Daniel Sanders triumphs at the Dakar 2025 – KTM celebrates historic victory!

Daniel Sanders triumphs at the Dakar 2025 – KTM celebrates historic victory!

Daniel Sanders won the 2025 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia with brilliant success. The Australian, who rides for the KTM team, dominated the race and secured the first overall victory of his career with five daily wins, including the prologue. Sanders led the overall standings continuously throughout the race and ultimately finished with a final time of 53:08:52 hours. This marks the third win for KTM in Saudi Arabia. As Sanders reached the finish line, he described the moment as an overwhelming mix of nerves and joy at having achieved all of his career goals. According to him, this victory is the result of hard work and significant personal setbacks in recent years, including unfortunate placings in previous competitions, such as de.motorsport.com reported.

Placements and challenges

Spaniard Tosha Schareina narrowly missed out on victory with Honda, finishing in second place just over eight minutes behind. Third place went to Adrien van Beveren, also from Honda, followed by Luciano Benavides (KTM) and defending champion Ricky Brabec. Tobias Ebster from Austria was also able to draw attention to himself with an impressive ninth place after holding his own against strong competition and thus achieving a place in the top ten. His remarkable performance increased over the course of the competition and he finished more than 2:13 hours behind Sanders in the overall standings kleinezeitung.at holds on.

KTM can look back on an impressive record, as this is the manufacturer's 21st triumph in the traditional rally. With this win, Sanders not only solidified his position within the team, but also proved that he has developed greatly over the last few years and is now ready to be at the top of the rally world.