Growing up with a passion for off-road racing is one thing, but realising your dream and scoring a full factory ride at the Dakar is something else altogether. Jose Ignacio Cornejo has done both of these. 'Nacho' as he is known to his fans, arrived on the rally scene with a splash - finishing second on the treacherous DesafÃo Inka on his first attempt. In 2016 Nacho won the Cross-Country Rallies Junior Championship. Off the back of this success he was picked up by the Monster Energy Honda Team to stand in for a then injured Paulo Gonçalves on the 2018 Dakar; and the rest, as they say, is history. An expert at navigation, a flair for big wheelies, and with raw speed to match, Nacho is one to watch at the Dakar Rally
Growing up with a passion for off-road racing is one thing, but realising your dream and scoring a full factory ride at the Dakar is something else altogether. Jose Ignacio Cornejo has done both of these. 'Nacho' as he is known to his fans, arrived on the rally scene with a splash - finishing second on the treacherous DesafÃo Inka on his first attempt. In 2016 Nacho won the Cross-Country Rallies Junior Championship. Off the back of this success he was picked up by the Monster Energy Honda Team to stand in for a then injured Paulo Gonçalves on the 2018 Dakar; and the rest, as they say, is history. An expert at navigation, a flair for big wheelies, and with raw speed to match, Nacho is one to watch at the Dakar Rally
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34th running of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge gets underway Saturday, opening Round 2 of the 2025 FIM World Rally Raid Championship in the famed Empty Quarter desert
Honda’s Adrien Van Beveren, the ‘23 winner of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, leads the Monster Energy-backed World Rally Raid Championship racers into the United Arab Emirates’ famed ocean of sand – the Empty Quarter Desert
Rather than relaxing after another recent Dakar Rally podium finish, Monster Energy’s Adrien Van Beveren returned to his home in northern France, spun some wrenches on his vintage 1996 Honda CR500, and then booted up and won the prestigious 50th annual Enduropale du Touquet for the second time in his stories off-road motorcycle racing career.
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