Yazeed Al-Rajhi Wins First Dakar Rally Title, Daniel Sanders Takes Motorcycle Victory

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Yazeed Al-Rajhi Wins First Dakar Rally Title, Daniel Sanders Takes Motorcycle Victory
DAKAR RALLYYAZEED AL-RAJHIDANIEL SANDERS
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Saudi Arabian Yazeed Al-Rajhi secured his first Dakar Rally title, finishing four minutes and 33 seconds ahead of Henk Lategan. Red Bull KTM's Daniel Sanders won the motorcycle category.

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 12 - Shubaytah to Shubaytah - Saudi Arabia - January 17, 2025 Overdrive Racing's Yazeed Al-Rajhi and Timo Gottschalk celebrate with Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al-Abdullah Al-Faisal, President of Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation after winning in the car category REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 12 - Shubaytah to Shubaytah - Saudi Arabia - January 17, 2025 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Daniel Sanders celebrates after winning in the bike category REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed The off road endurance event, which moved to Saudi Arabia in 2020 after a decade in South America, was originally held between Paris and the Senegalese capital Dakar. It moved out of the Europe-to-Africa route format after the 2007 edition over security concerns.

"For sure, we've made a lot of records today. The first Saudi driver to win and also in the last 25 years no private team beat a factory team but we did it this time."

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