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Dakar Rally · Saudi Arabia

2026 Dakar

Yanbu-Yanbu. 7 classes, 21 podium places, 12 marques on the podium. Cars: Nasser Al-Attiyah (Dacia). Bikes: Luciano Benavides (KTM).

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Classes7
Podium places21
Marques on the podium12
Named towns2Yanbu · Yanbu

The podium of every class

ClassPlaceDriver / riderCrewMake
Cars1Nasser Al-AttiyahFabian LurquinDacia
Cars2Nani RomaFord
Cars3Mattias EkströmFord
Bikes1Luciano BenavidesKTM
Bikes2Ricky BrabecHonda
Bikes3Tosha SchareinaHonda
Trucks1Vaidotas ŽalaPaulo Fiuza / Max Van GrolIveco
Trucks2Aleš LopraisDavid Kripal / Jiří StrossIveco
Trucks3Mitchel van den BrinkBart Van Heun / Jarno van de PolIveco
SSV1Brock HegerMax EddyPolaris
SSV2Kyle ChaneyJacob ArgubrightCan-Am
SSV3Xavier de SoultraitMartin BonnetPolaris
Challenger1Pau NavarroJan RosaTaurus
Challenger2Yasir SeaidanXavier FlickCan-Am
Challenger3Nicolás CavigliassoValentina PertegariniTaurus
Stock1Rokas BaciuškaOriol VidalDefender
Stock2Sara PriceDefender
Stock3Ronald BassoToyota
Classic1Karolis RaišysChristophe MarquesLand Rover
Classic2Ondřej KlymčiwJosef BrozMitsubishi
Classic3Josef UnterholznerFranco GaioniMitsubishi

Marques on the podium

MarquePlacesWins
Iveco31
Ford20
Honda20
Polaris21
Can-Am20
Taurus21
Defender21
Mitsubishi20
Dacia11
KTM11
Toyota10
Land Rover11

Beyond the podium as the rally-year article prints it

ClassPlaceCrewVehicleTimeGap
Cars4Sébastien Loeb / Édouard BoulangerDacia Sandrider49:12:03+00:15:10
Cars5Carlos Sainz / Lucas CruzFord Raptor49:25:23+00:28:30
Cars6Mathieu Serradori / Loïc MinaudierCentury CR749:41:55+00:45:02
Cars7Lucas Moraes / Dennis ZenzDacia Sandrider49:44:43+00:47:50
Cars8Toby Price / Armand MonleónToyota Hilux GR49:49:00+00:52:07
Cars9Seth Quintero / Andrew ShortToyota Hilux GR50:11:55+01:15:02
Cars10Saood Variawa / Francois CazaletToyota Hilux IMT EVO50:20:29+01:23:36
Bikes4Skyler HowesHonda CRF 45049:57:22+00:56:41
Bikes5Daniel SandersKTM 450 Rally Factory50:03:56+01:03:15
Bikes6Adrien Van BeverenHonda CRF 45050:05:27+01:04:46
Bikes7José Ignacio CornejoHero 450 Rally50:40:31+01:39:50
Bikes8Ross BranchHero 450 Rally51:49:56+02:49:15
Bikes9Toni MulecKTM 450 Rally Factory Replica51:57:59+02:57:18
Bikes10Preston CampbellHonda CRF 45052:02:36+03:01:55
Bikes Original by Motul4Emanuel GyenesKTM 450 Rally Factory Replica59:20:47+03:31:55
Bikes Original by Motul5Javier VegaKove 450 Rally60:16:13+04:27:21
Bikes Original by Motul6Maxi SchekKTM 450 Rally Factory Replica60:52:43+05:03:51
Bikes Original by Motul7David PabiškaKTM 450 Rally Factory Replica62:29:00+06:40:08
Bikes Original by Motul8Tiziano InternoKTM 450 Rally Factory Replica63:29:19+07:40:27
Bikes Original by Motul9Florian BancilhonKTM 450 Rally Factory Replica63:38:01+07:49:09
Bikes Original by Motul10Andrea GavaKove 450 Rally63:47:37+07:58:45
Bikes Rally24Konrad Dabrowski / nullKTM 450 Rally Factory Replica54:20:39+02:22:40
Bikes Rally25Nerimantas Jucius / nullHonda CRF 45054:36:02+02:38:03
Bikes Rally26Khaliunbold Erdenebileg / nullKTM 450 Rally Factory Replica54:43:42+02:45:43
Bikes Rally27Bruno Santos / nullHusqvarna 450 Rally Factory Replica55:23:15+03:25:16
Bikes Rally28Benjamin Melot / nullKTM 450 Rally Factory Replica55:48:52+03:50:53
Bikes Rally29Josep Pedró / nullHusqvarna 450 Rally Replica56:03:24+04:05:25
Bikes Rally210Milan Engel / nullKove 450 Rally56:04:22+04:06:23
Trucks4Martin Macík / František Tomášek / David ŠvandaMM Technology Iveco Dakar EVO461:34:44+04:36:06
Trucks5Richard de Groot / Martijn van Rooij / Jan HulseboschIveco PowerStar62:11:46+05:13:08
Trucks6Michal Valtr / Lukáš Kvasnica / Radim KaplanekIveco PowerStar63:16:57+06:18:19
Trucks7Kay Huzink / Rob Buursen / Gerrit SchoneveldRenault C460 EVO 463:17:34+06:18:56
Trucks8Martin van den Brink / Peter Willemsen / Rijk MouwIveco PowerStar64:40:45+07:42:07
Trucks9Claudio Bellina / Marco Arnoletti / Bruno GottiMM Technology Iveco Dakar EVO471:38:21+14:39:43
Trucks10Marnix Leeuw / Marco Siemons / Bert van DonkelaarIveco PowerStar73:53:15+16:54:37
SSV4João Monteiro / Nuno MoraisBRP Can-Am Maverick R57:39:21+02:27:25
SSV5Jeremías Gonzalez Ferioli / Gonzalo RinaldiBRP Can-Am Maverick R58:02:40+02:50:44
SSV6Francisco López Contardo / Álvaro LeonBRP Can-Am Maverick R58:10:50+02:58:54
SSV7Manuel Andújar / Andres FriniBRP Can-Am Maverick R58:49:33+03:37:37
SSV8Johan Kristoffersson / Ola FløenePolaris RZR Pro R59:12:20+04:00:24
SSV9Maciej Oleksowicz / Marcin SienkiewiczBRP Can-Am Maverick R63:56:50+08:44:54
SSV10Gauthier Honvault / Delphine DelfinoBRP Can-Am Maverick R64:27:48+09:15:52
Challenger4Lucas del Rio / Bruno JacomyTaurus T3 Max55:23:30+00:37:09
Challenger5Puck Klaassen / Augusto SanzGRallyteam G-Ecko55:40:33+00:54:12
Challenger6Ignacio Casale / Carlos SachsTaurus T3 Max56:40:41+01:54:20
Challenger7Kevin Benavides / Lisandro SisternaTaurus T3 Max57:19:11+02:32:50
Challenger8Dania Akeel / Sébastien DelaunayTaurus T3 Max57:22:26+02:36:50
Challenger9Paul Spierings / Jan-Pieter van der SteltTaurus EVO Max57:59:07+03:12:46
Challenger10David Zille / Sebastian CesanaTaurus T3 Max58:14:46+03:28:25
Stock4Stéphane Peterhansel / Michaël MetgeDefender Dakar D7X-R96:25:55+38:16:10
Stock5Akira Miura / Jean-Michel PolatoToyota Land Cruiser GR Sport145:52:44+87:42:59
Stock6Peter Hamza / Andras KalmarNissan Patrol201:13:11+143:03:26
Stock7Majed Al-Thunayan / Hani Al-NoumesiNissan Patrol267:22:02+209:12:17
Classic4Marco Ernesto Leva / Alexia GiugniMitsubishi Pajero1230+495
Classic5Julian Johan / Mathieu MonplaisiToyota HDJ 1001357+622
Classic6Mariusz Pietrzycki / Kamil JablonskiToyota HDJ 801377+642
Classic7Shammie Baridwan / Ignas DaunoravičiusToyota HZJ 781393+658
Classic8Francesco Pece / Simona MorosiNissan Terrano1513+778
Classic9Tomasz Białkowski / Dariusz Baskiewicz / Adam GrodzkiDAF Bull1553+818
Classic10Jörg Sand / Onno den BoerMercedes Classe G1615+880
Mission 10004Esther MerinoArctic Leopard EXE 880 Rally208-29
Mission 10005Miguel PuertasArctic Leopard EXE 880 Rally200-37
Mission 10006Yi GuanghuiSegway197-40
Mission 10007Jie YangSegway193-44