Team HRC Returns to Baja Aragon

Team HRC’s Joan Barreda and Michael Metge will take part in Spain’s Baja Aragon Rally this weekend.

Team HRC's Joan Barreda is one of two Honda factory rally riders scheduled to compete in the Baja Aragon rally in his home country of Spain this weekend. PHOTO COURTESY OF TEAM HRC.
Team HRC’s Joan Barreda is one of two Honda factory rally riders scheduled to compete in the Baja Aragon rally in his home country of Spain this weekend. PHOTO COURTESY OF TEAM HRC.

The following is from Team HRC:

There will be no rest for Team HRC this summer. The rally team will be in action from Friday at the renowned Baja Aragon, a legendary event in the off road motorcycle discipline, in Spain. This event is the second round in which points count towards the FIM Bajas World Cup.

The 33rd edition of the Baja Aragon can expect the presence of Team HRC which will feature Joan Barreda aboard the Honda CRF450R Enduro and Michael Metge astride the CRF450 Rally. Both riders, who took part in the team’s triumphant Desafio Ruta 40, have chosen to line up for various reasons. The location is in the proximity of the new team headquarters and is close to the rider’s residences. At play is the prestigious Baja Aragon title, but the race has also
been selected for the high speeds and scorching temperatures that will have to be endured in the Teruel province.

Michael Metge of France will also contest the 2016 Baja Aragon rally in Spain. PHOTO COURTESY OF TEAM HRC.
Michael Metge of France will also contest the 2016 Baja Aragon rally in Spain. PHOTO COURTESY OF TEAM HRC.

Joan Barreda has won the Baja Aragon on two previous occasions, first in 2012 and then in 2013 with Honda. The rally will be staged over three days. The event kicks off Friday 22nd after the technical and administrative tests, with a 9-kilometre prologue in the vicinity of Teruel. The first full stage will be held on Saturday with two timed-sections; Sunday will boast just a single special stage. By race-end, the riders will have run some 600 kilometres against the clock.

Team HRC, as it has done in other rallies, will support the rider Oriol Mena from the Honda Motor Europe España team who makes a debut in an event of these characteristics.

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