We're back! Dakar is over but we're hooked on rally more than ever. So, here's our first-ever Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge show! 

As the second stop on the 2025 Word Rally Raid Championship (W2RC), Abu Dhabi is held in familiar territory just outside the Empty Quarter of Saudi Arabia in the United Arab Emirates. Sand is on the menu every day, save for the prologue, and the dunes of the UAE held plenty of drama over the five-stage race. 

Listen in as we recap what went down in the desert and how the top contenders faired in the second race of the 2025 W2RC season.

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The 2025 Dakar Rally final results are in and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Daniel Sanders led every day en route to his first Dakar Rally victory, KTM's 20th. The end comes after the Austrian manufacturer dominated the race, taking nine out of 13 stage wins. 

Second in the rankings was Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally's Tosha Schareina followed by his teammate Adrien Van Beveren, putting two Honda machines in the top three. 

Plenty to recap after a hectic two weeks of racing in Saudi Arabia on today's show. Settle down and tune in and we will see you back in the bivouac soon!

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Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally Team's Tosha Schareina got his first Dakar Rally stage win today on a shortened Stage 11. Followed closely by Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Luciano Benavides and his HRC teammate Adrien Van Beveren, Schareina kept the pressure on overall race leader Daniel Sanders and his KTM, closing the gap by seven minutes in only 152km.

The stage today was shortened by weather, delaying the start of the stage due to heavy fog keeping the helicopters grounded. Organizers proposed a full stage with a 3pm gate setup at refueling, but a racer majority protested that idea and they simply stopped the stage at that point instead of the top guys getting through the gate and continuing on, and those behind not having to finish the stage. 

We chat with Brad Cox on the show today after his nasty crash earlier in the week. We also hear from at least one racer who's disspointed in the stage shortening.

Tomorrow is the final day of the rally - a welcome day for everyone on the course!

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2025 Dakar Rally Stage Ten Results and News Show is live! 

Dakar Rally racers had a brutal commute to work today, over 500km of on-the-road liasion, as they made their way deep into Saudi Arabia's Empty Quarter, the extreme southeast quadrant of the desert country known for it's isolation and intense sand dune landscapes. With only 100km of racing on the day, not much time was up for grabs but that didn't stop Rally 2 competitor Michael Docherty from taking his first stage win. 

Rui Congalves was second and Tobias Ebster was third. 

Rally front-runners held back today, not willing to risk their overall placing during the short dune stage. More so, they were willing to slow down for an optimal starting position for the rally's penultimate stage tomorrow - a day of massive sand dunes and 300km of timed terrain. 

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Daniel Sanders continues his strangle hold on the race at the top, finishing back today but still, somehow, putting time on his closest rivals Tosha Schareina and Adrien Van Beveren and their Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally machines. Everyone needs help moving up in this race at this point, and tomorrow is going to be, as American Ricky Brabec said yesterday, an all-out attack. 

Two more days to go!

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Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Luciano Benavides took his second and back-to-back stage victory today on stage nine of the 2025 Dakar Rally. The Argentinian captured the win after starting first, leading to all bonus points, and finishing ahead of his rivals on adjusted time to take the top spot 1:54 ahead of Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally's Adrian Van Beveren. KTM's front-runner Daniel Sanders finished third after the day's course was complete, 3:04 off the pace of Benavides. 

In the overall rankings, Sanders continues his stranglehold on the race with an 14:45 gap on Honda's Tosha Schareina who had a nasty high-speed crash today. Schareina would re-mount his CRF450Rally and finish today's race in a strong seventh place, losing more than three minutes to Sanders in the overall rankings. Third place is all Van Beveren, sitting more than 20 minutes behind Sanders.

Benavides is benefitting from his late race surge and moved into fourth place in the general rankings, ahead of American's Ricky Brabec and Skyler Howes in fifth and sixth, respectively. Brabec is 31+ minutes out of the lead, and 10+ minutes away from the podium in Fifth. Howes is right behind him, eight minutes further away. 

Tomorrow's Stage 10 puts competitors straight into a massive, brutal liason/transfer of over 500km before a short Empty Quarter sand dune stage of 115km. This will be a crucial stage in setting up the longer, penultimate stage 11 of the 2025 rally - really the last chance for anyone to make an attack.

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The 2025 Dakar Rally completed stage eight today and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Luciano Benavides took the stage win over Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally's Adrien Van Beveren who was only 2:08 behind. Honda's Tosha Schareina finished third 2:14 off the lead and right behind AVB

Benavides and Van Beveren were awarded time back after stopping to assist Honda Rider Pablo Quintanilla who had a big crash on the day. Quintanilla exited the rally, his 13th attempt at Dakar.

In the general rankings, KTM's Daniel Sanders continues his dominance of the top spot, now with an 11-minute cushion to second-place Schareina and 20+ minutes back to Van Beveren in third. Knocking on the podium door is Luciano Benavides, who made some time today, but is still ten minutes off the podium. Nearly tied with Benavides in fifth overall is American defending Dakar winner Ricky Brabec. The next two days will be key if either of these two Dakar winners want to see an overall podium finish at the end of the week.

Today we call America Dakar pioneer Jimmy Lewis as he traverses Mexican roads to get his take on the race, technology, rally history and more. Don't miss it.

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The 2025 Dakar Rally Stage 7 show is live and we have a banger of a show for you with huge special guests and exclusive interviews straight from the bivouac in Saudi Arabia. 

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Daniel Sanders took even more control of the 2025 Dakar Rally after Stage Seven today, winning the stage and extending his time advantage over his rivals. The Australian now sits more than 15 minutes ahead of Monster Energy Honda HRC's Tosha Schareina in second place and 26+ minutes over another Honda rider, Adrian Van Beveren in third. 

American defending Dakar champion Ricky Brabec dropped more than 10 minutes today after going out first on the stage.

Today we hear from absolute legends of the sport with a direct call to Heinz Kinigadner for a discussion on KTM, Rally, rookies and more. We also hear directly from Ross Branch and Toby Price as they leave the race after injuries to themselves or their teammates. 

Thanks for listening and let's get to it! 

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The 2025 Dakar Rally began it's second grueling week today with the completion of a masssive stage six. Competitors covered more than 800km, racing across varied desert terrain and obstacles. The race has really begun to take it's toll on the field with Kevin Benavides opting not to start the second week before the stage began, and defending W2RC World Champion Ross Branch, leader of the Hero Motorsports team, crashing out of the race today. Branch made it to medical assistance and has cleared all serious injury checks, but was certainly banged up. Likewise, Brad Cox suffered an early crash on the stage, taking him out of his first RallyGP effort after an impressive race so far. 

Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally team's Ricky Brabec sprinted to the stage win today seconds ahead of his teammate and stage five's winner Adrien Van Beveren. AVB led the entire course today physically, capturing all the available bonus time and managed to also keep up front on time until the very end when Brabec edged him off the top spot. Third place went to Hero's Nacho Cornejo, a great ride in honor of his  teammate exiting the race. 

Overall, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Daniel Sanders continues his solid stance at the top of the standings, giving up some time today to competitors in the overall rankings, but not enough to move him from the top step. Honda's Tosha Schareina sits in second, 11:46 behind Sanders, and Van Bevern is in third, 19:11 out of the lead. 

More from a nasty stage seven tomorrow as this race starts to become out of reach for many. 

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Strap in ladies and gentlemen as we give you interviews from a heap of racers from the 2025 Dakar Rally Rest Day. Plus, we discuss a shakeup in the standings after time adjustments overnight and look forward to the second week of the 2025 Dakar Rally

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The 2025 Dakar Rally has completed it's first week of racing and the competitors will settle down tomorrow when they get their first, and only, rest day. Stage five wasn't a cakewalk on their way to rest with over 400km of racing and a continuation of the brutal terrain and distance the organization keeps throwing at everyone.

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing continued its domination of the rally today with Luciano Benavides taking the stage win narrowly over Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally's Adrien VanBeveren after AVB was docked two minutes for a speeding penalty. Third on the day was Hero's Nacho Cornejo. 

In the overall rankings, KTM's Daniel Sanders still holds the lead even after opening the route today up front and alone. His speed and navigation was on point, keeping him in the lead as they head into rest day. That's even after he is currently docked eight minutes on today's time for speeding. Reports from the KTM camp indicate that Sanders had another ERTF (gps/nav) failure, causing him to not get notification that he was in a speed-controlled zone. 

Even with the penalty, Sanders holds more than seven minutes over Honda's Tosha Schareina and 17+ minutes over third place Ross Branch in the overall standings. AVB sits in fourth overall 18+ minutes back, and American's Skyler Howes rounds out the top five with a gap of essentially 20 minutes to the leader Sanders. Defending champ Ricky Brabec is right behind in sixth with 21 minutes to make up in the second week to defend his Dakar victory from 2024.

Rest day is welcomed, but we won't be taking the day off. More tomorrow from Dakar!

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