Edgar Canet i Ardèvol

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Edgar Canet
Personal information
Born (2005-03-16) March 16, 2005 (age 20)
La Garriga, Vallès Oriental, Catalonia
OccupationMotorcycle rider
Sport
SportMotocross; Rally raid
ClubRed Bull KTM Factory Racing
TeamRed Bull KTM Factory Racing

Edgar Canet is a motorcycle Catalan rider who has competed in both motocross and rally raid disciplines. Since 2024, he has been an official rider for KTM, with whom he made his Dakar Rally debut in the 2025 edition. Canet is the youngest rider ever to participate in the Dakar Rally in the motorcycle category. [1]

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Sporting career

Early years

Son of Albert Canet and grandson of Salvador Ardèvol, former motocross riders (his grandfather also ran a motorcycle workshop in La Garriga [2] ), Edgar Canet became interested in motorcycling at a very young age. [1] At four, he was given a 50 cc KTM, and at six, in 2011, he debuted in competition in the Catalonia Motocross Championship. Within a few years, he won four Spanish beginner championships and one European championship. [3] From the age of eleven, he was supported by Nani Roma, who became his sporting "mentor." [4] Later, other renowned riders such as Jordi Viladoms, Marc Coma, and Joan Barreda helped and advised him throughout his career. [5] Canet trained at the Heinz Kinigadner motocross school, a former world champion and current KTM sporting director. [6]

In 2019, at fourteen, he won the Spanish MX85 Championship on a KTM. He competed in the European Championship until the end of 2023, when he raced his first rally raid, the 1,000 Dunes of Morocco, achieving an impressive second place. [7] From then on, he focused on rally raid. [8]

2024: Rallys

In 2024, at nineteen, Canet competed in his first full season of rally raid on a KTM 450 Rally Factory for the XRAIDS Experience team. [9] He finished eleventh (third in the Rally2 category) in his debut race, the Rally of Portugal. [10] In the Rally of Morocco he finished seventh overall. He also participated in the Argentine raid Desafío Ruta 40 and achieved several second and third place stage finishes. [11] That year, he also competed in the Oasis Raid and the Baja Aragón [12] and finished sixth in the FIM Bajas World Cup in the Junior category. [13] Due to these impressive results, KTM signed him as an official rider for the Red Bull KTM Factory team for the 2025 Dakar Rally. [14]

2025: Dakar debut and World Champion

In 2025, he debuted in the Dakar Rally with KTM's factory team, [15] becoming the youngest rider in the event at just 19 years old. [1] Canet rode a KTM 450 Rally and shared the team with brothers Luciano and Kevin Benavides and Daniel Sanders. [16] His main mentor and support during the race remained Nani Roma. [17]

In the prologue stage, Canet achieved third place overall behind Daniel Sanders (by only 12 seconds [18] ) and Ross Branch, after leading the motorcycle category for a significant period. This result placed him as the provisional leader in the Rally2 category. In the seventh stage, on 12 January, he finished second behind Daniel Sanders and ahead of Tosha Schareina. [19] Canet finished the rally in eighth place overall and won the Rally2 category, also being nominated Rookie of the Year. [20]

In October, Canet won the Rally of Morocco and became World Rally-Raid Champion in the Rally2 category. [21]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Meet the Catalan Dakar riders: Edgar Canet". Formula Ràpida. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "El jovencísimo Edgar Canet se presenta en sociedad en la etapa prólogo del Dakar 2025". El País. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "Edgar Canet, the Dakar child prodigy". La Vanguardia. 9 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "El jovencísimo Edgar Canet se presenta en sociedad en la etapa prólogo del Dakar 2025". El País. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "Who is Edgar Canet, the Catalan debuting in the Dakar". AS. 31 December 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "El jovencísimo Edgar Canet se presenta en sociedad en la etapa prólogo del Dakar 2025". El País. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "Meet the Catalan Dakar riders: Edgar Canet". Formula Ràpida. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "The story of the day: Canet Ardevol, the youngest rider at Desafío Ruta 40". Desafío Ruta 40. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  9. ↑ "The story of the day: Canet Ardevol, the youngest rider at Desafío Ruta 40". Desafío Ruta 40. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  10. ↑ "Edgar Canet signs as Red Bull KTM Factory rider for Dakar". Motociclismo. 23 December 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  11. ↑ "The story of the day: Canet Ardevol, the youngest rider at Desafío Ruta 40". Desafío Ruta 40. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  12. ↑ "Who is Edgar Canet, the Catalan debuting in the Dakar". AS. 31 December 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  13. ↑ "Edgar Canet Ardevol". FIM. 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  14. ↑ "Edgar Canet, the Dakar child prodigy". La Vanguardia. 9 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  15. ↑ "Catalan 19-year-old completes spectacular third place on first day of Dakar". Catalunya Press. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  16. ↑ "Who is Edgar Canet, the Catalan debuting in the Dakar". AS. 31 December 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  17. ↑ "Catalan 19-year-old completes spectacular third place on first day of Dakar". Catalunya Press. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  18. ↑ "El jovencísimo Edgar Canet se presenta en sociedad en la etapa prólogo del Dakar 2025". El País. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  19. ↑ "Great second place for Edgar Canet, with uncertainty". L'Esportiu. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  20. ↑ "Edgar Canet wins his first Dakar at 19 in Rally2 category". Esport3. 17 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  21. ↑ "Edgar Canet proclaimed world champion; Rally of Morocco marked by mourning". Esport3. 17 October 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
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