Team HRC in Argentina for the Desafio Ruta 40
By TMX Archives on 18th May 15
Team HRC Rally are all set to tackle the sixth edition of Argentinas Desafio Ruta 40 which heads out from Catamarca on Tuesday May 19 before winding up after five days of racing in Villa Union on Saturday May 23
The Ruta 40 forms part of the Dakar Series and will be the first of three competitions to be held on South America soil; second up will be Paraguay's Desafio Guarani in July, with the Desafio Inca in Peru rounding off the series later in September.
Team HRC will be lining up Joan Barreda, Paulo Goncalves and rookie Ricky Brabec for the Ruta 40 challenge. The event will give Team HRC further opportunity to test the CRF 450 Rally and simulate the terrain and conditions that the riders are likely to encounter in Argentina at the forthcoming Dakar 2016.
Argentina's national rally champion Javier Pizzolito couldn't miss out on the race on home soil and will be entrusted with a CRF 450 Rally HRC under the auspices of Mariano Casaroli's MEC team.
