Sherco TVS Rally Factory rider Harith Noah made History at this year’s Dakar Rally 2024, by clinching the Rally 2 class win. He finished nearly five minutes ahead of Roman Dumontier of Team Dumontier Racing and seven minutes ahead of Bradley Cox of Bas World KTM Racing Team.
The Dakar Rally sees riders race in two classes. First is the RallyGP class, wherein the riders have to be registered with the FIM championship committee. The Rally 2 class is open to those who are not registered as RallyGP riders.
Harith Noah has previously finished 20th at the 2021 Dakar Rally and was the first Indian to achieve this. Noah’s 2024 campaign started off slow, as he finished 29th in the prologue. But as the rally progressed, he found pace and began to climb up the ranks consistently. By stage six, Noah had achieved P13.
Noah even became the first Indian to win a stage. He finished first in the Rally 2 class in the seventh stage despite battling with sickness. He kept up his speed and even managed to finish fifth overall in stage 10! Noah has showcased a great comeback ride this season, significantly improving on his previous best of top 20 finish of 2021 and getting his redemption over the spinal injury caused by a crash at Dakar last year. Let us see how Noah performs next year!
