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Sebastien Loeb's decision to "go slow" in stage five earlier in the week paid off on Friday as the Frenchman won the marathon two-day stage 6 at the Dakar Rally. Veteran Spaniard Carlos Sainz finished second 2min 01sec behind and took the overall lead while five-time winner Nasser Al-Attiyah saw his hopes of winning a sixth title disappear with a mechanical problem in the last 50 kilometers. Adrien van Beveren made it a double French success with victory in the bike race.

Alastair Humphreys is a British adventurer, author, and blogger. He spent over four years cycling round the world, has walked across southern India, rowed across the Atlantic Ocean, run six marathons through the Sahara desert, completed a crossing of Iceland, busked through Spain, and participated in an expedition in the Arctic, close to the magnetic North Pole. He has trekked 1,000 miles across the Empty Quarter desert and 120 miles round the M25—one of his pioneering microadventures. He was...

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Toby Price has wrapped up the 48 Hour Chrono two-day stage as runner up, Daniel Sanders fourth...

Audi's Carlos Sainz leads the Dakar Rally after Sebastien Loeb claimed his second stage win in the Saudi Arabian desert.

Yazeed Al-Rajhi began the Dakar Rally's Chrono Stage as the overall leader. He left it with an overturned Toyota Hilux wondering what went wrong.

Toby Price finishes stage five in third, Daniel Sanders fourth and move back into top 10, with the Honda 1-2 of Quintanilla and Van Beveren taking the win.

, Jan 11 (IANS) Pablo Quintanilla made his mark on short run in the first of the big dunes as he took the win on the fifth stage of Dakar Rally 2024, here on Thursday.Thursday’s stage took in 118km of sand dunes through Saudi ...

The top South African team is Giniel de Villiers and Dennis Murphy in the Gazoo Racing Toyota Hilux, in 11th overall after finishing 7th in Thursday's stage.

Nasser Al-Attiyah won the fifth stage of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia to go second overall behind home favourite Yazeed Al-Rajhi.

Shubaytah:Five time winner Nasser Al Attiyah posted his first win of this year s Dakar Rally yesteray, clocking the quickest time in the Empty Quarter...