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Sealine Rally at Doha, Qatar: Round 2 of the World Cross Countries Rally Championship
Stage One: total distance 415.11 km – including timed special of 405.12 km
1, Marc Coma, Spain, KTM 4 hours 58.46
2, Paolo Goncalves, Portugal, Speedbrain at 2.04
3, Pal Anders Ullevalseter, Norway, KTM at 4.00
4, Jakub Przygonski, Poland, KTM at 6.02
5, Chaleco Lopez, Chile, KTM at 12.01
6, Juan Carlos Salvatierra, Bolivia, Honda at 31.15
7, Khalid Khammis Ozair, Honda, 50.47
8, Mohammed Al Balooshi, KTM, 52.07
9, Rafal Sonic, Poland, Honda, 56.22
10, Quin Cody, USA, Speedbrain, 1:15.23
Rally concludes Friday after four stages
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KTM Results
Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge
Stage 3
Stage Results (284 km)
1, Jakub Przygonski, Poland, KTM, 3 hours 37.16
2, Paolo Goncalves, Portugal, Speedbrain, at 1 minute 56
3, Marc Coma, Spain, KTM, at 2.56
4, Pal Anders Ullevalseter, Norway, KTM, at 3.00
5, Sam Sunderland, UK, Honda, at 3.52
6, Helder Rodrigues, Portugal, Honda, at 5.18
8, Taddy Blazusiak, Poland, KTM at 15.14
9, Miran Stanovnik, Slovenia, KTM at 16.54
10, David McBride, UK, KTM at 17.24
Overall Results after Stage 3 (Stage One was cancelled)
1, Sunderland
2, Coma, KTM
3, Goncalves
4, Ullevalseter
5, Przygonski
7, McBride
8, Blazusiak
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Dungey and Roczen on the SX podium in San DiegoRed Bull KTM Factory riders Ryan Dungey and Ken Roczen had a good night out at the sixth round of the AMA Supercross championship in San Diego with Dungey finishing third in the big 450 class and Roczen taking a great second in the 250s to retain the red plate as championship leader. Dungey qualified sixth fastest from the days practice sessions to earn a spot in heat race number one. He rounded the opening turn in eighth and proceeded to work his way into the top five before moving up to fourth at the flag. “I’m actually pretty happy with my ride tonight,” said Dungey. “It was a tough track to pass on and as I didn’t get a great start, I think I rode pretty strong to come through the pack and finish on the box. It would definitely make my life a little easier if I could keep getting a start like I did last week! But that’s just something I have to work on”. Roczen consolidates championship lead in West Coast competition Roczen rode well all day starting from the early afternoon practice session where he qualified fifth fastest. He jumped fourth out of the start gate in his heat race and maintained that position until the flag to secure a good gate pick for the main event. Off the start of the 250SX main, Roczen hustled mid pack rounding the opening turn yet managed to maneuver his way into third place by the end of the opening lap. With Eli Tomac out front, Roczen set his sights on Jason Anderson for the number two spot and successfully made the pass on him midway in the race. Never one to go down without a fight, Roczen set about reeling in Tomac for the lead and was just 0.2 seconds shy of the race win when they crossed the line. With six rounds down and a 10-week break scheduled before the next round in West Coast series resumes in Seattle, Roczen holds an 18-point lead in the championship standings. The East Coast series will see Roczen’s factory teammate Marvin Musquin of France back on the track. “I’m actually really happy with the way I rode tonight,” said Roczen. “I was kind of uncomfortable on this track all day but I think I put together a good race come the main event. I guess my focus at this point in time is just to stay healthy and to keep things going the way they have been going at the races while our series is on a break and come out blazing again in Seattle.” Overall Results 450SX Class – Overall Point Standings 450SX Class – Overall Results 250SX Class – Overall Point Standings 250SX Class – |
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By Aaron Hansel
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The Red Bull KTM factory pilot talks about his race at round three of the 2013 Supercross season.
Red Bull: Take us through your night.
Ken Roczen: It started off with me forgetting my chest protector in the morning. I borrowed one, but I wasn’t really feeling it. Then in practice I took a really big digger and hurt my ankle and wrist a little bit. My wrist is worse than I thought right now, actually. For the race it didn’t really bother me, but now it’s starting to swell up a bit. It was the first main where I got a good start, and I really enjoyed the racing. Everyone raced clean, and Eli [Tomac] is just super strong right now. He’s one of the fastest out there. But we’re working and getting closer, we’re right there. All I can do is pick it up a little bit. I’ll pick it up here and there, and we’ll go to Oakland next week and see what we can do. We’re solid right now with another second place, and it’s still early in the championship. Anything can happen and I’m really positive about it.
It looked like you checked up a little bit when Tomac got by you. What happened?
I was jumping to the inside there, and it was super slippery and I went a little bit too wide and had to go around some Tuff Blocks. He went outside and carried a lot more momentum and stuffed me a little bit, but it was all good. It took me a while to get by Cole [Seely]. I tried to make the pass happen, but we were basically going the same speed. It was hard to pass tonight, and I wasn’t feeling it tonight with the track. The dirt was super hard, and it wasn’t the nicest track, but it was the same for everyone and in the end, I enjoyed the race. I’m glad that we’re all healthy and still on our feet.
Did the pain from your crash in practice affect you at all, or were you running on adrenaline during the main?
The crash was gnarly! I was really high up in the air, and I landed on my feet and the dirt was so hard. I really thought it was going to end up worse than it did, and I think for how it happened and how big of a crash it was, this was the best that could have happened, injury-wise. But it didn’t affect my racing. It’s the way it is, and another second place is all good.
You beat Tomac in the heat race, and you’ve had competitive lap times in qualifying. What’s it going to take to beat him in a main?
He’s really aggressive, it’s hard. We’re all trying our best. Maybe one day it’s just going to click. But it’s not easy, and like I said, we’re all riding our best and at a good pace. It’s such a small bit of speed you need. It’s hard to say; all you need is a good start and to ride focused and push as hard as you can for the whole race.
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US Supercross: Roczen 2nd in Lites West; Dungey 6th in 450German teenager and Red Bull KTM Factory rider Ken Roczen had another great weekend in Rd. 3 of the SX Lites West on Saturday night in the competition’s second visit to Anaheim when he again finished second overall in the 250SX class at Angel Stadium. Roczen is currently second overall in the points. The young German also got away well in the main event and was second at the first corner. He hung on to the wheel of leader Cole Seely for the first half of the race but in lap nine made a mistake and allowed Eli Tomac to overtake. Two laps later, Roczen was able to reel in Cole Seely to regain his second position then maintained his pace to carry it right through to the finish. Roczen said after the race that he was happy to finish second considering he had crashed hard in practice early in the day. “I am a bit banged up but I feel better knowing that I am riding stronger each week. I was able to get another podium finish and my third heat win. I hope to continue to make progress over the next week to work toward a win.” Rough weekend for Dungey Dungey raced in the first of the 450SX heats but he had a poor start and was sitting mid-pack around the first lap. He quickly advanced toward the top five and was battling for fifth when he crashed with Jake Weimer at the halfway point. Dungey scrambled back into eleventh place and moved up two positions and take the final transfer spot to the main event. The KTM rider’s problems on the start continued in the 450SX main event. He was buried in midfield when the bikes left the gates but had advanced to tenth place in the second lap. He continued to push and had moved up the order to seventh by lap six before slipping past Andrew Short into sixth place with five laps to go. He then began to reel in fifth place rider Jake Weimer but ran out of time and had to settle for sixth. Dungey said he had put in his best efforts but an outside gate pit had made it difficult to get into the top rider mix at the start of the main. “I am bummed about not finishing on the podium, but I will do everything I can this next week to change the results for the positive in Oakland.” Next Event: Oakland, CA – January 26, 2013 Overall 250SX Class Results: Overall Point Standings 250SX Class: Overall Results 450SX Class – |
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Results: Dakar 2013 Final
Results Stage Fourteen – final stage (Provisional)
La Serena to Santiago: total distance 630 km, timed special 128 km
1, Ruben Faria, Portugal KTM 1 hour 43.06
2, Joan Barreda, Spain, Husqvarna at 0.08
3, Helder Rodrigues, Portugal, Honda at 0.24
4, Mario Patrao, Portugal, Suzuki at 1.21
5, Olivier Pain, France, Yamaha at 2.14
Other KTM
9, Ivan Jakes, Slovakia, KTM at 3.07
12, Jakub Przygonski, Poland, KTM at 3.43
14, Cyril Despres, France, KTM at 3.58
16, Ben Grabham, Australia, KTM at 4.50
22, Riaan Van Niekerk, South Africa, KTM at 8.36
51, Kurt Caselli, USA, KTM at 16.45
56, Darryl Curtis South Africa at 18.24
Final results after 14 stages and over 8,000 km from Lima, Peru to Santiago, Chile
1, Despres, France, KTM – wins fifth Dakar title; twelfth consecutive title for KTM
2, Faria KTM at 10.43
3, Chaleco Lopez, Chile, KTM at 18.48
4, Jakes, KTM at 23.54
5, Joan Pedrero, Spain, KTM at 55.29
Other KTM
11, Jakub Przygonski, Poland, KTM at 1:33.59
13, Riaan Van Niekerk, South Africa KTM at 2:02.54
15, Ben Grabham, Australia, KTM at 2:45.14
16, Plan Anders Ullevalseter, Norway, KTM at 3:00.56
19, Henk Knuiman, Netherlands, KTM at 3:15.20
31, Caselli, KTM at 6:03.40
32, Curtis, KTM at 6:05.38
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Despres still overall going into Dakar 2013 finaleRed Bull KTM factory rider Cyril Despres of France got down to the serious business of the Dakar on Friday in the penultimate stage of the 2013 edition managing to extend his overall lead to eight minutes 15 as he chases his fifth Dakar title going into Saturday’s final stage. After another 440 km of timed special, Despres finished second to Chilean KTM rider Chaleco Lopez, who won the stage five minutes 25 ahead of Despres. This sets the stage for a final dash to the finish between these two KTM riders when they complete the more than 8000 km charge from Lima to Santiago, Chile via Argentina. Despres must go into the final stage bearing in mind that Chaleco is a formidable threat on his home ground. The Chilean rider has a record of a total of six stage victories since the Dakar moved to South America and four of these have been on his home territory. Chaleco will also be spurred on by the hundreds of thousands of local fans who are expected to come out to cheer him and the riders as they head for the finish. Ruben Faria, the factory support rider is at third overall, trailing the leader by 14.41 but lost some time finishing at fifteenth in Stage 13 and slipped from down second overall. Going into the penultimate stage KTM riders occupy the first five places in the overall standings. Speaking after the timed special Despres underlined that the Dakar is about strategy and the sport of rally raid. “I felt good on the first section, where there was quite a bit of navigation. Then I saw that I’d got some time back on Chaleco and that he wasn’t going to disappear into the distance over 140 km. So I thought I had better be careful with the engine. Since I ate quite a bit of dust in the morning, I preferred to make sure and take it easy. For Ruben, we tried our best… but the navigation wasn’t that easy in the morning. There were two or three tricky bits of reading to select the right track.” Despres is a veteran rider who knows that in the Dakar nothing is decided until riders reach the finish line and he was quick to point out that there was still a total of 630 km to travel before Santiago. “It’s not going to be a walk in the park,” he said. Unlucky on Friday was KTM factory rider Kurt Caselli, who stepped in at the last minute to ride for the injured Marc Coma and has delivered a great performance in his rookie Dakar, including two stage wins. On Friday Caselli was reported to have had some technical problems at the 396 km mark and at the time of writing was making his way back to the bivouac. KTM team manager Alex Doringer said the crew would make the necessary repairs on Caselli’s bike to make sure he is able to complete the final stage. He said up to a million people are expected to welcome the riders at the finish line in Santiago, the Chilean capital. “We’re in good shape heading for Santiago with five KTM riders topping the overall standings and both our teams are very upbeat. Tonight we will be doing a thorough check of the bikes ahead of the last 128 km timed special.” Saturday riders still have to travel 630 km south along the Pacific coastline and survive 128 km of timed special to complete this edition of the Dakar. Results Stage Thirteen (Provisional) |
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