The 2026 Dakar Rally has finished its first of two two-day marathon stages today and racers across the field had to deal with racing on worn tires from yesterday. We predicted that tire issues would cause a shakeup in the overall standings and it sure did with early front runner Edgar Canet of the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team suffering the worst of it, losing his rear mousse on the stage and having to limp his bike to the finish in Hail. Canet would be the last finisher on the day, losing more than four hours on race time, and more than 10 after penalties were assessed at the end of the day. His race at the front is over, but he does race tomorrow and will continue to be a factor in the stages if he stays healthy. American Skyler Howes predicted he'd have tire issues today and he did, having to take it easy on the day and sacrificing more than 20 minutes to get to the finish.

Another victim of the day, albeit not because of tires, was the previous two days' winner Tosha Schareina, the Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally pilot lost ten minutes today almost immediately as he failed to enter the course between the required flag markers. His error cost him ten minutes on the day, and dropped him from sharing the lead to fourth place overall, almost 12 minutes behind the leader.

Today's stage was great for Luciano Benevides, the factory KTM racer made strategic choices to push at the end of the day to leap ahead in the standings and take his first stage win of the year. He now sits in third overall, as well. This was after a very high-speed crash, to boot. Likewise, Nacho Cornejo from the Hero squad rode a great stage, taking second overall for Hero, a result they desperately needed after Ross Branch dropped back in the standings today.

Daniel Sanders came in third today, giving away almost six minutes to his teammate.

In the general ranking, it's Sanders in control with a two minute gap to Ricky Brabec (fifth today), and then Benevides nearly six minutes behind Sanders in third.

Tomorrow's stage is massive, over 900 kilometers on tap and a 4am start time for Benevides in the morning. The only repreive is the following day is Rest Day in Riyahd.

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The racing is tighter than ever at the 2026 Dakar Rally and today's stage four, the first half or a two-stage marathon phase of the race, was close with the top three finishers on the day separated by a mere 10 seconds!

Lot's to unpack today and we have Johnny Campbell joining the show to give us some deep insight into the race! In the front of the pack today was once again Tosha Schareina of the Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally team - taking his second stage win in a row for 2026. The spaniard led the route from the start and claimed most of the opening bonus time before his teammate, American Ricky Brabec, caught him. The two Honda pilots would ride in to the finish together, navigating quickly and sharing bonus time and setting themselves up with 1-2 on the day.

Third on the day was yet another Honda rider, as American Skyler Howes got way up to speed, clocking fast times across the stage to sit only 10-seconds back on adjusted time after bonuses awarded to the top-two. Howes was on the gas.

In Rally2, a lot of drama unfolded today with front-runner Michael Docherty having a massive front wheel failure, forcing him to catch a ride to the end of the stage and essentially stopping his race. He will be able to continue in Rally2, but he's out of the competition. Honda's rookie Rally2 sensation Martim Ventura also had a mechanical today, knocking him down nearly two hours. Kove's Neels Theric's rebound from his prologue pushing continues as he takes the stage win for the Chinese brand, but American rookie Preston Campbell is the big benefactor on the day, flying up the general rankings to take the lead, more than 18 minutes clear.

The following days are going to be filled with more drama and racing excitement. And we can't wait to cover it all here.

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The 2026 Dakar Rally set off on stage three today with a grueling, rocky route through the Saudi desert. And for the first time in 2026 we have a new manufacture taking the stage win as Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally's Tosha Schareina kept his speed high, despite a brutal crash, and recorded his first win of 2026. Second behind him was his teammate, American Ricky Brabec. Brabec blitzed to the front of the field today to grab some opening bonus time and the effort gave him his best finish of the race, so far.

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Daniel Sanders followed up his stage win from yesterday with a strong performance leading the field. He raced through the course fast while leading, gathering the most opening bonus points without losing much time to the following pack. His great ride today kept him in second on the stage and keeps him in the lead overall.

In the general rankings, Sanders leads by a little over a minute to Ricky Brabec, with Schareina now in third, knocking rookie RallyGP star Edgar Canet off the podium for now. We have some great interviews today including exclusive chats with Ross Branch, Michael Docherty, Hank from HT Rally Raid and Preston Campbell on the Honda HRC squad's Rally2 program.

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Welcome back to the KLIM Dakar Rally Daily show presented by Baja Rally and Rally Navigator! We're racing into stage two today with some insight into a fast and grueling stage at the 2026 Dakar Rally. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Daniel Sanders took the stage win today just in front of his teammate and 2026's stand out RallyGP rookie Edgar Canet. The KTM Duo swapped positions at the front of the rally about 100km in to the stage and enjoyed a fast pace at the front. Sanders and Canet split the available bonus time and kept the pace high to secure the top two spots on the day. Sanders, with his 10th Dakar stage win today, jumped to the front of the overall rankings with Canet right behind him in second overall.

American Ricky Brabec had a great day as well. The Monster Energy Honda HRC pilot went fastest on the stage from start to finish on race time, but ended up third again today after the opening bonuses for Sanders and Canet were tallied. Brabec sticks to his third spot overall, as well. The bivouac moved locations today making uploads from racers and our on-the-ground correspondents difficult, but we still managed to get you some great insight into the racers and how the stage went down.

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The 2026 Dakar Rally kicks off Stage One with a loop from the seaside bivouac in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia over 300kms of timed special test course. Front runners of the race remain unchanged from the short prologue yesterday with Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's prodigy Edgar Canet taking the stage win over his teammate Daniel Sanders by a little more than a minute, and 1:32 over American Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally's Ricky Brabec. The stage win keeps Canet in the lead for the second consecutive day, a feat last repeated by a Spaniard in 2015 by the country's legendary rally ace, Marc Coma. Overall standings mirror today's results with only Hero's Ross Branch getting shaken out of the top spots today after incurring a six-minute speeding penalty. Branch was on pace to take the victory today by more nearly two minutes before the penalty knocked him back. In today's show we chat with the top finishers (including Branch) and catch former Dakar winner Sam Sunderland in the pits for some great Dakar perspective. We also check in with two America privateer racers on the BAS Trucks KTM team, Nathan Rafferty and Brandon Krause, to hear how their rally experience is shaping up. All this plus much more Dakar Rally race insight and commentary from the Dakar Rally Daily team! Enjoy the show.

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Welcome to the start of race days at the 2026 Dakar Rally. Today's prologue stage was fast and short with top racers Edgar Canet and Daniel Sanders of the Red Bull KTM Factory Team setting the pace. Canet, the 20-year-old Catalan rider set a new Dakar record as the youngest racer to win an official stage today. Sanders, the defending Dakar and W2RC World Champion held off American Ricky Brabec on the Monster Energy Honda HRC team by two seconds to finish runner-up. Brabec enjoyed one of his finest prologue starts to Dakar in third.

In today's Dakar Rally Daily show we discuss prologue strategy, race team dynamics, check in with Original by Motul Malle Moto racer Neil Hawker and get an in-person update from Mason Klein about his new ride on the Chinese HOTO race team.

The first big stage starts bright and early tomorrow with over 300kms set to run against the clock as racers head full-steam into battle.

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Welcome to the first pre-race episode of the 2026 Dakar Rally featuring Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally's Ricky Brabec.

Dakar Rally Daily hosts Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler cold call Ricky Brabec two days before Christmas to get his thoughts on the 2026 Dakar Rally. In this episode, we chat with Brabec about the 2026 Dakar Rally route, a new scheme for the grueling marathon stages, his 2026 Honda HRC CRF450 Rally factory race bike setup, the new Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally 2 effort on the production Honda CRF450RX Rally bike, and much, much more.

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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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