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Dakar 2025, Stage 9: Al-Attiyah takes victory as Al-Rajhi grabs total lead
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Dakar 2025, Stage 9: Al-Attiyah takes victory as Al-Rajhi grabs total lead

By Miles Cooper January 27, 2025
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Nasser Al-Attiyah bounced again from a tough exhibiting on Monday to assert victory on Stage 9 of the Dakar Rally, whereas a puncture for Toyota driver Henk Lategan promoted Yazeed Al-Rajhi to the general lead.

Dacia’s Al-Attiyah and Ford rival Mattias Ekstrom initially duelled for victory within the 357km check between Riyadh and Haradh, with the 2 buying and selling the lead within the first a part of the day.

Qatar driver Al-Attiyah held the early benefit in his Dacia Sandrider earlier than Ekstrom flexed his muscle to leap to the entrance 81km into the stage.

The five-time Dakar winner retook the lead on the following checkpoint and started to stretch his benefit within the second half of the day, pulling out a lead of over a minute with lower than 100km to run.

As Ekstrom dropped additional again, Al-Attiyah continued to chip away from the rivals, ultimately reaching the end line with a 2m47s margin over X-raid Mini’s Guillaume de Mevius, who moved as much as second.

The Belgian stood third for a lot of the all-gravel stage on Tuesday, however leapfrogged Ekstrom on the 217km mark to safe his finest end of 2025 since his victory on Stage 6.

In the meantime, Overdrive’s Al-Rajhi put in a strong efficiency in a buyer Toyota to take third, demoting Ekstrom’s Ford to fourth place.

Dakar 2025, Stage 9: Al-Attiyah takes victory as Al-Rajhi grabs total lead

#201 Overdrive Racing Toyota: Yazeed Al Rajhi, Timo Gottschalk

Picture by: A.S.O.

Al-Rajhi team-mate’s Rokas Backiuska rounded off the highest 5, forward of the opposite Ford of debutant Mitch Guthrie Jr.

No manufacturing facility Toyotas completed inside the highest 10, as Man Botterill crashed out on the 272km mark and Lategan suffered an early puncture that value him seven minutes to repair.

The South African hemorrhaged extra time later within the stage, ultimately ending 16 minutes again in eleventh place – only a day after he had taken victory on Stage 8.

His troubles allowed Al-Rajhi to grab the lead within the Final class with simply three levels remaining, the Saudi driver shifting 7m09s clear on the prime of the standings.

Ekstrom continues to carry third place on Ford’s maiden manufacturing facility outing, with Al-Attiyah now lower than a minute behind within the last-remaining Dacia.

Guthrie Jr sits half an hour adrift in fifth place, whereas Matthieu Serradori has strengthened his grip on sixth place regardless of a low-key outing on Tuesday.

Dakar 2025 – Outcomes after Stage 9 (High 10)

Pos

Driver

Automotive

Time/Hole

1

Yazeed Al-Rajhi

Toyota

33h43m58s

2

Henk Lategan

Toyota

7m09s

3

Mattias Ekstrom

Ford

24m50s

4

Nasser Al-Attiyah

Dacia

25m21s

5

Mitch Guthrie Jr

Ford

56m28s

6

Matthieu Serradori

Century

1h06m52s

7

Juan Cruz Yacopini

Toyota

1h44m41s

8

Seth Quintero

Toyota

1h46m07s

9

Joao Ferreira

Mini

2h11m02s

10

Brian Baragwanath

Century

2h31m14s

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