Dramatic comeback: Sanders wins sensationally at Dakar 2025!

Dramatic comeback: Sanders wins sensationally at Dakar 2025!

In the 47th edition of the Dakar Rally, which is currently running in Saudi Arabia, the KTM driver Daniel Sanders impressively won his fourth stage. The Australian thus consolidated its leadership position in motorcycle ranking and expanded its lead to 13:26 minutes, how krone.at reported. In the meantime, his closer pursuer Tosha Sharina (ESP/Honda) fought for the connection and currently occupies second place. Ricky Brabec, the defending champion from the USA, will only be fifth with a gap of almost half an hour.

Dramatic finish in the fourth stage

In an exciting argument, Sanders secured the stage victory on the fourth stage, which he completed in 5:10:33 hours. Only 15 seconds finally separated him from Sharina after he prevailed in a gripping finish. Sanders had fought back on the last 150 kilometers of 2:33 minutes, which caused additional thrills, how Motorsport-Magazin.com reported. The stage was part of a marathon route in which the drivers were on their own and had to help each other.

The overall ranking shows that Sanders is now clearly ahead, while other drivers such as Chilean Jose Cornejo Florimo and the Austrian Tobias Ebster were able to score in the daily ranking. Sanders' strongest colleague, Sharina, has not yet been written off and remains a dangerous challenger for the upcoming stages. Today the rally continues with the fifth stage before a day off follows on Friday.