Rallying-Qatar's Al-Attiyah wins Dakar for fifth time
Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah won the Dakar Rally car crown for the fifth time on Sunday while Argentine KTM rider Kevin Benavides triumphed on two wheels to take his second title in Saudi Arabia.
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Dakar 2023: Benavides takes the crown with final stage victory
Red Bull KTM’s Kevin Benavides became the Dakar 2023 Champion on Sunday after clinching the final stage 55 seconds clear of his teammate.
Al-Attiyah retains Dakar lead as Loeb notches up sixth stage win
Sebastien Loeb streaked to victory in the 12th stage of the Dakar Rally on Friday, the French BRX driver's fifth stage win in a row and his sixth of this edition.
Dakar 2023: Price pushes towards victory with two to go
Third place in stage 12 promoted KTM’s Toby Price into provisional control of the 2023 Dakar Rally with just two days left of action.
Five-in-a-row lifts Sebastien Loeb into Dakar Rally top two
Sebastien Loeb took his fifth stage win in a row to slot into second overall in the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia on Friday as Toyota's reigning champion Nasser Al-Attiyah continued his cruise towards a fifth title.
Rallying-Loeb slots into second with fifth Dakar stage win in a row
Sebastien Loeb took his fifth stage win in a row to slot into second overall in the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia on Friday as Toyota's reigning champion Nasser Al-Attiyah continued his cruise towards a fifth title.
Loeb wins again as Dakar champion Al-Attiyah eyes fifth title
SHAYBAH: French driver Sebastien Loeb won his second successive stage and fourth in all of this year’s Dakar Rally though Qatari defending champion Nasser Al-Attiyah remains firmly in charge. Al-Attiyah holds a daunting one hour 21 minutes advantage over his Brazilian Toyota team-mate Lucas Moraes with Loeb in third, a further 16 minutes in arrears. Loeb — a record nine-time world rally champion — timed 3min 4sec quicker in his Prodrive than Sweden’s Mattias Ekstrom with Moraes third on the 624 kilometers 10th stage from Harad to Shaybah.
Loeb wins 4th Dakar stage in a row but Al-Attiyah in control
SHAYBAH, Saudi Arabia: Nasser Al-Attiyah hung close to his pursuers in the vast expanse of dunes in southeast Saudi Arabia and closed in on his fifth Dakar Rally title on Thursday. Al-Attiyah wasn’t possessive for a second straight day about the Empty Quarter that is considered his backyard. Instead, the Qatari eased to fifth on the 11th stage, the first 273 kilometers of a two-day marathon special in the desert.