2021 Dakar Rally

2021 Dakar Rally
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Host country	Saudi Arabia
Dates run	3 – 15 January 2021
Start	Jeddah
Finish	Jeddah
Stages	12
Stage surface	Sand, rocks, dirt, tarmac
Results
Cars winner	Stéphane Peterhansel Edouard Boulanger Bahrain JCW X-Raid
Bikes winner	Kevin Benavides Monster Energy Honda
Quads winner	Manuel Andújar 7240 Team
Light prototypes winner	Josef Macháček Pavel Vyoral Buggyra Zero Mileage Racing
UTVs winner	Francisco Lopez Contardo Juan Pablo Latrach Vinagre South Racing Can-Am
Trucks winner	Dmitry Sotnikov Ruslan Akhmadeev Ilgiz Akhmetzianov Kamaz-Master
Classics winner	Émilien Étienne Team Sunhill
Crews	310 at start, 206 at finish

The 2021 Dakar Rally was a rally raid event held in Saudi Arabia and the 43rd edition of the Dakar Rally.^[1][2] The event was held for 14 days, starting from 3 January and ended 15 January 2021. It was the second time Saudi Arabia had hosted the event, with support from the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation.^[3] The race started and ended in Jeddah, allowing the competitors to venture through the desert and alongside the Red Sea. The route consists of one prologue stage and 12 normal stages, with one rest day in Ha'il on 9 January.^[4][5] The rally was originally intended to run through 2–3 additional countries, with Egypt and Jordan being rumoured likely candidates. However, due to travel and border restrictions implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the route stayed entirely within Saudi Arabian territory.^[5][6]

Summary[]

The route[]

A completely new route has been put together, described as a lot slower, more varied, and more technical. The route includes 1 Prologue stage, 12 stages including 2 loop stages, 1 marathon stage. The exact route was revealed in November 2020.

Changes[]

There will be a Prologue stage that will determine the starting positions for Stage 1. The Road Books will only be distributed 10 min. prior to the start of the stage. There will be an option of a digital roadbook. New classifications will be introduced for T3: Light Proto, T4: SSV, T5: Truck. The Elite / Priority Driver list will be extended from bike only to all categories. Original by MOTUL category will continue, which limits and controls on the use of external assistance. Improvements in safety include a speed limit of 90 km/h in hazardous sectors, mandatory first aid training certificate for all competitors, automatic Sentinel sound warning system for dangers classed level 2 and 3, and mandatory airbag vests for all bike and quad drivers. New regulations for Elite bikers will see a limit of 1 piston change and 6 rear tires for the whole rally; all tires will need to be the same brand and model. Bikers will not be allowed assistance during the refueling. The organizers are promoting vehicles using alternative energy sources by introducing a 50% registration fee discount in all categories, introducing a prize in the Alternative Energy Challenge, and introducing new regulations for these vehicles. Dakar Experience ranking and regulations have been revamped, it will only be available for amateur, non-Elite/Priority drivers. A new Dakar Classic class will be introduced for cars and trucks manufactured before 2000, or new cars built to original pre-2000 specification. These vehicles will share the same bivouac and the organization but will run in a parallel, yet different route, suitable for historic vehicles. The class will feature a reduced entry fee, yet the same rules and fees will apply for the assistance.^[7]

Further changes came just before the event, when revamped FIA regulations for Cross-Country rally stipulated speed limits across all categories. Vehicles in the T1 and T2 (Cars) categories were now restricted to 180 kilometres per hour (110 mph) while vehicles in the T3, T4, and T5 categories (Light Prototypes, UTVs, and Trucks) were limited to 130 kilometres per hour (81 mph).^[8] Motorcycles and Quads had already been subjected to speed limits for several years.

This year is the first time cars are allowed to run turbocharged petrol engines, previously only diesels could be turbocharged. The first makers to avail of this regulation were Prodrive with its new BRX Hunter car.^[9]

Entry list[]

Number of entries[]

Stage	Bikes	Quads	Cars	UTVs	Trucks	Classics	Total
Entry list[a][b]	108	21	67	58	42	26	322
At start line	101	16	64	61	44	24	310
Rest day[10]	78	14	53	49	24	24	242
Finished (including Dakar Experience)	63(67)	11(12)	48(52)	41(50)	20(21)	23(23)	206(225)

Vehicles and Categories[]

Category	Bikes	Quads	Cars	SxS	UTVs	Trucks	Classics
	Class	Description	Class	Description	Class	Description	Class	Description	Class	Description	Class	Description	Class	Description
	G1.1	A.S.O. "Elite"	G3.1	750cc 2WD quads	T1.1	T1 petrol 4x4 modified	T3.1	Light Prototypes	T4.1	Production SSVs turbo	T5.1	Production Trucks
	G2.1	"Non-Elite" Super-Production	G3.2	900cc 4WD quads	T1.2	T1 diesel 4x4 modified			T4.2	Production SSVs non-turbo	T5.2	Modified Trucks
	G2.2	"Non-Elite" "Marathon"			T1.3	T1 petrol 2WD modified					T4.3	Rapid Assistance Vehicles
					T1.4	T1 diesel 2WD modified
					T1.5	T1 with SCORE approval [a]
					T2.1	T2 petrol production [a]
					T2.2	T2 diesel production
					T2.C	T2 production other [b]
					TAS	Special Stage Assistance
					OP.1	Renewable Energy Powered [a]

Separate rankings for women and newcomers in each category, "Original by Motul" for bikes, as well as 6x6, <10 L engine size, alternative energies rankings for trucks.

A number of participants were affected by the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. Before participants travelled to Saudi Arabia on 26-27 of December, Nani Roma co-driver Daniel Oliveras Carreras had to be replaced by Alexandre Winocq, Gintas Petrus co-driver Povilas Valaitis replaced by José Marques, Denis Krotov co-driver Konstantin Zhiltsov replaced by Oleg Uparenko, Ricardo Porem co-driver Manuel Porem replaced by Jorge Monteiro. Vaidotas Žala two main technicians contracted the coronavirus, numerous other teams were forced to make last-minute changes to replace team members that were tested positive for coronavirus. Trucks #523 and #526 withdrew after Francesc Ester and Jorge Ballbe contracted coronavirus. After arrival in Jeddah, all participants had to take two coronavirus tests two days apart. #56 Giordano Pacheco and #357 Alexey Titov tests came back positive, repeat tests were also positive, and they were forced to withdraw from the race. #23 Ivan Jakeš second test came back positive. They all had to self-isolate for 7 days before being allowed to travel home.^[11][12]

Stages[]

Stage	Date		Start	Finish	Total / Special
Prologue	Saturday	January 2, 2021	Jeddah	Jeddah	11 km / 11 km
Stage 1	Sunday	January 3, 2021	Jeddah	Bisha	622 km / 277 km
Stage 2	Monday	January 4, 2021	Bisha	Wadi ad-Dawasir	685 km / 457 km
Stage 3	Tuesday	January 5, 2021	Wadi ad-Dawasir	Wadi ad-Dawasir	630 km / 403 km
Stage 4	Wednesday	January 6, 2021	Wadi ad-Dawasir	Riyadh	813 km / 337 km
Stage 5	Thursday	January 7, 2021	Riyadh	Buraydah	625 km / 419 km
Stage 6	Friday	January 8, 2021	Buraydah	Ha'il	655 km / 485 km
Rest day	Saturday	January 9, 2021	Ha'il		N/A
Stage 7 (marathon)	Sunday	January 10, 2021	Ha'il	Sakaka	737 km / 471 km
Stage 8	Monday	January 11, 2021	Sakaka	Neom	709 km / 375 km
Stage 9	Tuesday	January 12, 2021	Neom	Neom	579 km / 465 km
Stage 10	Wednesday	January 13, 2021	Neom	AlUla	583 km / 342 km
Stage 11	Thursday	January 14, 2021	AlUla	Yanbu	557 km / 511 km
Stage 12	Friday	January 15, 2021	Yanbu	Jeddah	452 km / 225 km

Stage 5 proved to be very difficult for significant number of competitors who finished it very late. Therefore, organizers decided to delay the start of stage 6 by 1 hour 30 minutes and shorten the special on stage 6 by 100 kilometres.^[13]

Stage 11 has been shortened by 50 km due to weather conditions.^[14]

Stage winners[]

Stage	Bikes	Quads	Cars	Light Proto (T3)	UTV (T4)	Trucks	Classics
Prologue	Ricky Brabec		Nasser Al-Attiyah	Kris Meeke		[fr]	Did not participate
Stage 1	Toby Price		Carlos Sainz			Dmitry Sotnikov
Stage 2	Joan Barreda Bort		Nasser Al-Attiyah		[ar]	Dmitry Sotnikov
Stage 3	Toby Price	Nicolás Cavigliasso	Nasser Al-Attiyah		Francisco López Contardo
Stage 4	Joan Barreda Bort	Manuel Andújar	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Kris Meeke		Dmitry Sotnikov
Stage 5	Kevin Benavides	Nicolás Cavigliasso	Giniel de Villiers		Francisco López Contardo	Dmitry Sotnikov
Stage 6	Joan Barreda Bort		Carlos Sainz			Airat Mardeev
Stage 7 (marathon)	Ricky Brabec	Manuel Andújar	Yazeed Al-Rajhi		Francisco López Contardo	Dmitry Sotnikov
Stage 8	[Wikidata]		Nasser Al-Attiyah		Francisco López Contardo	Anton Shibalov
Stage 9	Kevin Benavides	Giovanni Enrico	Stéphane Peterhansel		Francisco López Contardo
Stage 10	Ricky Brabec		Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Kris Meeke	Sergei Kariakin
Stage 11	Sam Sunderland	Giovanni Enrico	Nasser Al-Attiyah		Francisco López Contardo	Anton Shibalov
Stage 12	Ricky Brabec		Carlos Sainz	Kris Meeke	Reinaldo Varela
Rally winners	Kevin Benavides	Manuel Andújar	Stéphane Peterhansel	Josef Macháček	Francisco López Contardo	Dmitry Sotnikov

Stage results[]

Bikes[]

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
Prologue	1	Ricky Brabec	Honda	00:06:01		1	Ricky Brabec	Honda	00:06:01
	2	Joan Barreda Bort	Honda	00:06:07	00:00:06	2	Joan Barreda Bort	Honda	00:06:07	00:00:06
	3	[Wikidata]	KTM	00:06:14	00:00:13	3	[Wikidata]	KTM	00:06:14	00:00:13
1	1	Toby Price	KTM	03:17:49		1	Toby Price	KTM	03:43:21
	2	Kevin Benavides	Honda	03:18:24	00:00:35	2	Kevin Benavides	Honda	03:43:48	00:00:27
	3	Matthias Walkner	KTM	03:18:24	00:00:35	3	Matthias Walkner	KTM	03:44:36	00:01:15
2	1	Joan Barreda Bort	Honda	04:17:56		1	Joan Barreda Bort	Honda	08:15:38
	2	Ricky Brabec	Honda	04:21:51	00:03:55	2	Ricky Brabec	Honda	08:22:01	00:06:23
	3		Husqvarna	04:23:58	00:06:02	3	Ross Branch	Yamaha	08:22:15	00:06:37
3	1	Toby Price	KTM	03:33:23		1	[Wikidata]	KTM	12:04:48
	2	Kevin Benavides	Honda	03:34:39	00:01:16	2	Kevin Benavides	Honda	12:05:21	00:00:33
	3	Matthias Walkner	KTM	03:35:59	00:02:36	3		Husqvarna	12:06:16	00:01:28
4	1	Joan Barreda Bort	Honda	02:46:50		1		Husqvarna	15:00:25
	2		KTM	02:52:59	00:06:09	2	Joan Barreda Bort	Honda	15:00:40	00:00:15
	3		Husqvarna	02:53:12	00:06:22	3	Ross Branch	Yamaha	15:05:49	00:05:24
5	1	Kevin Benavides	Honda	05:09:50		1	Kevin Benavides	Honda	20:15:39
	2	[Wikidata]	Honda	05:10:50	00:01:00	2		Husqvarna	20:18:10	00:02:31
	3	Toby Price	KTM	05:11:10	00:01:20	3	[Wikidata]	Honda	20:19:21	00:03:42
6	1	Joan Barreda Bort	Honda	03:45:27		1	Toby Price	KTM	24:08:43
	2	Ross Branch	Yamaha	03:45:40	00:00:13	2	Kevin Benavides	Honda	24:10:59	00:02:16
	3		KTM	03:46:20	00:00:53	3	[Wikidata]	Honda	24:11:40	00:02:57
7	1	Ricky Brabec	Honda	04:37:44		1	[Wikidata]	Honda	28:51:31
	2	[Wikidata]	Honda	04:39:51	00:02:07	2	Toby Price	KTM	28:51:32	00:00:01
	3	[Wikidata]	KTM	04:40:03	00:02:19	3	Sam Sunderland	KTM	28:53:42	00:02:11
8	1	[Wikidata]	Honda	03:08:40		1	[Wikidata]	Honda	32:00:11
	2	Toby Price	KTM	03:09:45	00:01:05	2	Toby Price	KTM	32:01:17	00:01:06
	3	Ricky Brabec	Honda	03:11:30	00:02:50	3	Sam Sunderland	KTM	32:06:08	00:05:57
9	1	Kevin Benavides	Honda	04:49:15		1	[Wikidata]	Honda	36:51:00
	2	Ricky Brabec	Honda	04:50:33	00:01:18	2	Kevin Benavides	Honda	37:02:24	00:11:24
	3	[Wikidata]	Honda	04:50:49	00:01:34	3	Sam Sunderland	KTM	37:05:34	00:14:34
10	1	Ricky Brabec	Honda	03:12:33		1	Kevin Benavides	Honda	40:20:08
	2	Joan Barreda Bort	Honda	03:15:48	00:03:15	2	Ricky Brabec	Honda	40:20:59	00:00:51
	3	Kevin Benavides	Honda	03:17:44	00:05:11	3	Sam Sunderland	KTM	40:30:44	00:10:36
11	1	Sam Sunderland	KTM	04:35:12		1	Kevin Benavides	Honda	45:01:44
	2		Husqvarna	04:37:52	00:02:40	2	Sam Sunderland	KTM	45:05:56	00:04:12
	3	Kevin Benavides	Honda	04:41:36	00:06:24	3	Ricky Brabec	Honda	45:08:57	00:07:13
12	1	Ricky Brabec	Honda	02:17:02		1	Kevin Benavides	Honda	47:18:14
	2	Kevin Benavides	Honda	02:19:19	00:02:17	2	Ricky Brabec	Honda	47:23:10	00:04:56
	3	Matthias Walkner	KTM	02:21:15	00:04:13	3	Sam Sunderland	KTM	47:34:11	00:15:57

Quads[]

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
Prologue	1		Yamaha	00:07:35		1		Yamaha	00:07:35
	2	Manuel Andújar	Yamaha	00:07:36	00:00:01	2	Manuel Andújar	Yamaha	00:07:36	00:00:01
	3		Yamaha	00:07:39	00:00:04	3		Yamaha	00:07:39	00:00:04
1	1		Yamaha	04:01:08		1		Yamaha	04:31:28
	2	Giovanni Enrico	Yamaha	04:04:04	00:02:56	2	Giovanni Enrico	Yamaha	04:35:04	00:03:36
	3		Yamaha	04:05:54	00:04:46	3		Yamaha	04:36:38	00:05:10
2	1		Yamaha	05:34:50		1		Yamaha	10:08:48
	2	Giovanni Enrico	Yamaha	05:34:53	00:00:03	2	Giovanni Enrico	Yamaha	10:09:57	00:01:09
	3		Yamaha	05:37:20	00:02:30	3		Yamaha	10:11:28	00:02:40
3	1	Nicolás Cavigliasso	Yamaha	04:25:49		1	Giovanni Enrico	Yamaha	14:36:46
	2	Giovanni Enrico	Yamaha	04:26:49	00:01:00	2		Yamaha	14:40:52	00:04:06
	3	Manuel Andújar	Yamaha	04:29:57	00:04:08	3	Nicolás Cavigliasso	Yamaha	14:43:27	00:06:41
4	1	Manuel Andújar	Yamaha	03:29:13		1	Nicolás Cavigliasso	Yamaha	18:13:48
	2	Nicolás Cavigliasso	Yamaha	03:30:21	00:01:08	2		Yamaha	18:13:57	00:00:09
	3		Yamaha	03:33:05	00:03:52	3	Giovanni Enrico	Yamaha	18:21:21	00:07:33
5	1	Nicolás Cavigliasso	Yamaha	06:09:42		1	Nicolás Cavigliasso	Yamaha	24:23:30
	2	Manuel Andújar	Yamaha	06:11:23	00:01:41	2	Manuel Andújar	Yamaha	24:47:18	00:23:48
	3	Giovanni Enrico	Yamaha	06:53:55	00:44:13	3		Yamaha	25:10:53	00:47:23
6	1		Yamaha	04:50:24		1	Nicolás Cavigliasso	Yamaha	29:15:55
	2	Giovanni Enrico	Yamaha	04:50:58	00:00:34	2	Manuel Andújar	Yamaha	29:49:13	00:33:18
	3	Nicolás Cavigliasso	Yamaha	04:52:25	00:02:01	2		Yamaha	30:01:17	00:45:22
7	1	Manuel Andújar	Yamaha	05:57:40		1	Manuel Andújar	Yamaha	35:46:53
	2		Yamaha	06:00:45	00:03:05	2		Yamaha	36:07:48	00:20:55
	3		Yamaha	06:06:31	00:08:51	3	Giovanni Enrico	Yamaha	36:12:48	00:25:55
8	1		Yamaha	04:20:40		1	Manuel Andújar	Yamaha	40:08:45
	2	Manuel Andújar	Yamaha	04:21:52	00:01:12	2		Yamaha	40:28:28	00:19:43
	3	Giovanni Enrico	Yamaha	04:21:57	00:01:17	3	Giovanni Enrico	Yamaha	40:34:45	00:26:00
9	1	Giovanni Enrico	Yamaha	06:24:41		1	Manuel Andújar	Yamaha	46:35:11
	2		Yamaha	06:26:11	00:01:30	2		Yamaha	46:54:39	00:19:28
	3	Manuel Andújar	Yamaha	06:26:26	00:01:45	3	Giovanni Enrico	Yamaha	46:59:26	00:24:15
10	1		Yamaha	04:19:07		1	Manuel Andújar	Yamaha	50:56:43
	2	Manuel Andújar	Yamaha	04:21:32	00:02:25	2		Yamaha	51:17:43	00:21:00
	3		Yamaha	04:23:04	00:03:57	3	Giovanni Enrico	Yamaha	51:23:47	00:27:04
11	1	Giovanni Enrico	Yamaha	06:21:16		1	Manuel Andújar	Yamaha	57:19:11
	2	Manuel Andújar	Yamaha	06:22:28	00:01:12	2	Giovanni Enrico	Yamaha	57:45:03	00:25:52
	3		Yamaha	06:24:34	00:03:18	3		Yamaha	60:20:45	03:01:34
12	1		Yamaha	03:11:30		1	Manuel Andújar	Yamaha	60:28:29
	2	Manuel Andújar	Yamaha	03:11:53	00:00:23	2	Giovanni Enrico	Yamaha	61:02:13	00:33:44
	3		Yamaha	03:13:55	00:02:25	3		Yamaha	63:29:27	03:00:58

Cars[]

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
Prologue	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Toyota	00:05:48		1	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Toyota	00:05:48
	2	[Wikidata]		00:05:48	00:00:00	2	[Wikidata]		00:05:48	00:00:00
	3	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Toyota	00:05:56	00:00:08	3	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Toyota	00:05:56	00:00:08
1	1	Carlos Sainz	Mini	03:05:00		1	Carlos Sainz	Mini	03:11:24
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel	Mini	03:05:22	00:00:22	2	Stéphane Peterhansel	Mini	03:11:29	00:00:05
	3	Martin Prokop	Ford	03:09:42	00:04:42	3	Martin Prokop	Ford	03:15:47	00:04:23
2	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Toyota	04:03:14		1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Mini	07:17:18
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel	Mini	04:05:49	00:02:35	2	Carlos Sainz	Mini	07:23:55	00:06:37
	3	Carlos Sainz	Mini	04:12:31	00:09:17	3	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Toyota	07:26:32	00:09:14
3	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Toyota	03:17:39		1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Mini	10:39:02
	2		Toyota	03:20:06	00:02:27	2	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Toyota	10:44:11	00:05:09
	3	Stéphane Peterhansel	Mini	03:21:44	00:04:05	3		Century	11:05:23	00:26:21
4	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Toyota	02:35:59		1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Mini	13:15:12
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel	Mini	02:36:10	00:00:11	2	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Toyota	13:20:10	00:04:58
	3		Toyota	02:37:29	00:01:30	3	Carlos Sainz	Mini	13:51:31	00:36:19
5	1	Giniel de Villiers	Toyota	05:09:25		1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Mini	18:28:02
	2	[Wikidata]	Century	05:10:23	00:00:58	2	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Toyota	18:34:13	00:06:11
	3	Stéphane Peterhansel	Mini	05:11:50	00:02:25	3	Carlos Sainz	Mini	19:16:15	00:48:13
6	1	Carlos Sainz	Mini	03:38:27		1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Mini	22:14:03
	2	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Toyota	03:42:30	00:04:03	2	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Toyota	22:19:56	00:05:53
	3	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Toyota	03:45:43	00:07:16	3	Carlos Sainz	Mini	22:54:42	00:40:39
7	1	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Toyota	04:21:59		1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Mini	26:30:50
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel	Mini	04:22:47	00:00:48	2	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Toyota	26:44:43	00:07:53
	3	Carlos Sainz	Mini	04:23:14	00:01:15	3	Carlos Sainz	Mini	27:17:56	00:41:06
8	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Toyota	02:56:56		1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Mini	29:36:49
	2	Carlos Sainz	Mini	02:57:48	00:00:52	2	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Toyota	29:41:39	00:04:50
	3	Stéphane Peterhansel	Mini	02:59:59	00:03:03	3	Carlos Sainz	Mini	30:15:44	00:38:55
9	1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Mini	04:50:27		1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Mini	34:26:16
	2	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Toyota	05:02:27	00:12:00	2	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Toyota	34:44:06	00:17:50
	3	Giniel de Villiers	Toyota	05:02:46	00:12:19	3	Carlos Sainz	Mini	35:28:41	01:02:25
10	1	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Toyota	03:03:57		1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Mini	37:33:06
	2	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Toyota	03:06:01	00:02:04	2	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Toyota	37:50:07	00:17:01
	3	Stéphane Peterhansel	Mini	03:06:50	00:02:53	3	Carlos Sainz	Mini	38:36:50	01:03:44
11	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Toyota	04:34:24		1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Mini	42:09:26
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel	Mini	04:36:20	00:01:56	2	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Toyota	42:24:31	00:15:05
	3	Carlos Sainz	Mini	04:36:50	00:02:26	3	Carlos Sainz	Mini	43:13:40	01:04:14
12	1	Carlos Sainz	Mini	02:17:33		1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Mini	44:28:11
	2	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Toyota	02:19:46	00:02:13	2	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Toyota	44:42:02	00:13:51
	3	Stéphane Peterhansel	Mini	02:20:26	00:02:53	3	Carlos Sainz	Mini	45:29:08	01:00:57

Light Prototypes[]

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
Prologue	1	Kris Meeke	PH-Sport	00:06:40		1	Kris Meeke	PH-Sport	00:06:40
	2		OT3	00:06:42	00:00:02	2		OT3	00:06:42	00:00:02
	3		OT3	00:06:50	00:00:10	3		OT3	00:06:50	00:00:10
1	1	[es]	OT3	03:35:56		1	[es]	OT3	03:42:57
	2		OT3	03:56:43	00:20:47	2		OT3	04:03:25	00:20:28
	3	Josef Macháček	Can-Am	04:01:32	00:25:36	3	Josef Macháček	Can-Am	04:08:53	00:25:56
2	1		OT3	05:15:41		1	[es]	OT3	09:01:00
	2	[es]	OT3	05:18:03	00:02:22	2		OT3	09:18:33	00:17:33
	3		OT3	05:26:20	00:10:39	3	Mattias Ekström	Yamaha	09:43:15	00:42:15
3	1		OT3	04:22:37		1	[es]	OT3	13:32:57
	2		OT3	04:29:24	00:06:47	2		OT3	13:41:10	00:08:13
	3	[es]	OT3	04:31:57	00:09:20	3		PH-Sport	14:24:50	00:51:53
4	1	Kris Meeke	PH-Sport	03:18:42		1		OT3	17:02:49
	2		OT3	03:18:48	00:00:06	2	[es]	OT3	17:46:57	00:44:08
	3		OT3	03:21:39	00:02:57	3	Mattias Ekström	Yamaha	17:58:50	00:56:01
5	1		OT3	05:49:43		1		OT3	22:52:32
	2		OT3	06:03:46	00:14:03	2	[es]	OT3	24:12:44	01:20:12
	3		PH-Sport	06:04:29	00:14:46	3	Mattias Ekström	Yamaha	24:42:23	01:49:51
6	1		OT3	04:20:23		1		OT3	27:12:55
	2		PH-Sport	04:47:44	00:27:21	2	[es]	OT3	29:09:49	01:56:54
	3	Tomáš Enge	Can-Am	04:54:01	00:33:38	3		PH-Sport	29:49:32	02:36:37
7	1	[es]	OT3	05:25:41		1		OT3	32:39:14
	2		OT3	05:26:19	00:00:38	2	[es]	OT3	34:35:30	01:56:16
	3	Josef Macháček	Can-Am	05:51:48	00:26:07	3	Josef Macháček	Can-Am	36:29:25	03:50:11
8	1		OT3	03:44:05		1		OT3	36:23:19
	2	Josef Macháček	Can-Am	04:00:56	00:16:51	2	Josef Macháček	Can-Am	40:30:21	04:07:02
	3		MMP	04:02:27	00:18:22	3	Camelia Liparoti	Yamaha	41:46:48	05:23:29
9	1	[es]	OT3	06:17:40		1	Josef Macháček	Can-Am	47:05:35
	2	Tomáš Enge	Can-Am	06:18:27	00:00:47	2	Camelia Liparoti	Yamaha	48:22:21	01:16:46
	3		Pinch Racing	06:19:08	00:01:28	3		Pinch Racing	49:26:45	02:21:10
10	1	Kris Meeke	PH-Sport	03:34:41		1	Josef Macháček	Can-Am	51:04:18
	2		PH-Sport	03:36:09	00:01:28	2	Camelia Liparoti	Yamaha	52:35:07	01:30:49
	3		PH-Sport	03:44:39	00:09:58	3		Pinch Racing	53:30:16	02:25:58
11	1		OT3	04:58:17		1	Josef Macháček	Can-Am	56:37:21
	2	Kris Meeke	PH-Sport	05:16:19	00:18:02	2	Camelia Liparoti	Yamaha	58:39:15	02:01:54
	3		PH-Sport	05:19:38	00:21:21	3		Pinch Racing	59:22:31	02:45:10
12	1	Kris Meeke	PH-Sport	02:41:11		1	Josef Macháček	Can-Am	59:39:01
	2		PH-Sport	02:45:54	00:04:43	2	Camelia Liparoti	Yamaha	61:51:24	02:12:23
	3		OT3	02:47:15	00:06:04	3		Pinch Racing	62:15:27	02:36:26

UTVs[]

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
Prologue	1		Can-Am	00:06:43		1		Can-Am	00:06:43
	2	Reinaldo Varela	Can-Am	00:06:47	00:00:04	2	Reinaldo Varela	Can-Am	00:06:47	00:00:04
	3	[ar]	Can-Am	00:06:48	00:00:05	3	[ar]	Can-Am	00:06:48	00:00:05
1	1		Can-Am	03:42:55		1		Can-Am	03:49:38
	2	Francisco López Contardo	Can-Am	03:43:32	00:00:37	2	Francisco López Contardo	Can-Am	03:50:23	00:00:45
	3	[pl]	Can-Am	03:43:39	00:00:44	3	[pl]	Can-Am	03:50:28	00:00:50
2	1	[ar]	Can-Am	05:05:07		1	Francisco López Contardo	Can-Am	08:58:13
	2	[es]	Can-Am	05:06:47	00:01:40	2	[pl]	Can-Am	08:58:52	00:00:39
	3	Francisco López Contardo	Can-Am	05:07:50	00:02:43	3	[es]	Can-Am	08:59:14	00:01:01
3	1	Francisco López Contardo	Can-Am	04:20:57		1	Francisco López Contardo	Can-Am	13:19:10
	2		Can-Am	04:21:20	00:00:23	2	[pl]	Can-Am	13:25:18	00:06:08
	3		Can-Am	04:21:21	00:00:24	3		Can-Am	13:26:23	00:07:13
4	1	[pl]	Can-Am	03:16:57		1	Francisco López Contardo	Can-Am	16:38:57
	2		Can-Am	03:19:41	00:02:44	2	[pl]	Can-Am	16:42:15	00:03:18
	3		Can-Am	03:19:45	00:02:48	3		Can-Am	16:46:08	00:07:11
5	1	Francisco López Contardo	Can-Am	05:47:32		1	Francisco López Contardo	Can-Am	22:26:29
	2		Can-Am	05:49:24	00:01:52	2	[pl]	Can-Am	22:36:20	00:09:51
	3		Can-Am	05:51:49	00:04:17	3		Can-Am	22:38:57	00:12:28
6	1		Can-Am	04:20:46		1	[pl]	Can-Am	27:04:29
	2	[es]	Can-Am	04:24:57	00:04:11	2		Can-Am	27:05:09	00:00:40
	3		Can-Am	04:26:12	00:05:26	3	Francisco López Contardo	Can-Am	27:40:20	00:35:51
7	1	Francisco López Contardo	Can-Am	05:15:34		1	[pl]	Can-Am	32:30:33
	2	[ar]	Can-Am	05:20:46	00:05:12	2		Can-Am	32:40:04	00:09:31
	3	Reinaldo Varela	Can-Am	05:22:47	00:07:13	3	Francisco López Contardo	Can-Am	32:55:54	00:25:21
8	1	Francisco López Contardo	Can-Am	03:37:45		1		Can-Am	36:13:48
	2	Sergei Kariakin	Can-Am	03:38:37	00:00:52	2	Francisco López Contardo	Can-Am	36:33:39	00:19:51
	3	Reinaldo Varela	Can-Am	03:39:16	00:01:31	3	[pl]	Can-Am	36:44:19	00:30:31
9	1	Francisco López Contardo	Can-Am	05:31:41		1	Francisco López Contardo	Can-Am	42:05:20
	2		Can-Am	05:43:15	00:11:34	2		Can-Am	42:17:45	00:12:25
	3		Can-Am	05:53:27	00:21:46	3	[pl]	Can-Am	42:43:23	00:38:03
10	1	Sergei Kariakin	Can-Am	03:31:17		1	Francisco López Contardo	Can-Am	45:39:18
	2		Can-Am	03:31:46	00:00:29	2		Can-Am	45:49:31	00:10:13
	3		Can-Am	03:32:27	00:01:10	3	[pl]	Can-Am	46:21:59	00:42:41
11	1	Francisco López Contardo	Can-Am	05:10:30		1	Francisco López Contardo	Can-Am	50:49:48
	2	[es]	Can-Am	05:15:51	00:05:21	2		Can-Am	51:08:12	00:18:24
	3		Can-Am	05:15:58	00:05:28	3	[pl]	Can-Am	51:44:04	00:54:16
12	1	Reinaldo Varela	Can-Am	02:44:26		1	Francisco López Contardo	Can-Am	53:41:02
	2		Can-Am	02:45:08	00:00:42	2		Can-Am	53:58:25	00:17:23
	3	Kees Koolen	Can-Am	02:48:02	00:03:36	3	[pl]	Can-Am	54:32:55	00:51:53

Trucks[]

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
Prologue	1	[fr]	MAZ	00:06:38		1	[fr]	MAZ	00:06:38
	2		MAZ	00:06:39	00:00:01	2		MAZ	00:06:39	00:00:01
	3	[Wikidata]	Iveco	00:06:41	00:00:03	3	[Wikidata]	Iveco	00:06:41	00:00:03
1	1	Dmitry Sotnikov	Kamaz	03:16:47		1	Dmitry Sotnikov	Kamaz	03:23:55
	2	Aleš Loprais	Praga	03:24:47	00:08:00	2	Aleš Loprais	Praga	03:31:34	00:07:39
	3	Anton Shibalov	Kamaz	03:24:59	00:08:12	3	Anton Shibalov	Kamaz	03:31:44	00:07:49
2	1	Dmitry Sotnikov	Kamaz	04:37:44		1	Dmitry Sotnikov	Kamaz	08:01:39
	2	Airat Mardeev	Kamaz	04:42:01	00:04:17	2	[fr]	MAZ	08:18:53	00:17:14
	3	[fr]	MAZ	04:44:14	00:06:30	3	Anton Shibalov	Kamaz	08:23:42	00:22:03
3	1	[fr]	MAZ	03:45:14		1	Dmitry Sotnikov	Kamaz	11:47:11
	2	Dmitry Sotnikov	Kamaz	03:45:32	00:00:18	2	[fr]	MAZ	12:04:07	00:16:56
	3	Anton Shibalov	Kamaz	03:46:30	00:01:16	3	Anton Shibalov	Kamaz	12:10:12	00:23:01
4	1	Dmitry Sotnikov	Kamaz	02:58:47		1	Dmitry Sotnikov	Kamaz	14:45:58
	2	Andrey Karginov	Kamaz	02:58:57	00:00:10	2		Iveco	15:12:20	00:26:22
	3		MAZ	02:59:01	00:00:14	3	Anton Shibalov	Kamaz	15:12:55	00:26:57
5	1	Dmitry Sotnikov	Kamaz	05:30:20		1	Dmitry Sotnikov	Kamaz	20:16:18
	2		MAZ	05:31:21	00:01:01	2	Anton Shibalov	Kamaz	20:50:11	00:33:53
	3	Anton Shibalov	Kamaz	05:37:16	00:06:56	3		Iveco	21:07:29	00:51:11
6	1	Airat Mardeev	Kamaz	04:08:52		1	Dmitry Sotnikov	Kamaz	24:26:18
	2	Dmitry Sotnikov	Kamaz	04:10:00	00:01:08	2	Anton Shibalov	Kamaz	25:03:52	00:37:34
	3	Anton Shibalov	Kamaz	04:13:41	00:04:49	3	Airat Mardeev	Kamaz	25:28:01	01:01:43
7	1	Dmitry Sotnikov	Kamaz	04:45:52		1	Dmitry Sotnikov	Kamaz	29:12:10
	2	Airat Mardeev	Kamaz	04:49:15	00:03:23	2	Anton Shibalov	Kamaz	29:58:06	00:45:56
	3	Anton Shibalov	Kamaz	04:54:14	00:08:22	3	Airat Mardeev	Kamaz	30:17:16	01:05:06
8	1	Anton Shibalov	Kamaz	03:19:40		1	Dmitry Sotnikov	Kamaz	32:34:18
	2	Dmitry Sotnikov	Kamaz	03:22:08	00:02:28	2	Anton Shibalov	Kamaz	33:17:46	00:43:28
	3	Andrey Karginov	Kamaz	03:22:59	00:03:19	3	Airat Mardeev	Kamaz	33:47:33	01:13:15
9	1		Iveco	05:05:54		1	Dmitry Sotnikov	Kamaz	37:42:49
	2	Airat Mardeev	Kamaz	05:08:21	00:02:27	2	Anton Shibalov	Kamaz	38:27:52	00:45:03
	3	Dmitry Sotnikov	Kamaz	05:08:31	00:02:37	3	Airat Mardeev	Kamaz	38:55:54	01:13:05
10	1		Iveco	03:13:02		1	Dmitry Sotnikov	Kamaz	40:57:31
	2	Dmitry Sotnikov	Kamaz	03:14:42	00:01:40	2	Anton Shibalov	Kamaz	41:44:53	00:47:22
	3	Airat Mardeev	Kamaz	03:16:18	00:03:16	3	Airat Mardeev	Kamaz	42:12:12	01:14:41
11	1	Anton Shibalov	Kamaz	04:46:38		1	Dmitry Sotnikov	Kamaz	45:51:33
	2	Airat Mardeev	Kamaz	04:50:51	00:04:13	2	Anton Shibalov	Kamaz	46:31:31	00:39:58
	3		MAZ	04:51:31	00:04:53	3	Airat Mardeev	Kamaz	47:03:03	01:11:30
12	1		Iveco	02:32:27		1	Dmitry Sotnikov	Kamaz	48:23:21
	2	Anton Shibalov	Kamaz	02:33:27	00:01:00	2	Anton Shibalov	Kamaz	49:02:59	00:39:38
	3	Dmitry Sotnikov	Kamaz	02:34:31	00:02:04	3	Airat Mardeev	Kamaz	49:37:56	01:14:35

Classics[]

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Points	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Points	Gap
Prologue	Did not participate
1	1			121		1			121
	2		Mercedes-Benz	176	+55	2		Mercedes-Benz	176	+55
	3		Mercedes-Benz	265	+144	3		Mercedes-Benz	265	+144
2	1		Sunhill	106		1		Sunhill	227
	2		Mitsubishi	299	+193	2		Mitsubishi	703	+476
	3		Sunhill	676	+570	3		Sunhill	1146	+919
3	1		Sunhill	77		1		Sunhill	304
	2		Mitsubishi	103	+26	2		Mitsubishi	806	+502
	3		Renault	405	+328	3		Sunhill	1800	+1496
4	1		Sunhill	73		1		Sunhill	377
	2		Mitsubishi	125	+52	2		Mitsubishi	931	+554
	3		Škoda	127	+54	3		Sunhill	2218	+1841
5	1		Sunhill	116		1		Sunhill	493
	2		Toyota	138	+22	2		Mitsubishi	1191	+698
	3		Nissan	138	+22	3		Sunhill	2544	+2051
6	1		Škoda	91		1		Sunhill	587
	2		Sunhill	94	+3	2		Mitsubishi	1363	+776
	3		Toyota	118	+27	3		Sunhill	2940	+2353
7	1		Sunhill	19		1		Sunhill	606
	2		Toyota	31	+12	2		Mitsubishi	1431	+825
	3		Škoda	50	+31	3		Sunhill	3109	+2503
8	1		Toyota	27		1		Sunhill	646
	2		Sunhill	40	+13	2		Mitsubishi	1757	+1111
	3		Škoda	46	+19	3		Sunhill	3347	+2701
9	1		Toyota	69		1		Sunhill	735
	2		Sunhill	89	+20	2		Mitsubishi	1905	+1170
	3		Mercedes-Benz	113	+44	3		Renault	4900	+4165
10	1		Renault	129		1		Sunhill	886
	2		Toyota	148	+19	2		Mitsubishi	2361	+1475
	3		Sunhill	151	+22	3		Renault	5029	+4143
11	1		Mitsubishi	38		1		Sunhill	943
	2		Sunhill	57	+19	2		Mitsubishi	2517	+1574
	3		Toyota	76	+38	3		Renault	5179	+4236
12	1		Mercedes-Benz	15		1		Sunhill	961
	2		Sunhill	18	+3	2		Mitsubishi	2650	+1689
	3		Škoda	20	+5	3		Renault	5205	+4244

Final standings[]

Bikes[]

Rank.	Driver	Bike	Time	Difference
1	Kevin Benavides	Honda CRF450R	47:18:14	-----
2	Ricky Brabec	Honda CRF450R	47:23:10	+ 0:04:56
3	Sam Sunderland	KTM 450 Factory	47:34:11	+ 0:15:57
4	[Wikidata]	KTM 450 Factory	47:57:06	+ 0:38:52
5	[Wikidata]	KTM 450 Rally Replica	48:10:47	+ 0:52:33
6	[Wikidata]	Sherco 450 RTR	48:14:44	+ 0:58:30
7	[es]	Husqvarna FR 450 Rally	48:44:53	+ 1:26:39
8	Štefan Svitko	KTM 450 Rally Replica	49:01:21	+ 1:43:07
9	Matthias Walkner	KTM 450 Factory	49:50:26	+ 2:32:12
10	[Wikidata]	KTM 450 Rally Replica	50:00:51	+ 2:42:37

Quads[]

Rank.	Driver	Vehicle	Time	Difference
1	Manuel Andújar	Yamaha Raptor 700R	60:28:29	-----
2	Giovanni Enrico	Yamaha Raptor 700R	61:02:13	0:33:44
3		Yamaha Raptor 700R	63:29:27	3:00:58
4		Yamaha	67:18:34	6:50:05
5		Yamaha Raptor 700R	67:40:14	7:11:45
6		Yamaha Raptor 700R	69:45:40	9:17:11
7		Yamaha Raptor 700R	73:11:34	12:43:05
8		Yamaha Raptor 700R	78:52:03	18:23:34
9		Yamaha Raptor 700R	83:54:39	23:26:10
10		Can-Am Renegade 850	89:34:54	29:06:25

Cars[]

Rank.	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Time	Difference
1	Stéphane Peterhansel		MINI John Cooper Works Buggy	44:28:11	-----
2	Nasser Al-Attiyah	[fr]	Toyota Hilux	44:42:02	+ 0:13:51
3	Carlos Sainz	Lucas Cruz	MINI John Cooper Works Buggy	45:29:08	+ 1:00:57
4		Timo Gottschalk	Toyota Hilux	47:03:14	+ 2:35:03
5	Nani Roma		Prodrive BRX Hunter	47:49:59	+ 3:21:48
6			MINI John Cooper Works Rally	47:57:49	+ 3:29:38
7	Khalid Al Qassimi	[fr]	Peugeot 3008 DKR	48:01:42	+ 3:33:31
8	Giniel de Villiers		Toyota Hilux	48:25:50	+ 3:57:39
9	Martin Prokop		Ford Raptor RS Cross Country	48:37:32	+ 4:09:21
10	Cyril Despres	Mike Horn	Peugeot 3008 DKR	49:19:20	+ 4:51:09

Light Prototypes[]

Rank.	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Time	Difference
1	Josef Macháček		Can-Am DV 21	59:39:01	-----
2	Camelia Liparoti		Yamaha YXZ1000R	61:51:24	2:12:23
3			Pinch Racing T3RR	62:15:27	2:36:26
4			OT3-02	62:30:15	2:51:14
5			PH-Sport Zephyr	62:43:38	3:04:37
6		[it]	PH-Sport Zephyr	63:47:56	4:08:55
7			PH-Sport Zephyr	64:01:16	4:22:15
8			MMP Can-Am	65:17:00	5:37:59
9			PH-Sport Zephyr	66:27:03	6:48:02
10	Tomáš Enge		Can-Am DV 21	71:27:52	11:48:51

UTVs[]

Rank.	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Time	Difference
1	Francisco López Contardo		Can-Am XRS	53:41:02	-----
2			Can-Am XRS	53:58:25	0:17:23
3	[pl]		Can-Am XRS	54:32:55	0:51:53
4			Can-Am XRS	54:55:00	1:13:58
5	Reinaldo Varela		Can-Am XRS	55:08:07	1:27:05
6	Kees Koolen		Can-Am XRS	57:31:49	3:50:47
7			Can-Am Maverick X3	57:39:26	3:58:24
8			Can-Am XRS	58:22:11	4:41:09
9			Can-Am XRS	58:23:20	4:42:18
10			Can-Am Maverick X3	59:24:57	5:43:55

Trucks[]

Rank.	Driver	Co-Driver	Technician	Truck	Time	Difference
1	Dmitry Sotnikov			Kamaz 43509	48:23:21	-----
2	Anton Shibalov			Kamaz 43509	49:02:59	0:39:38
3	Airat Mardeev			Kamaz 43509	49:37:56	1:14:35
4				Iveco PowerStar	50:09:12	1:45:51
5	Aleš Loprais			Praga V45 DKR	50:23:52	2:00:31
6				MAZ 6440RR	50:39:53	2:16:32
7	Andrey Karginov			Kamaz 43509	51:12:22	2:49:01
8	[nl]			Renault C460	52:46:42	4:23:21
9	Ignacio Casale			Tatra Phoenix	53:51:11	5:27:50
10				Tatra Phoenix	53:56:53	5:33:32

Classics[]

Rank.	Driver	Co-Driver	Technician	Vehicle	Points	Difference
1			None	Sunhill Buggy	961	-----
2			None	Mitsubishi Montero	2650	+1689
3				Renault 420DCI	5205	+4244
4			None	Toyota Land Cruiser	5838	+4877
5			None	Sunhill Buggy	8775	+7814
6			None	Toyota Proto KDJ95	9327	+8366
7			None	Nissan Patrol	11285	+10324
8			None	Mercedes-Benz Unimog	12619	+11658
9			None	Volkswagen Baja	16189	+15228
10			None	Mercedes-Benz G-320	16215	+15254

Original by Motul[]

The “Original by Motul” category, refers to bikes and quads competitors competing without any kind of assistance. The organizers provide 1 trunk per competitor for storage of the personal belongings, spare parts and tools. Competitors are only allowed to bring 1 headlight, 1 set of wheels, 1 set of tyres, 1 tent with sleeping bag and mattress, 1 travel bag and 1x 25L backpack. Organizers allow free use of the generators, compressors and tool-boxes in the bivouac. 31 competitors started the race in this category, and 20 reached the finish.

Rank.	Driver	Bike	Time	Difference
1	Arūnas Gelažninkas	KTM 450 Rally Replica	55:04:23	-----
2	Emanuel Gyenes	KTM 450 Rally Replica	56:06:28	1:02:05
3		KTM 450 Rally Replica	56:45:10	1:40:47
4		KTM 450 Rally	59:12:13	4:07:50
5		Husqvarna 450 Rally	65:09:28	10:05:05
6		Husqvarna 450 Rally	65:53:00	10:48:37
7		KTM 450 Rally	67:08:39	12:04:16
8		Husqvarna Rally Replica	67:27:33	12:23:10
9		Husqvarna Rally Replica	68:28:22	13:23:59
10		KTM 450 Rally	68:57:46	13:53:23

Incidents[]

CS Santosh, riding Hero 450 Rally, suffered high speed crash on Stage 4, sustaining head injuries. Fellow riders performed CPR until the medics arrived. Santosh was placed in an induced coma awaiting further tests.^[15] Scans revealed no major injuries apart from dislocated shoulder, and no major issues that would impact recovery, was announced on 11 January 2021.^[16]

Toyota Gazoo Racing Hilux driver Henk Lategan crashed heavily on Stage 5, and was airlifted to hospital with a broken collar bone. His co-driver, Brett Cummings, walked away uninjured.^[17]

Two incidents took place on Stage 7. French rider Pierre Cherpin, riding Husqvarna bike, crashed heavily at kilometer 178, sustaining head injuries. He was airlifted to hospital and placed in an induced coma. Another Frenchman Olivier Susset collided with a buggy at kilometer 419, driven by Manuel Plaza Perez and Mónica Plaza, and was hospitalized with suspected broken ankle and elbow.^[18][19] On 14 January 2021 Pierre Cherpin died while being transferred from Saudi Arabia to France.^[20][21]

Two more incidents occurred on Stage 8. Husqvarna biker  [fr] crashed heavily and was hospitalized.^[22] Another Husqvarna rider, Maurizio Gerini, was taken to hospital after finishing the stage. Gerini suffered heavy fall 30 km to the finish, but managed to complete the stage. He was diagnosed with internal bleeding in abdomen area.^[23][24]

Three more bikers crashed out and were airlifted to the hospital on Stage 9. KTM rider Toby Price crashed on kilometre 155 and suffered broken collar bone and both wrists as well as extensive bruising.^[25] riding Honda was also airlifted after falling and dislocating his shoulder on kilometre 242.^[18] Husqvarna rider Maciej Giemza withdrew after he tore his shoulder ligaments and suffered two fractures in the foot after hitting a rock at 110 km/h and rolling several times.^[26][27]

On Stage 10, , who entered the stage with an 11-minute lead in the overall standings in the bike category, crashed 252 kilometers into the stage. Cornejo continued to the finish of the stage, but was forced to retire by race organizers after a medical evaluation at the finishing area revealed a concussion. He was airlifted to a hospital directly from the finishing area.^[28]

Honda biker Juan Barreda Bort ran out of fuel at kilometre 267 on Stage 11, after missing the refueling point at kilometre 174. Bort was leading the race at a waypoint at kilometre 215. After failing to get help from other competitors for two hours, he called in for medical assistance and was airlifted to the hospital.^[29][30] Juan suffered a fall two days ago, where he fell unconscious for a short time, but was able to continue.^[31]

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