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Finally, after confirmation by race organizers, the Dakar 2020 was unveiled today in Saudi Arabia, where the event will be hosted over the next five years. Monster Energy Honda Team was present at the event held in Riyadh. Monster Energy Honda Team has officially confirmed its participation in the next… read more.

The TNDA has accepted the case presented by Kevin Benavides and Monster Energy Honda Team to the French Motorcycle Federation to overturn a penalty imposed in the recent 2019 Dakar. The president of the French Motorcycle Federation had decided to request that the Tribunal National de Discipline et d’Arbitrage reverse… read more.

This week Monster Energy Honda Team were once again back at the French port of Le Havre to pick up the assistance vehicles and motorcycles freshly arrived back after the recent appearance in the Dakar Rally. Now back at the team’s headquarters, the mechanics are already hard at work to… read more.

A sense of tranquillity now permeates the bivouac in Arequipa as the Dakar reaches its rest day. The riders, however, after a well-deserved morning rest and massage session, are now preparing for the next stage while the mechanics have spent the morning checking over the bikes ready for this afternoon.… read more.

The action recommences for the Monster Energy Honda Team. The team are now in possession of the vehicles which had arrived at the port of Lima, after an Atlantic crossing which set sail from the French port of Le Havre. The mechanics were thus able to tune the bikes one… read more.

The forthcoming 2019 Dakar will be a very special one for José Ignacio Cornejo. ‘Nacho’ gets to participate in the world’s toughest rally for the first time as an official HRC factory rider with Monster Energy Honda Team, a squad with whom the rider has previously ridden. The rally –… read more.

Today the 41st edition of the Dakar Rally was officially presented in Paris, with the race setting out from the Peruvian capital of Lima on January 6th. Monster Energy Honda Team wheels out the big guns for the great challenge with the team poised and fully prepared. The Peruvian Embassy… read more.

Last week in the port of Le Havre in northern France, the vehicles of the squad due to participate in the forthcoming 2019 Dakar Rally underwent the embarkation procedure and set sail for South America. Nine vehicles transporting the bikes and equipment of the Monster Energy Honda Team are now… read more.

Honda Rally’s factory team, the Monster Energy Honda Team, have spent a day at the prestigious International Motorcycle Show in Milan, EICMA, where the team members met up with several of the brands who endorse the squad throughout the season. After the official presentation of the various HRC teams had… read more.

Riders Kevin Benavides and Mathias Bellino, participants in the 2018 Desafío Ruta 40 with the Monster Energy Honda Team, were both forced to retire prematurely from the race after separate accidents. World championship leader Argentinean rider Kevin Benavides, was involved in an accident at kilometre 60 in the first stage… read more.