His father, in the past, recommended to the 2023 champion that he leave the competition because of the danger that riders run on a motorcycle.
Kevin Benavides is the Argentine who left the national flag at the top at the beginning of 2023 in the sports environment. This is the pilot from Salta became champion of the Dakar Rally in the motorcycle category and with this new title he continues to make history because He won two championships with two different brands. However, Kevin’s story could have been very different if he had listened to his father, who He begged her to leave the motorcycles because of the danger of accidents.
Kevin fell in love with the Dakar when he started racing in Argentina in 2009but for your first experience in this unusual competition have to wait 7 years. In 2016 he said he was present for the first time, after receiving from Bachelor of Business Administration from the Catholic University of Salta.
In that 2016 for kevin benavides debut could not have been more encouraging, finished fourth overall and this is the kickoff to continue competing season after season. The following year his performance improved and he is about to win the title by placing the second in the general table and conquer the runner-up, in 2019 he finished fifth, in 2020 he was 19th overall and in 2021 he achieved glory (with Honda).
In 2021, the same year in which he touched the sky with his hands, suffered a fissure from a fall from which he recovered and that was the exact moment his father asked him to stay away from motorcycles because of the danger the pilots were exposed to. Kevin, he ignored his dad and doubled the bet by signing a contract with KTM, from whom he came from taking the second title of his career in the category.
“No driver has won the Dakar and immediately changed teams, I am the first in the history of the competition. And those are the things that motivate me: to win again with another brand”sure kevin benavides in an interview with fabric. It is that the Argentine pilot became champion for the first time in the Dakar Rally in the motorcycle category in 2021 and he became the first South American to earn this title.
But the man from Salta was not satisfied and looked for more, he ended his contract with Honda and decided to join KTM, a brand where he once again reached glory. If Benavides has already made history by becoming the first South American to win the championship on two wheels, He grew the legacy by winning two championships but with two different brands.
“Besides motorcycles, I like cycling, extreme sports, jet skiing or jet skiing. I need something with wheels or an engine.” Kevin revealed who fell in love with motorcycles when he was very young and from there he knew that his destiny was none other than on top of one of them.
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Source: Tycsports
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