Matthias Walkner
Austrian motorcycle racer
 Matthias Walkner in Dakar 2016. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1986-09-01) 1 September 1986 (age 37) Kuchl, Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Motorsport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Rally raid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matthias Walkner (born 1 September 1986) is an Austrian rally raid biker and former motocross rider, official driver of the team Red Bull KTM Factory for the Dakar Rally.[1]
Biography
He won the 2012 FIM Motocross World Championship (MX3 class) and 2015 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship. As single race of the world championship (cross-country), he has won 2015 Sardegna Rally Race and 2017 Rallye OiLibya du Maroc.[2]
Dakar Rally
| Year | Bike | Rank | Stages |
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| 2015 | KTM 450 Rally | DNF | 1 |
| 2016 | KTM 450 Rally | DNF | 0 |
| 2017 | KTM 450 Rally | 2nd | 1 |
| 2018 | KTM 450 Rally | 1st | 1 |
| 2019 | KTM 450 Rally | 2nd | 2 |
| 2020 | KTM 450 Rally | 5th | 0 |
| 2021 | KTM 450 Rally | 9th | 0 |
| 2022 | KTM 450 Rally | 3rd | 0 |
References
External links
- Biker profile at Redbull.com
- Official site
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| Preceded by | Dakar Rally Motorcycle Winner 2018 | Succeeded by |
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Dakar Rally winners (bikes)
- 1979: Cyril Neveu (FRA)
- 1980: Cyril Neveu (FRA)
- 1981: Hubert Auriol (FRA)
- 1982: Cyril Neveu (FRA)
- 1983: Hubert Auriol (FRA)
- 1984: Gaston Rahier (BEL)
- 1985: Gaston Rahier (BEL)
- 1986: Cyril Neveu (FRA)
- 1987: Cyril Neveu (FRA)
- 1988: Edi Orioli (ITA)
- 1989: Gilles Lalay (FRA)
- 1990: Edi Orioli (ITA)
- 1991: Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA)
- 1992: Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA)
- 1993: Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA)
- 1994: Edi Orioli (ITA)
- 1995: Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA)
- 1996: Edi Orioli (ITA)
- 1997: Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA)
- 1998: Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA)
- 1999: Richard Sainct (FRA)
- 2000: Richard Sainct (FRA)
- 2001: Fabrizio Meoni (ITA)
- 2002: Fabrizio Meoni (ITA)
- 2003: Richard Sainct (FRA)
- 2004: Nani Roma (ESP)
- 2005: Cyril Despres (FRA)
- 2006: Marc Coma (ESP)
- 2007: Cyril Despres (FRA)
- 2008 CE: David Casteu (FRA)
- 2009: Marc Coma (ESP)
- 2010: Cyril Despres (FRA)
- 2011: Marc Coma (ESP)
- 2012: Cyril Despres (FRA)
- 2013: Cyril Despres (FRA)
- 2014: Marc Coma (ESP)
- 2015: Marc Coma (ESP)
- 2016: Toby Price (AUS)
- 2017: Sam Sunderland (GBR)
- 2018: Matthias Walkner (AUT)
- 2019: Toby Price (AUS)
- 2020: Ricky Brabec (USA)
- 2021: Kevin Benavides (ARG)
- 2022: Sam Sunderland (GBR)
- 2023: Kevin Benavides (ARG)
- 2024: Ricky Brabec (USA)
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