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The ultimate endurance challenge Dakar 2022 kicked off today for the 44th time from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Stage 1A was the qualification with a total of 614km to cover. The program for the first part of stage 1 is made up of 595 km of link route and 19 km...

Stage 6 was a 518KM route from Al Qaisumah to Ha'il, 348 KM of which was competitive stage. The first news of the day was shortening the special. The decision was made by rally officials following the difficulties of finishing Yesterday's special by many riders. Which was originally planned to...

Stage 4 was a 813 KM route from Wadi Ad-Dawasir to Riyadh, 337 KM of which was competitive stage. Toby Price opened the special for the day and it was going good till a point. After 80 km into the special he made a navigation mistake and started loosing time....

Stage 4 was a 672 KM route from Neom to Al-`Ula, 453 KM of which was competitive stage. Stage 3 winner Ricky Brabec had a good start and was in lead quite a while but he was caught and passed as the stage continued. The loss wasn't big though and...

Day 3's loop stage was a 504 KM tricky route, 427 KM of which was competitive, through Neom's rough terrain. Stage 2 winner Ross Branch was first to start to the day and he was under a lot of pressure. Considering this is his second Dakar appearance and first time...

Stage 2 was a tricky route from Al Wajh to Neom for 393 kilometers, nearly all of which is competitive. The new rule of getting the roadbook in the morning gets different reactions from riders but one thing for sure it added some excitement into the racing. At the end...