Rather than running his second Dakar Rally in 2025, Vincent Biau has opted for the ‘other’ Dakar rally as he will enter the Africa Eco Race on his Suzuki V-Strom 800DE adventure bike.
From Nasser Al-Attiyah and Luc Alphand to Albert II of Monaco and Adam Małysz, there is quite a pool of people who have both raced the Dakar Rally (or rally raids in general) and competed in the Olympic Games.
American off-road star Brock Heger will get a taste of the Dakar Rally in 2025 with Polaris Factory colleague Max Eddy Jr. as navigator. He’ll be the team-mate to defending SSV winner Xavier de Soultrait.
Orlando Terranova, who last raced it in 2023, is open to an 18th Dakar Rally in 2026 if he is able to find it in his heart to commit to such an endeavour.
Nikita Mazepin, T3 winner of the 2022 Silk Way Rally, finished 2nd in his first rally raid of the year and fourth overall at the Denis Davydov Baja.
Polaris reveals 2025 RZR Pro lineup, hopes to "push boundaries of style and performance"
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The new 2025 Polaris RZR Pro R, building upon the lineage that has won Baja and the 2024 Dakar Rally, and its family members Pro S and XP mainly focuses on improving the interior.
Ottavio Missoni Jr., scion of the legendary Missoni fashion line, will run his second Dakar Rally in 2025. This time, however, he will take it on by himself in Original by Motul.
Jatin Jain will make his Dakar Rally début in 2025 with the backing of Indian businessman and rally promoter Vamcy Merla.
Despite being just 12 years old and a newcomer to short course racing, Wyatt Miller notched back-to-back seconds in the Championship Off-Road Pro SPEC weekend at Dirt City.
After being disqualified while leading the Dakar Rally, Eryk Goczał returned with a vengeance as he held off Ghislain de Mévius and Nasser Al-Attiyah for the Baja España Aragón Challenger win.
2× Dakar Rally winner and the inaugural World Rally-Raid Champion for bikes Sam Sunderland is calling it a career.
With M-Sport’s new Ford Raptor T1+ not set to race until August, Nani Roma will drive its predecessor Ford Ranger at the Baja Aragón in place of the injured Daniel Alonso.
Michel Hardy, who raced the inaugural Paris–Dakar Rally in 1979 before being a pioneer of Tatra’s rally raid excursions in the late 1980s, died 10 July at the age of 68.
With KAMAZ-master still blocked from the Dakar Rally, boss Eduard Nikolaev stressed they’re still open and prepared should it be lifted. In the meantime, he feels the Silk Way can be a Dakar-level rally.
Yasir Seaidan will race a Taurus T3 Max prepared by Nasser Al-Attiyah’s team at this weekend’s Baja Aragón.
Roslyn Shen will race a Suzuki Jimny Sierra built by the Chuoh Technical School at the 2024 Asia Cross Country Rally. The automotive university last built the 2023 AXCR-winning Toyota Fortuner of Takuma Aoki.
After solid outings in Morocco and Abu Dhabi, former Lithuanian enduro champion Mykolas Paulavičius will be heading for his maiden Dakar Rally in 2025.
