The two -time dakar rally, Kevin Benavides. The 36 -Year -old Argentine Dakarian withdrawal has joined the recent colleague in Chile Pablo Quintanilla That, like Salta, is hoping to do four -Wheel transitions.
Kevin Benavides debuted in Dakar and the Rally-Raid World Cup with the Honda team and in 2021 the first of the two Tuareg arrived. The following year he signed for the Red Bull KTM factory career and combined his reign in 2023. However, in May 2024, when he prepared with his brother Luciano the challenge of Route 40, he suffered a serious accident by training a motocross almost worth his life.
He suffered a diffuse axonal lesion on the head and broke his left arm with fractures in the humerus, the elbow, the radial nerve destroyed, in addition to the cervical bruises. Eight hours are at the operating table.
In what was his last participation in Dakar in 2025, lined with his injured arm, Kevin ran with his brother Luciano, who dreamed of competing with the same team that was fulfilled, though he was forced to leave for his injury.
Thus the news was announced by KTM statement:
“Today is not a dawn, but it is certainly special. After so many years of competing, the voting of motorcycles from the age of three, who have been around the poorest land on the planet, experiencing successes, accidents and lessons that have changed my life, I have made one of my life’s most difficult decisions: ending my professional motorcycle career”
“Goodbye to the motorcycle is how to give from one side of myself, but I do it with pride. Two Dakar, Argentina, the world, who has become an official pilot, who has won Dakar twice and made history at Rally and Argentine Sport: These are dreams that seem impossible before.
“I would like to thank my family, my team, the fans and, especially, KTM, to believe me and support me all. I hope to continue near the KTM family and support my brother. Luciano, and continue to contribute to the sport of new ways. The great one has taught me no limits when you love it and keep it all.
And he made sure he would not leave the competition and do, like the other Dakarian cracks, the four -step step: “I wanted to recreate myself, so I opened my stage as a car pilot.
The official KTM team will not replace the basic of Benavides and will remain like a trident with current champion Daniel Sanders, Luciano Benavides and the Catalan Pearl Edgar Cane’s focusing on an emotional message on Instagram.
Source: La Verdad
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