Mattias Ekstrom made a late comeback over teammate Stephane Peterhansel to claim Audi’s second stage win of the 2022 Dakar Rally.The two-time DTM champion was running third and over three minutes behind at the eighth of 10 checkpoints, but managed to claw back over the final 73 kilometers (45.3601 miles)...

Tuesday's 205-mile special stage pushed the Dakar Rally racers and their machines to the limit on the route around San Juan de Marcona in Peru.In the toughest physical day of the rally so far, the leaderboard was shaken with many pre-race favorites coming into difficulty.Wednesday sees bikes and quads take...

The 2018 Dakar Rally really heated up on the dunes of the 184-mile special stage between Pisco and San Juan de Marcona.With everyone pushing hard and jostling for early gained minutes on the leaderboard it made for an exciting day of racing.Tuesday sees mass starts on the beach at San...

The 2018 Dakar Rally is underway after 139 bikes, 92 cars, 49 quads and 44 trucks revved their engines on the start line in Lima.Stage one out of 14 consisted of a 150-mile liaison from the Peruvian capital up the Pacific Coast to Pisco, where a 19-mile special stage took...

Dakar legend Stephane Peterhansel faced one of the toughest challenges of his long career in the marathon event at this year's two-week rally raid through South America in having rallying legend Sebastien Loeb as a teammate, but the Frenchman proved up to the challenge. The defending champion finished second to...

A narrow victory in the 11th and penultimate stage of the Dakar Rally – 470 miles from San Juan to Rio Cuarto, Argentina – might not be enough for Sebastien Loeb.Peterhansel opened three minutes before Loeb, but the nine-time World Rally Championship titlist overtook his teammate early in the day....

As the Dakar Rally resumed on Thursday following Stage 9's cancellation, a collision between 12-time Dakar winner Stephane Peterhansel and KTM rider Simon Marcic looked to give Sebastien Loeb the stage win until organizers reversed the decision.Peterhansel was leading the race – which resumed with a 280-mile stage from Chilecito...

Stage 9 of the Dakar Rally was canceled after a massive landslide on the course.The landslide struck on Tuesday, hitting the village of Volcan, following massive thunderstorms some 100 miles away from Salta on the road used to get to the overnight bivouac.It has caused the road to be cut...

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...

Sebastien Loeb claimed his second stage victory of the Dakar rally raid, holding off Nani Roma, but it is Loeb's Peugeot teammate Stephane Peterhansel who enjoys the overall event lead after Friday's fifth stage through the high plains of Bolivia, which was reduced in length shortened to 219 kilometers due...