Dakar: Contenders abandon the Rally!
Seth Quintero and Toby Price had to say farewell to the Rally today. Francisco López retook the lead.
Seth Quintero and Toby Price had to say farewell to the Rally today. Francisco López retook the lead.
Nicolás Cavigliasso, quad leader, had to abandon with a broken clutch. Al Rajhi won in cars.
Auriol passed away in France, aged 68.
Seth Quintero, 18, took the lightweight vehicle Stage 6. Résumé of the day.
CS Santosh suffers a brain commotion. Consistent Xavier de Soultrait leads in motos.
“I’m sure that over the next days, we will hear quite a lot of potential changes on the different calendars, not only Formula 1, but on other calendars…” – Jean Todt
Peterhansel still leads overall. US American Skyler Howes has taken the motorcycling lead.
Saleh Alsaif won the light vehicle category and Nasser Al Attiyah won in cars. Motos saw an exact opposite mix of fortunes as yesterday.
The Dakar Rally is back in Saudi Arabia and the first stage meant a win for two former Champions as well as the first win for a woman since 2005, and troubles for Karginov, Brabec and Löeb. We review the action.

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