N°13 Moto Orion - Moto Racing Group
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MARTIN MICHEK

(cze) Nació el 23/02/1988 / 73kg

Aficiones

swimming, cycling

Sponsors

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2024: 10th
2023: 11th
2022: 36th
2021: 10th
2020: 23rd (3rd rookie)

2022: Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge (35th)
2021: FIM Bajas World Cup (1st) / Dubai International Baja (2nd) / Hungarian Baja (5th) / Baja do Oeste (1st) / Baja Portalegre 500 (5th)
2020: European motocross championship (11th)
2019: European motocross champion (EMX Open class) / Baja Aragon (5th) / Rallye du Maroc (34th)
2018: European motocross champion (EMX Open class) / Czech motocross champion
2017: European motocross champion (EMX Open class) / Czech motocross champion
2016: European motocross champion (EMX Open class) / Czech motocross champion
2015: Czech motocross champion
2014: Czech motocross champion
2013: World motocross vice-champion (MX3 class)
2012: World motocross vice-champion (MX3 class)

“I kept my feet on the ground”

RIDER FACTS

  • Martin Michek has been mad about motorsport since childhood, after waking up one Christmas morning to find a bike under the tree. His father and brother encouraged him to take up motocross and he became one of the Czech Republic’s top riders, winning 18 national titles! He has also picked up four European crowns and two world championship silver medals in MX3. He still competes in MX to this day, saying that it’s ideal preparation for rally-raid, which he took up in 2019.
  • In just a few short years, Martin Michek has become one of the top privateers in the bikes. The Ceske Budejovice native was vying for the top rookie prize throughout his Dakar debut in 2020, but a mechanical on the penultimate stage dropped him down to 23rd. Despite contracting a rare and potentially fatal liver disease later that year, he made a full recovery and stormed to a historic 10th place at Dakar 2021, the best finish for a Czech biker since Stanislav Zloch in 1998.
  • Despite following up that superb performance with victory at the FIM Bajas World Cup, Martin had a rather more arduous experience in 2022. Like many of the top factory bikers, he lost significant time on Stage 1B due to tough navigation, especially having started the day in 2nd behind Maciej Giemza. He embarked on a comeback with a couple of Top 10 finishes, but then suffered a high-speed crash on the liaison before Stage 6. Sore ribs, fuel pump issues and another crash meant he had to settle for 36th. He wouldn’t have made it to the finish if not for an admirable display of Dakar spirit from Ecuador’s Juan Puga, who gave Martin his front wheel on the penultimate stage.
  • he 2023 edition saw Martin return to a position which corresponds to his potential: 11th and 1st competitor from a private team. A serious leg injury in motocross prevented him from doing a good season, and from preparing the 2024 Dakar as he wanted. But he arrived with the same state of mind as in previous years and secured a second Top 10 finish!
  • The 36-year-old Czech rider had surgery on his left wrist to be in perfect shape and was able to train in Tunisia. He’s back with the same bike as last year and will try to make history again.

2025 AMBITION

M.M.:It has been a magical overall 10th place in 2024. It’s an incredible feeling to be among the Top 10 riders of the Dakar Rally. It was hard, it’s the toughest competition in the world! Nothing is impossible, but I keep my feet on the ground. I want to push my limits, I have goals and I do everything to achieve them. In the current conditions, doing better against the factory riders would be incredible. I give my 120%, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, but I always do my best.”

Vehículo

Orion - Moto Racing Group

KTM 450 RALLY REPLICA
ORION - MOTO RACING GROUP

  • KTM
  • 450 RALLY REPLICA
  • 449 cc single cylinder, 4 stroke
  • steel, trellis
  • about 70 hp.
  • 139 kg
  • 33 liters
  • Orion - Moto Racing Group
  • Orion - Moto Racing Group
  • Rally GP

Clasificación 2025

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