Kevin Benavides

TEAM: RED BULL KTM FACTORY RACING
RACING NUMBER: 47
NATIONALITY: ARGENTINIAN
BIRTHDAY: 01/09/1989 (9 JANUARY 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 – 1st Dakar Rally
  • 2021 – 1st Dakar Rally
  • 2019 – 3rd FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship
  • 2018 – 2nd Dakar Rally
  • 2017 – 1st Latino American Rally Cross Country Championship
  • 2017 – 2nd FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship
  • 2016 – 1st Argentinian Champion Rally Cross Country
  • 2016 – 4th Dakar Rally