CS Santosh has successfully finished six stages of the Dakar Rally
CS Santosh has successfully finished six stages of the Dakar Rally, the toughest motorsport on the planet. He finished stage 6 in the 64th spot and stands in the 52nd place in the overall ranking. Stage 6 of the Dakar Rally was 318 km long and was technical. This stage was won by Helder Rodrigues from Portugal, riding a Honda....
Dakar 2015: Alain Duclos Sherco TVS 9th overall for after Stage 6
Sherco TVS Rally Factory Team’s two riders Frenchmen Alain Duclos and Fabien Planet. Alain Duclos, for one, has proved to be Mr Consistency, powering through into the top 10 on nearly every stage of the rally, therefore also maintaining his position in the overall standings. The sixth stage of the Dakar was no different then. Duclos riding the RTR 450...
Dakar 2015: CS Santosh 52nd overall as Dakar reaches halfway distance
With half the distance of the world’s most gruelling Dakar rally raid still to go. CS Santosh has something to be proud of for sure, in that his performance during the first six stages of the Dakar has been good and consistent, especially for a rider competing in his first ever edition of the event. Before heading to the...
Rugved Barguje is a 13-year-old motocross rider from Pune
Who was your inspiration? I am inspired by my family who are national level motocross racers. My father, Gnyaneshwar Barguje, better known as Bala, is a former national motocross champion and winner of the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Award. My uncle Vijay Barguje and my cousins, Yogesh and Vishal, are also top motocross racers. They inspired me and even rider Aravind...
Nine-year-old Yuvraj rock on Motocross track
Yuvraj, in fact, is so talented that come January 18, the nine-year-old will take on a field of 10-12 riders — all older than him in the U-14 moto-cross race to be held at Ajmera I-Land Racing Academy’s track at Wadala. “Nobody is as good as me in the U-10 category. That is why I chose to participate in the...
Nine-year-old Yuvraj wins DMX Moto 1 & 2 Under-65cc Category
It seems like consistency is Yuvraj the nine-year-old from Pune has won all the three rounds of the prestigious eight-race Dubai Motocross Championship that have been held so far. In forth round first again in both the races moto 1 and 2 in 65cc category More About Yuvraj Click Here
Dakar 2015: CS Santosh continues steady performance during Stage 5
CS Santosh’s goal when he left India to compete in the Dakar Rally, becoming the first ever Indian to do so, was clear. “The aim is to finish the Dakar,” he said to us. And the truth is, if he continues his performance in the manner that he has finished the first five stages, there is a real likelihood...
CS Santosh proves there`s more to India than cricket
Born in Bangalore, among the mangoes of his wealthy family`s plantation, Santosh Chunchunguppe Shivashankar`s interests should naturally have turned towards cricket, the national sport. But the 31-year-old, better known as CS Santosh, is instead discovering the dangers of fesh-fesh as the first Indian to compete in the gruelling Dakar Rally. "I tried badminton, golf, tennis, cricket, but I just couldn`t stick...
CS Santosh overall 50th after Stage 4
It’s been a tough couple of days at the Dakar for CS Santosh, or Chunchunguppe Shivashankar as you’ll find his name written out on the official entry list. Santosh had a fall during the second stage of the rally, and the pain caused by the injury to his shoulder has been getting in the way of riding to the...
Michal Hernik,found dead along stage-3 in Dakar 2015
Dakar Rally motorcycle competitor Michal Hernik, 39, of Poland was found dead today at kilometer No. 206 along Stage 3 between San Juan and Chilecito, Argentina. In a statement, race organizers say the circumstances of his death have yet to be determined and that Hernik did not show “any external signs of an accident.” The statement continues: “When the race management...