Dakar Rally Daily

Jesse Ziegler, Quinn Cody

Cycle News' Dakar Rally Daily podcast brings daily coverage of the grandest motorsports event on the planet. Focused primarily on the Elite Motorcycle competitors, Dakar Rally Daily brings you interviews and insight into the dynamic sport of motorcycle rally as fresh as an early morning roadbook note. Learn what makes rally so challenging, the equipment racers use, and hear from the athletes themselves how the race unfolds daily.

  1. KLIM Dakar Rally Daily | 2025 Stage 11 | Episode 99

    01/16/2025

    KLIM Dakar Rally Daily | 2025 Stage 11 | Episode 99

    Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally Team's Tosha Schareina got his first Dakar Rally stage win today on a shortened Stage 11. Followed closely by Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Luciano Benavides and his HRC teammate Adrien Van Beveren, Schareina kept the pressure on overall race leader Daniel Sanders and his KTM, closing the gap by seven minutes in only 152km. The stage today was shortened by weather, delaying the start of the stage due to heavy fog keeping the helicopters grounded. Organizers proposed a full stage with a 3pm gate setup at refueling, but a racer majority protested that idea and they simply stopped the stage at that point instead of the top guys getting through the gate and continuing on, and those behind not having to finish the stage.  We chat with Brad Cox on the show today after his nasty crash earlier in the week. We also hear from at least one racer who's disspointed in the stage shortening. Tomorrow is the final day of the rally - a welcome day for everyone on the course! Enjoy the show! Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_rally\_daily/   And leave comments on Cycle News YouTube coverage:  https://www.youtube.com/@cyclenews   Cycle News official race results coverage: Coming Soon!   Visit our partners   KLIM Rally Navigator The Baja Rally (more to come!)   Dakar Rally Daily is produced and edited by Jesse Ziegler, and hosted by Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler.

    53 min
  2. KLIM Dakar Rally Daily | 2025 Stage 10 | Episode 98

    01/15/2025

    KLIM Dakar Rally Daily | 2025 Stage 10 | Episode 98

    2025 Dakar Rally Stage Ten Results and News Show is live!  Dakar Rally racers had a brutal commute to work today, over 500km of on-the-road liasion, as they made their way deep into Saudi Arabia's Empty Quarter, the extreme southeast quadrant of the desert country known for it's isolation and intense sand dune landscapes. With only 100km of racing on the day, not much time was up for grabs but that didn't stop Rally 2 competitor Michael Docherty from taking his first stage win.  Rui Congalves was second and Tobias Ebster was third.  Rally front-runners held back today, not willing to risk their overall placing during the short dune stage. More so, they were willing to slow down for an optimal starting position for the rally's penultimate stage tomorrow - a day of massive sand dunes and 300km of timed terrain.  Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Daniel Sanders continues his strangle hold on the race at the top, finishing back today but still, somehow, putting time on his closest rivals Tosha Schareina and Adrien Van Beveren and their Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally machines. Everyone needs help moving up in this race at this point, and tomorrow is going to be, as American Ricky Brabec said yesterday, an all-out attack.  Two more days to go! Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_rally\_daily/   And leave comments on Cycle News YouTube coverage:  https://www.youtube.com/@cyclenews   Cycle News official race results coverage: Coming Soon!   Visit our partners   KLIM Rally Navigator The Baja Rally (more to come!)   Dakar Rally Daily is produced and edited by Jesse Ziegler, and hosted by Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler.

    53 min
  3. KLIM Dakar Rally Daily | 2025 Stage 9 | Episode 97

    01/14/2025

    KLIM Dakar Rally Daily | 2025 Stage 9 | Episode 97

    Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Luciano Benavides took his second and back-to-back stage victory today on stage nine of the 2025 Dakar Rally. The Argentinian captured the win after starting first, leading to all bonus points, and finishing ahead of his rivals on adjusted time to take the top spot 1:54 ahead of Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally's Adrian Van Beveren. KTM's front-runner Daniel Sanders finished third after the day's course was complete, 3:04 off the pace of Benavides.  In the overall rankings, Sanders continues his stranglehold on the race with an 14:45 gap on Honda's Tosha Schareina who had a nasty high-speed crash today. Schareina would re-mount his CRF450Rally and finish today's race in a strong seventh place, losing more than three minutes to Sanders in the overall rankings. Third place is all Van Beveren, sitting more than 20 minutes behind Sanders. Benavides is benefitting from his late race surge and moved into fourth place in the general rankings, ahead of American's Ricky Brabec and Skyler Howes in fifth and sixth, respectively. Brabec is 31+ minutes out of the lead, and 10+ minutes away from the podium in Fifth. Howes is right behind him, eight minutes further away.  Tomorrow's Stage 10 puts competitors straight into a massive, brutal liason/transfer of over 500km before a short Empty Quarter sand dune stage of 115km. This will be a crucial stage in setting up the longer, penultimate stage 11 of the 2025 rally - really the last chance for anyone to make an attack. Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_rally\_daily/   And leave comments on Cycle News YouTube coverage:  https://www.youtube.com/@cyclenews   Cycle News official race results coverage: Coming Soon!   Visit our partners   KLIM Rally Navigator The Baja Rally (more to come!)   Dakar Rally Daily is produced and edited by Jesse Ziegler, and hosted by Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler.

    49 min
  4. KLIM Dakar Rally Daily | 2025 Stage 8 | Episode 96

    01/13/2025

    KLIM Dakar Rally Daily | 2025 Stage 8 | Episode 96

    The 2025 Dakar Rally completed stage eight today and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Luciano Benavides took the stage win over Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally's Adrien Van Beveren who was only 2:08 behind. Honda's Tosha Schareina finished third 2:14 off the lead and right behind AVB Benavides and Van Beveren were awarded time back after stopping to assist Honda Rider Pablo Quintanilla who had a big crash on the day. Quintanilla exited the rally, his 13th attempt at Dakar. In the general rankings, KTM's Daniel Sanders continues his dominance of the top spot, now with an 11-minute cushion to second-place Schareina and 20+ minutes back to Van Beveren in third. Knocking on the podium door is Luciano Benavides, who made some time today, but is still ten minutes off the podium. Nearly tied with Benavides in fifth overall is American defending Dakar winner Ricky Brabec. The next two days will be key if either of these two Dakar winners want to see an overall podium finish at the end of the week. Today we call America Dakar pioneer Jimmy Lewis as he traverses Mexican roads to get his take on the race, technology, rally history and more. Don't miss it. Thanks and we'll see you tomorrow!   Follow and communicate with us via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakar\_rally\_daily/   And leave comments on Cycle News YouTube coverage:  https://www.youtube.com/@cyclenews   Cycle News official race results coverage: Coming Soon!   Visit our partners   KLIM Rally Navigator The Baja Rally (more to come!)   Dakar Rally Daily is produced and edited by Jesse Ziegler, and hosted by Quinn Cody and Jesse Ziegler.

    57 min
4.9
out of 5
80 Ratings

About

Cycle News' Dakar Rally Daily podcast brings daily coverage of the grandest motorsports event on the planet. Focused primarily on the Elite Motorcycle competitors, Dakar Rally Daily brings you interviews and insight into the dynamic sport of motorcycle rally as fresh as an early morning roadbook note. Learn what makes rally so challenging, the equipment racers use, and hear from the athletes themselves how the race unfolds daily.

You Might Also Like