Motorcycle rider Martin Michek places 9th at Dakar

Motorcycle rider Martin Michek of Orion Moto Racing Group took 9th place at the Dakar Rally with the best Czech result in the history of the sport on Friday. He thus beat the old Czech record set by Stanislav Zloch in 1998, who placed 10th. “I’m ecstatic – we just rewrote Czech motorcycle history!” the 32-year-old rider told journalists.