Experience really showed on Leg 3 of this year’s Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, with two defending Desert Challenge champions enjoying strong performances among the towering dunes. Marc Coma furthered his overall lead in the bikes category while Russian...
Rider Sam Sunderland of the KTM-UAE Rally Team today broke an Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge record by coming first in Leg 2 of this year’s rally, and, in the process, becoming the youngest ever rider to win a stage. The 21-year-old Briton completed the stage...
Marc Coma proved that he is as a formidable a competitor as ever by coming home after just 1h 27m 55s on his factory KTM 450. He rounded off an excellent opening day for KTM, which saw three bikes finish in the top five. UAE competitor Khalid Al Falasi,...
The Taj Mahal, they say, was built as a monument to love. The Eiffel Tower stands tall as an example of structural engineering as the Hagia Sophia does to the testament of God, but the cities of Dubai and Abu Dhabi exist unashamedly as nothing more than...
The Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, which takes place from April 1 to 7, marks a major milestone for the Dubai-based KTM-UAE Factory Rally Team. Teaming up with the Dubai-based KTM-UAE riders is the 2011 Dakar Rally winner, Marc Coma and fellow KTM Factory...
A mix of international champions and the UAE’s best off-road specialists outlined their podium aspirations at today’s official press conference launch of next week’s six-day 2011 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. Under the glamorous backdrop of Yas Marina...
Loyal participant in the Rally of Tunisia driving his buggy since the 90s, Jean-Louis Schlesser is trying to chain another victory after these obtained last year. It is only two steps behind the record of 8 wins held by Pierre LARTIGUE that we recover...
Looking to demonstrate their supreme understanding of the Western Region’s sands, which comes from generations of local knowledge, 22 UAE nationals are set to take on the world’s best rally drivers and riders when the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge begins...
