Cyril Despres

Cyril Despres is a French rally racer and resident of Andorra, born on 24 January 1974. He rose to fame on two wheels, riding a KTM motorcycle to five victories in the Dakar Rally, in 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2013, which at the time of his fourth win equalled the record of the Italian rider Edi Orioli. He also won the Red Bull Romaniacs enduro three times, in 2004, 2005 and 2007, and the Erzberg Rodeo in 2002 and 2003, and collected a long list of other rally wins on bikes in Tunisia, Morocco, Brazil and elsewhere. In 2015 he moved to the car category of the Dakar with the Peugeot team, alongside Carlos Sainz and Stephane Peterhansel, finishing seventh overall in 2016. With co-driver David Castera he won the cars category of the Silk Way Rally in 2016 and again in 2017. For the 2018 season he was one of the official drivers of Team Peugeot Total.