Dramatic comeback: Sanders sensationally wins the Dakar 2025!

Dramatic comeback: Sanders sensationally wins the Dakar 2025!

At the 47th edition of the Dakar Rally, which is currently running in Saudi Arabia, KTM rider Daniel Sanders impressively won his fourth stage. The Australian thus consolidated his leading position in the motorcycle rankings and extended his lead to 13:26 minutes krone.at reported. Meanwhile, his close pursuer Tosha Schareina (ESP/Honda) was fighting to keep up and is currently in second place. Ricky Brabec, the defending champion from the USA, is only fifth, almost half an hour behind.

Dramatic finish in the fourth stage

In an exciting battle, Sanders secured the stage victory on the fourth stage, which he completed in 5:10:33 hours. Only 15 seconds separated him from Schareina after he prevailed in a thrilling finish. Sanders had fought back from 2:33 minutes behind in the last 150 kilometers, which provided additional thrills, as did motorsport-magazin.com reported. The stage was part of a marathon route in which the riders were on their own and had to help each other out.

The overall ranking shows that Sanders is now clearly in the lead, while other drivers such as the Chilean Jose Cornejo Florimo and the Austrian Tobias Ebster were able to consistently score points in the daily ranking. However, Sanders' strongest running mate, Schareina, has not yet been written off and remains a dangerous challenger for the coming stages. Today the rally continues with the fifth stage, before a rest day on Friday.