Joan Barreda experienced an accident that broke his handlebar in two pieces. Any wise motorcyclist knows how to deal with a broken Handlebar but Bareda managed to not only fix it but also keep pushing ahead and away from his biggest rival.
Lucky or not, this achievement is now part of Rally history. This is Motul's doctrine: pushing where anyone else would have stopped.
Face the impossible
Dakar’s marathon stages are the toughest days of the toughest rally, as riders cannot receive any outside assistance.
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