In today's show we hear from stage winner and overall leader Sam Sunderland, Kevin Benavides and Mason Klein. Plus, we dig in to the final days of the race and how we see the results shaking out. 

The 2022 Dakar Rally has blitzed through eight days and  nearly 30 hours of timed racing for the front runners and Sam Sunderland took the stage win as we head into the final four days of racing.

Through it all, GasGas' Sam Sunderland has led after six of these grueling days - the leading performance at the front of the general classification standings, for sure. After a rough day losing time out front yesterday, Sunderland and Red Bull KTM's Matthias Walkner to get to where we are today. 

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