(1974-01-24) January 24, 1974 (age 50) Nemours, France
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight
82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Country
France
Sport
Motorsport (cars, bikes)
Event
Rally raid
Achievements and titles
World finals
2 World Championship (2003, 2009)
Medal record
Rally raid (bikes)
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Dakar Rally
5
4
1
Rally of Tunisia
3
1
1
Rallye du Maroc
4
1
2
Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge
5
-
-
Rallye dos Sertões
2
3
0
Sardegna Rally Race
2
-
-
Total
21
9
4
Rally raid (cars)
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Dakar Rally
0
0
1
Silk Way Rally
2
-
-
Total
2
0
1
Cyril Despres (born 24 January 1974)[1] is a French rally racer and resident of Andorra.[2] He won the Dakar Rally five times, in 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2013,[3] riding a KTM motorcycle. He also won the Red Bull Romaniacs, an enduro event, three times, in 2004, 2005 and 2007, and the Erzberg Rodeo in 2002 and 2003.[4] In the 2018 season he is one of the official drivers of the Team Peugeot Total.[5]
^"Cyril Despres -- Motor Sports Profiles". Red Bull. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^World Xtreme Enduro Championship – Cyril Despres Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
^Rider sheet – Cyril DESPRES Archived 2011-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
^Cyril Despres, the 07 RB Romaniacs Rally and the brand new 2008 model KTM 300 EXC-E
^"Team Peugeot Total - The team". redbull.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
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another five stage wins to beat Despres by only 15 minutes. The following year's contest was even closer, with Coma and Despres separated by less than two...
stage before being awarded a 15-minute penalty for an engine change.^4 CyrilDespres set the fastest time for the stage before being awarded a 5-minute penalty...
Marc Coma on KTM won the motorcycle category, second was French rider CyrilDespres and third Italian rider Giovanni Sala (both on KTM). Notes: ^1 — Ruben...
for the second successive year. The motorcycle category was won by CyrilDespres. Note: Number one was not issued as a mark of respect Richard Sainct...
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4 was for two of the favorites, Nasser Al-Attiyah (Team Toyota) and CyrilDespres (Team Peugeot) that have been significantly delayed. The bikes class...
the works KTM team as "water-carrier" (support rider) for teammate CyrilDespres, where Faria took another stage win in the final day of the rally to...
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features the primary classes of cars and trucks. Official winners are CyrilDespres and Ayrat Mardeev. "History of Silk Way Rally". Archived from the original...
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