Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Matthias Walkner is recovering well following surgery to repair an injury to his left leg, which he sustained while training in the United States. However, the damage is such that […]
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Toby Price has put in another strong performance at the Rallye du Maroc to claim his second consecutive runner-up result at this year’s event. The Australian now moves into the […]
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Toby Price and Matthias Walkner are ready to race the 2023 Rallye du Maroc. The five-stage event marks the final round of this year’s FIM World Rally-Raid Championship, in which Toby Price lies second […]
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Toby Price has made a solid start to his 2023 Desafio Ruta 40 campaign, posting the fourth fastest time on stage one of the event. Matthias Walkner lost time after […]
Back on the world championship calendar for the first time since 2018, the Desafio Ruta 40 starts at the bivouac at La Rioja before heading north, through the Catamarca region, into Salta and the finish […]
The word “Dakar” brings up images of desert, dunes, heat and exotic locals but also hero’s and overcoming inspiring challenges overcome. Welcome to week #244 of Inspiration Friday: Legends of the Dakar Exhibition. Be inspired […]
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Toby Price has stormed to the top of the timesheets on a slightly disrupted day four of the Sonora Rally. Price took the lead on time by kilometer 92 and didn’t look […]
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Toby Price has stormed to the top of the timesheets on a slightly disrupted day four of the Sonora Rally. Price took the lead on time by kilometer 92 and didn’t look […]
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Toby Price has delivered an outstanding ride on the long timed special on stage three at the Sonora Rally to finish in fourth. The Aussie also lies fourth overall with […]
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Toby Price has fought back from his day one disappointment to place fourth fastest on today’s stage two of the Sonora Rally. Well in contention for the stage win, Price […]
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing are ready to take on the 2023 Sonora Rally. Held in Mexico and featuring as part of the FIM World Rally-Raid Championship for the first time, the five-stage event looks […]
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Toby Price and Kevin Benavides lie first and second overall in the provisional standings at the 2023 Dakar Rally. After over 43 hours of racing, the two KTM 450 RALLY […]
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing have completed the incredibly tough first week of racing at the 2023 Dakar Rally with all three riders lying inside the top 10 overall. Kevin Benavides sits as top KTM, […]
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Kevin Benavides and Toby Price currently lie second and fourth respectively in the provisional overall Dakar Rally standings at the close of day eight. Matthias Walkner, who suffered a wrist […]
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Toby Price, Matthias Walkner, and Kevin Benavides have successfully completed the ultra-demanding stage five at the 2023 Dakar Rally. The three-man team all placed inside the top 10, with Price […]
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Kevin Benavides has posted the fourth quickest time on the long 447-kilometer timed special on day three of the Dakar Rally. Toby Price delivered a strong performance over the mixed […]
The Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team have made a solid start to the 2023 Dakar Rally with Kevin Benavides finishing second on stage one, and Toby Price in fifth. Matthias Walkner, who stopped to […]
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Matthias Walkner, Toby Price, and Kevin Benavides are ready to take on the 2023 Dakar Rally. With less than one month to go before the start of the iconic event, […]
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing are ready to take on the 2022 Rallye du Maroc. The five-stage event marks the third round of this year’s FIM World Rally-Raid Championship. With Matthias Walkner still recovering from […]
Celebrating its 19th edition, Red Bull Romaniacs returned to its traditional format for 2022 with the spectacular city prologue opening proceedings on Tuesday, followed by four long, tough days of hard enduro rallying, ridden in […]
Marking the fifth round of the FIM Hard Enduro World Championship, Red Bull Romaniacs returns to its more traditional format for 2022, with the infamous city prologue opening proceedings on Tuesday, July 26 in the […]
Covering a total distance of 371 kilometers, stage five at the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge included a short but demanding 209-kilometer timed special. Offering up the now familiar mix of dunes and faster, sandy tracks, […]
Although temperatures in the Liwa Desert weren’t quite what they have been during earlier stages of this second round of the FIM Rally-Raid World Championship, the mixture of rocky pistes and large, rolling dunes still […]
Enjoying his time racing through the Liwa Desert, Matthias Walkner delivered a fast and smooth ride to take the win on today’s 255-kilometer timed special by close to one minute. The reigning FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Champion’s […]
The three-man Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team has successfully completed stage two of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge – round two of the 2022 FIM Rally-Raid World Championship. Kevin Benavides endured a tough day […]
Less than two months after the completion of the Dakar Rally, Red Bull KTM are back in action at the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. The event opened with a short, two-kilometer prologue sprint to decide […]
Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge 2022 – Preview Well-rested after the demanding 2022 Dakar Rally and highly motivated to return to competitive action, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing are fired up and once again focused on […]
Lying third going in the final day of racing, Matthias Walkner put in a superb performance on today’s stage to finish seventh fastest and secure his overall podium result. After covering more than 8,000 kilometers, the top […]
The event organizers ensured there was a sting in the tail to this year’s Dakar Rally by delivering one the most challenging stages of the race on the penultimate day. Technically demanding navigation combined with […]
A long, 759-kilometer day in the saddle lay ahead of the riders as they entered stage 10 of the rally from Wadi Ad Dawasir to Bisha. The 375-kilometer timed special was mostly made up of […]
Relatively short at a total distance of under 500 kilometers, and with a timed special of 287 kilometers, stage nine of the Dakar was made up of a fast, looped route close to Wadi Ad […]
Leaving the Saudi capital of Riyadh, competitors made their way west towards Al Dawadimi on stage seven, but first they faced a challenging 402-kilometer timed special that comprised a mixture of seemingly endless dunes followed […]
Today’s 395-kilometer special comprised a three-way mixture of sand, dirt, and dunes. With navigation proving less testing than on Sunday’s stage seven, times throughout the front runners were extremely close with the top eight separated […]
The initially planned 404-kilometer special on today’s stage six was set to see the bike class competitors repeat the route used by the cars and trucks yesterday. With the terrain heavily cut up by the […]
Saturday at the Dakar gives all competitors a well-earned break from competition, and with the 2022 Dakar Rally challenging competitors right from the start with its long, grueling stages and technical navigation, the Red Bull […]
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Matthias Walkner, Toby Price, and Kevin Benavides have all successfully completed the first proper day of racing at the 2022 Dakar Rally – a challenging 514 kilometer looped stage from […]
Celebrating its 44th edition in 2022, this year’s Dakar Rally will be held in the Middle East for the third consecutive year and cover a grueling total distance of 8,106 kilometers. Split into 12 full […]
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Matthias Walkner has won the 2021 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. Putting in another impressive ride to finish in second place on the fifth and final stage of the event, the […]
Including the shortest timed special of the event at just over 250 kilometers, day four of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge presented another technically demanding and physically exhausting route, beginning with soft sand dunes before […]
Placing second on stage three, Matthias Walkner continues to put in fast, consistent performances at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. The Red Bull KTM Factory Racing star is yet to finish outside the top […]
At 470.58 kilometers, the second stage of the rally was the longest of the five-day event, and featured a 333-kilometer timed special that challenged competitors with rolling sand dunes and faster, desert tracks – the […]
Saturday in Abu Dhabi saw a short two-kilometer Super Special Stage held close to the bivouac at the famous Yas Marina circuit. Matthias Walkner excelled on the twisting track to post the fastest time and earn himself […]
The Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge is made up of five full days of racing, primarily held in the dunes of the Liwa Desert. Totaling 1,949 kilometers, the event will feature 1,357 kilometers raced against the […]
Austrian racer Walkner had a 20-point advantage at the top of the championship standings heading into round four of five in the series, and knew he had to put in a strong performance in order […]
Coming into the Rallye du Maroc with a 20-point advantage at the top of the championship standings, Matthias Walkner knew he still had to put in a strong performance at the penultimate round in order to clinch […]
Featuring the longest timed special of the event at a demanding 367.43 kilometers, stage four of the Rallye du Maroc proved to be another huge test of pace and navigational skill. Following a long liaison […]
Featuring the longest timed special of the event, the 604-kilometer stage three proved to be a real challenge for all competitors. With the section raced against the clock covering over 341 kilometers, and made up […]
At a total of 609 kilometers, stage two was the longest of the race and included a challenging timed special of 334 kilometers. Described as the ‘most scenic’ stage by race organizers due to the […]
Covering more than 2,600 kilometers and challenging riders with over 1,600 kilometers of timed special stages, the 2021 edition of the Rallye du Maroc will be based around the Moroccan town of Zagora. Opening with […]
Silk Way Rally 2021 – Stage Five Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Matthias Walkner has won the Silk Way Rally. Placing second on the fifth and final stage, Walkner extended his lead at the top […]
Silk Way Rally 2021 – Stage Four Matthias Walkner has claimed a third-place finish on stage four of the 2021 Silk Way Rally. The Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider safely completed the second half […]
Silk Way Rally 2021 – Stage Three Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Matthias Walkner has topped the timesheets on stage three of the 2021 Silk Way Rally. The Austrian rider now leads the overall standings […]
Silk Way Rally 2021 – Stage Two Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Matthias Walkner has put in another strong performance at the 2021 Silk Way Rally, racing to fourth place on the relatively short timed […]
Marking the second round of the 2021 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship, the Silk Way Rally is the longest on the calendar, totaling over 5,400km. Easing the riders into the mixed terrain event gently, day […]
Starting in Omsk, Russia on July 2, and travelling to Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, the 2021 Silk Way Rally is unquestionably one of the toughest events on the FIM Cross-Country Rallies calendar. Riders will face a […]
Initially scheduled to include a 267.02km timed special, stage five of the 2021 Rally Kazakhstan was shortened to just 158.27km due to an issue with the event’s refueling set-up. As such, riders’ times were very […]
Rally Kazakhstan 2021 – Stage 4 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Matthias Walkner has finished as runner-up on stage four of the 2021 Rally Kazakhstan. The result moves him up to second place overall in […]
Stage two of the rally was the first half of the event’s marathon stage. With very little in the way of liaison, riders soon entered the day’s 280km timed special that led them east from […]
The 2021 Rally Kazakhstan kicked off with an extremely short, 2.8km Prologue on Tuesday to decide the start order for Wednesday’s opening stage. At a total distance of 515km, day one challenged competitors with a […]
Price will continue to focus on the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship, and of course the Dakar Rally, as he starts his seventh season with the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team. A two-time winner […]
Held in the west of the country, and based in the coastal city of Aktau, Rally Kazakhstan will cover a total distance of 2,270 km, of which 1,465 km will be timed special stage with […]
The legendary Dakar Rally. The world’s roughest, toughest race across the most inhospitable terrain attempted by the few, won by the brave. Total Motorcycle’s Inspiration Friday takes a look at the heroes of the 2020 […]
ROCKSTAR ENERGY HUSQVARNA RIDER CLOSES IN ON PROVISIONAL RALLY LEADER WITH ONE STAGE LEFT TO RACE Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Pablo Quintanilla has stormed to victory on the penultimate stage of the Dakar Rally. […]
Having covered nearly 9,000 km of the most challenging terrain through Peru, Bolivia and Argentina, Toby Price brought his KTM machine home for a podium finish, placing third having battled to the end following his return […]
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing rider Pablo Quintanilla has won the 2017 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship at the final round of the series in Morocco. Successfully defending the title he won in 2016, the […]
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