2026 Dakar Rally

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2025 Dakar Rally - standings after stage 9:

Bikes

1. AUS Daniel Sanders (KTM), + 37:09'
2. USA Ricky Brabec (Honda), + 6'
3. ARG Luciano Benavides (KTM), + 7'
4. ESP Tosha Schareina (Honda), + 15'
5. USA Skyler Howes (Honda), + 44'
6. CHI Ignacio Cornejo (Hero), + 1:05'

T1 Ultimate

1. ESP Nani Roma (Ford), + 36:44'
2. ESP Carlos Sainz (Ford), + 0'57 (!!!)
3. QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah (Dacia), + 1'10 (!!!)
4. RSA Henk Lategan (Toyota), + 6'
5. SWE Mattias Ekström (Ford), + 11'
6. FRA Sébastien Loeb (Dacia), + 21'

T3 Challenger

1. ESP Pau Navarro (Taurus), 40:47'
2. SAU Yasir Seaidan (Taurus), + 41'
3. CHI Lucas del Rio (Can-Am), + 57'
4. ARG David Zille (Taurus), + 1:07'
5. ARG Nico Cavigliasso (Taurus), + 1:13'
6. NED Puck Klaassen (GRallyTeam), + 1:23'

T4 SSV

1. USA Brock Heger (Polaris), 41:22'
2. USA Kyle Chaney (Can-Am), + 44'
3. POR Joao Monteiro (Can-Am), + 1:02'
4. FRA Xavier de Soultrait (Polaris), + 1:19'
5. CHI Francisco López (Can-Am), + 1:38'
6. ARG Manu Andújar (Can-Am), + 2:34'

T5 Trucks

1. NED Mitchel van den Brink (Iveco), 42:20'
2. LTU Vaidotas Zala (Iveco), + 35'
3. CZE Ales Loprais (xIvecoxx), + 55'

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but then the power steering failed, making him lose around 15 minutes. He remains 6th, 21 minutes down.

wow !!! he drove 180km without power steering.

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wow !!! he drove 180km without power steering.

I wish Loeb would try with the Hilux. I think he'd be able to push more without worrying as much about punctures and reliability...

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Serradori with Century buggy won today's stage, congratulations to him, he's now 5th!

Seems like Nasser is in a good position to win again. If he holds the gap tomorrow and has no reliability problems, it's his Dakar. Only Lategan and Roma can do anything about it.
Loeb climbed to 4th but he's too far behind, he would need everyone ahead, especially Nasser, to have bad stages.

Top 5:
1 - Nasser Al Attiyah (Dacia)
2 - Henk Lategan (Toyota GR) +12m 00s
3 - Nani Roma (Ford M-Sport) +12m 50s
4 - Sebastien Loeb (Dacia) +23m 04s
5 - Mathieu Serradori (Century) +33m 42s

Ekstrom and Sainz, 6th and 7th, seem to be out of the fight for the victory. Only 2 stages left + a final 100 Km sprint.