ISB SPORT FINISHES THE DAKAR WITH THE RIDER ORIOL MENA

ISB SPORT FINISHES THE DAKAR WITH THE RIDER ORIOL MENA

From January 3 to 15, the Dakar rally was held in Saudi Arabia. The toughest offroad stage race in the world is the ideal chance for the automotive industry to put its products to the test in the most extreme conditions. ISB Industries participated in this edition by sponsoring the motorcycle rider Oriol Mena. The Spanish had already competed in the 2017 and 2018 editions; in his debut he finished seventh and was the best Rookie of the race, the following year he has classified in the top ten again.

 

The 2021 edition became one of the toughest in terms of orientation. Oriol Mena finished the first stage in eleventh position; despite not having a motorcycle as powerful as the ones of other official teams, he was willing to show that he could be, once again, among the best in the world. But in the Dakar there are also bad days, all the drivers suffer them and Mena had to deal with problems with the swingarm, engine and GPS at different stages. These difficulties took him away from the Top 10 in the general classification. Although the Maresme rider managed to overcome adversities and in the last four stages he always finished close to the top ten, or even scoring 9th.

 

Oriol Mena managed to complete the Dakar 2021 and finished sixteenth in the general classification; without any doubt, if he didn’t have mechanical problems, he would have been once again among the top ten, a space reserved for extraordinary drivers. The ISB SPORT rider would comment: “Dakar is over! Too bad what happened in those 3 stages … but I was determined to overcome difficulties. Anyway, I am proud of my work because I have managed to take the bike to the bivouac every day. After a serious crash at the end of 2019, you spend more than a year waiting for the Dakar and on top of that without having had time and opportunities to train, so no matter the classification, the important thing is that I am very happy to have finished! Thanks to ISB for trusting me and giving me the opportunity to live a Dakar again. “

 

 

 

 

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The Dakar is a rally raid, although it is, above all, an incomparable human adventure. Its history has been carved in the most beautiful deserts on the planet, through men and women of multiple origins willing to face one of the toughest sport challenges of our time. As an extreme competition and orientation race, the Dakar brings together the greatest riders of the rally raid, as well as the amateurs who come to fulfil a dream, live an adventure and tackle the most important challenge of their life with a motorcycle, a quad , a truck or a car. Every year, for four decades, 500 pilots of more than 60 nationalities come together for 15 days in a unique race to write extraordinary human stories and ISB SPORT did not want to miss the opportunity to be part of this adventure.

 

 

    

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