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Aravind KP to ride Sherco TVS at 2017 Dakar Rally
Aravind KP will be only the second rider after CS Santosh to ride in the Dakar Rally
After ten years of riding for TVS Racing, Aravind KP will be representing the brand at the gruelling Dakar Rally in 2017. Sherco TVS has been competing at the Dakar for two years now, with 2015 being the first year of competition for the Indian outfit. While the team has thus far fielded foreign riders at the event, Aravind KP will be the first Indian rider to ride for them at the Dakar. Thus he will also become only the second Indian rider to compete in the Dakar Rally, after CS Santosh, who participated in 2015 on a KTM and on a Suzuki in...
First Published:Jun 07, 2016, 18:20:09 IST
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