Loeb’s Dakar victory hopes end with mechanical issues on Stage 11

The 420km test between Al-‘Ula and Yanbu was expected to be one of the toughest stages of 2024, as it ran through some of the areas that caused so many punctures in last year’s edition of the rally-raid.Loeb had been trying to overhaul Audi’s Carlos Sainz for the lead when a problem developed on the right-front triangle of his Hunter after a stone hit, leaving him stranded 132km into the …Keep reading