Reigning Dakar champion Benavides leaves Honda to join KTM

Benavides led Honda’s first 1-2 in the prestigious rally raid since 1987 earlier this January, beating last year’s champion Ricky Brabec and a fleet of KTMs.
The result made him only the second Argentine to win the Dakar after Marcos Patronelli in 2010 (quads), and first in the ultra-competitive motorcycles class.
The 32-year-old has been associated with Honda since 2015 when he received …Keep reading