He Dakar became cruel to Joan Barreda. The pilot of White Tower, at 40 years of age, wants to return to the toughest racing in the world after leaving Honda to test Hero and then focus on Indian motorcycle development. He wants a ‘last dance’, for the last time in that event where he has won at least 29 stages (4 short of the record), where he has touched many times the dream of being crowned champion, but at the same time time, so many times that his career in life gave him a big slap of reality, with falls, injuries and problems that took him away from that desire. At this moment, Barreda He came to Dakar with less ambitious goals. I thought of him Top-5. Maybe podium. But most of all, I want to be competitive and enjoy riding a bike. However, he was far from the best and couldn’t smile as he accelerated. He suffered two falls, the second, on stage 5, before tackling a tough and physical marathon on the sands of ‘Empty Quarter’. Very little, he tried, but finally his motorcycle had said enough.
Joan Barreda had to leave the 2024 Dakar due to a mechanical problem with his motorcycle, which forced him to stop at kilometer 592 of the special, near the last finish line of stage 6. So the Castellón native had to say goodbye to Dakar , at the beginning forever if he does not change his mind, after a very complicated race in which he could not bring out his best version.
“It’s not being a comfortable race for me, but we’ll continue,” he said after the fourth stage, after accumulating three consecutive days of penalties due to some problems with the sentinel. In the fifth he fell down where the motorcycle hit him in the chest. And in great pain he tried to overcome the difficulties of the largest sand desert in the world. He dressed up as a hero again. Again, he tried again. But this time it was his motorcycle that forced him to stop early, another stroke of bad luck adding to the many lists for Joan in a race that will forever owe him the overall victory.
now, Joan Barreda plans to focus on the Indian motorcycle development program so Hero can continue to grow as a brand. Besides, he had already told MD that he was going work with some young talent to help him get to the next Dakar with Hero. Joan will continue on the motorcycle, but in a different way. Unless it’s a rethink, something all Dakar fans will celebrate.
Source: La Verdad
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