, by Frenchman Cyril Despres from team KTM. Mentally and physically exhausted, all clearly delighted as being crowned as the Dakar King for the fourth time, Despres said that this was by far the toughest Dakar rally he had ever taken part in, and the fact he had triumphed was a huge testimony to his team .
Fans of this iconic event have eagerly followed events on the specialist Red Bull Dakar website, which has uploaded videos, blogs and comments to keep moto fans bang up to date with all the thrills and spills. There have even been comments posted from the leading competitors such as Marc Como, Geniel de Villiers, the third placed competitor in the car race and eventual bike winner Cyril Depres. You can post all the videos in the world, but reading the comments of the actual racers is priceless.
On the 13th day, when the rally hit Peru, the riders comments paint the picture of what these competitors were going through on a daily basis. The mixture of exhilaration and exhaustion, and how both physically and mentally tired they were after travelling at speed across the unforgiving landscape for the best part of two weeks, but the fact they were so close to the finish gave them the strength to keep going.
For anybody who yearns to take place in such a gruelling race, the website is the next best thing, and gives you a real taste of what really went on down in South America when men on wheels took on everything that nature threw at them and triumphed. If you haven’t seen what went on in the Dakar Rally 2012, or have only seen edited highlights, log on now to experience the thrills as they unfolded.
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