After a troubled run in yesterday's fifth stage that dropped him more than 48 minutes behind the lead of the Dakar Rally, reigning champion Carlos Sainz rebounded strongly with a dominant win on Friday's stage from Al Qaisumah to Ha'il.The Spaniard -- who complained after finishing ninth on Thursday that...

Nasser Al-Attiyah earned a stage win for Toyota on Stage 2 of the Dakar Rally, while Stephane Peterhansel overhauled X-raid Mini teammate and Stage 1 winner Carlos Sainz to settle into the overall lead.Stone gave way to sand for the 284-mile run from Bisha to Wadi Ad-Dawasir, which contributed to...

Stage 7 took the 2018 Dakar Rally from La Paz to Uyuni in 264 fast-paced miles.After enjoying a rest day in the Bolivian capital on Friday, the field took off for a 'marathon stage' where no outside assistance is allowed. With their crews in Tupiza, the competitors have to survive...

What a difference a day makes. In today's Stage 6, the Dakar competitors left Peru for Bolivia, travelling from Arequipa to La Paz and replacing sand dunes with fast tracks high on the Bolivian plateau. A 195-mile stage shortened for the bikes, with a new factor coming into play: altitude.Friday...

The 2018 Dakar Rally continues to take no prisoners with another high-profile driver retiring on Stage 5. After bike champion Sam Sunderland was forced to abandon on Tuesday, today it was the turn of nine-time World Rally champion Sebastien Loeb to drop out as the race intensified on a 400-mile...

Peugeot's Sebastien Loeb edged teammate Stephane Peterhansel to pick up his third stage win and take the overall lead of the Dakar Rally after Stage 8.The stage, which left the plains of Uyuni and moved toward Argentina, was again affected by weather as previous rain caused rivers to flood, forcing...

The combination of high altitudes on the San Salvador De Jujuy-to-Tupiza route and poor weather conditions (fog and heavy rain) wreaked havoc during the fourth stage of the Dakar Rally.Defending motorcycle class champion Toby Price, who won last year's race by more than 40 minutes, suffered a fractured thigh bone...

Defending Dakar Rally champion Stéphane Peterhansel took a Stage 3 win Wednesday on the route leading to San Salvador de Jujuy, leading Carlos Sainz and Sébastien Loeb in a 1-2-3 for Peugeot on the day's special stage. But the story of the day was the trouble that befell Toyota teammates...