The Spanish Tosha completely fought for the Dakar and Edgar did the impossible with a cut tire and zip ties

Tosha Schareina tightens the fight for the long-awaited Dakar victory in motorcycles by taking time away from the leader, Daniel Sandersfor a final Australian penalty for speeding through a speed limited door. In this way, at the end of stage 5 of Dakar 2025the Valencian went from being 15 minutes behind the overall motorcycle leader, to getting further into the fray by placing himself 6 minutes and 52 seconds behind, a distance that in Dakar It is nothing.

The stage seems to have ended badly Schareina (Honda), since Sanderswith a good final attack, was able to come back and gain a minute and a half on the Spaniard, adding to the time he already had in the overall standings. But after crossing the finish line, the FIM He handed an 8 minute 10 second penalty to an Australian pilot who again had multiple problems with his tablet, something that forced him to reset it 5 times and slow down before his final attack.

Remarkably, Sanders was able to get back to that outcome, but later, the FIM penalized Daniel and squeezed the fight by a Tosha that he did not learn about the punishment when he arrived at the bivouac Hail. His face in the Honda caravan has completely changed. He was in the match at the end of the first week of Dakar, after 5 very difficult stages. I would have signed it before starting.

Success on the stage was signed Luciano Benavides After the sanction received by one who seemed to be the virtual winner of the day, Adrien Van Beverenabout 2 minutes that gave the victory to the Argentine KTM.

Edgar Canet does the impossible with a flat tire

It seems the Dakar is getting complicated for him. But through intelligence, composure, courage, quality and tenacity, the 19-year-old debutant Edgar Canet came out of a delicate situation by achieving another surreal 8th in the motorcycle stage in stage 5 of the Dakar 2025, only 7’17 behind the winner of the day, and entered the top 10 of the general classification against the best in the world. A unique case that deserves to be studied.

In addition, he increased his lead in Rally2, a category in which he achieved his second special victory. He scored 3’03’ Docherty and 13’15 a Ebsterhis main rival for the silver class win, who was 16’39’ away.

Nani Rome He asks the press to help him, not to praise too much so that he doesn’t rush too much in this phase of pure learning. But it is impossible not to do it with results like this, and especially with what he showed in an unimaginable stage 5.

Edgar Canet arrived at the small Al Ula bivouacin the north of the country, at the end of the first stage of the marathon (without mechanical assistance from the teams), with a flat tire. The tires of motorcycles do not carry air, butmousse‘, a type of pasta that lasts. But the wheel was destroyed, in an ugly cut that he had to repair with his own hands in just one hour, the time given to repair the motorcycles before entering the parc ferme. Don’t think he was too nervous. That is one of its virtues. Your mind. He went to work and had some zip ties attached to the wheel to hold the part that came off.

He had to pray to get to Ha’il bivouac, on the rest day, and not give too much time. In theory, I go slower, with a more conservative speed, so as not to damage the tire more. But their times don’t say the same.

He finished the stage 9th, just 7’17” behind the stage winner, Luciano Benavides, and was leading Rally2.. This boy never ceases to surprise, this time, clothed Edgar ‘MacGyver‘.