“Batman usually operates at night and that’s also our case”
CREW FACTS
R.D.M.
✓ A former professional football player, Cesare ‘Ricky’ Rickler Del Mare for his 30s to fully dive into his original passions: motorsports, preferably off road.
✓ Following the tracks of his father Renato, Ricky has become a staple of the assistance, going through the desert at night aboard his truck, nicknamed ‘Batman’, to rescue competitors caught in a bad trap.
✓ With his TH-Trucks Team and his father’s R-Team, Ricky & cie are set to provide assistance for some twenty vehicles during the Dakar 2025.
A.D.L.
✓ After he shared ten participations with his twin Dario, Aldo De Lorenzo will have for the first time to face the Dakar without his brother, held in Italy this January.
✓ Used to racing as fast as possible through South America and Saudi Arabia, with eight participations with cars and one with an SSV, Aldo jumps aboard the assistance truck for the second time.
J.F.S.
✓ When he’s not roaming the desert, putting his skills at the service of others, Juan Francisco Silva navigates the seas as a ship captain and dinghy sailing enthusiast.
✓ The challenges of the desert, and especially of the Dakar, are unique… But Silva l
2025 AMBITIONS
R.D.M.: “Again, I’ll be doing everything but race with my truck that we’ve called Batman. Batman usually operates at night and that’s also our case.
We’ll be following some official constructors who called on us for assistance, we’ll have our own clients and we’ll be providing fast assistance in the race, always trying to get everyone to the finish and hoping that there will be as little problems as possible, so we can have a smooth Dakar.
The main ambition is to have them all on that podium, where they can get their medal as finishers.
We have four trucks for TH Team: mine, Alberto Herrero’s, Alberto Alfonso’s and Javier Jacoste’s. And together we’re taking care of some twenty vehicles. It’s a lot because you can have several cars who have issues on the same day and that makes our work very intense because we need to be fast.”
A.D.L.: “We’ve sold our business so, for the very first time - for the only time! - my twin brother Dario won’t be there as he has to be in Italy. So, I have to find another twin but I’m confident I’ve found him with Ricky.
I feel really good with him. Last year, it was just the second time I was using the satellite for the navigation, so I was a bit hesitant but he always made me comfortable and when we discussed about going the two of us, I was like: ‘Absolutely, we’ll have great fun!’
The competitive Dakar, the bar has been raised, you need averages of 70, 80 km/h and clearly we can’t do that anymore at our age. But to do the assistance with Ricky, I’d be happy to come back with Dario next year.”
J.F.S.: “My whole life has been about challenges and I love the challenge of the Dakar. I spend my year at sea, as a sea captain, so it’s all about finding solutions on the spot, in hostile environments, may it be the sea or the desert.
In 2023, I was part of the Astara program, with Laia Sanz. Everything was new for me and there was a moment Laia had a big crash, rolling over five times. It could have been her first abandon in 14 participations but we managed to fix the car. In 2024, I was with Tibau, providing assistance for Loeb and Al Attiyah. I remember spending a night in the dunes, with Albert Herrero and Susana Hernando. And I learned a lot with Manuel Borrero, who is a great driver and navigator.
I want to make it to the end of the Dakar 2025, like I did in the first two years, even if we’re also providing assistance for other vehicles. And it will be a good Dakar if we manage to provide some fixes, some help to riders who find themselves in complicated situations and who manage to finish the Dakar thanks to our help.”
