When the 2015 Dakar Rally was over with Marc Coma emerging as the winner, yet once again… we were all on our feet to see the the Spanish rider aboard his KTM 450 Rally to keep warming his tyres for the 2016 rally. Sadly, Coma who is now 39-years old, has decided that he would not more be participating in the Dakar Rally and has announced his plans for retirement from the sport.

While many thought that Coma, once he is finish with racing on motorcycles, would pick up from where most other rally racers do … get into a four wheeler and continue competing. But sadly even that’s not the case. Coma would now in fact, work as the Sporting Director for the Dakar Rally.

After 12 Dakar Rallies, 5 wins and 6 world championships, Coma now believes its time to retire. We would sure have loved to see another season or two of Coma riding the pants off his KTM 450 rally, giving a tough time to his competition in the harsh wilderness that is the Dakar Rally, but unfortunately that is over.

As a reminder of what this mad rider has achieved during his reign, we have compiled a photo gallery of the most dramatic moments of Marc Coma riding captured on camera. The images are all high-resolution from all the rallies that he has competed in over the years, so feel free to download and make them your desktop background as a toast to the masterful rider.

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Image copyright Red Bull, KTM, Getty and AP.

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