Dakar Rally Champion Cyril Despres

Meet Red Bull – KTM enduro rider, Cyril Despres. Cyril was born to two restaurateurs in France before moving to Paris to work on motorcycles. He began riding Enduros in 1998 becoming the French champion during his first year. Despres then sold 6,000 bottles of wine to fund his first trip to the Dakar rally in 2000. Cyril has since won the Dakar Rally four times in 2005, 2007, 2010 and 2012 tying him for the most wins. All of his Dakar win money goes to support a school for 324 children in Africa. Red Bull released this promo video of Cyril as he prepares for the upcoming 2013 Dakar.


Source: Red Bull on YouTube