Riding his KTM, the Argentinian won a second stage victory in a row this Tuesday, his third since the start of this edition.
Argentinian Luciano Benavides (KTM) won his second special victory in a row on Tuesday by winning the 9th stage of the 2025 Dakar rally in Saudi Arabia, 1’54” ahead of Frenchman Adrien Van Beveren (Honda). Arriving third of the day at 3’4”, the Australian Daniel Sanders (KTM) remains at the top of the provisional general classification and widens the gap on his runner-up, the Spaniard Tosha Schareina (Honda), at 14’45’ ‘.
For this 357km special between Ryad and Harad, Luciano Benavides, who started in pole position after his victory in the 8th stage, opened the road throughout and thus benefited from a time bonus of 4’51”, signing a timer of 3h15’38”. This is the 5th stage victory in the Dakar in the career of the 29-year-old Argentinian, currently 4th overall.
“It was a very rough stage, less eventful than yesterday but still complicated in navigation. It wasn’t a transition stage, in fact I had to do three or four U-turns today.described Adrien Van Beveren, who followed the Argentinian on the course. At the start of the special, the Spaniard Tosha Schareina suffered an impressive fall but from which he immediately recovered. He finished the day 7th, 6’46” behind Benavides.
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