Nasser Al-Attiyah (Toyota) of Qatar took his fourth stage victory in the Dakar-2021, covering the 375 kilometers of the special eighth between Sakaka and Neom in Saudi Arabia in 2 hours 56 minutes and 56 seconds.
Upon arriving on the shores of the Red Sea, the three-time winner of the famous rally-raid beat Spain's Carlos Sainz (Mini), winner of the 2020 edition, by 52 seconds and the French Stéphane Peterhansel (Mini) by 3 minutes and 3 seconds.
In the general classification, Peterhansel, nicknamed "Monsieur Dakar" due to his thirteen race victories, maintains the first place, 4 minutes and 50 seconds ahead of the winner of the day.
On Tuesday the ninth stage will take the competitors to the shores of the Red Sea, in a ring of 579 km at the start and finish of Neom.
In the bikes victory for the leader of the standings, the Chilean Jose Ignacio Cornejo Florimo (Honda) who won the 8th stage on Monday.
Bad crash for the Frenchman Xavier de Soultrait at km 267 of the special.
Rescued by the medical service of Dakar, he was taken to the hospital in Tabuk.
The French driver has to pass further tests, but has already been forced to retire.
On Monday morning he was in 4th place in the general classification.
In the overall standings, Cornejo Florimo has increased his lead over his first rival, Price, now at 1 minute and 6 seconds.