Early morning ride from “White Villa’s” to Fossil Rock and back. Nice small group with Colin Mercer on his KTM Quad,Vicky White,Brittany and Paul Backwell joining. Even though I have ridden through this area a lot in the past it was my first time leaving from “White Villa’s”, my normal approach would be from Al Ain road via Al Jabal or the army base in Al Awir. Leaving from “White Villa’s” makes for a much faster and flatter ride as it skips most of the higher sand dunes and have tracks all over that you can follow.

Not bad for a total distance of +- 77Km’s to Fossil Rock and back, would be nice to have a “Cannon Ball Run” on this route to see who makes it to Fossil Rock and back in the fastest time.

	Partdistance	Parttime	Partspeed	Distance	Time	Speed
	0.000 km	0s	-	0.000 km	0s	-
	2.044 km	2m 57s	41.57 km/h	2.044 km	2m 57s	41.57 km/h
	2.047 km	2m 17s	53.78 km/h	4.090 km	5m 14s	46.90 km/h
	1.949 km	1m 57s	59.97 km/h	6.039 km	7m 11s	50.45 km/h
	2.049 km	2m 00s	61.46 km/h	8.088 km	9m 11s	52.84 km/h
	1.965 km	3m 44s	31.58 km/h	10.053 km	12m 55s	46.70 km/h
	2.006 km	2m 20s	51.57 km/h	12.059 km	15m 15s	47.44 km/h
	1.981 km	7m 06s	16.74 km/h	14.039 km	22m 21s	37.69 km/h
	1.971 km	2m 10s	54.59 km/h	16.011 km	24m 31s	39.18 km/h
	2.035 km	2m 16s	53.87 km/h	18.046 km	26m 47s	40.43 km/h
	2.042 km	2m 20s	52.51 km/h	20.088 km	29m 07s	41.39 km/h
	1.926 km	2m 43s	42.54 km/h	22.014 km	31m 50s	41.49 km/h
	2.006 km	3m 59s	30.22 km/h	24.020 km	35m 49s	40.24 km/h
	2.027 km	2m 52s	42.43 km/h	26.047 km	38m 41s	40.40 km/h
	1.954 km	5m 12s	22.54 km/h	28.001 km	43m 53s	38.28 km/h
	2.036 km	3m 30s	34.90 km/h	30.037 km	47m 23s	38.03 km/h
	2.003 km	4m 09s	28.96 km/h	32.040 km	51m 32s	37.30 km/h
	1.983 km	4m 30s	26.44 km/h	34.022 km	56m 02s	36.43 km/h
	2.022 km	8m 46s	13.84 km/h	36.045 km	1h 04m 48s	33.37 km/h
	1.963 km	2m 15s	52.35 km/h	38.008 km	1h 07m 03s	34.01 km/h
	2.025 km	45m 27s	2.67 km/h	40.032 km	1h 52m 30s	21.35 km/h
	1.983 km	2m 36s	45.77 km/h	42.015 km	1h 55m 06s	21.90 km/h
	2.025 km	2m 47s	43.65 km/h	44.040 km	1h 57m 53s	22.42 km/h
	2.014 km	3m 39s	33.10 km/h	46.054 km	2h 01m 32s	22.74 km/h
	1.948 km	3m 24s	34.38 km/h	48.002 km	2h 04m 56s	23.05 km/h
	2.005 km	2m 47s	43.23 km/h	50.007 km	2h 07m 43s	23.49 km/h
	2.032 km	2m 15s	54.20 km/h	52.040 km	2h 09m 58s	24.02 km/h
	1.974 km	1m 37s	73.26 km/h	54.014 km	2h 11m 35s	24.63 km/h
	2.061 km	4m 37s	26.79 km/h	56.075 km	2h 16m 12s	24.70 km/h
	2.011 km	2m 28s	48.92 km/h	58.086 km	2h 18m 40s	25.13 km/h
	1.950 km	2m 35s	45.30 km/h	60.036 km	2h 21m 15s	25.50 km/h
	2.050 km	3m 05s	39.89 km/h	62.086 km	2h 24m 20s	25.81 km/h
	1.966 km	2m 12s	53.61 km/h	64.052 km	2h 26m 32s	26.23 km/h
	1.965 km	2m 15s	52.39 km/h	66.017 km	2h 28m 47s	26.62 km/h
	1.993 km	2m 10s	55.18 km/h	68.009 km	2h 30m 57s	27.03 km/h
	2.029 km	1m 57s	62.44 km/h	70.039 km	2h 32m 54s	27.48 km/h
	2.033 km	1m 33s	78.71 km/h	72.072 km	2h 34m 27s	28.00 km/h
	1.986 km	2m 49s	42.30 km/h	74.058 km	2h 37m 16s	28.25 km/h
	2.002 km	2m 24s	50.05 km/h	76.060 km	2h 39m 40s	28.58 km/h
	0.574 km	4m 27s	7.74 km/h	76.634 km	2h 44m 07s	28.02 km/h

Lionel Laine rode a fantastic race aboard the KTM 525 XC ATV to top the quad class in the UAE Desert Challenge with a 12m23sec advantage over his closest rival. From October 27th till the 31st, the KTM 525 XC rode through the toughest desert terrain that the UAE could offer and completed the ultimate test a machine could be exposed to. The FIM World Championship Event demanded crucial elements such as handling, speed and reliability, all of which the KTM 525XC ATV possessed.

A test of attrition, this event pits nature against man and machine. And the KTM 525 XC ATV ran through 5 grueling days of the UAE Desert Challenge and proved that KTM, even on 4 wheels, has what it takes to win. Running against a sea of multi-brands, the KTM-UAE rally prepared KTM 525 XC ATV came out of ahead of the rest. An exhausted Lionel could not hide his joy, “I am delighted that all the hard work preparing the KTM ATV paid off, and winning the category is the icing on the cake.”