| Kevin Benavides | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 9 January 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Salta, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality: |  Argentine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height: | 172 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kevin Max Benavides (born 9 January 1989) is an Argentine rally raid motorcyclist who is best known for winning the Dakar Rally twice, in 2021 and 2023, as well as coming second place in 2018.[1] He is a former driver of the Monster Energy Honda Racing. In April 2021, he signed to race for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing in both the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship and the Dakar Rally onboard the KTM 450 RALLY.
He is the brother of Luciano, a rally raid biker too.[2]
Benavides won the 2021 Dakar Rally in the bike category.
He recently signed with the KTM Factory Red Bull team, starting on 7 April 2021.
| Year | Class | Vehicle | Position | Stages won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motorbike |  Honda | 4th | 1 | |
| align=center colspan=5 style="background:lightgrey;" | Did not enter | |||
| Motorbike | 2nd | 1 | ||
| 5th | 0 | |||
| 19th | 1 | |||
| 1st | 2 | |||
 KTM | 100th | 1 | ||
| 2023 | 1st | 2 | ||
| 4th | 3 |
| Year | Bike | Races | Wins | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Honda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18th |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 9th | |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 97 | 2nd | |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 6th | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 3rd |
| Event | Wins | Podiums | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desafio Ruta 40 | 2 | (2016, 2017) | |
| Atacama Rally | 1 | (2018) (2017) (2016) | |
| Desafio Guarani | 1 | (2015) | |
| 1 | (2020) (2022) | ||
 Rallye du Maroc | 0 | (2017) | |
| Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge | 0 | (2018) |