Edgar Canet

Edgar Canet i Ardèvol (born 16 March 2005) is a Spanish motorcycle racer 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.

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,

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. 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. and finished sixth in the FIM Bajas World Cup in the Junior category. Due to these impressive results, KTM signed him as an official rider for the Red Bull KTM Factory team for the 2025 Dakar Rally.

2025: Dakar debut and World Champion In 2025, he debuted in the Dakar Rally with KTM's factory team,

In the prologue stage, Canet achieved third place overall behind Daniel Sanders (by only 12 seconds ) 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. Canet finished the rally in eighth place overall and won the Rally2 category, also being nominated Rookie of the Year.

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