At the end of what was a demanding day, Sam Sunderland put in a solid ride from the front to finish 16th on stage two of the 2021 Dakar Rally. He’s now 12th overall as Joan Barreda – 22nd after yesterday – won the day and now leads the rally from his Honda team-mate Ricky Brabec. Yesterday’s leader Toby Price had a tough day – as you can see below. He was 28th.

Day two of the race proved to be incredibly tough for all competitors. Totaling 685km and leading from Bisha to Wadi Ad-Dawasir, the stage included a long timed special of 457km. Challenging riders with soft sand dunes for the first third of the special, the stage then opened out to faster, sandy tracks, winding their way through a series of canyons. Accurate navigation was once again key to securing a good time.

Fourth into today’s stage, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Sam Sunderland put in a great performance through the early part of the special, across the sand dunes that suit his riding style. Defending a top-10 position through to the last quarter of the stage, the Brit, like many others, made a small mistake that ended up costing him some time. Despite the set-back, Sunderland was able to get back on track to ultimately cross the finish line in a provisional 17th position, 23 minutes down on the eventual stage winner.

Sam Sunderland:“Well, they have really thrown us in at the deep end with these first two stages, but this is the Dakar – it should be tough. If yesterday was tricky because of the navigation, today was hard for slightly different reasons. Overall, the stage was a lot faster, but at the beginning we crossed some really soft dunes, and it was easy to lose time there, especially up near the front. I’m happy with my riding and the position today is not too bad – I think as the race goes on we’re going to see these changes to the lead each day, depending on who opens the stage. Still there’s a long way to go, so I’ll push on again tomorrow.”

Winner of stage one, Toby Price had the unenviable task of opening today’s special. And with the route made up of a combination of tricky-to-ride dunes followed by navigation-intense tracks and valleys, the twice Dakar Champion had a huge challenge ahead of him. Putting in a mature ride, despite the difficulties he faced, Price was able to reach the end of the special safely and without any major issues. Although ultimately losing time on the new rally leaders, Toby is confident in his riding and knows that the result could well swing back in his favor during tomorrow’s stage three.

Toby Price:“Overall, I’m happy with how my day has gone. It was always going to be difficult to lead out, but I think that’s going to be the case every day this year. The first 100 kilometers went well, then Kevin (Benavides) caught up and I rode about 150km behind him until he made a mistake, and I took over the lead again. In the later part of the special I had a small issue with the fueling on the bike, which meant I had to ease off a little, but thankfully didn’t lose too much more time. We got caught today by the guys behind, but that was to be expected. Hopefully I can make some of that back again tomorrow in the dunes.”

As the third rider into today’s special, KTM’s Matthias Walkner immediately set about chasing down teammate Price. Unfortunately, just before reaching the checkpoint at kilometer 46, the Austrian suffered a technical issue on his KTM 450 RALLY. Stopping to repair the problem, Matthias lost just over two hours to the leaders but thankfully was able to continue.

Jamie McCanney was 19th and is currently 19th overall while David Knight, 43rd today, is now is 44th and Neil Hawker, 62nd today, is 67th.

McCanney said: “Tracks were fast and I wasn’t used to riding at that speed. I enjoyed the dunes but things were happening too fast for my liking after that. I lost a heap of time at the end that put me out of the top 12 but happy enough! P19 after 2 days +26min behind the leader.”

American Andrew Short broke down after 273 km of the special test. The former US Supercross star was airlifted from the stage by one of the organiser’s helicopters and is out of the race.

He said: “For sure it’s disappointing to end the rally like this as I had a really good stage going. I felt awesome on the bike and things were going well. With Dakar only happening once a year, it’s frustrating to go out like this but I’ll be back next year. I’m thankful to be healthy but sad at the same time as it’s a race that we all work hard towards all year round, but it’s how racing goes sometimes. All the best to my team-mates, it’s going to be a tough race this year.”

Forming a loop around the bivouac in Wadi Ad-Dawasir, the 629km stage three of the 2021 Dakar Rally will be made up primarily of desert dunes, challenging riders once again with technically demanding navigation through its 403km timed special.

Here are the video highlights of yesterday’s opening day.

Provisional Stage Two results – 2021 Dakar Rally

POS.	N°	EXP.	DRIVE-TEAM	MARK-MODEL	TIME	VARIATION	PENALITY
1	88		(ESP) JOAN BARREDA BORT	MONSTER ENERGY HONDA TEAM 2021	04H 17′ 56”
2	1		(USA) RICKY BRABEC	MONSTER ENERGY HONDA TEAM 2021	04H 21′ 51”	+ 00H 03′ 55”
3	2		(CHL) PABLO QUINTANILLA	ROCKSTAR ENERGY HUSQVARNA FACTORY RACING	04H 23′ 58”	+ 00H 06′ 02”
4	18		(BWA) ROSS BRANCH	MONSTER ENERGY YAMAHA RALLY TEAM	04H 29′ 50”	+ 00H 11′ 54”
5	4		(CHL) JOSE IGNACIO CORNEJO FLORIMO	MONSTER ENERGY HONDA TEAM 2021	04H 30′ 02”	+ 00H 12′ 06”
6	42		(FRA) ADRIEN VAN BEVEREN	MONSTER ENERGY YAMAHA RALLY TEAM	04H 30′ 38”	+ 00H 12′ 42”
7	11		(SVK) STEFAN SVITKO	SLOVNAFT RALLY TEAM	04H 32′ 11”	+ 00H 14′ 15”
8	77		(ARG) LUCIANO BENAVIDES	ROCKSTAR ENERGY HUSQVARNA FACTORY RACING	04H 33′ 17”	+ 00H 15′ 21”
9	21		(AUS) DANIEL SANDERS	KTM FACTORY TEAM	04H 34′ 27”	+ 00H 16′ 31”
10	12		(FRA) XAVIER DE SOULTRAIT	HT RALLY RAID HUSQVARNA RACING	04H 35′ 20”	+ 00H 17′ 24”
11	9		(USA) SKYLER HOWES	BAS DAKAR KTM RACING TEAM	04H 35′ 57”	+ 00H 18′ 01”
12	27		(PRT) JOAQUIM RODRIGUES	HERO MOTOSPORTS TEAM RALLY	04H 36′ 04”	+ 00H 18′ 08”
13	15		(ESP) LORENZO SANTOLINO	SHERCO FACTORY	04H 38′ 07”	+ 00H 20′ 11”
14	24		(DEU) SEBASTIAN BÜHLER	HERO MOTOSPORTS TEAM RALLY	04H 38′ 43”	+ 00H 20′ 47”	00H 02′ 00”
15	87		(ESP) ORIOL MENA	FN SPEED – RIEJU TEAM	04H 39′ 10”	+ 00H 21′ 14”
16	5		(GBR) SAM SUNDERLAND	RED BULL KTM FACTORY TEAM	04H 40′ 56”	+ 00H 23′ 00”
17	74		(ESP) JAUME BETRIU	FN SPEED – KTM TEAM	04H 41′ 29”	+ 00H 23′ 33”
18	31		(CZE) MARTIN MICHEK	ORION – MOTO RACING GROUP	04H 41′ 32”	+ 00H 23′ 36”	00H 01′ 00”
19	68		(GBR) JAMIE MCCANNEY	MONSTER ENERGY YAMAHA RALLY TEAM	04H 43′ 43”	+ 00H 25′ 47”
20	36		(CZE) JAN BRABEC	STROJRENT RACING	04H 44′ 30”	+ 00H 26′ 34”
21	19		(PRT) RUI GONCALVES	SHERCO FACTORY	04H 45′ 20”	+ 00H 27′ 24”
22	22		(POL) MACIEJ GIEMZA	ORLEN TEAM	04H 46′ 10”	+ 00H 28′ 14”
23	44		(ESP) LAIA SANZ	GAS GAS FACTORY TEAM	04H 46′ 28”	+ 00H 28′ 32”
24	47		(ARG) KEVIN BENAVIDES	MONSTER ENERGY HONDA TEAM 2021	04H 46′ 54”	+ 00H 28′ 58”
25	26		(CZE) MILAN ENGEL	ORION – MOTO RACING GROUP	04H 47′ 14”	+ 00H 29′ 18”
26	17		(ESP) JOAN PEDRERO GARCIA	FN SPEED – RIEJU TEAM	04H 47′ 56”	+ 00H 30′ 00”
27	20		(POL) ADAM TOMICZEK	ORLEN TEAM	04H 49′ 07”	+ 00H 31′ 11”
28	3		(AUS) TOBY PRICE	RED BULL KTM FACTORY TEAM	04H 49′ 56”	+ 00H 32′ 00”
29	32		(ESP) TOSHA SCHAREINA	FN SPEED – KTM TEAM	04H 51′ 27”	+ 00H 33′ 31”
30	25		(NLD) PAUL SPIERINGS	HT RALLY RAID HUSQVARNA RACING	04H 52′ 26”	+ 00H 34′ 30”
31	6		(ARG) FRANCO CAIMI	MONSTER ENERGY YAMAHA RALLY TEAM	04H 54′ 27”	+ 00H 36′ 31”
32	33		(IND) HARITH NOAH KOITHA VEETTIL	SHERCO FACTORY	04H 56′ 05”	+ 00H 38′ 09”
33	30		(LTU) ARUNAS GELAZNINKAS	ZIGMAS DAKAR TEAM	04H 56′ 08”	+ 00H 38′ 12”
34	142		(ITA) MAURIZIO GERINI	SOLARYS RACING	04H 56′ 38”	+ 00H 38′ 42”
35	29		(ROU) EMANUEL GYENES	AUTONET MOTORCYCLE TEAM	04H 57′ 19”	+ 00H 39′ 23”
36	50		(IND) SANTOSH CHUNCHUNGUPPE SHIVASHANKAR	HERO MOTOSPORTS TEAM RALLY	05H 02′ 17”	+ 00H 44′ 21”
37	76		(CZE) ROMAN KREJCI	BO!BETON TEAM	05H 02′ 22”	+ 00H 44′ 26”
38	41		(CHN) ZAKER YAKP	WU PU DA HAI DAO DAKAR RALLY TEAM	05H 08′ 38”	+ 00H 50′ 42”
39	73		(KWT) MOHAMMED JAFFAR	DUUST RALLY TEAM	05H 12′ 35”	+ 00H 54′ 39”	00H 05′ 00”
40	54		(FRA) CAMILLE CHAPELIERE	TEAM BAINES RALLY	05H 24′ 48”	+ 01H 06′ 52”
41	95		(FRA) XAVIER FLICK	XTREM RACING	05H 27′ 24”	+ 01H 09′ 28”
42	39		(FRA) BENJAMIN MELOT	BENJAMIN MELOT	05H 27′ 34”	+ 01H 09′ 38”
43	63		(POL) KONRAD DABROWSKI	DUUST RALLY TEAM	05H 31′ 08”	+ 01H 13′ 12”
44	101		(GBR) DAVID KNIGHT	HT RALLY RAID HUSQVARNA RACING	05H 32′ 13”	+ 01H 14′ 17”	00H 03′ 00”
45	80		(AUS) MICHAEL BURGESS	BAS DAKAR KTM RACING TEAM	05H 34′ 42”	+ 01H 16′ 46”
46	37		(CZE) DAVID PABISKA	JANTAR TEAM	05H 36′ 00”	+ 01H 18′ 04”
47	48		(FRA) MATHIEU DOVEZE	NOMADE RACING ASSISTANCE	05H 42′ 26”	+ 01H 24′ 30”
48	70		(SAU) MISHAL ALGHUNEIM	MISHAL ALGHUNEIM	05H 43′ 16”	+ 01H 25′ 20”
49	79		(FRA) AMAURY BARATIN	HORIZON MOTO 95	05H 44′ 54”	+ 01H 26′ 58”
50	46		(SVN) SIMON MARCIC	MARCIC	05H 49′ 16”	+ 01H 31′ 20”
51	67		(CZE) RUDOLF LHOTSKY	JANTAR TEAM	05H 50′ 53”	+ 01H 32′ 57”
52	55		(CHN) ZHAO HONGYI	WU PU DA HAI DAO DAKAR RALLY TEAM	05H 52′ 15”	+ 01H 34′ 19”
53	108		(ESP) MARC CALMET	FN SPEED – RIEJU TEAM	05H 56′ 43”	+ 01H 38′ 47”
54	86		(FRA) CHARLIE HERBST	DRAG’ON RALLY TEAM	05H 56′ 45”	+ 01H 38′ 49”
55	81		(SVK) ERIK VLCAK	SLOVNAFT RALLY TEAM	05H 57′ 09”	+ 01H 39′ 13”
56	60		(FRA) STÉPHANE DARQUES	M.O.R.AL	06H 02′ 37”	+ 01H 44′ 41”
57	99		(ESP) JAVI VEGA PUERTA	PONT GRUP YAMAHA	06H 04′ 53”	+ 01H 46′ 57”
58	97		(SVK) MARTIN BENKO	NORWIT RACING	06H 07′ 28”	+ 01H 49′ 32”
59	98		(ESP) SARA GARCIA	PONT GRUP YAMAHA	06H 08′ 06”	+ 01H 50′ 10”
60	65		(ITA) FRANCO PICCO	TEAM FRANCO PICCO	06H 08′ 15”	+ 01H 50′ 19”
61	53		(CZE) LIBOR PODMOL	PODMOL DAKAR TEAM	06H 08′ 36”	+ 01H 50′ 40”
62	84		(GBR) NEIL HAWKER	NEIL HAWKER	06H 14′ 48”	+ 01H 56′ 52”
63	85		(PRT) ALEXANDRE AZINHAIS	CLUB AVENTURA TOUAREG	06H 17′ 12”	+ 01H 59′ 16”
64	62		(AUS) ANDREW JOSEPH HOULIHAN	NOMADAS ADVENTURE	06H 17′ 33”	+ 01H 59′ 37”
65	78		(ITA) CESARE ZACCHETTI	CESARE ZACCHETTI	06H 17′ 34”	+ 01H 59′ 38”
66	35		(MEX) JUAN PABLO GUILLEN RIVERA	NOMADAS ADVENTURE	06H 19′ 09”	+ 02H 01′ 13”
67	121		(FRA) GUILLAUME BARTHELEMY	TEAM RS CONCEPT	06H 26′ 42”	+ 02H 08′ 46”
68	93		(ITA) LORENZO PIOLINI	CARAVANSERRAGLIO RALLY RACING TEAM	06H 41′ 32”	+ 02H 23′ 36”
69	52		(AUT) MATTHIAS WALKNER	RED BULL KTM FACTORY TEAM	06H 44′ 39”	+ 02H 26′ 43”
70	61		(FRA) NORBERT DUBOIS	AVENTURE MOTO 61	06H 48′ 42”	+ 02H 30′ 46”
71	110		(POL) JACEK BARTOSZEK	DUUST RALLY TEAM	06H 55′ 37”	+ 02H 37′ 41”
72	51		(ESP) RACHID AL-LAL LAHADIL	MELILLA SPORT CAPITAL	06H 59′ 40”	+ 02H 41′ 44”
73	123		(ITA) ANGELO PEDEMONTE	PEDEMONTE ANGELO	07H 00′ 52”	+ 02H 42′ 56”
74	114		(ESP) ELADIO CARBONELL MENDEZ	PIKAERAS TEAM	07H 00′ 54”	+ 02H 42′ 58”
75	58		(ESP) EDUARDO IGLESIAS SANCHEZ	FN SPEED – TEAM MONFORTE RALLY	07H 01′ 18”	+ 02H 43′ 22”
76	107		(ITA) GIOVANNI STIGLIANO	TEAM JBRALLY	07H 05′ 04”	+ 02H 47′ 08”
77	90		(ITA) FRANCESCO CATANESE	TUTTOGRU	07H 05′ 34”	+ 02H 47′ 38”
78	59		(ITA) TIZIANO INTERNO	RALLY POV	07H 06′ 10”	+ 02H 48′ 14”
79	94		(FRA) OLIVIER SUSSET	XTREM RACING	07H 11′ 24”	+ 02H 53′ 28”
80	105		(ESP) FERNANDO DOMINGUEZ	CLUB AVENTURA TOUAREG	07H 14′ 48”	+ 02H 56′ 52”
81	69		(BEL) WALTER ROELANTS	HT RALLY RAID HUSQVARNA RACING	07H 17′ 00”	+ 02H 59′ 04”
82	89		(SRB) GABOR SAGHMEISTER	SAGHMEISTER TEAM	07H 17′ 59”	+ 03H 00′ 03”
83	125		(FRA) FRÉDÉRIC BARLERIN	RALLYE FRED	07H 27′ 58”	+ 03H 10′ 02”
84	100		(FRA) AUDREY ROSSAT	TEAM RS CONCEPT	07H 33′ 03”	+ 03H 15′ 07”
85	82		(IND) ASHISH RAORANE	ASHISH RAORANE	07H 37′ 11”	+ 03H 19′ 15”
86	115		(NLD) OLAF HARMSEN	BAS DAKAR KTM RACING TEAM	07H 37′ 58”	+ 03H 20′ 02”
87	71		(BHR) SALMAN MOHAMED HUMOOD FARHAN	HT RALLY RAID HUSQVARNA RACING	07H 42′ 32”	+ 03H 24′ 36”
88	133		(ITA) DAVIDE COMINARDI	COMINARDI	78H 00′ 00”	+ 73H 42′ 04”	62H 00′ 00”
89	72		(FRA) PASCAL RAUBER	TEAM 2RM	78H 00′ 00”	+ 73H 42′ 04”	62H 00′ 00”
90	66		(FRA) PASCAL BOUCHET	TEAM BAINES RALLY	78H 00′ 00”	+ 73H 42′ 04”	62H 00′ 00”

Standngs after two days… the leaderboard

POS.	N°	EXP.	DRIVE-TEAM	MARK-MODEL	TIME	VARIATION	PENALITY
1	88		(ESP) JOAN BARREDA BORT	MONSTER ENERGY HONDA TEAM 2021	08H 15′ 38”
2	1		(USA) RICKY BRABEC	MONSTER ENERGY HONDA TEAM 2021	08H 22′ 01”	+ 00H 06′ 23”
3	18		(BWA) ROSS BRANCH	MONSTER ENERGY YAMAHA RALLY TEAM	08H 22′ 15”	+ 00H 06′ 37”
4	2		(CHL) PABLO QUINTANILLA	ROCKSTAR ENERGY HUSQVARNA FACTORY RACING	08H 22′ 54”	+ 00H 07′ 16”
5	12		(FRA) XAVIER DE SOULTRAIT	HT RALLY RAID HUSQVARNA RACING	08H 24′ 03”	+ 00H 08′ 25”
6	42		(FRA) ADRIEN VAN BEVEREN	MONSTER ENERGY YAMAHA RALLY TEAM	08H 24′ 12”	+ 00H 08′ 34”
7	77		(ARG) LUCIANO BENAVIDES	ROCKSTAR ENERGY HUSQVARNA FACTORY RACING	08H 24′ 45”	+ 00H 09′ 07”	00H 01′ 00”
8	9		(USA) SKYLER HOWES	BAS DAKAR KTM RACING TEAM	08H 25′ 09”	+ 00H 09′ 31”
9	11		(SVK) STEFAN SVITKO	SLOVNAFT RALLY TEAM	08H 26′ 01”	+ 00H 10′ 23”
10	15		(ESP) LORENZO SANTOLINO	SHERCO FACTORY	08H 26′ 29”	+ 00H 10′ 51”
11	4		(CHL) JOSE IGNACIO CORNEJO FLORIMO	MONSTER ENERGY HONDA TEAM 2021	08H 27′ 40”	+ 00H 12′ 02”
12	5		(GBR) SAM SUNDERLAND	RED BULL KTM FACTORY TEAM	08H 28′ 28”	+ 00H 12′ 50”
13	47		(ARG) KEVIN BENAVIDES	MONSTER ENERGY HONDA TEAM 2021	08H 30′ 42”	+ 00H 15′ 04”
14	87		(ESP) ORIOL MENA	FN SPEED – RIEJU TEAM	08H 31′ 51”	+ 00H 16′ 13”
15	3		(AUS) TOBY PRICE	RED BULL KTM FACTORY TEAM	08H 33′ 17”	+ 00H 17′ 39”
16	31		(CZE) MARTIN MICHEK	ORION – MOTO RACING GROUP	08H 33′ 52”	+ 00H 18′ 14”	00H 01′ 00”
17	27		(PRT) JOAQUIM RODRIGUES	HERO MOTOSPORTS TEAM RALLY	08H 35′ 59”	+ 00H 20′ 21”
18	21		(AUS) DANIEL SANDERS	KTM FACTORY TEAM	08H 36′ 49”	+ 00H 21′ 11”	00H 07′ 00”
19	68		(GBR) JAMIE MCCANNEY	MONSTER ENERGY YAMAHA RALLY TEAM	08H 41′ 42”	+ 00H 26′ 04”
20	22		(POL) MACIEJ GIEMZA	ORLEN TEAM	08H 42′ 53”	+ 00H 27′ 15”
21	6		(ARG) FRANCO CAIMI	MONSTER ENERGY YAMAHA RALLY TEAM	08H 43′ 03”	+ 00H 27′ 25”
22	17		(ESP) JOAN PEDRERO GARCIA	FN SPEED – RIEJU TEAM	08H 46′ 01”	+ 00H 30′ 23”
23	20		(POL) ADAM TOMICZEK	ORLEN TEAM	08H 49′ 14”	+ 00H 33′ 36”
24	24		(DEU) SEBASTIAN BÜHLER	HERO MOTOSPORTS TEAM RALLY	08H 53′ 38”	+ 00H 38′ 00”	00H 02′ 00”
25	19		(PRT) RUI GONCALVES	SHERCO FACTORY	08H 55′ 47”	+ 00H 40′ 09”
26	36		(CZE) JAN BRABEC	STROJRENT RACING	08H 57′ 12”	+ 00H 41′ 34”
27	32		(ESP) TOSHA SCHAREINA	FN SPEED – KTM TEAM	09H 02′ 13”	+ 00H 46′ 35”
28	74		(ESP) JAUME BETRIU	FN SPEED – KTM TEAM	09H 04′ 41”	+ 00H 49′ 03”
29	26		(CZE) MILAN ENGEL	ORION – MOTO RACING GROUP	09H 08′ 34”	+ 00H 52′ 56”
30	44		(ESP) LAIA SANZ	GAS GAS FACTORY TEAM	09H 12′ 19”	+ 00H 56′ 41”	00H 03′ 00”
31	33		(IND) HARITH NOAH KOITHA VEETTIL	SHERCO FACTORY	09H 19′ 09”	+ 01H 03′ 31”
32	29		(ROU) EMANUEL GYENES	AUTONET MOTORCYCLE TEAM	09H 25′ 20”	+ 01H 09′ 42”
33	30		(LTU) ARUNAS GELAZNINKAS	ZIGMAS DAKAR TEAM	09H 29′ 03”	+ 01H 13′ 25”
34	142		(ITA) MAURIZIO GERINI	SOLARYS RACING	09H 30′ 41”	+ 01H 15′ 03”	00H 01′ 00”
35	25		(NLD) PAUL SPIERINGS	HT RALLY RAID HUSQVARNA RACING	09H 33′ 58”	+ 01H 18′ 20”
36	50		(IND) SANTOSH CHUNCHUNGUPPE SHIVASHANKAR	HERO MOTOSPORTS TEAM RALLY	09H 38′ 25”	+ 01H 22′ 47”
37	76		(CZE) ROMAN KREJCI	BO!BETON TEAM	09H 42′ 07”	+ 01H 26′ 29”
38	41		(CHN) ZAKER YAKP	WU PU DA HAI DAO DAKAR RALLY TEAM	09H 43′ 24”	+ 01H 27′ 46”
39	39		(FRA) BENJAMIN MELOT	BENJAMIN MELOT	10H 03′ 10”	+ 01H 47′ 32”
40	101		(GBR) DAVID KNIGHT	HT RALLY RAID HUSQVARNA RACING	10H 04′ 08”	+ 01H 48′ 30”	00H 04′ 00”
41	95		(FRA) XAVIER FLICK	XTREM RACING	10H 04′ 36”	+ 01H 48′ 58”
42	80		(AUS) MICHAEL BURGESS	BAS DAKAR KTM RACING TEAM	10H 04′ 38”	+ 01H 49′ 00”	00H 05′ 00”
43	37		(CZE) DAVID PABISKA	JANTAR TEAM	10H 08′ 52”	+ 01H 53′ 14”
44	63		(POL) KONRAD DABROWSKI	DUUST RALLY TEAM	10H 12′ 27”	+ 01H 56′ 49”
45	48		(FRA) MATHIEU DOVEZE	NOMADE RACING ASSISTANCE	10H 28′ 33”	+ 02H 12′ 55”
46	52		(AUT) MATTHIAS WALKNER	RED BULL KTM FACTORY TEAM	10H 29′ 15”	+ 02H 13′ 37”
47	54		(FRA) CAMILLE CHAPELIERE	TEAM BAINES RALLY	10H 32′ 25”	+ 02H 16′ 47”	00H 40′ 00”
48	73		(KWT) MOHAMMED JAFFAR	DUUST RALLY TEAM	10H 43′ 32”	+ 02H 27′ 54”	00H 05′ 00”
49	46		(SVN) SIMON MARCIC	MARCIC	10H 48′ 35”	+ 02H 32′ 57”
50	53		(CZE) LIBOR PODMOL	PODMOL DAKAR TEAM	10H 55′ 36”	+ 02H 39′ 58”	00H 06′ 00”
51	70		(SAU) MISHAL ALGHUNEIM	MISHAL ALGHUNEIM	10H 57′ 50”	+ 02H 42′ 12”
52	108		(ESP) MARC CALMET	FN SPEED – RIEJU TEAM	10H 58′ 30”	+ 02H 42′ 52”
53	79		(FRA) AMAURY BARATIN	HORIZON MOTO 95	11H 03′ 17”	+ 02H 47′ 39”
54	67		(CZE) RUDOLF LHOTSKY	JANTAR TEAM	11H 07′ 21”	+ 02H 51′ 43”
55	86		(FRA) CHARLIE HERBST	DRAG’ON RALLY TEAM	11H 14′ 05”	+ 02H 58′ 27”
56	60		(FRA) STÉPHANE DARQUES	M.O.R.AL	11H 23′ 27”	+ 03H 07′ 49”
57	97		(SVK) MARTIN BENKO	NORWIT RACING	11H 26′ 59”	+ 03H 11′ 21”	00H 05′ 00”
58	65		(ITA) FRANCO PICCO	TEAM FRANCO PICCO	11H 34′ 25”	+ 03H 18′ 47”
59	84		(GBR) NEIL HAWKER	NEIL HAWKER	11H 37′ 40”	+ 03H 22′ 02”
60	121		(FRA) GUILLAUME BARTHELEMY	TEAM RS CONCEPT	11H 52′ 46”	+ 03H 37′ 08”
61	55		(CHN) ZHAO HONGYI	WU PU DA HAI DAO DAKAR RALLY TEAM	11H 54′ 03”	+ 03H 38′ 25”
62	85		(PRT) ALEXANDRE AZINHAIS	CLUB AVENTURA TOUAREG	12H 01′ 26”	+ 03H 45′ 48”
63	78		(ITA) CESARE ZACCHETTI	CESARE ZACCHETTI	12H 01′ 40”	+ 03H 46′ 02”	00H 05′ 00”
64	35		(MEX) JUAN PABLO GUILLEN RIVERA	NOMADAS ADVENTURE	12H 07′ 57”	+ 03H 52′ 19”	00H 01′ 00”
65	98		(ESP) SARA GARCIA	PONT GRUP YAMAHA	12H 10′ 47”	+ 03H 55′ 09”	00H 05′ 00”
66	81		(SVK) ERIK VLCAK	SLOVNAFT RALLY TEAM	12H 13′ 30”	+ 03H 57′ 52”	00H 06′ 00”
67	62		(AUS) ANDREW JOSEPH HOULIHAN	NOMADAS ADVENTURE	12H 21′ 47”	+ 04H 06′ 09”	00H 05′ 00”
68	99		(ESP) JAVI VEGA PUERTA	PONT GRUP YAMAHA	12H 25′ 57”	+ 04H 10′ 19”
69	59		(ITA) TIZIANO INTERNO	RALLY POV	12H 46′ 20”	+ 04H 30′ 42”
70	93		(ITA) LORENZO PIOLINI	CARAVANSERRAGLIO RALLY RACING TEAM	12H 56′ 25”	+ 04H 40′ 47”	00H 00′ 30”
71	90		(ITA) FRANCESCO CATANESE	TUTTOGRU	13H 19′ 05”	+ 05H 03′ 27”
72	107		(ITA) GIOVANNI STIGLIANO	TEAM JBRALLY	13H 19′ 43”	+ 05H 04′ 05”	00H 00′ 30”
73	58		(ESP) EDUARDO IGLESIAS SANCHEZ	FN SPEED – TEAM MONFORTE RALLY	13H 22′ 28”	+ 05H 06′ 50”
74	114		(ESP) ELADIO CARBONELL MENDEZ	PIKAERAS TEAM	13H 23′ 21”	+ 05H 07′ 43”
75	125		(FRA) FRÉDÉRIC BARLERIN	RALLYE FRED	13H 24′ 42”	+ 05H 09′ 04”	00H 00′ 30”
76	123		(ITA) ANGELO PEDEMONTE	PEDEMONTE ANGELO	13H 36′ 25”	+ 05H 20′ 47”	00H 05′ 00”
77	51		(ESP) RACHID AL-LAL LAHADIL	MELILLA SPORT CAPITAL	13H 44′ 07”	+ 05H 28′ 29”	00H 05′ 30”
78	69		(BEL) WALTER ROELANTS	HT RALLY RAID HUSQVARNA RACING	13H 49′ 55”	+ 05H 34′ 17”	00H 06′ 00”
79	115		(NLD) OLAF HARMSEN	BAS DAKAR KTM RACING TEAM	13H 56′ 33”	+ 05H 40′ 55”
80	110		(POL) JACEK BARTOSZEK	DUUST RALLY TEAM	13H 56′ 47”	+ 05H 41′ 09”	00H 08′ 00”
81	105		(ESP) FERNANDO DOMINGUEZ	CLUB AVENTURA TOUAREG	13H 58′ 03”	+ 05H 42′ 25”
82	61		(FRA) NORBERT DUBOIS	AVENTURE MOTO 61	14H 10′ 51”	+ 05H 55′ 13”	00H 06′ 00”
83	94		(FRA) OLIVIER SUSSET	XTREM RACING	14H 17′ 06”	+ 06H 01′ 28”
84	71		(BHR) SALMAN MOHAMED HUMOOD FARHAN	HT RALLY RAID HUSQVARNA RACING	14H 18′ 52”	+ 06H 03′ 14”
85	82		(IND) ASHISH RAORANE	ASHISH RAORANE	14H 22′ 28”	+ 06H 06′ 50”	00H 01′ 00”
86	89		(SRB) GABOR SAGHMEISTER	SAGHMEISTER TEAM	14H 24′ 49”	+ 06H 09′ 11”
87	96		(ESP) DANIEL ALBERO PUIG	TEAM UN DIABETICO EN EL DAKAR	15H 00′ 26”	+ 06H 44′ 48”
88	100		(FRA) AUDREY ROSSAT	TEAM RS CONCEPT	15H 01′ 19”	+ 06H 45′ 41”	00H 21′ 00”
89	117		(BWA) JAMES ALEXANDER	THE KALAHARI MADALA	15H 04′ 10”	+ 06H 48′ 32”