Why Loeb cannot be allowed to give up on Dakar
Sebastien Loeb has been the fastest man on the Dakar Rally since he first appeared on the legendary event, but he's still not won it after four dramatic attempts. That story cannot end here
When MotoGP stalwart Dani Pedrosa retired last year, with 31 wins to his name yet no riders' title, the consensus was that his career had warranted more success. As long-time rival Valentino Rossi put it: "It's a great shame that Dani never won a world championship in MotoGP, I think he deserved minimum one."
But the defining trait of an individual contest is that for somebody to win it, somebody else has to lose. A Pedrosa MotoGP title would've meant one of his fellow modern-era MotoGP greats coming up short of an achievement they too deserved. Rossi himself, for instance, would probably not have been too keen to part with one of his seven premier-class crowns in favour of Pedrosa lifting the trophy.
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Why Loeb has joined forces with an old enemy for Dakar
The nine-time World Rally champion is heading to the Dakar Rally with an all-new project, and is joining up with the team he often fought against in the WRC - Prodrive - in his quest to finally add the most famed rally raid of them all to his bulging CV
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Why Alonso must heed Loeb's Dakar failures
Fernando Alonso is edging closer to a Dakar debut, but he should take heed of the lessons rallying legend Sebastien Loeb has learned through several near-misses, despite his promising performances at the event
Why Loeb cannot be allowed to give up on Dakar
Sebastien Loeb has been the fastest man on the Dakar Rally since he first appeared on the legendary event, but he's still not won it after four dramatic attempts. That story cannot end here
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