The Russian driver won his fourth Dakar in Lima following on from his titles obtained in 2013, 2017 and 2018.

“It was a very difficult race. There were a lot of dunes, a lot of sand and very strong competitors, like my team-mates, Gerard de Rooy and Federico Villagra. Thank you for the race. I’m very happy. I’m happy with my crew, they worked perfectly. There were no problems apart from a small problem when we got stuck in the dunes, but our truck is a very good truck. My co-pilot coped with the task perfectly, so I am happy.

After a brilliant career on the bike during which he twice climbed onto the third step of the final podium, the Chilean, who has undergone a reconversion behind the wheel of an SxS, was triumphant on his very appearance in the category on the Dakar…

“I’m very happy, I didn’t think I was going to come back to the Dakar. It was a great Chilean team that encouraged me to take part. At the end of the day, we have won after working very hard. I really enjoyed this Dakar, with its dunes and navigational difficulties – that’s just what...

Matthias Walkner, the winner of the last edition, finished this year behind his Australian team-mate. The Austrian climbs onto the second step of the podium, a place he already occupied in 2017.

“I feel really sorry for Pablo, because normally he should have stayed on the podium and done an amazing job. I was honestly a little bit lucky with myself and not making mistakes on the last day of the race. I had a good course from the back and just rode a normal stage, because I know that if you have to push in this desert with the strange light, everything is less...

The Spanish driver, a winner on a bike in 2004 and then in a car in 2014, returned to the podium on the Dakar, in 2nd position, 46 minutes behind Nasser Al-Attiyah.

“We are happy. It was a tough race, with a lot of stress every day. It wasn’t easy. We didn’t even have one second just to be a little bit relaxed. But I’m happy to be here and happy to finish second. For us, it’s ok. We planned a strategy for the race and followed the strategy all the time. Also, the last five days it was very tough for my co-pilot: he has two cracked ribs...

Second on the last special and winner of four stages on the rally, Sébastien Loeb climbed onto the third step of the podium in Lima, despite many problems that seriously hindered his progress.

“It was overall a good rally because we finished on the podium, but we could have expected better. Globally, we were the fastest duo in the entire rally. But some troubles meant that we lost a lot of time on some stages. So, we are not the winners, but ok, it was a good rally and I had fun. We had a good pace. There were some nice dunes, a lot of dunes, so it was...

Three years after becoming the first Australian winner of the Dakar, Toby Price has triumphed again, fighting against the increasing pain caused by a scaphoid injury that was not quite healed before the start of the rally.

“It’s very crazy to sit here and say that we won the Dakar rally with no stage victories until today. It’s really crazy. I’m over the moon, I’m so damned stoked. It’s been a long 10 days. Now I’ll just wait and see what damage I've done to my wrist. At the end of the day, the pain and torture has been worth...

Unsurprisingly, in light of the lead he had going into the last stage, Nasser Al-Attiyah won his third Dakar in Pisco. The Qatari was Twelfth to finish 9’ behind Carlos Sainz at the finish of the last special and offers Toyota its first victory in the car category.

“It’s fantastic. No mistakes during the entire rally. It was a very, very difficult rally for everybody. The good thing was that from day three we were leading and we built on our time everyday until we came to the last day with a big, big lead. I’m really happy – thanks to...

Despite a lead of almost two hours over his countryman Jeremías González Ferioli, Nicolás Cavigliasso completed the rally at full throttle to pick up a ninth and final victory. Nine out of ten wins has never been achieved before on the Dakar.

“It wasn’t easy. I worked hard before this Dakar. I was training all day, two times a day. I trained hard with the quad, hard with the GPS. I’m so happy to finish, so happy with the feeling I had on my quad, for the team, for the people of Argentina, happy for everything. For the rally [leading...

The former biker from Spain finished second today and stands in the same position overall, almost an hour behind Francisco "Chaleco" López.

"I think today was the most difficult stage for navigation, but Dani [Oliveira] was perfect today. There were only two waypoints where I turned around. What's important is getting here with Dani. I'm happy about this. Today was an important day."

Jakub Przygoński continues to navigate the stages skilfully. The Pole finished fourth on the eve of the finale to take the same position in the general classification, an achievement that makes the Mini driver really happy.

"Yeah, it was really good. We were pushing. In the first half of the stage we were quite close to Loeb and it was really nice. We got a puncture and, then, 10 k before the finish we got stuck. Bad luck. We lost 10-12 minutes there. It's the Dakar. We're so happy that with our standard car, compared to the factory cars, we can go at the...