US EditionSanders Wins Second Stage to Take Lead
Daniel Sanders won the 518km second stage by 1min 35s over KTM teammate Edgar Canet to take the overall bike lead, navigating tricky terrain with minimal mistakes.
- On Monday, Australia's defending Dakar Rally motorbike champion Daniel Sanders moved into the overall lead after winning the 518km Yanbu–Al Ula stage in Saudi Arabia.
- Sanders caught and passed Edgar Canet, KTM teammate, after around one hundred kilometres, gaining time while Canet lost ground due to a few crashes and tricky navigation, which Sanders quickly fixed.
- Sanders completed the route in 4hrs 13mins 37 seconds, covering the 518km Yanbu–Al Ula stage 1min 35s ahead of Edgar Canet and is known as ' 'Chucky'.
- With this 10th stage win, Sanders now tops the bike standings by half a minute, with American Ricky Brabec, the 2024 winner, 2min 18s behind in third for Honda.
- Tuesday's third stage is a 422km special starting and ending in Al Ula, with American Seth Quintero beating South African Henk Lategan by 1:42 while Nasser Al-Attiyah leads overall by seven seconds.
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The Red Bull billionaire Mark Mateschitz, who competes under the name Mark Mustermann, improved on the second stage of the Dakar Rally. KTM celebrated a double victory. Daniel Sanders won over 400 km from Yanbu to Alula 1:35 minutes in front of his Spanish brand colleague Edgar Canet on Monday in Saudi Arabia.With his tenth Dakar stage victory, the Australian Canet took over at the top of the motorcycle classification and is 30 seconds ahead.Tyr…
Australian Daniel Sanders, the defending motorcycle champion, won the second stage of the Dakar Rally between Janbu and Al-Ula. The KTM team achieved a double victory, as Spaniard Edgar Canet, winner of the prologue and the first stage, finished in second place. Slovenian Toni Mulec finished in 19th place.
The second stage of Rally Dakar 2026, played between Yanbu and AlUla, left important movements in the classification of motorcycles and a change of leader in the general standings. Australian Daniel Sanders, the current champion, took over the 400 kilometers and took the first place in the accumulated table. Spaniard Edgar Canet, who had won the prologue and the first stage, gave the lead after a day marked by falls and loss of time on the route…
The title holder Daniel Sanders (KTM) won the second stage in the motorcycle category.
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Dakar bike champion Sanders wins second stage to take lead
Australia's defending Dakar Rally motorbike champion Daniel Sanders moved into the overall lead after winning Monday's second stage in Saudi Arabia.The 31-year-old covered the 518km route from Yanbu to Al Ula in 4hrs 13mins 37 seconds to cross the line 1min 35s clear of KTM teammate Edgar Canet, who lost time with a couple of minor crashes.American Ricky Brabec, the 2024 winner, completed the day's podium for Honda.
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