Frenchman Adrien Van Beveren of the Monster Power Honda Group decides to mild up his tires the old style means—with pavement. He completed third general. (A.S.O/Julien Delfosse/)
Margin of victory by Rally GP winner Ricky Brabec, in minutes: 10.53
Total time of Brabec’s win, in hours: 51:30:08
Whole variety of autos to finish Dakar 2024, out of 340: 239 Motorbike finishers, out of 132 entrants: 96
Quad finishers, out of 10 entrants: 7
Truck finishers, out of 47 entrants: 21
Variety of Hondas on winners’ podium: 2
Variety of Indian bikes (Hero), for the primary time ever: 1
Variety of KTMs: 0
Traditionally, Dakar is a questionable exercise to place people and machines by means of, by way of security, endurance, and engineering. Even a few extra regional armed conflicts weren’t about to alter Dakar’s plans.
Constructing on the 2023 edition, 2024 noticed the forty sixth version of the Dakar put drivers, co-pilots, riders, and their respective machines by means of a crucible of warmth, chilly, sand dunes, and rocks. The fifth occasion to be held in Saudi Arabia, it started in AlUla (not a typo), alongside the shores of the Purple Sea, passing by means of hundreds of dunes within the Empty Quarter earlier than returning to final yr’s start line of Yanbu, south of AlUla.
Monster Power Honda rider American Ricky Brabec gained a second title to enhance his first title in 2020. Botswana native Ross Department gave Indian bike maker Hero its first Dakar podium, a primary for any Indian motorbike. Dakar die-hard Frenchman Adrien Van Beveren took a well-deserved third place for the primary time in his profession, additionally aboard a Monster Power Honda.
On a tragic word, Spanish motorcyclist Carles Falcón perished on January 15, of accidents sustained on January 7, throughout Stage 2. He was 45 years outdated.
Benefit from the footage.
Nonetheless printed on scrolls of paper, maps give the barest concept of what awaits. José Ignacio “Nacho” Cornejo Florimo, of the Monster Power Honda workforce, evaluations the route. (A.S.O/Charly Lopez/)
Jean-Loup Lepan heads into hardship throughout Stage 1, between AlUla and Al Henakiyah, Saudi Arabia. (A.S.O/Florent Gooden/)
Bradley Cox (18), of the BAS World KTM Racing workforce, does some drifting within the desert. (A.S.O/Florent Gooden/)
Rule 1: Don’t leap the dunes. Emanuel Gyenes of the Autonet Motorbike Group KTM. (A.S.O/Eric Vargiolu/)
Juraj Varga on the Varga Motorsport Group Yamaha, Quad, duets with Jérôme Bas of Group Common Journey KTM throughout Stage 2. (A.S.O/Frederic Le Floc/)
Joan Barreda Bort of the Hero Motorsports Group, Rally, works on his thousand-yard stare. (A.S.O/Florent Gooden/)
Jérémie Gerber’s TLDRacing KTM catches air throughout Stage 2. (A.S.O/Antonin Vincent/)
Romain Dumontier’s Group Dumontier Racing Husqvarna powers by means of Stage 3. He completed twelfth general. (A.S.O/Charly Lopez/)
Luciano Benavides stretches earlier than manning his Husqvarna Manufacturing unit Racing Husqvarna throughout Stage 4. He would end fourth general. (A.S.O/Julien Delfosse/)
On a regular basis riders. Camels, as seen from above throughout Stage 4. (A.S.O/Charly Lopez/)
Guillaume Chollet of the Xraids Expertise Group KTM crests a dune through the Stage 4. (A.S.O/Charly Lopez/)
Libor Podmol of Podmol Dakar Group Husqvarna exhibits off a shiner and stitches after Stage 3. (A.S.O/Julien Delfosse/)
Creating rooster tails of sand is Skyler “Mustache Man” Howes on the Monster Power Honda Group Honda throughout Stage 5. (A.S.O/Charly Lopez/)
Lengthy-exposure shot at evening of vehicles by the bivouac throughout Stage 6. (A.S.O/Marcelo Machado/)
Not a lot of a “relaxation day.” A mechanic tends to repairs on the Wevers Sport Taurus T3 Max within the Challenger class. (A.S.O/Florent Gooden/)
Ripples, dude. Toby Worth of the Purple Bull KTM Manufacturing unit Racing KTM in motion throughout Stage 8. (A.S.O/Florent Gooden/)
All roads lead someplace, hopefully the end. Panorama through the Someplace between Al Duwadimi and Hail, Saudi Arabia, Stage 8. (A.S.O/Charly Lopez/)
Dakar Basic brings out Porsches of a distinct kind, like Tomasz Staniszewski and Stanislaw Postawka’s P-Rally Porsche 944 (or maybe 924?), Stage 9. (A.S.O/Aurelien Vialatte/)
Anthony Fabre, of Group ARF, guides his KTM by means of the powdered sand of Stage 9. (A.S.O/J. Lindini/)
Shake a leg. Diego Gamaliel Llanos’ Xraids Expertise KTM Moto throughout Stage 10. (A.S.O/Florent Gooden/)
No matter the issue, it’s absolutely electrical in nature. Jun Cai Gang diagnoses issues on his Arctic Leopard Manufacturing unit Racing Arctic Leopard electrical dust bike within the Mission 1000 class, Stage 10. (A.S.O/Charly Lopez/)
“Rim may be salvageable.” Romain Dumas’ Insurrection Racing Toyota Hilux throughout Stage 11. (A.S.O/Julien Delfosse/)
Jean-Loup Lepan and Jérémie Gerber on the Stage 12 end line. They completed 14th and forty eighth general, respectively. (A.S.O/Antonin Vincent/)
Girls and gents, your high three Dakar 2024 Rally GP finishers. So as, Ross Department (second), Ricky Brabec (first), and Adrien Van Beveren (third). (Honda/)
