US EditionRoma Leads Dakar Rally for First Time Since 2014 After Navigation Errors Shake up Race
Nani Roma took the lead after overcoming three punctures and rivals' navigation errors in the closest top five standings ever this far into the Dakar Rally, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Nani Roma, 2014 Dakar champion, overcame three punctures to take the lead after stage nine, with Sainz and Al-Attiyah faltering.
- Race crews reported navigation problems and mechanical failures as motorbikes took a longer northwest route out of Wadi ad-Dawasir, causing delays for Lategan and Guthrie.
- Navigation errors and a speeding penalty reshaped stage placings as Carlos Sainz was penalized for speeding after losing his way, Lucas Moraes led for over 200 kilometers, and Nasser Al-Attiyah and Mattias Ekström lost their way around 280.
- With leaders getting lost and penalized, the rally standings tightened dramatically as Nani Roma rose from fourth overnight to first overall, making the top five the closest ever this deep into a Dakar.
- With a major stage win and shifting bike leadership, the rally heads into the marathon second half as Eryk Gozcal claimed the 410-kilometer first half and Daniel Sanders regained the motorbike lead after Luciano Benavides got lost.
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Roma leads Dakar Rally for first time since 2014 after navigation errors shake up race
Nani Roma has overcome three punctures to lead the Dakar Rally for the first time in 12 years after a dramatic stage nine in the Saudi desert.
The luck smiles at Nani Roma, who, just as the Dakar Rally is boiling, bursts into the top of the standings. The problems of several of his great rivals for the victory in stage 9, which shook the race board after several days of great equality, allowed the Catalan Ford driver to erase a disadvantage of almost 10 minutes with Nasser Al-Attiyah (Dacia) and remove another one to settle as the new leader of the general, just ahead of his Madrid par…
The Qatari Al-Attiyah, leader until this second marathon stage, had problems with navigation and lost more than 10 minutes with his pursuers and 26 with the stage winner, the Polish Eryk Gozcal Read
The Spanish drivers have given a turn to the Dakar Rally 2026 this Tuesday. Nani Roma is the new leader of the race after the first part of the second marathon stage and Carlos Sainz is only 57 seconds away! Both surpass the one that until now was favorite, Nasser Al-Attiyah (Dace), who is 13» below Madrid and 1′ 10» from Catalan. Ford’s dominate the general standings after the ninth test that passed from Wadi ad Dawasir to the shelter camp in B…
I return to the general classification of cars in the Dakar Rally: the Spaniard Nani Roma became leader at the end of a day marked by difficulties of navigation in the Saudi desert and his compatriot Carlos Sainz is second. In the first day of the marathon stage around Wadi ad Dawasir, in the middle of the Saudi desert where the participants will spend the night in a bivouac after travelling 531 km (410 cronometrados), Sainz and Rome were the fa…
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