Henk Lategan (Toyota) won the 8th stage of the Dakar 2025 rally in Saudi Arabia on Monday, 487km between Al Duwadimi and the capital Riyadh completed in 4h51:54, and thus consolidated his first place in the provisional general classification.
The 30-year-old South African, this is his fourth Dakar and who had already won the prologue, thus increases his lead over the Saudi Yazeed al-Rajhi to 5'41. Despite a two-minute penalty for speeding, Lategan maintained a 1'47 lead in the 8th stage over his compatriot Guy Botterill (Toyota) who was in the lead for a long time before giving in in the final sprint.
Frenchman Mathieu Serradori (Century) prevented a 100% South African stage podium by finishing in third place, five seconds ahead of another South African, Brian Baragwanath. The last heavyweight in the race after the retirements of Sainz and Loeb, the Qatari quadruple title holder Nasser al-Attiyah arrived 12'17 behind Henk Lategan and is now fourth at 34'14 in the provisional ranking.
