done rally in Dakar 2025. Two weeks have passed with many emotions and great hardships and only a few have achieved the goal of reaching the goal of Shubaytah. Almost everything was decided after the penultimate stage in the Empty Quarter and this Friday only 61 km special has to be covered. So, the rankings barely moved.
on motorcycles Daniel Sanders He closed a dream Dakar without problems. One of the KTM He won four stages and the prologue and was the only Australian to lead the discipline. No one knocked him out of first place in two weeks. The one who came closest to achieving this was Tosha Schareina. The Valencian finished second and ended the drought of Spanish podiums in the motorcycle category since Joan Barreda in 2017.
Edgar Canet He also closed out a perfect debut, achieving eighth position overall at the age of just 19 and becoming champion of the Rally2 category on his KTM.
In the car category, the scramble in the first week gave the opportunity to Al-Rajhi to be crowned champion for the first time under his command Toyota. The local idol declared himself the first Saudi winner in history. The best Spanish is over Nandu Jubany. The chef left everyone speechless in his first year running in the Ultimate category.
The podium is also celebrated Pau Navarro. The Catalan driver debuted in the Challenger category with a good third place despite limited running time with the Taurus
Final motorcycle classification of the 2025 Dakar Rally:
1. Daniel Sanders (AUS/KTM) 53:08’52”
2. Tosha Schareina (ESP/Honda) in 8’50”
3. Adrien Van Beveren (FRA/Honda) in 14’46”
4. Luciano Benavides (ARG/KTM) at 22’16”
5. Ricky Brabec (USA/Honda) at 29’50”
6. Skyler Howes (USA/Honda) in 42’44”
7. Nacho Cornejo (CHL/Hero) at 58’20”
8. Edgar Canet (ESP/KTM) in 1:40’29”
9. Tobias Ebster (AUT/BAS KTM) in 2:13’54”
10. Stefan Svitko (SVQ/KTM) in 2:14’38”
Final classification of cars (Ultimate) of the 2025 Dakar Rally:
1. Yazeed Al Rajhi (SAU/Toyota) in 52:52’15”
2. Henk Lategan (RSA/Toyota) 3’57”
3. Mattias Ekström (SUE/Ford) in 20’21”
4. Nasser Al Attiyah (QAT/Dacia) in 23’58”
5. Mitchell Guthrie (USA/Ford) in 1:02’10”
6. Mathieu Serradori (FRA/Century) in 1:12’04”
7. Juan Cruz Yacopini-Dani Oliveras (ARG-ESP/Toyota) in 1:57’47”
8. Joao Ferreira (POR/Mini) in 2:15’57”
9. Seth Quintero (USA/Toyota) in 2:20’04”
10. Brian Baragwanath (RSA/Century) in 2:59’26”
2025 Dakar Rally Final Challenger Classification:
1. Nicolás Cavigliasso (ARG/Taurus) 57:50’21”
2. Gonçalo Guerreiro (POR/Taurus) in 1:11’38”
3. Pau Navarro (ESP/Taurus) in 1:30’13”
4. Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari (QAT/Taurus) in 3:41’42”
Source: La Verdad

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