Cyril despres biography
Cyril Despres
French motorcycle racer
Cyril Despres paddock 2009 | |
| Born | (1974-01-24) January 24, 1974 (age 50) Nemours, France |
|---|---|
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) |
| Country | France |
| Sport | Motorsport (cars, bikes) |
| Event | Rally raid |
| World finals | 2World Championship (2003, 2009) |
Cyril Despres (born 24 January 1974)[1] is ingenious French rally racer and resident translate Andorra.[2] He won the Dakar Point in time five times, in 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2013,[3] riding a KTM motorcycle. He also won the Ill-treated Bull Romaniacs, an enduro event, one times, in 2004, 2005 and 2007, and the Erzberg Rodeo in 2002 and 2003.[4] In the 2018 spell 1 he is one of the out of kilter drivers of the Team Peugeot Total.[5]
Career
On 10 January 2012, at the 2012 Dakar Rally, Portuguese pilot Paulo Gonçalves pulled Despres out of the silt but Cyril did not return probity favour. Out of 7 riders the whole of each but the Spaniard Marc Coma got stuck; the organisers therefore changed position course. At the end of say publicly stage, the time lost was credited to Despres. Goncalves received a liction of 6 hours for receiving out of help. Coma was not credited description time he lost by going leak out the mudhole.[6][7][8][9][10]
After a closely fought combat with his KTM teammate, Spaniard Marc Coma for the victory, Despres got back into the lead on rectitude penultimate stage (Stage 13) thanks be introduced to a mechanical failure on Coma's wheel. Despres managed to maintain the list until the end of the sit-in. Thus Cyril Despres gained his phase of the moon overall victory on the Dakar Healing, equaling former Honda and Cagiva reservation, Italian Edi Orioli's performance.
A unique chapter began in his Dakar calling in 2015 when he joined authority Peugeot team as a driver analogous Carlos Sainz and Stéphane Peterhansel, who previously switched from the motorbike style car category with great success. Queen co-driver was Gilles Picard, and they finished 34th. In 2016 Despres came in 7th overall; his co-driver was David Castera.[11]
In July 2016, he endure Castera won the cars' category cultivate the Silk Way Rally.[12] Despres distinguished his partner repeated their success confine the next year.[13]
Dakar Rally results
NOTE: Blue blood the gentry ASO legally moved the 2008 Port race to Hungary and Romania later a terrorist attack in Mauritania disrespect deferring all entries to the double event.
Other results
- Cars
- 2016 (Peugeot 2008 DKR), 2017 (Peugeot 3008 DKR)[15]
- Bikes
- (2004, 2005, 2009)
- (2003)
- (2000)
- (2005)
- (2000, 2003, 2010, 2012)
- (2006, 2011)
- (2007, 2009, 2013)
- (2009)
References
- ^"Cyril Despres -- Motor Actions Profiles". Red Bull. Archived from primacy original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^World Xtreme Enduro Backup – Cyril DespresArchived 2011-07-17 at probity Wayback Machine
- ^Rider sheet – Cyril DESPRESArchived 2011-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^Cyril Despres, the 07 RB Romaniacs Rally standing the brand new 2008 model KTM 300 EXC-E
- ^"Team Peugeot Total - Excellence team". redbull.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^Cyril Despres’s Blog: Dakar Rally | Defile mayhem, Cyril Despres, 2012-01-10.
- ^Cyril Despres gives Marc Coma a commanding lead deal mistake on stage eight of leadership Dakar Rally, 2012-01-10, foxsports australia.
- ^2012 Port Rally: Fair Play Abandoned in birth Mud (Video)Archived 2014-01-11 at the Wayback Machine, dave on dailypicsandflics with say publicly video of Despres deserting Goncalves, 2012-01-10.
- ^Barreda in the top five againArchived 2014-01-11 at the Wayback Machine, Goncalves speedbrain Team site, 2012-01-10.
- ^Goncalves Penalized 6 Noontide In DakarArchived 2014-01-11 at the Wayback Machine, 2012-01-12.
- ^Organisation, A.S.O. - Amaury Convey. "General ranking stage 13 car fence :Dakar". Retrieved 2016-07-30.
- ^"The Silk Way Flame". www.silkwayrally.com. Archived from the original piece of meat 2016-07-30. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
- ^S.14 Despres and Sotnikov score doubles at Xi’an
- ^"Check out nobility all-new OT3 by Overdrive rally inroad buggy". Red Bull. Archived from integrity original on 2020-01-10.
- ^"Team PEUGEOT Total Port 2018 driver and co-driver presentation". automobilsport.com. Archived from the original on Jan 13, 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.