Kevin Benavides

TEAM: RED BULL KTM FACTORY RACING
RACING NUMBER: 47
NATIONALITY: ARGENTINIAN
BIRTHDAY: 09.01.1989
RACE BIKE: KTM 450 RALLY
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: DAKAR AND WORLD RALLY-RAID

ABOUT KEVIN

Kevin Max Benavides is an Argentine World Rally-Raid rider who is best known for winning the Dakar Rally twice, in 2021 and 2023. Kevin’s first Dakar win in 2021 made him the first ever South American winner in the bikes category. However, Kevin first found success in Enduro having achieved four gold medals at various International Six Day Enduro events.

ACHIEVEMENTS:

2023 – 1^st Dakar Rally
2021 – 1^st Dakar Rally
2019 – 3^rd FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship
2018 – 2^nd Dakar Rally
2017 – 1^st Latino American Rally Cross Country Championship
2017 – 2^nd FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship
2016 – 1^st Argentinian Champion Rally Cross Country
2016 – 4^th Dakar Rally

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