Dakar Rally Daily

The 2025 Dakar Rally has completed it's first week of racing and the competitors will settle down tomorrow when they get their first, and only, rest day. Stage five wasn't a cakewalk on their way to rest with over 400km of racing and a continuation of the brutal terrain and distance the organization keeps throwing at everyone. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing continued its domination of the rally today...

The 2025 Dakar Rally completes stage four, the first half of a two-day, two-stage marathon where outside assistance is forbidden and riders have limited time to work on their bikes before sleeping on the ground in a group tent in the middle of the Saudi Arabian desert.  Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Daniel Sanders took the stage win today after yesterdays navigation equipment struggles. Organizers...

The 2025 Dakar Rally went into stage three today after a grueling 48-hour chrono stage two finally wrapped up (for most competitors) yesterday. Organizers shortened the day today after rainstorms affected the latter part of the course but the racers still had to deal with nearly 400km of special timed stage route of tricky navigation and relentless challenges in terrain and exposure. We have Skyle...

Stage Two of the 2025 Dakar Rally- a brutal 48-hour two-day sprint across the desert - is finally finished with top rally motorcycle competitors racing for over 11 hours on the stage. Australian Daniel Sanders continues his strangle hold on the field, winning the stage outright and putting more time between himself and his competitors. American Skyler Howes finishes the stage in second place seven...

The 2025 Dakar Rally's Stage 2A is done and we're here with all the info from the first half of this year's 48-hour Chrono Stage. Top Dakar Rally racers completed over 600km of race course today and the front runners put on a show of speed and navigation prowess to further seperate themselves form the field. KTM Factory Racing's Daniel Sanders extended his lead in the general (virtual) standings a...

The 2025 Dakar Rally's stage one separated the field into the top contenders are they are already putting time on their rivals. And it's only the first stage! Clearly, the top five are putting themselves in position to win as we go into a massive 48 Chrono stage tomorrow and the next day that will have the racers tackling almost 1,000 km of timed special tests.  Today we talk to Ricky Brabec and g...

We're off to the races with the first racing stage of the 2024 Dakar Rally with the Prologue Results Show.  A fast 30km timed special stage today sets the stage for the rest of the rally as the top competitors jockey for positions that will see them starting out tomorrow's day 1 special stage, and the true start of the race. We hear from the top three finishers in the bike categories, check in on...

In the first episode of Dakar Rally Daily for 2025 our hosts dig in to all the pre-race details to get your ready to ingest as much Dakar racing as possible over the next two weeks. We go into the contenders, we chat about who's dealing with serious injuries before the first stage goes off, we talk about motorcycle people racing cars, we talk about digital road books and more.  Don't miss the late...

Today we get to celebrate Ricky Brabec and the HRC Monster Energy Honda Team for winning the 2024 Dakar Rally. Plus, we get to talk to all the class leaders as they finish their final day of racing in Saudi Arabia for 2024. On today's show we have Ricky Brabec, Ross Branch, Adrien Van Beveren, Jane Daniels, Tobias Ebster, Horith Noah, Kevin Benavides and we get the real story from yesterday's vira...

Hero Motorsports' Ross Branch won the stage from seventh place today, putting time on HRC Monster Energy Honda's Ricky Brabec but Brabec performed a master class in Dakar Rally racing and only lost 32 seconds to his closest rival.  Brabec controlled the race stage completely, leading every kilometer from start to finish and collecting every possible bonus second on stage. Even without the bonus ti...

HRC Monster Energy Honda asserts it dominance on the 2024 Dakar Rally with another 1-2-3 podium performance for Stage 10. American Ricky Brabec took the stage win seconds in front of his teammates Nacho Cornejo and Adrien Van Beveren, setting the stage for an all-Honda fight for the overall race podium. Brabec added to his race lead in the overall rankings over Hero Motorsports' Ross Branch to nea...

Ricky Brabec made moves to extend his overall lead today on stage nine of the 2024 Dakar Rally as his HRC Monster Energy Honda teammate Adrien Van Beveren took the stage win with a commanding performance opening the stage after catching both Benavides brothers early on the course. Ross Branch on his Hero lost time today in the battle, now sitting more than seven minutes behind Brabec in the genera...

The 2024 Dakar Rally Stage 8 results are overshadowed completely by the tragic loss of Spanish competitor Carlos Falcon of the Twintrail Racing Team. Carlos passed away today after a large crash on stage two. He had been transferred to Spain after initially receiving treatment by on-site medical staff and staff at the hospital in Saudi Arabia. His condition was very serious from the onset of the a...

Today's Dakar Rally Daily covers the 2024 Dakar Rally Stage 7 and an incredibly tight overall race, down to ONE SECOND, between HRC Monster Energy Honda's Ricky Brabec and Hero Motorsports' Ross Branch.  Brabec's Honda teammate Nacho Cornejo took the stage win  today, his third of the 2024 Dakar Rally,  Yesterday's show guests Kevin and Luciano Benevides took second and third, respectively on the...

It's not really a rest day, as there is plenty of work to be done in the bivouac at the 2024 Dakar Rally. Factory riders have media and sponsor duties and, of course, the Original by Motul / Malle Moto competitors are on their own to get their bikes back in shape to attack the second half of this ambitious 2024 Dakar Rally course.   We check in with top racers, team managers, malle moto racers, wo...

2024 Dakar Rally Stage 6 Results and a Skyler Howes interview! We've made it to rest day (technically tomorrow) at the 2024 Dakar Rally and the front-running general classification contenders are in a tight battle to control the front of the race. HRC Monster Energy Honda's Adrien Van Beveren took the 48-Hour Chrono stage victory after two days and about 800km of racing to make himself a serious t...

The 2024 Dakar Rally "48-Hour Chrono" stage kicked off today and dished out more challenges for the Dakar Rally competitors. Top Rally GP competitors lead out the day into Saudi Arabia's Empty Quarter to remote bivouacs that are spread out along the course. A sea of endless dunes met the racers head-on and some bowed out after technical issues.   Today's race was the first part of a two-day single...

In today's episode of KLIM Dakar Rally Daily we tackle a long liason and short special stage for stage number five of the 2024 Dakar Rally. HRC Monster Energy Honda's Pablo Quintanilla took the stage win today with his teammate Adrien Van Beveren hot on his heels in second. Third place went to Red Bull Factory KTM's Toby Price. We hear from the top three finishers on the stage, discuss the upcomin...

The fourth stage of the 2024 Dakar Rally completed today with the top three front runners establishing control of the event and extending their advantage over the rest of the field by more than 20 minutes to fourth place.  In today's episode we catch up with race stage winner Nacho Cornejo and his HRC Monster Energy Honda teammates Ricky Brabec and Skyler Howes. We also hear from birthday boy and...

Red Bull Factory KTM Racing's Kevin Benavides took the stage victory today, and we cover all the top racers finishes and massive challenges on the day. In today's Dakar Rally Daily we also talk directly with our in-the-bivouac coorespondent Anthony Bonello about the state of the race, the setup of the unique marathon stage service area and more. Anthony connects us with stage winner Kevin Benavide...

HRC Monster Energy Honda takes the top step with Nacho Cornejo racing to the front and winning the day.  Mason Klein and Kove break down in the desert but limp back into the pits. We get reports straight from Dakar Rally Heroes Toby Price, Ricky Brabec, Nacho Cornejo, Skyler Howes and more in this episode from Stage 2 Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_r...

Ross Branch takes the stage win on his Hero Motorsports ride after a really fast pace kept him in front almost all day.  American Mason Klein woke everyone up today with his decision yesterday to willingly lead out a huge day of the rally - putting himself at risk of massive time loss. But, that didn't happen as the kid on the Kove lead the way all day, never seeing another rider in his rearview....

The 2024 Dakar Rally is on and today's prologue stage was more challenging than most we've seen. Some big names were caught out by navigation mistakes and crashes and others surprised with their speed to take top positions. Listen in and learn what happened during the first day of racing at the 2024 Dakar Rally. In this episode we hear directly from Daniel Sanders, Skyler Howes, Mason Klein, Kyle...

Johnny Campbell is a legend. And we're lucky enough to call him a true friend to the Dakar Rally Daily show. His regular appearances here always open some doors to what's going on inside the preparation and racing that takes place all year for, ultimately, this one huge event/adventure. In this episode we chat with Johnny Campbell about his start in off-road as a young racer, how he discovered ral...

Skyler Howes is a fan favorite no matter what bike he's riding. Which is good for him and his fans since he's just switched bikes and is now the final member of the six-rider deep HRC Monster Energy Honda Team. In this pre-race interview we get down-and-dirty with Howes about injuries, his switch from Husqvarna to Honda, new team dynamics with fellow American Ricky Brabec and all the drama we can...