Luciano Benavides: “We still need to wait until the last day”
Dakar 2026 |
Stage 11 |
BISHA
> AL HENAKIYAH
January 15
th
2026
- 13:08
[GMT + 3]
Luciano Benavides finished fourth on today's special but, more importantly, he remains in first place in the overall rankings, just 23 seconds ahead of Ricky Brabec. The official KTM rider predicts that nothing has been decided today and that the suspense will continue until the last finishing line.
“It wasn’t the best day in terms of the feeling. It was super fast and some sections I didn’t like the terrain so much so I tried to take it easy to not crash. It wasn’t really safe to ride fast out there, so I did my best. I didn’t play any strategy like Ricky, he slowed down. Also yesterday, he stopped for Daniel to make up his time. But I don’t care. I’m just doing what I can do and controlling what I can control. Tomorrow it will be one big push before the last one. It’s still super tight in the overall rankings, so we still need to wait until the last day. It’s not going to be decided until the last day”.
