RUST magazine: RUST #44
Just in time for Christmas – it's RUST #44! It's a 120-page wonder, that's bringing you the best in enduro, rally, adventure and even heritage riding. And with a long seasonal break ahead it's great reading just when you need it
Just in time for Christmas – it's RUST #44! It's a 120-page wonder, that's bringing you the best in enduro, rally, adventure and even heritage riding. And with a long seasonal break ahead it's great reading just when you need it
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RALLY<br />
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the race’s amazing cost effectiveness<br />
compared with any other form of<br />
global reach motorsport also made it<br />
irresistible for the likes of Sherco and<br />
Hero.<br />
Obviously all these factory teams<br />
need professional riders, hence the<br />
explosion of people getting paid to<br />
make attempting to win the Dakar a full<br />
time job. According to Dakar organiser<br />
ASO’s own ‘Elite Riders’ list there’s 19<br />
of them. Some of them could rightfully<br />
be considered a bit marginal for an<br />
overall win but all of them are capable<br />
of winning a stage. And there’s quite<br />
a few people who’ve won the Dakar<br />
without winning any stages at all…<br />
The irony of course is that while<br />
there is no longer any one rider who’s<br />
a clear favourite – the winningest<br />
rider currently in activity is Toby<br />
Price with a puny two victories to his<br />
name – the influx of teams and pilots<br />
hasn’t managed to knock KTM off their<br />
perch. This year (2019) the Austrian<br />
manufacturer won the last edition to<br />
be held in South America to chalk up<br />
a staggering 17 victories on the trot.<br />
The law of averages says they can’t<br />
keep doing this forever but a quick tour<br />
around the other teams suggests they<br />
still looking awfully strong.<br />
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