The 47th edition of the Dakar has set a date for the world's rally-raiders in Saudi Arabia from 3 to 17 January.
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00:00Heron Hounds means two things to me. Firstly, it's the best fun and family pub in the city
00:21of St Albans. If you haven't been, go. I'll probably see you there. But more relevant
00:25here, it's what we call a mass start in a bike race. And that's what happened this morning
00:29as the final special of Dakar 2025 got underway. In original BiMotul, a single minute separated
00:35Benji Melot and Emmanuel Genes. That super tight battle ended in controversy. The Romanian
00:41took the title by 3.05, but Melot's digital system hadn't registered a waypoint.
01:16Sandra Gomez, the only woman on a bike this year. She more than held her own against 133
01:27men in the field, finishing 43rd overall. Enhorabuena.
01:41Rally 2's Michael Docherty loves the sand and proved it by winning his second stage
01:45of this Dakar ahead of the rally GP boys. It's a hell of an experience Dakar for sure.
01:52It's not easy. Only the strong survive, I guess. It's unreal. But Edgar Canet has been
01:59an absolute revelation. You'll be bored of me saying this by now, but he's a 19 year
02:03old rookie. Felicitats, Edgar. V8 in the overall, that's fucking crazy for me. Yeah, keep working
02:10and I know what to improve. So I'm happy with that. And so to the biggest prize on two wheels
02:15here, the rally GP class. Adrien Van Beveren is full of character, guts, opinions and bike
02:20skills and we love him for all of it. A second straight podium in bikes, chapeau.
02:31Second overall, Honda's Tosha Shahrena, the first Spaniard on the podium since 2017.
02:37Three years ago, we were fighting just to race here in Dakar and now we were fighting
02:43for the win. So super happy and hungry for more.
02:47Defending champion Ricky Braybeck has had by no means a bad Dakar, finishing fifth and
02:50one stage win. Good job, Ricky. He'll be back.
02:54Next year, I hope to be 120% ready to fight and take back the title. So we'll see what
03:01happens.
03:02The only person who leaves satisfied, if not delighted, with his performance is Luciano
03:05Benavides. Muy bien, tío.
03:09I will not stop until I win this race. And now I know what I have to do to win the whole
03:14race, not only a stage. Yeah, I am sure I will do it in the future.
03:20And last, but definitely not last, only the second Australian winner after Toby Price,
03:24the first man since Mark Comer 16 years ago to lead from start to finish. Your 2025 Dakar
03:30champion on a motorcycle. It was never in doubt. And it's Daniel Chucky Sanders. Good
03:34on you, mate.
03:54It's the biggest race in the world for motorbikes and off-road. So, yeah, it's just ticked off
03:59all the goals for my career and everything I've wanted to achieve. So, all the hard work's
04:04paid off.
04:05Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go
04:35And I'll tell you how Yazeed became the Prince of Dakar
04:40Kala said, Nasser, three big names in the sandy playground, signs and lobe left in daze
04:44What looked like a battle between the old school became a shootout and obviously a two-way duel
04:49For ten long days, Latakhan looked good, started making the signs that he really could
04:54When Alatiyah got his win coming on stage nine
04:56Al-Rajhi said, this is my home country, this title's mine
04:59He and Hank swapped the lead, day after day, but Varyman looked like he was on his way
05:08The empty quarter gave him the winning ticket
05:10He put his medal on and said the rest can stick it
05:16We are really happy to be top five, you know, with the new car
05:22In the future we'll definitely be back and I'll push a bit more and we'll try to fight a bit harder
05:28Last day, 61 kilometers, we'll try, we'll see
05:32You can't win Dakar until you finish the stage
05:35A mass start in all categories today, even Dakar Classic in fact
05:38Four cars at a time, all off together
05:46Seth Quintero got off to a flyer and we are stoked to have been on board with him so much this year
05:51Sorry Seth, I promise I won't do that in 2026
05:54Ninth for Seth and Dennis
05:59The overnight leader local boy Yazeed Al-Rajhi set off with Nasser Al-Attiyah, Matthias Ekstrom
06:05and his closest rival, Henk Lutgen
06:07Just six minutes the gap and the race was on
06:23The smallest mistake could cost either or both of them
06:26The last time Nasser Al-Attiyah finished outside the top three was 2007
06:31The Qatari could only manage fourth
06:32The Dacia showed its pace though and they'll be back next year for another assault
06:36Problems last week put Brazilian Lucas Moraes out of the running this Dakar
06:41but he finished strongly, winning the final stage
06:46Of course the overall result that we're expecting, but again to win two times
06:50Especially the last one, the Champs-Élysées stage, it's really nice
06:54A year ago Ford didn't have a factory entry
06:56Here Matthias Ekstrom picked up his best result, third, and Mitch Guthrie was fifth
07:00We tried our best as well, but this year we were not good enough
07:05Henk Lutgen led overall for nine stages but ended second, still his best result
07:09I'm happy in general, but it always stings a little bit to lose out by such a small margin
07:16Beating Lutgen by four minutes, the Saudi Yazeed Al-Rajhi
07:19finally the home nation have an overall winner
07:22Already a hero here, this will take him stratospheric
07:29I come part of the memory forever, you know, for next generation
07:34Everybody, you know, who's won this Dakar from Saudi, yeah, Yazeed Al-Rajhi, he won it
07:40There's a new name on the trophy and kudos too to co-driver Timo Gottschalk
07:46Since 2015 only Nasser Al-Attiyah, Stefan Pederhansel and Carlos Sainz have won the Dakar
07:51But now there is a new name
07:53It's the first time in 25 years a non-factory entry has won the Dakar, Mabrook Yazeed
08:04The remaining three categories have been tied up for a while
08:07Maciek Tomasek and David Svando won the trucks by two hours 21, gratuazze kruzi
08:13We were kind of, not sure, but confident in our results, in our success
08:20And we just continued to do so
08:22I guess we enjoyed it, especially the first half, it was tough, I was really exhausted after that
08:27One dream, one soul, one prize, one goal
08:30It's a kind of magic, Martin, magic
08:33In the challengers, Nicholas Cavigliasso and Valentina Pertegarini
08:37became the first ever husband and wife winners in a major class
08:40Margin of victory one hour 11 over Gonzalo Guerrero
08:43With Paolo Navarro third overall
08:45Felicitaciones, Los Cavigliassos
08:50SSVs was won by a rookie, Brook Hager, in his first ever roadbook race
08:54Sarah Price won a second consecutive stage to make it three in total
08:58Hager has frightening potential, killer job bro
09:08The really cool thing about Dakar is that no matter where you come from
09:13No matter what you do in your life, what job you do
09:18Dakar just puts every one of us on the same level
09:22Because it's just us and the desert
09:26The toughest, biggest, most grueling, longest,
09:29most prestigious rally raid in the world is over for another year
09:32Congrats to every finisher, every participant and every person
09:35who spent these three weeks with us in Saudi
09:37Thank you Jean-Phi, the boss
09:39Max and Emerick, the extraordinary editors who bring this to life
09:42Aurelien at the sound desk
09:43And Andy Smith, who is literally indispensable to these YouTube highlights
09:47And most of all, thank you for letting me back into your devices
09:50Your homes and your lives
09:52It is an honour
09:53Dakar will be back
09:54And so will I, I hope
09:56So make sure you are
09:57But for now, and for the final time this year
09:59Catch you later rally fans