| 2021 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship | |||
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The 2021 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship was the 18th and final season of the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship, an international rally raid competition for motorbikes and quads. Due to COVID-19 pandemic all events in the previous season were cancelled.
The calendar for the 2021 season is set to feature six long-distance rally raid events; including two marathon events in the Silk Way Rally and the Rally dos Sertões. [1]
| Original Date | Rally name |
|---|---|
| 7–13 June |  Rally Kazakhstan |
| 1–11 July |   Silk Way Rally |
| 13–22 August |  Rally dos Sertões |
| 8–13 October |  Rallye du Maroc |
| 6-12 November |  Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge |
New categories were initially intended to have been introduced in 2020, but due to that season's cancellation, they will come into effect in 2021 instead. The RallyGP category being for professionals and experienced riders, Rally2 for newcomers, and the Rally Adventure trophy for riders without assistance. SSVs would be introduced as their own category for all events. [2]
The end of season there would be awards as follows:
Russian athletes and teams competed as a neutral competitors using the designation MFR (Motorcycle Federation of Russia), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes. [3]
| RallyGP Teams & Riders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constructor | Bike | Team | Rider | Rounds |
| Gas Gas | RC 450F |  Gas Gas Factory Racing Rally Team |  Daniel Sanders | 1–2, 4–5 |
| Hero | 450 Rally |  Hero Motorsports Team Rally |  Franco Caimi | 1–2, 4–5 |
 Sebastian Bühler | 1–2, 4–5 | |||
 Joaquim Rodrigues | 1–2, 4–5 | |||
| Honda | CRF 450 Rally |  Monster Energy Honda Team |  Ricky Brabec | 4 |
 Joan Barreda | 4 | |||
 José Ignacio Cornejo | 4 | |||
| Pablo Quintanilla | 4 | |||
| CRF 450RX | Honda Racing Rally Team | Gregorio Caselani | 3 | |
| Husqvarna | 450 Rally Factory Replica | Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing | Skyler Howes | 1–2, 4 |
| Luciano Benavides | 1–2, 4 | |||
 HT Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing |  Xavier de Soultrait | 4 | ||
 Solarys Racing | Jacopo Cerutti | 4 | ||
| Africa Dream Racing | Maurizio Gerini | 4 | ||
 G-Drive Team | Anastasiya Nifontova | 5 | ||
| 450 Rally | Vendetta Racing UAE |  David McBride | 5 | |
| KTM | 450 Rally Factory Replica | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | Sam Sunderland | 1, 4 |
| Kevin Benavides | 4 | |||
| Matthias Walkner | 1–2, 4–5 | |||
| Toby Price | 4 | |||
 Saudi Dirtbike Center | Mishal Alghuneim | 5 | ||
| 450 Rally Replica |  Norwit Racing | Stefan Svitko | 4 | |
 Orion - Moto Racing Group | Milan Engel | 4 | ||
 Duust Rally Team | Konrad Dąbrowski | 4–5 | ||
| MX Ride Dubai | Mohammed Al Balooshi | 5 | ||
| Sultan Al Balooshi | 5 | |||
 Abdullah Al Shatti | 5 | |||
| Vendetta Racing UAE | David Mabbs | 5 | ||
| 450 Rally | FN Speed Team |  Daniel Nosiglia | 4 | |
| Nomade Racing | Mathieu Doveze | 4 | ||
| Patrão Motorsport | Tomas De Gavardo | 4 | ||
| Motozone Dubai |  Aaron Mare | 5 | ||
| Sherco | Rally 450 RTR | Sherco TVS Rally Factory | Lorenzo Santolino | 4 |
| Rui Gonçalves | 4 | |||
| Harith Noah | 4 | |||
| Yamaha | WR450F Rally | Monster Energy Yamaha Rally Official Team |  Ross Branch | 1–2, 4–5 |
| Andrew Short | 1–2, 4–5 | |||
| Adrien Van Beveren | 1–2, 4–5 | |||
| Francosport | Antonio Maio | 4 | ||
| Rally2:Moto-Rally World Cup Teams & Riders | ||||
| Constructor | Bike | Team | Rider | Rounds |
| Honda | CRF 450 Rally RX RS | RS Moto Racing Team | Carlo Cabini | 1–2, 4 |
| Julien Barthélémy | 4 | |||
| Eufrasio Anghileri | 4 | |||
 Nicolas Monnin | 4 | |||
| Kévin Durand | 4 | |||
| Never Stop Dreaming | Francesca Gasperi | 4 | ||
| CRF 450RX | Honda Racing Rally Team | Julio Zavatti | 3 | |
| Jean Azevedo | 3 | |||
| CRF 450L | Jaunin Productions | Guillaume Jaunin | 4 | |
| Husqvarna | 450 Rally Factory Replica | Nomadic | Ganzorig Chuluun | 2 |
| Solarys Racing | Paolo Lucci | 4 | ||
| HT Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing | Diego Noras | 4 | ||
 Walter Roelants | 4 | |||
| Martin Bonnet | 4 | |||
| Africa Dream Racing | Leonardo Tonelli | 4 | ||
| Nomade Racing | Max Bianucci | 4 | ||
| Club Aventura Touareg | Herbert Kolling | 4 | ||
| FE450 Rally Replica | Francosport | Bruno Santos | 4 | |
| Clément Razy | 4 | |||
| Brett Hunt | 5 | |||
 Tomas Kristoffersson | 5 | |||
| 450 Rally | TwinTrail Racing Team | Albert Martín | 4 | |
| Anquety Motorsport | Jerome Martiny | 4 | ||
| Team Dumontier Racing | Sébastien Herbet | 4 | ||
| Romain Dumontier | 4 | |||
| Nomade Racing | Lois D'Abbadie | 4 | ||
| Club Aventura Touareg | Francisco Chana | 4 | ||
| Duust Rally Team | Jacob Argubright | 5 | ||
| SRG Motorsports | Michael Docherty | 5 | ||
| KTM | 450 Rally Factory Replica | McDonald's Rally Team | Massimo Camurri | 2 |
| KTM Mongolia | Murun Purevdorj | 2 | ||
| G-Moto Mongolia | Battur Baatar | 2 | ||
| Temuujin Ganzorig | 2 | |||
| Enkhsaruul Davaa | 2 | |||
| BAS Dakar KTM Racing Team | Bradley Cox | 4 | ||
| Wiljan Van Wikselaar | 4 | |||
| Team Baïnes Rally | Camille Chapeliere | 4 | ||
| Team RS Concept | Bertrand Gavard | 4 | ||
| Motoclub Yashica | Andrea Winkler | 4 | ||
| Aldo Winkler | 4 | |||
| Nomade Racing | Jean-Loup Lepan | 4 | ||
| Pierre Peyrard | 4 | |||
| Lorenzo Maestrami | 4 | |||
| Motoclub Alfieri | Ugo Peila | 4 | ||
| Happyness Racing JBS Moto | Jean-Philippe Révolte | 4 | ||
| Benjamin Defrère | 4 | |||
 Darko Marasović | 5 | |||
| 450 Rally Replica |  Adventure Team Latvia | Sandijs Hāns | 2 | |
| BAS Dakar KTM Racing Team | Mason Klein | 4 | ||
| Mike Wiedemann | 4 | |||
| Mathieu Liebaert | 4 | |||
| Kirsten Landman | 4 | |||
| LG Rally Team | Julien Jagu | 4 | ||
| Lorenzo Fanottoli | 4 | |||
| Team Esprit KTM | Benjamin Melot | 4 | ||
| Morocco Racing Team | Harite Gabari | 4 | ||
| Ali Oukerbouch | 4 | |||
| Mohamed Aoulad Ali | 4 | |||
| TwinTrail Racing Team | Isaac Feliu | 4 | ||
| Team Puocci | Francesco Puocci | 4 | ||
| Paul Costes | 4 | |||
| Norwit Racing | Martin Benko | 4 | ||
| XRaids Experience Team | Sandra Gómez | 4 | ||
 Enduro Greece Rally Adventure Team | Vasilis Boudros | 4 | ||
| Richard Kaye | 4 | |||
| Adrien Costes | 4 | |||
| Nomade Racing | Rodolphe De Palmas | 4 | ||
| Yaya Events | Iader Giraldi | 4 | ||
| Club Aventura Touareg | Francisco García | 4 | ||
 Gad Nachmani | 4 | |||
| Team Baïnes Rally | Julien Escande | 4 | ||
| Duust Rally Team |  Thomas Kongshøj | 5 | ||
| 450 Rally | McDonald's Rally Team | Aldo Winkler | 2 | |
| Andrea Winkler | 2 | |||
| Team Bianchi Prata |  Paulo Oliveira | 4 | ||
| Nomade Racing | Mathieu Troquier | 4 | ||
| Samuel Fremy | 4 | |||
| TwinTrail Racing Team | Carlos Falcon | 4 | ||
| Terre Rosse | Domenico Cipollone | 4 | ||
| Team Dumontier Racing | Edouard Leconte | 4 | ||
| Happyness Racing JBS Moto | David Gaits | 4 | ||
| Dominique Cizeau | 4 | |||
| Nomadas Adventure | Jasmin Riccius | 4 | ||
 Juan Pablo Guillen | 4 | |||
| Antonio Guillen | 4 | |||
| Giuseppe Pozzo | 4 | |||
| Jean-François Forca | 4 | |||
| 450 EXC Rally | Universal Ride | Jerome Bas | 4 | |
| KTM 450 EXC-F |  Lianiova 33 Team | Anastasia Lianiova | 2 | |
| Club Aventura Touareg | Fabio Lottero | 4 | ||
| Bernardo Ramírez | 4 | |||
| Gines Belzunces | 4 | |||
| Michael Jacobi | 4 | |||
| Mostapha Khottoul | 4 | |||
| Makis Rees-Stavros | 5 | |||
| Yamaha | WR 450 | Team Mongolia #1 | Turbat Purevbat | 2 |
| Yamaha IMS Rally Team | Tulio Malta | 3 | ||
| Adrien Metge | 3 | |||
| Ricardo Martins | 3 | |||
| Team Outsider | Fabien Domas | 4 | ||
| Pierre Boisset | 4 | |||
| Arnault Chardron | 4 | |||
| LM Dream Team | Maxime Lonza | 4 | ||
| Maggi Moto Yamaha | Luca Marinone | 4 | ||
| Tony Schattat | 5 | |||
| Quad World Cup Teams & Riders | ||||
| Constructor | Bike | Team | Rider | Rounds |
| Yamaha | Raptor 700 | Sonik Team | Rafał Sonik | All |
 Rodolfo Guillioli | 1 | |||
| Bianchini Rally | Manuel Andújar | 1, 3–5 | ||
| Story Racing S.R.O. | Tomáš Kubiena | 4 | ||
 Laisvydas Kancius | 4 | |||
| Yamaha Racing - SMX - Drag'on | Alexandre Giroud | 4 | ||
| SMX Racing | Romain Dutu | 4 | ||
| Jérôme Connart | 4 | |||
| Drag'on Rally Team | Vincent Padrona | 4 | ||
| YFM 700R SE | Mari Team | Aleksandr Maksimov | 1–2, 4 | |
| YFM 700R | Varga Motorsport Team | Juraj Varga | 4 | |
| YFZ 450R | Abdulaziz Ahli | 5 | ||
| SSV World Cup Teams & Riders | ||||
| Constructor | Bike | Team | Riders | Rounds |
| Can-Am | Maverick X3 | Roy Bartov Guy Biton | 5 | |
| Tal Galimidi David Galimidi | 5 | |||
| Polaris | Turbo S | Torres Racing | Thiago Torres Eduardo Shiga | 3 |
| Leandro Torres João Arena | 3 | |||
| Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Rider | Bike | Time | ||
| 1 | Rally Kazakhstan | 1 | Ross Branch | Yamaha WRF450 | 14:39:02 |
| 2 | Matthias Walkner | KTM 450 Rally Factory Replica | 14:44:09 | ||
| 3 | Adrien Van Beveren | Yamaha WRF450 | 14:49:18 | ||
| 2 | Silk Way Rally | 1 | Matthias Walkner | KTM 450 Rally Factory Replica | 6:19:18 |
| 2 | Skyler Howes | Husqvarna 450 Rally Factory Replica | 6:25:38 | ||
| 3 | Franco Caimi | Hero 450 Rally | 6:25:44 | ||
| 3 | Rally dos Sertões | 1 | Adrien Metge | Yamaha WR450F | 30:06:12 |
| 2 | Jean Azevedo | Honda CRF450 RX | 30:22:40 | ||
| 3 | Julio Zavatti | Honda CRF450 RX | 30:40:06 | ||
| 4 | Rallye du Maroc | 1 | Pablo Quintanilla | Honda CRF 450 Rally | 16:26:51 |
| 2 | Matthias Walkner | KTM 450 Rally Factory Replica | 16:28:50 | ||
| 3 | Daniel Sanders | Gas Gas RC 450F | 16:32:18 | ||
| 5 | Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge | 1 | Matthias Walkner | KTM 450 Rally Factory Replica | 17:38:40 |
| 2 | Adrien Van Beveren | Yamaha WRF450 | 17:43:12 | ||
| 3 | Joaquim Rodrigues | Hero 450 Rally | 18:14:06 | ||
| Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Rider | Bike | Time | ||
| 1 | Rally Kazakhstan | 1 | Manuel Andújar | Yamaha Raptor 700 | 19:51:20 |
| 2 | Rafał Sonik | Yamaha Raptor 700 | 20:21:15 | ||
| 3 | Aleksandr Maksimov | Yamaha YMF 700R SE | 21:34:24 | ||
| 2 | Silk Way Rally | 1 | Aleksandr Maksimov | Yamaha YMF 700R SE | 8:15:59 |
| 2 | Rafał Sonik | Yamaha Raptor 700 | 9:03:48 | ||
| 3 | |||||
| 3 | Rally dos Sertões | 1 | Manuel Andújar | Yamaha Raptor 700 | 29:46:19 |
| 2 | Rafał Sonik | Yamaha Raptor 700 | 31:54:42 | ||
| 3 | |||||
| 4 | Rallye du Maroc | 1 | Manuel Andújar | Yamaha Raptor 700 | 20:43:20 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Maksimov | Yamaha YMF 700R SE | 21:13:34 | ||
| 3 | Alexandre Giroud | Yamaha Raptor 700 | 22:01:48 | ||
| 5 | Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge | 1 | Abdulaziz Ahli | Yamaha YFZ450R | 24:11:55 |
| 2 | Rafał Sonik | Yamaha Raptor 700 | 38:44:56 | ||
| 3 | Manuel Andújar | Yamaha Raptor 700 | 51:21:21 | ||
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
An FIM Rally (4 to 6 timed stages) will have a scoring coefficient of 1. An FIM Marathon Rally (more than 6 timed stages) will have a scoring coefficient of 1,5. The result will be multiplied by 1.5 and then rounded up.
Points for manufacturers were awarded by added the top two finishers of the respective manufacturer together from each event.
In RallyGP, the final classification will be established on the basis of a rider's best four results, including at least one marathon rally.
| Pos | Manufacturer | KAZ | RUS | BRA | MAR | UAE | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KTM | 20 | 38 | 29 | 38 | 125 | |
| 2 | Yamaha | 41 | 27 | 18 | 23 | 109 | |
| 3 | Husqvarna | 16 | 44 | 14 | 14 | 88 | |
| 4 | Hero | 17 | 41 | 9 | 16 | 83 | |
| 5 | Honda | 38 | 38 | 76 | |||
| 6 | Gas Gas | 13 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 53 | |
| 7 | Sherco | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Pos | Manufacturer | KAZ | RUS | BRA | MAR | UAE | Points |
| Pos | Rider | Motorcycle | KAZ | RUS | BRA | MAR | UAE | Points | Best four |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anastasiya Nifontova | Husqvarna | 1 | 25 | |||||
| Pos | Rider | Motorcycle | KAZ | RUS | BRA | MAR | UAE | Points | Best four |
| Pos | Rider | Motorcycle | KAZ | RUS | BRA | MAR | UAE | Points | Best four |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Konrad Dąbrowski | KTM | 1 | 1 | 50 | ||||
| 2 | Tomas De Gavardo | KTM | 2 | 20 | |||||
| Pos | Rider | Motorcycle | KAZ | RUS | BRA | MAR | UAE | Points | Best four |
| Pos | Rider | Motorcycle | KAZ | RUS | BRA | MAR | UAE | Points | Best four |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David McBride | Husqvarna | 1 | 25 | |||||
| 2 | David Mabbs | KTM | 2 | 20 | |||||
| Pos | Rider | Motorcycle | KAZ | RUS | BRA | MAR | UAE | Points | Best four |
| Pos | Rider | Motorcycle | KAZ | RUS | BRA | MAR | UAE | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manuel Andújar | Yamaha | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 104 | |
| 2 | Rafał Sonik | Yamaha | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 80 |
| 3 | Aleksandr Maksimov | Yamaha | 3 | 1 | 2 | 74 | ||
| 4 | Abdulaziz Ahli | Yamaha | 1 | 25 | ||||
| 5 | Alexandre Giroud | Yamaha | 3 | 16 | ||||
| 6 | Juraj Varga | Yamaha | 4 | 13 | ||||
| 7 | Jérôme Connart | Yamaha | 5 | 11 | ||||
| Rodolfo Guillioli | Yamaha | Ret | 0 | |||||
| Tomáš Kubiena | Yamaha | Ret | 0 | |||||
| Vincent Padrona | Yamaha | Ret | 0 | |||||
| Romain Dutu | Yamaha | Ret | 0 | |||||
| Laisvydas Kancius | Yamaha | Ret | 0 | |||||
| Pos | Rider | Motorcycle | KAZ | RUS | BRA | MAR | UAE | Points |
| Pos | Rider | Motorcycle | KAZ | RUS | BRA | MAR | UAE | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leandro Torres Joaõ Arena | Polaris | 1 | 38 | ||||
| 2 | Thiago Torres Eduardo Shiga | Polaris | 2 | 30 | ||||
| 3 | Tal Galimidi David Galimidi | Can-Am | 1 | 25 | ||||
| 4 | Roy Bartov Guy Biton | Can-Am | 2 | 20 | ||||
| Pos | Rider | Motorcycle | KAZ | RUS | BRA | MAR | UAE | Points |
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