Joan Barreda Bort
Barreda before 2016 Dakar Rally
Born (1983-08-11) 11 August 1983
Torreblanca, Castellón, Spain
NationalitySpain Spanish
Dakar Rally career
Debut season2011
Current teamHonda
Former teamsAprilia, Husqvarna
Starts11
Wins0 (30 stage wins)
Best finish5th in 2017, 2022
FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship career
Debut season2012
Current teamHonda
Former teamsHusqvarna
Wins2
Best finish3rd in 2014

Joan Barreda Bort (born 11 August 1983 in Castellón de la Plana) is a Spanish rally raid motorcycle rider, best known for his participation in the Dakar Rally.

Career

Barreda Bort made his Dakar debut in 2011, riding an Aprilia, but was forced to retire during the second stage of the event due to a fall. Switching to Husqvarna machinery for 2012, Barreda Bort had a promising start - finishing third during the second stage of the rally - before losing significant time to mechanical problems.[1] Nonetheless, he continued to show strong pace for the remainder of the rally, winning the tenth stage, and ultimately finished in 11th overall, three hours and 37 minutes down on the winning time of Cyril Despres. Later that year, Barreda Bort won the motorcycle category of the Egyptian-based Pharaons Rally for Husqvarna, winning the first, third and fourth stages.[2][3][4] In addition, Barreda Bort won the Spanish Baja, once again aboard a Husqvarna.[5]

Continuing with Husqvarna for 2013, Barreda Bort took the lead of the overall classification with victory in the second stage. However, navigation problems in the third stage[6] and fuel pump problems in the fifth stage [7] restricted him to 17th place overall, in spite of three additional victories in the fourth, eighth and tenth stages of the rally. His time was just over three hours shy of that of the winner, Despres.

In 2014, Barreda led early on after winning two of the first three stages, only to drop back behind Marc Coma after navigation problems on stages four and five. He was on course to finish a comfortable second to Coma before suffering electrical failure on the penultimate stage, relegating him to seventh place at the finish despite taking the most stage wins of anybody (five). The same year, Barreda contested four rounds of the FIM Cross-Country Rallies championship, winning the Qatar-based Sealine Rally en route to finishing third in that year's standings.

In the following years, Barreda became one of the favourites to win the Dakar Rally in bikes, specially after the retirement of Marc Coma and Cyril Despres from such category. After touching the podium on several occasions, Barreda arrived to the 2017 Dakar Rally with high hopes after a good year of preparation. When he was leading the category by more than 12 minutes after the 3 first stages, Barreda was penalized with one hour for refueling in an illegal zone. Barreda finished in 5th place and 43 minutes behind the winner.

Barreda finished 7th overall in 2020 Dakar Rally.

In 2021 Dakar Rally, Barreda equaled Jordi Arcarons as the third rider with the most stages won in the bike category, with a total of 27.

Joan finished the 2022 Dakar Rally in 5th place. After losing about 40 minutes in the first leg of the rally, Barreda tried to close the gap for the following days. With a win in the second stage, and another one in the forth, Barreda became as the third bike rider with most stages won. Despite falling in stage five and getting heavily injured, Barreda was fighting for the final podium until the last days of the race, finally finishing in the top 5.

Dakar Rally results

Year Class Vehicle Position Stages won
2011 Motorbike Italy Aprilia DNF 0
2012 Sweden Husqvarna 11th 1
2013 17th 4
2014 Japan Honda 7th 5
2015 17th 3
2016 DNF 1
2017 5th 4
2018 DNF 3
2019 DNF 1
2020 7th 2
2021 DNF 3
2022 5th 2
2023 DNF 1

Other results

FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship results

Year Bike Races Wins Podiums Points Position
2012 Sweden Husqvarna 4 1 2 40 5th
2013 Japan Honda 1 0 1 15 13th
2014 4 1 2 68 3rd
2015 3 0 1 33 12th
2018 1 0 0 3 50th
2019 4 0 2 65 5th

FIM World Rally-Raid Championship results

(key)

Year Team Bike Class 1 2 3 4 Pos. Points
2022 Monster Energy Honda Team Honda 450 CRF Rally RallyGP DAK
5		 ABU
 MOR
 AND
 15th 17

FIM Bajas World Cup results

Year Bike Races Wins Podiums Points Position
2012 Sweden Husqvarna 1 1 1 20 7th
2013 Japan Honda 1 1 1 20 7th
2016 1 1 1 20 7th
2017 1 1 1 20 5th
2021 1 1 1 25 11th

Rally raid best results (Motorbikes)

Event Wins Podiums
Spain Spanish Baja 5 1st place, gold medalist(s)x5 (2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021)
United States Vegas to Reno 2 1st place, gold medalist(s)x2 (2016, 2017)
Qatar Qatar Cross-Country Rally 1 1st place, gold medalist(s)x1 (2014), 2nd place, silver medalist(s)x1 (2015)
Egypt Rallye des Pharaons 1 1st place, gold medalist(s)x1 (2012)
China China Grand Rally 1 1st place, gold medalist(s)x1 (2016)
Morocco Merzouga Rally 1 1st place, gold medalist(s)x1 (2018)
Spain Andalucía Rally 1 1st place, gold medalist(s)x1 (2021)
Morocco Rallye du Maroc 0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)x1 (2012), 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)x2 (2013, 2019)
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge 0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)x1 (2012), 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)x1 (2014)
Argentina Desafio Ruta 40 0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)x1 (2012)
Chile Atacama Rally 0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)x1 (2019)

References

  1. ↑ "Joan Barreda Bort". ASO. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  2. ↑ "Husqvarna Riders Lead Pharaons Rally". enduro360.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  3. ↑ "Stage 3 Pharaons Rally All Husky". enduro360.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  4. ↑ "2012 Pharaons Rally Stage 4 Results". enduro360.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  5. ↑ "Final Official Classification" (PDF). bajaspain.com. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  6. ↑ "Stage 3 Stage Report". dakar.com. ASO. 7 January 2013. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Stage 5 Stage Report". dakar.com. ASO. 9 January 2013. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
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