Daniel Sanders triumphed at the Dakar 2025 - KTM celebrates historical victory!

Daniel Sanders triumphed at the Dakar 2025 - KTM celebrates historical victory!

Saudi-Arabien - Daniel Sanders won the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia in 2025 with brilliant success. The Australian, who drives for the KTM team, dominated the race and secured the first overall victory of his career with five day victories, including the prologue. Sanders continuously led the overall ranking throughout the race and finally finished 53:08:52 hours with an end time. This marks the third victory for KTM in Saudi Arabia. When Sanders reached the finish line, he described the moment as an overwhelming mix of nervousness and joy, since he had reached all career goals. According to his own statement, this victory is the result of hard work and significant personal setbacks in recent years, including unfortunate positions in previous participants, such as de.Motorsport.com

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The Spaniard Tosha Shareina narrowly missed the victory with Honda and took second place with a gap of just over eight minutes. Third place went to Adrien van Beveren from Honda, followed by Luciano Benavides (KTM) and the defending champion Ricky Brabec. Tobias Ebster from Austria was also able to draw attention to himself with an impressive ninth place after he held out against strong competition and thus reached a place in the top ten. His remarkable performance increased in the course of the competition and he ended in the overall ranking with a deficit of over 2:13 hours on Sanders, such as Kleinezeitung.at holds.

ktm can look back on an impressive balance sheet, as this is already the 21st triumph of the manufacturer in the traditional rally. With this victory, Sanders not only consolidate his position within the team, but also proved that he has developed a lot in recent years and is now ready to be at the top of the rally world.