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Dec 2021
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Cyril Despres represents the past, present and future of the Dakar Rally. His rally-raid story traverses desert dunes in Africa, South America and Saudi Arabia. Despres has won five times on a bike and parked a car on the podium. Now his hydrogen-powered vehicle represents the Frenchman’s most daring Dakar ambition to date. Find out what inspires Despres to keep going the extra mile.

Make sure you follow the 2022 Dakar Rally by tuning in to ‘Dakar Daily’ on Red Bull TV in January (redbull.com/dakar), or if you can’t wait until then, check out the latest Dakar series From Dawn Till Dust, also available on Red Bull TV, to learn everything you need to know about the event (https://win.gs/dawntilldust).

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