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Motorbikes I Benavides still in the hunt

You should never let opportunities get away, as Luciano Benavides knows all too well. The Argentinian let his flair do the talking in the special, which he started in sixth position, determined to make the most of the favourable terrain to stage a comeback. Benavides completed the rather fast course of the 459 km special in four hours, romping home with 4′47″ to spare...

Put your questions to the champions !

New this year! Use the question form above to send us the questions you would like to ask the day's winners or the leaders in the overall rankings.

If your question is chosen, it will be asked at the bivouac and the video of the answer will be posted on the Dakar website and social media channels.

Historic day for Argentina

Luciano Benavides (motorbikes), Kevin Benavides (Challenger) and Jeremías González Ferioli (SSV): for the first time ever, three Argentinian competitors have won the same stage of the Dakar!

14 victorious nationalities in the first week

Riders and drivers from fourteen countries picked up victories in the first week:

1. USA: 10 victories (Quintero, Guthrie, Heger, Chaney, S. Price, Brabec)
2. France: 6 victories (Theric, De Soultrait, Peterhansel)
3. South Africa / Netherlands: (Docherty, Lategan / M. van den Brink, Huzink, Spierings, Puck Klaassen)

46% of the route out of the way

By the rest day, the crews had already covered 46% of the route to Yanbu, a total of 3,734 km. Of that distance, 2,297 km had been clocked in specials, amounting to 48% of the total. The exact midpoint of the 48th Dakar will come 144 km into today's special. These figures apply to the FIA race and are slightly lower than those for the FIM event, owing to split...

Off to Wadi ad-Dawasir!

Welcome to live coverage of stage 7 of the Dakar, an 877 km trek (including 459 km against the clock) from Riyadh to Wadi ad-Dawasir! Ricky Brabec will get the FIM action going at 7:55 am (UTC+3) and Nasser Al Attiyah will open the FIA proceedings at 10:05.

Psychologically, the day after the rest day feels like turning over a new leaf, but neither the greatest champions...