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Luciano BENAVIDES

(arg) 1.71m / 70kg

Hobbies

Motocross

Sponsors

Alpinestars, 100%, Hotel Portezuelo

Vehicle

Marca: Husqvarna
Modelo: FR 450
Preparación: Husqvarna Factory Racing
Asistencia: Husqvarna Factory Racing
Clase: RallyGP

Rankings

2022: 2º
2021: 6º
2019 : 6º
2018 : 12º
2017 : 17º

Otros Palmarés
2022: 2º en Atacama Rally
2021: 7º en el Silkway Rally
2019: 5º en Silk Way; 10º en Atacama Rally
2018: 6° en el Rally Desafío Ruta 40, 13° en el Desafío Inca en Peru
2017: abandonó en el Desafío Ruta 40 Norte
2016: Campeón Argentino de Enduro, categoría Senior con KTM de Argentina, 2° en el Full Gas Sprint Enduro de Estados Unidos, Medalla de Oro en los Six Days de España.
2015: Campeón Argentino de Enduro, categoría Seniors con KTM de Argentina.

Looking to regain confidence

Luciano is the younger brother of 2021 Dakar winner Kevin Benavides. A year before his elder brother's victory, he achieved what was until then the highest finishing position of any Argentinean Dakar competitor by crossing the line in 6th place on the first edition in Saudi Arabia. After a 9th place for the last South American edition in 2019, Luciano’s star seemed to be rising. By 2020, Luciano had moved sideways from the factory KTM team next door to Husqvarna. Then on the 2021 Dakar, with his brother riding his Honda to victory Luciano crashed out on stage 9 while in 10th place overall. 2021 started badly for him but a 6th place on the Kazakhstan Rally, 5th on the Silk Way and 6th on the Rallye du Maroc proved reassuring. But then on the 2022 Dakar, for the opening round of the new format W2RC, Luciano couldn't manage better than 13th place at the finish, despite spending half the race in the Top 10 overall and posting three Top 5s special stage results 9 th on the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, Luciano maintained his 10 th place overall in the W2RC rankings while his teammate Skyler Howes, back racing after his Dakar crash, finished 6 th, putting Husqvarna in 5 th place in the manufacturers’ championship.

Ranking 2022

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