Darryl Curtis has recently been appointed by A.S.O. as its Dakar representative for the riders coming from South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, from now on, to the Dakar 2016.
His role will be to bring and share his experience of the Dakar to the riders community, and help the future candidates to set-up their plan of preparation. He will notably organized a “Dakar Workshop” once a year.
Darryl, 42, is an experienced rider, and a figure in South Africa. Two-time winner of the Roof of Africa and several times enduro and off-road South African champion, Curtis showed-up on the Dakar for the first time in 2012.
The other Dakar representatives are:
– José Carmona: Portugal
– Chris Evans: UK, Australia
– Henk Hellegers: The Netherlands
– Manuel Tajada (RPM): Spain