one by one, who they are and how they get to the toughest rally on the planet

The Dakar 2025 has already begun, at least with the official activities, with the presentation of the competition. In this case, Argentina will have a leading space, as is customary in this specialty in Saudi Arabia. The toughest rally on the planet will take place between January 3 and 17, between the cities of Bisha and Shubaytah.

On RallyGP motorcycles, brothers Kevin and Luciano Benavides will share a team at KTMwith the official team. Luciano already debuted under this structure, previously he did it with Husqvarna, in the Morocco Rally. Kevin, on the other hand, is recovering from the tremendous accident last May, although he has already confirmed his participation.

The man from Neuquén will also compete in motorcycles Juan Santiago Rostan with a Rally2. While in Dakar Future, the limited division for clean energy vehicles, Benjamín Pascual will be there with an electric motorcycle from the Segway Rally Team.

In the most important category of cars, or trucks, known as Ultimate, where Nasser Al-Attiyah, Sebastien Loeb or Carlos Sainz will seek victory, there will be only one Argentine: Juan Cruz Yacopini from Mendoza, with Toyota Jilux.

In the Challenger category, there will be a lot of attention. The Cordovan Nicolás Cavigliasso with his wife and world champion Valentina Pertegarini (he received his award at the FIA ​​annual party), they will go for victory. David Zille will also compete there with Sebastián Cesana, all of them very experienced. As for Argentine sailors, Facundo Jatón will go with the Spanish Xavier Foj, Gastón Mattarucco with the Colombian Javier Vélez, and Augusto Sanz with the Qatari Ahmed Al-Kuwari.

In the Side by Side category, the new FIA Baja World Cup champion, Fernando Álvarez Castellano, will race with CanAm, while the quadricycle world champion (a category that no longer participates in the Dakar), Lobos driver Manuel Andújar, He will compete with the experienced Mendoza sailor Bernardo ‘Ronnie’ Graue. There will be Fernando Acosta (another world champion), who will sail with the Ecuadorian Sebastián Guayasamín, while the Cordoban Jeremías González Ferioli will go with Gonzalo Rinaldi. Anuar Osman will sail to the Spanish Fidel Castillo.

In Dakar Classic, as usual Jorge Pérez Companc will participate in this case accompanied by Cristóbal Pérez Companc.