Dakar 2021, Stage 5: Benavides takes overall lead with win

Benavides went into Thursday’s 456km Riyadh-Al Qaisumah stage third overall and 3m24s off overnight leader Xavier de Soultrait, but only 14th in the running order owing to his finishing position on the previous day’s test.
That put in the Argentinian in a good position to fight for the win, as he spent the stage battling his junior Honda colleague and fellow South American Jose Ignacio …Keep reading