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Cross-Country Rallies

09/05/12 - 08:59
Sardegna Rally Race: Peterhansel will join again, Tony Cairoli will be there too!
After having communicated the details of the tracks, now it’s time to show you a small “preview” of this exceptional racing set. SRR will also be the turning point of the Cross Country Rally World Cup, and the 2012 edition is launched and has got really good promises. And if Rally promises, Bike Village will keep the promise. That’s the way it has always been and that’s the reason why we can call ...
21/04/12 - 12:55
Coma tiumphs in Qatar
MRW rider wins in Qatar for second consecutive victory in Cross-Country Rallies World Championship. The winner of the Sealine Cross-Country Rally has now been decided. MRW rider Marc Coma was this morning crowned the inaugural winner of the event –the second race of the World Championship season. Second in the final stage, Coma ended the contest with a final advantage of more than six minutes ov...
18/04/12 - 09:13
Marc Coma, ready for Qatar rally debut
MRW rider places third in Tuesday prologue for the Sealine Cross-Country Rally, held near the Losail International Circuit.The second event of the Cross-Country Rallies World Championship begins tomorrow in Qatar, and today's prologue served to define the starting order for Stage One. An extremely short special stage, Marc Coma placed third and will get third pick for his starting position tomorro...
16/04/12 - 13:46
Qatar - Sealine Cross-Country Rally
Four times World Champion, Marc Coma, will be competing from tomorrow until Saturday, April 21st in the Sealine Cross-Country Rally event in Qatar. The Arab Emirate will be hosting a World Championship round of the discipline for the first time, setting out a route consisting of a prologue and four stages totaling 1340km. Sandy dunes and intense heat await the Repsol rider as he goes for a second ...
06/04/12 - 17:58
''Everything went perfectly'' - Coma
Four-time Cross-Country Rallies World Champion Marc Coma took the opening win of 2012 in the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge today. The Repsol rider has now won the last four editions of the event, with six victories in total. A win in the fifth and final stage today sealed the glory Coma, who rode impeccably all week. Coma had to take on over 2000km during the five-day event, but it was all worth th...
06/04/12 - 17:22
Husqvarna happy with double podium
From last Sunday until today the first round of the FIM Cross Country Rally World Championship took place in the desert of Abu Dhabi. The Husqvarna Rallye Team by Speedbrain took part with the Husqvarna TE 449 RR and the riders Joan Barreda and Paulo Gonçalves. Both riders and their bikes had to manage high temperatures of approx. 40° C and the desert of Abu Dhabi with its soft sand and high dunes...
06/04/12 - 11:27
Coma takes Abu Dhabi win
The Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, the first round of the RAIDS World Championship for 2012, has ended with Marc Coma claiming a sixth triumph —his fourth consecutive win. The MRW rider had started the final stage with an advantage of over 6 minutes over his nearest rival and today claimed his third victory of the five day event. Placing first in today’s special stage, Coma rounded off an impeccabl...
04/04/12 - 18:47
Stage win and leadership goes to Coma
MRW rider imposes authority in third stage of Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge and takes lead of over 8 minutes in overall standings Marc Coma had already singled out the 346km third stage, divided into 168km and 178km sections with a neutral zone of 9km, as being a key part of the race, and so it proved to be on Wednesday. The MRW rider started eleventh as a result of his position yesterday, but mana...
03/04/12 - 14:52
Coma drops a place in overall standings
MRW rider lies second in Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge after Stage Two, 20 seconds down on the leader in the overall standings.The second stage of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge consisted of 434 kilometres, 283 of which were ridden against the clock. It was the first key stage of the rally, taking place almost entirely in the desert of the Arab Emirate. Marc Coma opened the stage as a result of his v...
02/04/12 - 16:01
Coma takes the initiative in Abu Dhabi
MRW rider goes on the attack from the start and dominates first special stageThe Cross-Country Rallies World Championship began today with the first Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge special stage. Marc Coma, winner of the last three editions of the race, attacked the lead from the opening kilometre onwards in order to gain an advantage for this five-day event. The first special stage was contested over ...