Team Husqvarna prepare for Dakar Rally

Saturday January 5 with the departure of the 35th Dakar, the most important and fascinating race in the world, kicks off the 2013 motorsport season. After the positive debut in last year, with a stage victory reported by the strong Spanish rider Joan Barreda, the Husqvarna Rallye Team by Speedbrain will take part in this edition with 4 official bikes. The team has acquired more experience, triumphed at the recent Rally of the Pharaohs and is able to fight for the final podium. Will lead the Husqvarna TE 449 RR 4 the winner of the Pharaohs, the Spanish Joan Barreda, the Portuguese Paulo Goncalves, italian Alessandro Botturi, rookie of the year 2012 with an excellent final eighth place and the Australian Matt Fish.

The riders did the last testing session before leaving for South America with a 4-day test in Andalusia, where for the first time the riders were able to carry a training session together and a specific training on navigation along the sandy soils , which will be the most common ingredient of this fifth edition of the Dakar in South America. Involved in the Husqvarna Rallye Team expedition, Jordi Viladoms special customer in saddle a TE449RR by Speedbrain. The new edition involved Peru, Argentina and Chile and ending after 8423 km in Santiago del Chile Sunday, January 20.