
Story of the day: Canet Ardevol, the youngest rider at Desafío Ruta 40, who pushes the limits
Edgar Canet Ardevol is the youngest rider of the 12th edition of the Desafío Ruta 40 YPF INFINIA. Born on March 16, 2005, he is only 19 years old. The native of La Garriga, a municipality in the community of Catalonia, Spain, is taking his first steps in the rally-raid and his performance is already giving people something to talk about.
His participation in Desafío Ruta 40 is only the fourth competition of the Catalan in the World Championship of the specialty. In his first trip to Argentina, aboard his KTM 450 Rally Factory of the XRAIDS EXPERIENCE team, Canet Ardevol has taken second place in the Prologue, Stage 2 (Córdoba-San Juan) and Stage 4 (San Juan-La Rioja), and a third place in Stage 1 (Córdoba-Córdoba) and Stage 3 (San Juan-San Juan).
“I was racing in motocross until the end of 2023. I was competing in the European Championship and at the end of last year I decided to sign up for a rally-raid race because I had always liked it a lot and I wanted to try it, and I loved it. So, from there I decided to switch to this discipline and push myself to the maximum to be as professional as possible and here we are in Argentina, at Desafío Ruta 40″, said the young rider who comes from the world of motocross upon arriving in La Rioja.
With only one round to go, the youngest rider in the race has already become a revelation.