Dakar 2021: Benavides takes overall victory, Sunderland third
Monster Honda’s Kevin Benavides has taken over victory in Dakar 2021 with team-mate and 2020 champion Ricky Brabec second and Britain’s Sam Sunderland third.
Benavides finished second to Brabec on the final stage by a little over two minutes but it was enough to claim the win by nearly five minutes.
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Overall 2021 Dakar top ten
| 1 | 47 | (ARG) KEVIN BENAVIDES | MONSTER ENERGY HONDA TEAM 2021 | 47H 18′ 14” | 00H 02′ 00” | ||
| 2 | 1 | (USA) RICKY BRABEC | MONSTER ENERGY HONDA TEAM 2021 | 47H 23′ 10” | + 00H 04′ 56” | ||
| 3 | 5 | (GBR) SAM SUNDERLAND | RED BULL KTM FACTORY TEAM | 47H 34′ 11” | + 00H 15′ 57” | ||
| 4 | 21 | (AUS) DANIEL SANDERS | KTM FACTORY TEAM | 47H 57′ 06” | + 00H 38′ 52” | 00H 07′ 00” | |
| 5 | 9 | (USA) SKYLER HOWES | BAS DAKAR KTM RACING TEAM | 48H 10′ 47” | + 00H 52′ 33” | 00H 06′ 00” | |
| 6 | 15 | (ESP) LORENZO SANTOLINO | SHERCO FACTORY | 48H 16′ 44” | + 00H 58′ 30” | ||
| 7 | 2 | (CHL) PABLO QUINTANILLA | ROCKSTAR ENERGY HUSQVARNA FACTORY RACING | 48H 34′ 53” | + 01H 16′ 39” | ||
| 8 | 11 | (SVK) STEFAN SVITKO | SLOVNAFT RALLY TEAM | 49H 01′ 21” | + 01H 43′ 07” | ||
| 9 | 31 | (CZE) MARTIN MICHEK | ORION – MOTO RACING GROUP | 49H 40′ 51” | + 02H 22′ 37” | 00H 03′ 00” | |
| 10 | 52 | (AUT) MATTHIAS WALKNER | RED BULL KTM FACTORY TEAM | 49H 50′ 26” | + 02H 32′ 12” | 00H 02′ 00” |
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