Benavides clinches Dakar Rally title for Honda

Having initially held a lead of 4m12s after Thursday’s penultimate test of the rally, Benavides’ hopes were given a boost when his advantage over KTM rider Sam Sunderland was revised upwards to 5m07s due to a failure with the organisers’ GPS equipment.
Starting the deciding Yanbu-Jeddah stage third in the running order, Benavides gained 10 minutes on Sunderland in the opening 99km as the Briton …Keep reading