Double top five finish for Yamaha at 2010 Dakar

Yamaha Racing

Portugal’s Helder Rodrigues has completed the 9000km, 14 stage loop through Argentina and Chile that formed the 2010 Dakar rally in a fine fourth place on the WR450F. The 30 year old was one position ahead of France’s David Fretigne who added to his Dakar stage win tally by earning victory on the second day. The WR accumulated 10 top three results in total through the endurance and skill of both riders in the 32nd edition of the historic and challenging event.

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January 16, 2010 7:22 PM

A triumph for Cyril Despres and KTM

KTM-Sportmotorcycles AG,
Mattighofen, Austria
Dakar 2010:

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KTM-supported rider French-born Cyril Despres on Saturday sealed victory in the 2010 Dakar Rally after 9000 km across Argentina and Chile. He rode in triumph into Buenos Aires to complete his third Dakar victory and the tenth consecutive victory for KTM, the Austrian-made sports motorcycles.

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January 14, 2010 8:14 PM

Despres still in overall lead; Coma now winner of Stage 11

KTM-Sportmotorcycles AG,
Mattighofen, Austria,
Day 14 Dakar 2010

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KTM-supported rider Cyril Despres on Thursday finished the longest ride of the Dakar 2010 in eighth position at the close of Stage 12, trimming his substantial overall lead by just over 17 minutes on a day that favored the smaller 450 cc machines and demanded absolute concentration for nearly 800 km.

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January 13, 2010 11:39 AM

Goodbye Chile, hello Argentina. Despres retains overall lead

KTM-Sportmotorcycles AG,
Mattighofen, Austria,
Day 13 Dakar 2010:

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KTM's Cyril Despres put in a solid day's ride across the Andes to San Juan on Wednesday to retain the overall lead by 1 hour 20'54" as the Dakar "caravan" 2010 returned to Argentina. Despres was seventh in the 11th stage but only 4'21" behind the stage leader Frans Verhoeven.

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January 12, 2010 6:28 PM

Third stage victory for Coma; Despres leads by 1:22.49'

KTM-Sportmotorcycles AG,
Mattighofen, Austria
Day 12 Dakar 2010:

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KTM supported rider Marc Coma scored his third stage victory in the Dakar 2010 as riders went from La Serena to the Chilean capital of Santiago for Stage 10 as the Spaniard strengthened his determination make the best of the rest of the rally. KTM's Cyril Despres still leads overall.

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January 11, 2010 8:48 PM

Another victory for KTM's Coma in Stage Nine

KTM-Sportmotorcycles AG,
Mattighofen, Austria,
Day 11 Dakar 2010

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KTM supported riders Marc Coma and Cyril Despres came home in 1-2 just a breath away from each other in Stage Nine of the Dakar 2010 with Coma taking the final glory in a two-way race to the finish line.

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January 8, 2010 8:00 PM

KTMs Despres and Coma 1-2 in Stage Seven

KTM-Sportmotorcycles AG,
Mattighofen, Austria
Day Eight Dakar 201008.01.2010

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Cyril Despres and Marc Coma on Friday showed rally enthusiasts why they are the best in the world when they finished 1-2 after a grueling 600km special in the deserts of Chile in the seventh stage of the Dakar 2010 with just 29 seconds separating them.

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January 6, 2010 7:30 PM

KTM's Despres extends overall lead; second in Stage Five

KTM-Sportmotorcycles AG,
Mattighofen, Austria
Day Six Dakar 2010:

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KTM's Cyril Despres reveled in the fast conditions of Stage Five of the Dakar as riders tackled 668 km with a long 483 km special through the foothills of the Atamaca Desert in Chile, finishing just 1'30 behind stage winner Chilean Francisco Lopez to extend his overall lead to 37'37

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January 5, 2010 9:23 PM

Day Five Dakar: Stage Four win for KTM's Marc Coma

KTM-Sportmotorcycles AG, Mattighofen, Austria,
05.01.2010

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Marc Coma, the current Dakar title holder and KTM-supported rider rose to the challenge on Tuesday to take victory in the fourth stage of the Dakar 2010 as riders descended down the Andes into Chile heading for the notorious Atacama Desert.

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December 19, 2009 3:21 PM

KTM riders will race in the Dakar again on Pirelli's new Scorpion Rally

KTM-Sportmotorcycles AG
Mattighofen, Austria
19.12.2009

KTM rider Marc Coma and Jordi Viladoms will race in the Dakar again on Pirelli's new Scorpion Rally, a tyre which made its debut by winning last year's event as well as taking the runner-up spot.