CRUSHING BLOW OF THE DAY: A VERTICAL DROP FOR CAVIGLIASSO
For Nicolas Cavigliasso, the title holder in the Challenger class, 2025 was “the most beautiful year of my life” in his own words. It began with his first triumph in the Challenger class on the Dakar and the season he shared with his wife Valentina Pertegarini as navigator finished with the W2RC title in their division. To retain his title on the Dakar, the Argentinean, who had already tasted glory in the quad category in 2019, decided to isolate himself in a structure entirely devoted to his success, encouraged and supported by Oscar Ral, his only team-mate on the tracks.
Today, the Spaniard who helped to create Vertical Motorsport played his role to perfection when catching up with “Nico and Valen” who had ground to a halt due to a damaged radiator. Oscar sacrificed his result for his champion team-mate who was still in second place in the overall rankings this morning, 2’02’’ behind Pau Navarro. After a vertical drop down the leader board, the couple is now faced with a deficit of more than one and a half hours in the overall rankings.
