Toby Price is favored to win in 2017 Dakar Rally,
the Australian once again on a KTM 450 Rally. He won’t have an easy time of it
though, with riders from Honda, Husqvarna, Yamaha, and even within his own KTM
Racing team all having a shot at this year’s addition.
To hoist the winner’s trophy though, riders tested over 12 stages, seven of which have timed sections of 400 km or more. As
fans should be well aware of, anything can happen over those 12 stages.
For 2017, the Dakar Rally start in Paraguay for
the first time ever (the race’s 29th host country), before it heads to Bolivia,
and then ends in Argentina. Six days will be spent above 3,000 meters in
elevation, and Dakar Sporting Director Marc Coma says it will be the most
grueling Dakar Rally ever – as a five-time winner himself, Coma’s words should
be taken with a heavy burden.
