Sherco TVS Factory Rally Team Gears up for Dakar 2016 Challenge

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Chandigarh 23^rd December:- Sherco TVS Factory Rally Team is all set to reignite its challenge in the upcoming Dakar Rally 2016. One of the toughest racing events in the world, Dakar 2016 will kick-start on January 2, 2016 at Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Sherco TVS Factory Rally Team will be represented by three international riders,Alain Duclos from France, Joan Pedrero from Spain and FlorentVayssade from France at the Dakar 2016.

The 9,319 kilometer Dakar route, which will traverse through Argentina and Bolivia, is marked by an increasing level of difficulty as the race progresses. The 38^th edition of Dakar has 14 stages out of which 4,701 kilometers are special stages, where the route will be the most demanding. The 14-day rally will culminate at Villa Carlos Paz – Rosario on January 16, 2016.

Arun Siddharth, Head of Marketing, Motorcycles, TVS Motor Company said that the Dakar Rally is the epitome of high endurance racing. Participation in the high voltage and action filled Dakar Rally offers huge takeaways with respect to endurance, power, quality and performance of the motorcycle under extreme conditions. He added that the Apache RTR series, our flagship product is extremely popular among racing buffs across the country. We are in a constant process of improving and refining our motorcycles and Dakar provides an ideal platform to develop new technologies that can be adapted for future TVS Apache RTR series motorcycles. The key attributes that we seek to impart in future models include durability and performance under severe conditions.

He further said that the 2016 RTR 450 Racing model that will be ridden in this edition of the Dakar is the result of accumulated experience in rally raid by the technicians and the huge development work done by the engineers. All this technological and human investment has helped to increase the engine performance and reliability as well as providing updates in the ergonomics, lightness and a more rigid chassis to provide a machine that can hold its own among the world's best.

According to Arvind Pangaonkar, Head of Team TVS Racing that from a technical stand point, participation in the Dakar Rally is the ultimate motorcycling challenge, nothing is really tougher than racing for two weeks across incredibly hostile environments. Our learning's here will help us greatly in future models. Sherco is undoubtedly a great technical team to collaborate with. The close co-operation between TVS and Sherco and the seamless manner in which we learn and share is what makes this partnership stronger. We share a dynamic relationship and zeal to demonstrate our ability to develop increasingly competitive products.