Dakar Rally Daily

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Luciano Benevides did the nearly impossible and won the 2026 Dakar Rally from behind on the final day to take the victory by two seconds over Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally's Ricky Brabec.Over 100km of final stage racing, Benevides didn't let up, taking advantage of a small navigation mistake in tricky terrain by Brabec to secure his first Dakar Victory, and the 21st for KTM by the slimmest margin ever seen. Brabec, for the most part, rode the most flawless rally of the year, avoiding major navigation or terrain mistakes over two weeks and almost 8,000km of racing. But in the final 3km of today's final, Brabec made a wrong turn and it cost him the most valuable seconds of the race. This is a stunning victory for Benevides and KTM - a historic one - proving that even when it's almost impossible to win, believing you can is the only way to victory.Enjoy the show and we will see you at the next round of the World Rally Raid Championship from Portugal in March. Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_rally\_daily/ And leave comments on Cycle News YouTube coverage: https://www.youtube.com/@cyclenews Cycle News official race results coverage:https://www.cyclenews.com/2026/01/article/2026-dakar-rally-results/ Buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/dakarrallydaily Visit our partners KLIMRally NavigatorThe Baja Rally(more to come!) Dakar Rally Daily is produced and edited by Jesse Ziegler, and hosted by Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler.

American Monster Energy Honda HRC Factory Rally ace Ricky Brabec took a decisive stage win today at the 2026 Dakar Rally, besting Red Bull Factory KTM front-runner Luciano Benevides by a mere three minutes and 20 seconds to put himself in prime position for his third Dakar Rally win. Brabec's strategy played out yesterday held him back in starting position today - prime placement for making up the :23 second gap Benevides had going in to today. But, Benevides didn't make it easy by racing to the front of the pack early and gathering over two minutes of bonus time on the long, fast stage. The win and time gain will see Brabec lead out a short 100km-ish day tomorrow to the final checkered flag of the rally. If Benevides can find more than three minutes to gain tomorrow, this will go down to the wire, but it's a heavy lift in such a short stage. We hear from the top racers in RallyGP, check in with Original by Motul class leader Benji Melot, and hear from yesterday's stage winner Skyler Howes after a demanding day saw his Honda expell ALL OF ITS OIL, yet still finish. Wow! One more stage to go tomorrow and this 2026 Dakar Rally is done! Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_rally\_daily/ And leave comments on Cycle News YouTube coverage: https://www.youtube.com/@cyclenews Cycle News official race results coverage:https://www.cyclenews.com/2026/01/article/2026-dakar-rally-results/ Buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/dakarrallydaily Visit our partners KLIMRally NavigatorThe Baja Rally(more to come!) Dakar Rally Daily is produced and edited by Jesse Ziegler, and hosted by Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler.

American Skyler Howes on the Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally Team took his first career stage win today on stage 11 of the 2026 Dakar Rally. His first stage victory comes on his eighth year of Dakar competition and he becomes the ninth American to win a stage in the history of the race. As the 2026 Dakar Rally enters the final two stages, today's results set the stage for an all-out war between Honda and the Red Bull Factory KTM team. Honda won the day, and set themselves up for potential success with Howes' teammate Adrian Van Beveren starting first on-course and powering his way into second on the day, helping his other American teammate Ricky Brabec massively. The Honda duo of Van Beveren and Brabec rode together for much of the day, sharing bonus time and even slowing down intentionally to secure a more favorable starting position tomorrow for Brabec. KTM RallyGP rookie Edgar Canet put himself back into the fight with a third place finish and Luciano Benevides finished fourth. Honda's Tosha Schareina rounds out the top five. The results of the day mean Benavides leads the overall rally competition by a mere 23 seconds over Brabec, but the KTM rider will start two postions ahead on tomorrow's decisive stage. Brabec will have a more favorable starting spot, looking to race to the front. Enjoy today's show as we get down to the wire in this very tight race!   Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_rally\_daily/ And leave comments on Cycle News YouTube coverage: https://www.youtube.com/@cyclenews Cycle News official race results coverage:https://www.cyclenews.com/2026/01/article/2026-dakar-rally-results/ Buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/dakarrallydaily Visit our partners KLIMRally NavigatorThe Baja Rally(more to come!) Dakar Rally Daily is produced and edited by Jesse Ziegler, and hosted by Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler.

Today's race is dominated by the news that Daniel Sanders crashed off a dune and injured his shoulder, dropping him out of the race win contention. Sanders managed to finish the stage and minimize damage, but damage was done and while he's still planning on racing the last three days of the 2026 race, doing so will be extremely difficult even for the gritty Australian.Adrian Van Beveren took the stage win today after catching the front runners, including his Honda teammates and putting down his signature sand dune speed to take his 7th stage win of his career. Ricky Brabec finished second on the stage, also collecting some bonus time by leading out front and  being credited time back for stopping to assist the downed Sanders at about the 140km mark on the special. Brabec's ride also put him at the top of the general standings heading in to stage 11. Luciano Benevides was hoping for a better finish than third on the day from his ninth place starting position today, but struggles in the dunes and a crash kept him four minutes off the leading pace. Luciano now sits second in the general standing, only 56 seconds behind Brabec.Tosha Schareina also had a tough day holding off the competition, finishing eighth on the day after leading the way at the start. Schareina sits in third overall, 15:43 off the leaders with Sanders in fourth after his disasterous day, 17:37 back from the top of the standings.We hear from the top finishers, check in with Johnny Campbell and Jordi Vialladoms as well as hear from Original by Motul competitors and the always entertaining Nathan Rafferty. Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_rally\_daily/ And leave comments on Cycle News YouTube coverage: https://www.youtube.com/@cyclenews Cycle News official race results coverage:https://www.cyclenews.com/2026/01/article/2026-dakar-rally-results/ Buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/dakarrallydaily Visit our partners KLIMRally NavigatorThe Baja Rally(more to come!) Dakar Rally Daily is produced and edited by Jesse Ziegler, and hosted by Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler.

We have a great show for you today covering stage nine of the 2026 Dakar Rally. We cover all the motorcycle classes and get a great interview with one of the best stories out of the Malle Moto/Original by Motul class. Up front, Monster Energy Honda HRC racer Tosha Schareina got the stage win today over Red Bull Factory KTM's Daniel Sanders by more than four minutes. Schareina took advantage of his fourth place starting position on the day and a tricky navigation note at kilometer 35 to close the gap and get up front. His teammate Ricky Brabec also caught the leading KTM duo up front of Sanders and Luciano Benevides and the four rode together for the rest of the stage. However, Schareina and Sanders pulled away over the stage, sharing the bulk of available lead-out bonus time and pushing Brabec outside the front-running bubble. Brabec would finish fourth today, 6:22 back from the lead.Rally2 competitor Mike Docherty had a blistering stage, greasing the navigation challenge that caught the leaders out and using his 16th starting position to chase down the RallyGP guys. His performance put him third overall on the day, only 15 second behind Sanders without any bonus time - a fantastic ride from the South African.American Skyler Howes would finish fifth on the stage aboard his Honda, nearly eight minutes off the lead. In the general standing, Sanders regains the lead with a 6:24 cushion over Brabec. Benevides now sits third, seven minutes behind Sanders. Schareina really moved up, now sitting in fourth, about eight minutes behind Benevides with his sights on podium finish by the end of the race. Kove's Neels Theric finished second in Rally2 today, with American Preston Campbell coming in third behind Docherty and Theric, riding well enough to remain in 9th overall in the general standings and increasing his lead for the first of many days over Toni Mulec in the Rally2 category. Campbell now has more than 17 minutes to spare after gaining more than eight minutes today.Malle Moto/Original by Motul competitors continue to pace well with Josep Pedro and Benjamin Melot finishing 11th and 12th, respectively on today's stage.  Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_rally\_daily/ And leave comments on Cycle News YouTube coverage: https://www.youtube.com/@cyclenews Cycle News official race results coverage:https://www.cyclenews.com/2026/01/article/2026-dakar-rally-results/ Buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/dakarrallydaily Visit our partners KLIMRally NavigatorThe Baja Rally(more to come!) Dakar Rally Daily is produced and edited by Jesse Ziegler, and hosted by Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler.

Luciano Benevides put the 2026 Dakar Rally motorcycle competitors on notice today that he is here to stay. Yesterday's stage winner went out like a bullet today, opening the longest special stage of the 2026 course solo, grabbing every available second of bonus time and taking back-to-back stage wins and his third stage win of the year in four days. An absolutely dominating performance from Benevides today saw him not only best Daniel Sanders by nearly five minutes, he also held off a strategic Ricky Brabec by more than five minutes. If that wasn't enough, Benevides also put himself at the front of the overall rankings, leapfrogging over his teammate Sanders to sit at the top with a ten second gap to Sanders. Brabec is third, 4:47 back after the day didn't work out like he'd hoped.dStage eight was fast, faster than most racers predicted, and without much in challenging navigation points. And Luciano Benevides was the fastest.  Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_rally\_daily/ And leave comments on Cycle News YouTube coverage: https://www.youtube.com/@cyclenews Cycle News official race results coverage:https://www.cyclenews.com/2026/01/article/2026-dakar-rally-results/ Buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/dakarrallydaily Visit our partners KLIMRally NavigatorThe Baja Rally(more to come!) Dakar Rally Daily is produced and edited by Jesse Ziegler, and hosted by Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler.

The 2026 Dakar Rally is back after a much needed rest day and Luciano Benevides came out swinging! The Red Bull KTM Factory Racing pilot took his seventh in his career today, almost five minutes ahead of his teammate Edgar Canet. Canet, rebounding nicely from his rear tire disaster before the rest day kept the pace high, finishing just ahead of Monster Energy Honda HRC's Adrian Van Beveren by only 10 seconds on the day. In the general classification, the race order now stands with Daniel Sanders at the front holding a 4:25 lead over Ricky Brabec with Benavides in third more than ten minutes back. Racers on the course were playing strategy for what seems like the first time in the rally today, holding back for favorable start positions tomorrow and looking ahead in the week to try to gain an advantage. We catch up with the top finishers, check in with Johnny Campbell to talk strategy and bivouac food, interview the Malle Moto/Original by Motul leader Benji Melo and hear from Anthony Bonello, in person from the pits! Enjoy the show!  Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_rally\_daily/ And leave comments on Cycle News YouTube coverage: https://www.youtube.com/@cyclenews Cycle News official race results coverage:https://www.cyclenews.com/2026/01/article/2026-dakar-rally-results/ Buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/dakarrallydaily Visit our partners KLIMRally NavigatorThe Baja Rally(more to come!) Dakar Rally Daily is produced and edited by Jesse Ziegler, and hosted by Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler.

It's rest day at the 2026 Dakar Rally - the perfect opportunity to annoy some factory racers, check in with the Malle Moto / Original by Motul class racers and get some insight into the professional photographers on the course every day. We start today's show with a Skyler Howes interview and then move to Javi Vega, finally chatting with photographer Marcin Kin. Howes has had a few really tough days battling illness, crashes and mechanical threats on the course, but he's still in contention for a podium spot by the end of the race. We get his insight into the first week and what he's looking towards starting tomorrow. Vega has been racing the Original by Motul class for a few years and on a Kove for two years now. We find out about some bike issues and his motivation to get on the class podium. We all want to know what photographers do when they see a dangerous spot on the course - do they shoot or try to direct riders away from the danger? We ask Marcin Kin, a Red Bull photographer and one of the best in the biz. Finally, we drop in some good Quinn-and-Answer questions and Jesse tries to get Quinn to talk about more factory rally bike secrets. Enjoy the show! Buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/dakarrallydaily  Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_rally\_daily/ And leave comments on Cycle News YouTube coverage: https://www.youtube.com/@cyclenews Cycle News official race results coverage:https://www.cyclenews.com/2026/01/article/2026-dakar-rally-results/ Buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/dakarrallydaily Visit our partners KLIMRally NavigatorThe Baja Rally(more to come!) Dakar Rally Daily is produced and edited by Jesse Ziegler, and hosted by Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler.

The first half of the 2026 Dakar Rally is complete as competitors head into a much deserved rest day tomorrow. After a brutal 900km and fourteen hours, the top racers in the Dakar Rally have finished the first half of this year's race. Up front, it's American Ricky Brabec on his Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally machine taking the top spot on the day by just over a minute to his teammate Tosha Schareina. Third on the day went to Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Daniel Sanders, three seconds behind Schareina. The big story today is Sanders, who went to the front of the field early after catching his teammate Luciano Benevides. Sanders threw down a blistering pace at the front, riding away from the field and was clearly the fastest on-course. However, he was slapped with a six-minute speeding penalty after reportedly flying through a 50km/h zone at 98km/h.The mistake took the sure stage win away from Sanders and closed the gap at the top of the general standings. Here, Sanders has the lead by a mere 45 seconds over Brabec with Benavides in third, more than ten minutes behind.The rest day is welcomed for the bivouac, and we catch up with Mason Klein as he finishes another day in the top-ten rankings on-stage, and sits 13th overall.Rest day tomorrow, and then we're straight in to a brutal second half of the 2026 Dakar Rally! Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_rally\_daily/ And leave comments on Cycle News YouTube coverage: https://www.youtube.com/@cyclenews Cycle News official race results coverage:https://www.cyclenews.com/2026/01/article/2026-dakar-rally-results/ Buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/dakarrallydaily Visit our partners KLIMRally NavigatorThe Baja Rally(more to come!) Dakar Rally Daily is produced and edited by Jesse Ziegler, and hosted by Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler.

The 2026 Dakar Rally has finished its first of two two-day marathon stages today and racers across the field had to deal with racing on worn tires from yesterday. We predicted that tire issues would cause a shakeup in the overall standings and it sure did with early front runner Edgar Canet of the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team suffering the worst of it, losing his rear mousse on the stage and having to limp his bike to the finish in Hail. Canet would be the last finisher on the day, losing more than four hours on race time, and more than 10 after penalties were assessed at the end of the day. His race at the front is over, but he does race tomorrow and will continue to be a factor in the stages if he stays healthy. American Skyler Howes predicted he'd have tire issues today and he did, having to take it easy on the day and sacrificing more than 20 minutes to get to the finish. Another victim of the day, albeit not because of tires, was the previous two days' winner Tosha Schareina, the Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally pilot lost ten minutes today almost immediately as he failed to enter the course between the required flag markers. His error cost him ten minutes on the day, and dropped him from sharing the lead to fourth place overall, almost 12 minutes behind the leader.Today's stage was great for Luciano Benevides, the factory KTM racer made strategic choices to push at the end of the day to leap ahead in the standings and take his first stage win of the year. He now sits in third overall, as well. This was after a very high-speed crash, to boot. Likewise, Nacho Cornejo from the Hero squad rode a great stage, taking second overall for Hero, a result they desperately needed after Ross Branch dropped back in the standings today. Daniel Sanders came in third today, giving away almost six minutes to his teammate. In the general ranking, it's Sanders in control with a two minute gap to Ricky Brabec (fifth today), and then Benevides nearly six minutes behind Sanders in third. Tomorrow's stage is massive, over 900 kilometers on tap and a 4am start time for Benevides in the morning. The only repreive is the following day is Rest Day in Riyahd.  Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_rally\_daily/ And leave comments on Cycle News YouTube coverage: https://www.youtube.com/@cyclenews Cycle News official race results coverage:https://www.cyclenews.com/2026/01/article/2026-dakar-rally-results/ Buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/dakarrallydaily Visit our partners KLIMRally NavigatorThe Baja Rally(more to come!) Dakar Rally Daily is produced and edited by Jesse Ziegler, and hosted by Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler.

The racing is tighter than ever at the 2026 Dakar Rally and today's stage four, the first half or a two-stage marathon phase of the race, was close with the top three finishers on the day separated by a mere 10 seconds! Lot's to unpack today and we have Johnny Campbell joining the show to give us some deep insight into the race! In the front of the pack today was once again Tosha Schareina of the Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally team - taking his second stage win in a row for 2026. The spaniard led the route from the start and claimed most of the opening bonus time before his teammate, American Ricky Brabec, caught him. The two Honda pilots would ride in to the finish together, navigating quickly and sharing bonus time and setting themselves up with 1-2 on the day. Third on the day was yet another Honda rider, as American Skyler Howes got way up to speed, clocking fast times across the stage to sit only 10-seconds back on adjusted time after bonuses awarded to the top-two. Howes was on the gas.In Rally2, a lot of drama unfolded today with front-runner Michael Docherty having a massive front wheel failure, forcing him to catch a ride to the end of the stage and essentially stopping his race. He will be able to continue in Rally2, but he's out of the competition. Honda's rookie Rally2 sensation Martim Ventura also had a mechanical today, knocking him down nearly two hours. Kove's Neels Theric's rebound from his prologue pushing continues as he takes the stage win for the Chinese brand, but American rookie Preston Campbell is the big benefactor on the day, flying up the general rankings to take the lead, more than 18 minutes clear. The following days are going to be filled with more drama and racing excitement. And we can't wait to cover it all here. Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_rally\_daily/ And leave comments on Cycle News YouTube coverage: https://www.youtube.com/@cyclenews Cycle News official race results coverage:https://www.cyclenews.com/2026/01/article/2026-dakar-rally-results/ Buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/dakarrallydaily Visit our partners KLIMRally NavigatorThe Baja Rally(more to come!) Dakar Rally Daily is produced and edited by Jesse Ziegler, and hosted by Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler.

The 2026 Dakar Rally set off on stage three today with a grueling, rocky route through the Saudi desert. And for the first time in 2026 we have a new manufacture taking the stage win as Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally's Tosha Schareina kept his speed high, despite a brutal crash, and recorded his first win of 2026. Second behind him was his teammate, American Ricky Brabec. Brabec blitzed to the front of the field today to grab some opening bonus time and the effort gave him his best finish of the race, so far. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Daniel Sanders followed up his stage win from yesterday with a strong performance leading the field. He raced through the course fast while leading, gathering the most opening bonus points without losing much time to the following pack. His great ride today kept him in second on the stage and keeps him in the lead overall. In the general rankings, Sanders leads by a little over a minute to Ricky Brabec, with Schareina now in third, knocking rookie RallyGP star Edgar Canet off the podium for now. We have some great interviews today including exclusive chats with Ross Branch, Michael Docherty, Hank from HT Rally Raid and Preston Campbell on the Honda HRC squad's Rally2 program.   Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_rally\_daily/ And leave comments on Cycle News YouTube coverage: https://www.youtube.com/@cyclenews Cycle News official race results coverage:https://www.cyclenews.com/2026/01/article/2026-dakar-rally-results/ Buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/dakarrallydaily Visit our partners KLIMRally NavigatorThe Baja Rally(more to come!) Dakar Rally Daily is produced and edited by Jesse Ziegler, and hosted by Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler.

Welcome back to the KLIM Dakar Rally Daily show presented by Baja Rally and Rally Navigator! We're racing into stage two today with some insight into a fast and grueling stage at the 2026 Dakar Rally. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Daniel Sanders took the stage win today just in front of his teammate and 2026's stand out RallyGP rookie Edgar Canet. The KTM Duo swapped positions at the front of the rally about 100km in to the stage and enjoyed a fast pace at the front. Sanders and Canet split the available bonus time and kept the pace high to secure the top two spots on the day. Sanders, with his 10th Dakar stage win today, jumped to the front of the overall rankings with Canet right behind him in second overall. American Ricky Brabec had a great day as well. The Monster Energy Honda HRC pilot went fastest on the stage from start to finish on race time, but ended up third again today after the opening bonuses for Sanders and Canet were tallied. Brabec sticks to his third spot overall, as well. The bivouac moved locations today making uploads from racers and our on-the-ground correspondents difficult, but we still managed to get you some great insight into the racers and how the stage went down. Enjoy the show and don't forget to check out our sponsors and partners! Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_rally\_daily/ And leave comments on Cycle News YouTube coverage: https://www.youtube.com/@cyclenews Cycle News official race results coverage:https://www.cyclenews.com/2026/01/article/2026-dakar-rally-results/ Buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/dakarrallydaily Visit our partners KLIMRally NavigatorThe Baja Rally(more to come!) Dakar Rally Daily is produced and edited by Jesse Ziegler, and hosted by Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler.

The 2026 Dakar Rally kicks off Stage One with a loop from the seaside bivouac in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia over 300kms of timed special test course. Front runners of the race remain unchanged from the short prologue yesterday with Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's prodigy Edgar Canet taking the stage win over his teammate Daniel Sanders by a little more than a minute, and 1:32 over American Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally's Ricky Brabec. The stage win keeps Canet in the lead for the second consecutive day, a feat last repeated by a Spaniard in 2015 by the country's legendary rally ace, Marc Coma. Overall standings mirror today's results with only Hero's Ross Branch getting shaken out of the top spots today after incurring a six-minute speeding penalty. Branch was on pace to take the victory today by more nearly two minutes before the penalty knocked him back. In today's show we chat with the top finishers (including Branch) and catch former Dakar winner Sam Sunderland in the pits for some great Dakar perspective. We also check in with two America privateer racers on the BAS Trucks KTM team, Nathan Rafferty and Brandon Krause, to hear how their rally experience is shaping up. All this plus much more Dakar Rally race insight and commentary from the Dakar Rally Daily team! Enjoy the show. Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_rally\_daily/ And leave comments on Cycle News YouTube coverage: https://www.youtube.com/@cyclenews Cycle News official race results coverage:https://www.cyclenews.com/2026/01/article/2026-dakar-rally-results/ Buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/dakarrallydaily Visit our partners KLIMRally NavigatorThe Baja Rally(more to come!) Dakar Rally Daily is produced and edited by Jesse Ziegler, and hosted by Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler.

Welcome to the start of race days at the 2026 Dakar Rally. Today's prologue stage was fast and short with top racers Edgar Canet and Daniel Sanders of the Red Bull KTM Factory Team setting the pace. Canet, the 20-year-old Catalan rider set a new Dakar record as the youngest racer to win an official stage today. Sanders, the defending Dakar and W2RC World Champion held off American Ricky Brabec on the Monster Energy Honda HRC team by two seconds to finish runner-up. Brabec enjoyed one of his finest prologue starts to Dakar in third. In today's Dakar Rally Daily show we discuss prologue strategy, race team dynamics, check in with Original by Motul Malle Moto racer Neil Hawker and get an in-person update from Mason Klein about his new ride on the Chinese HOTO race team. The first big stage starts bright and early tomorrow with over 300kms set to run against the clock as racers head full-steam into battle. Enjoy the show and we will see you tomorrow for all the insight from Stage One! Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_rally\_daily/ And leave comments on Cycle News YouTube coverage: https://www.youtube.com/@cyclenews Cycle News official race results coverage:https://www.cyclenews.com/2026/01/article/2026-dakar-rally-results/ Buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/dakarrallydaily Visit our partners KLIMRally NavigatorThe Baja Rally(more to come!) Dakar Rally Daily is produced and edited by Jesse Ziegler, and hosted by Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler.

Welcome to the first pre-race episode of the 2026 Dakar Rally featuring Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally's Ricky Brabec. Dakar Rally Daily hosts Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler cold call Ricky Brabec two days before Christmas to get his thoughts on the 2026 Dakar Rally. In this episode, we chat with Brabec about the 2026 Dakar Rally route, a new scheme for the grueling marathon stages, his 2026 Honda HRC CRF450 Rally factory race bike setup, the new Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally 2 effort on the production Honda CRF450RX Rally bike, and much, much more. Don't miss our first episode of Dakar Rally Daily's sixth season. Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_rally\_daily/ And leave comments on Cycle News YouTube coverage: https://www.youtube.com/@cyclenews Cycle News official race results coverage:https://www.cyclenews.com/2026/01/article/2026-dakar-rally-results/ Buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/dakarrallydaily Visit our partners KLIMRally NavigatorThe Baja Rally(more to come!) Dakar Rally Daily is produced and edited by Jesse Ziegler, and hosted by Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler.

We're back! Dakar is over but we're hooked on rally more than ever. So, here's our first-ever Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge show! As the second stop on the 2025 Word Rally Raid Championship (W2RC), Abu Dhabi is held in familiar territory just outside the Empty Quarter of Saudi Arabia in the United Arab Emirates. Sand is on the menu every day, save for the prologue, and the dunes of the UAE held plenty of drama over the five-stage race. Listen in as we recap what went down in the desert and how the top contenders faired in the second race of the 2025 W2RC season. Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_rally\_daily/ And leave comments on Cycle News YouTube coverage: https://www.youtube.com/@cyclenews Cycle News official race results coverage:https://www.cyclenews.com/2026/01/article/2026-dakar-rally-results/ Buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/dakarrallydaily Visit our partners KLIMRally NavigatorThe Baja Rally(more to come!) Dakar Rally Daily is produced and edited by Jesse Ziegler, and hosted by Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler.

The 2025 Dakar Rally final results are in and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Daniel Sanders led every day en route to his first Dakar Rally victory, KTM's 20th. The end comes after the Austrian manufacturer dominated the race, taking nine out of 13 stage wins. Second in the rankings was Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally's Tosha Schareina followed by his teammate Adrien Van Beveren, putting two Honda machines in the top three. Plenty to recap after a hectic two weeks of racing in Saudi Arabia on today's show. Settle down and tune in and we will see you back in the bivouac soon! Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_rally\_daily/ And leave comments on Cycle News YouTube coverage: https://www.youtube.com/@cyclenews Cycle News official race results coverage:https://www.cyclenews.com/2026/01/article/2026-dakar-rally-results/ Buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/dakarrallydaily Visit our partners KLIMRally NavigatorThe Baja Rally(more to come!) Dakar Rally Daily is produced and edited by Jesse Ziegler, and hosted by Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler.

Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally Team's Tosha Schareina got his first Dakar Rally stage win today on a shortened Stage 11. Followed closely by Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Luciano Benavides and his HRC teammate Adrien Van Beveren, Schareina kept the pressure on overall race leader Daniel Sanders and his KTM, closing the gap by seven minutes in only 152km.The stage today was shortened by weather, delaying the start of the stage due to heavy fog keeping the helicopters grounded. Organizers proposed a full stage with a 3pm gate setup at refueling, but a racer majority protested that idea and they simply stopped the stage at that point instead of the top guys getting through the gate and continuing on, and those behind not having to finish the stage. We chat with Brad Cox on the show today after his nasty crash earlier in the week. We also hear from at least one racer who's disspointed in the stage shortening.Tomorrow is the final day of the rally - a welcome day for everyone on the course!Enjoy the show! Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_rally\_daily/ And leave comments on Cycle News YouTube coverage: https://www.youtube.com/@cyclenews Cycle News official race results coverage:https://www.cyclenews.com/2026/01/article/2026-dakar-rally-results/ Buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/dakarrallydaily Visit our partners KLIMRally NavigatorThe Baja Rally(more to come!) Dakar Rally Daily is produced and edited by Jesse Ziegler, and hosted by Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler.

2025 Dakar Rally Stage Ten Results and News Show is live! Dakar Rally racers had a brutal commute to work today, over 500km of on-the-road liasion, as they made their way deep into Saudi Arabia's Empty Quarter, the extreme southeast quadrant of the desert country known for it's isolation and intense sand dune landscapes. With only 100km of racing on the day, not much time was up for grabs but that didn't stop Rally 2 competitor Michael Docherty from taking his first stage win. Rui Congalves was second and Tobias Ebster was third. Rally front-runners held back today, not willing to risk their overall placing during the short dune stage. More so, they were willing to slow down for an optimal starting position for the rally's penultimate stage tomorrow - a day of massive sand dunes and 300km of timed terrain. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Daniel Sanders continues his strangle hold on the race at the top, finishing back today but still, somehow, putting time on his closest rivals Tosha Schareina and Adrien Van Beveren and their Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally machines. Everyone needs help moving up in this race at this point, and tomorrow is going to be, as American Ricky Brabec said yesterday, an all-out attack. Two more days to go! Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_rally\_daily/ And leave comments on Cycle News YouTube coverage: https://www.youtube.com/@cyclenews Cycle News official race results coverage:https://www.cyclenews.com/2026/01/article/2026-dakar-rally-results/ Buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/dakarrallydaily Visit our partners KLIMRally NavigatorThe Baja Rally(more to come!) Dakar Rally Daily is produced and edited by Jesse Ziegler, and hosted by Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler.