Barreda Bort made his Dakar debut in 2011, riding an Aprilia, but was forced to retire during the second stage of the event due to a fall.

Switching to Husqvarna machinery for 2012, Barreda Bort had a promising start - finishing third during the second stage of the rally - before losing significant time to mechanical problems.

Later that year, Barreda Bort won the motorcycle category of the Egyptian-based Pharaons Rally for Husqvarna, winning the first, third and fourth stages.

In the following years, Barreda became one of the favourites to win the Dakar Rally in bikes, specially after the retirement of Marc Coma and Cyril Despres from such category.

After touching the podium on several occasions, Barreda arrived to the 2017 Dakar Rally with high hopes after a good year of preparation.