Joan Barreda is in Dakar 2023 with its own structure

Joan Barreda finish the Dakar 2022 in 5th position, equaling his best Dakar place achieved in 2017, but with the uncertainty of not knowing what the future holds for him. MD then asks her if she will continue participating in the world’s hardest date with him sling bag. the one of White Tower opened the doors for that to happen, even with the team’s subsequent official announcement Monster Energy Honda Team of signing of Adrien Van Beveren, cast doubt on whether Joan would return to the desert. Joan, at the age of 39, will no longer be part of the factory team, but that has not stopped her. The Spaniard will return to Dakar 2023, which will be his 12th participation in this race, with a Honda CRF450 Rally, but he will do it on his own private structure, the Monster Energy JB Team.

This is what the organization itself said to official presentation of Dakar 2023 held this Thursday in Paris, 30 days before the start of the toughest race in the world.

Joan will face the toughest event in the world after not competing in any races on this course. The driver from Castellón focused the first part of the year on recovering from the severe injury he suffered in the last Dakar 2022 and devoted the second part of the course to carrying out thorough preparations to reach the Dakar 2023 with the same goals as before . , to be in the front group to fight for everything.

In 2022 he persevered despite his injuries and was 5th

Joan Barreda gave a lesson in resistance and suffering in Dakar 2022. He lost a lot of time in stage 1B and managed to reduce his loss until he entered the fight despite the fall experienced in stage 5. He competed in many painful with a fractured clavicle and was even seen piloting one-handed for several minutes when he found his shoulder out of place. Despite this, he fought through the intense pain and continued to attack. The pain did not weaken him and he was 8 minutes behind the leader on stage 10, with only two days to go, but he finally finished fifth in last place.

Now, he will return to the Saudi deserts wanting to fight again for the prize that has been denied him several times. With 29 wins, he is just 4 shy of Cyril Després and Stéphane Peterhansel’s record for stage wins. The Torreblanca rider can make a difference on a course with more dunes and needs to minimize losses on the days he has to open the track. Barreda will go all or nothing, to win a stage one day and open the track the next. This is his riding style and he will continue the same way. This time, there is a Dakarian structure of its own.