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The Dakar Rally is an atypical event and exceptional human adventure that deeply transforms each participant. It is an invitation to live intensely and responds to a quest of extreme sensations. It is a unique adventure in the wilderness, a real-time exploration that demands atypical sporting, physical and mental aptitudes. Dakar reinvents and adapts to different contexts and offers a new adventure every year and takes place in extreme conditions on difficult terrains, demands endurance and concentration. Until the last minute, nothing is ever won. The Dakar is committed - organized with meaning, reasonability and solidarity, it forges links with the peoples of the countries it crosses. -- Dakar.com
ADVMoto hopes you're just as excited for the Dakar as we are. Here, you'll find Stage Results and Overal Rankings, updated daily, along with videos, photos, and quotes from the competitors.
• Stage 12
Adrien Van Beveren was dealt a hard blow yesterday evening, when he received a one-minute penalty for speeding during stage 11. The French rider had fought like a lion to take his podium spot back from Gerard Farrés and had moved 12 seconds ahead of the KTM rider before the penalty. The official Yamaha rider was unable to claw back the resulting 48-second gap in the closing stage.
Sam Sunderland took his first Dakar win in Buenos Aires after two failed attempts in previous years, ensuring the trophy stays with the official KTM team.
Sam Sunderland: “Unbelievable, unbelievable... When I crossed the line I felt all the emotion hit me. Now I'm ok but it's a really overwhelming feeling. The weight on my shoulders of the race over the last week, leading the rally has been really heavy. To finish here is incredible. It's the first Dakar I've ever finished and to finish first is an incredible feeling. I'm really lost for words. I'm so grateful to everybody – to the team, to the organisers, to all the people around me because it's not an individual effort. Everybody that's here has a part in this victory. I'm so grateful and I'm really happy. It's been difficult, especially in some of the moments with navigation mistakes or when things get stressful, to stay calm. It's been really the most difficult thing to do, but we're here, we did it and I couldn't be any happier. It's incredible to be the first Englishman. Hopefully we can create some English interest now, because so far they've not been reporting much, but I hope we can change that".
| Pos. | N° | Name | Mark | Time | variation | Penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 | YAMAHA | 00:30:29 | - | - | |
2 | 8 | KTM | 00:30:29 | - | - | |
3 | 11 | HONDA | 00:30:47 | 00:00:18 | - | |
4 | 16 | KTM | 00:31:02 | 00:00:33 | - | |
5 | 17 | HONDA | 00:31:54 | 00:01:25 | - | |
6 | 14 | KTM | 00:32:11 | 00:01:42 | - | |
7 | 34 | KTM | 00:32:45 | 00:02:16 | - | |
8 | 32 | KTM | 00:33:29 | 00:03:00 | - | |
9 | 15 | HONDA | 00:33:30 | 00:03:01 | - | |
10 | 67 | HONDA | 00:33:36 | 00:03:07 | - | |
11 | 19 | KTM | 00:33:37 | 00:03:08 | - | |
12 | 45 | HUSQVARNA | 00:33:41 | 00:03:12 | - | |
13 | 31 | HUSQVARNA | 00:33:45 | 00:03:16 | - | |
14 | 12 | SHERCO TVS | 00:33:57 | 00:03:28 | - | |
15 | 5 |
