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...

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 th...

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 Hon...

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...

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 hi...

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 Benevi...

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 onl...

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 d...

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 Schar...

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 h...

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...

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 fro...

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...

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 H...

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...

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...

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 plen...

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...

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, d...

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 tha...

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Luciano Benavides took his second and back-to-back stage victory today on stage nine of the 2025 Dakar Rally. The Argentinian captured the win after starting first, leading to all bonus points, and finishing ahead of his rivals on adjusted time to take the top spot 1:54 ahead of Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally's Adrian Van Beveren. KTM's front-runner Daniel Sanders fin...

The 2025 Dakar Rally completed stage eight today and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Luciano Benavides took the stage win over Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally's Adrien Van Beveren who was only 2:08 behind. Honda's Tosha Schareina finished third 2:14 off the lead and right behind AVB Benavides and Van Beveren were awarded time back after stopping to assist Honda Rider Pablo Quintanilla who had a big c...

The 2025 Dakar Rally Stage 7 show is live and we have a banger of a show for you with huge special guests and exclusive interviews straight from the bivouac in Saudi Arabia.    Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Daniel Sanders took even more control of the 2025 Dakar Rally after Stage Seven today, winning the stage and extending his time advantage over his rivals. The Australian now sits more than 15 m...

The 2025 Dakar Rally began it's second grueling week today with the completion of a masssive stage six. Competitors covered more than 800km, racing across varied desert terrain and obstacles. The race has really begun to take it's toll on the field with Kevin Benavides opting not to start the second week before the stage began, and defending W2RC World Champion Ross Branch, leader of the Hero Moto...

Strap in ladies and gentlemen as we give you interviews from a heap of racers from the 2025 Dakar Rally Rest Day. Plus, we discuss a shakeup in the standings after time adjustments overnight and look forward to the second week of the 2025 Dakar Rally Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_rally\_daily/   And leave comments on Cycle News YouTube coverage...