The eleventh stage of this Dakar Rally was expected to be the toughest day on the calendar, however, the ‘Empty Quarter’ left much to be desired. Errors that never arrived in dunes that were not scary. They did not turn out to be decisive kilometers or, at least, not as much as had been warned. In motorcycles, Luciano Benavides took his third victory in this Dakar, which he came to with the counter at zero. He was followed by Daniel Sanders and Toby Price, although it was not enough for the KTM rider to become the leader in the general classification… although he is only separated by 28 seconds from Skyler Howes, who is first again after losing it this past Wednesday in favor of Kevin Benavides (now third).
Motorcycle stage classification
General motorcycle classification
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in carsSebastien Loeb continues unstoppable. The Frenchman adds his fourth consecutive victory in this Dakar Rally and gets even closer to second overall, occupied by Lucas Moraes (fourth in today’s stage). Nasser Al Attiyah (5th in the eleventh stage) continues to lead the general classification without apparent problems, with more than an hour and twenty ahead of the Brazilian. However, Loeb remains hopeful of seeing a mistake from the Qatari three stages from the end of the championship. But, unlike on motorcycles, where he can still go through anything, the cars seem to have everything sentenced. Although you never know. This is the Dakar.
classification stage cars
General classification cars
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