Amid rumors of possible cancellations of the race due to terrorism risks, the sixth stage of the Dakar 2022 took place, which even today included a ring route, starting and finishing in Riyadh.
Due to problems on the track, the motorbike test was significantly shortened, with the ranking determined by the times recorded at 101 / o kilometer.
The victory was attributed to the Australian Daniel Sanders (GasGas), the third for him in this edition, in front of his teammate Sam Sunderland, who remains at the top of the general classification, and the Austrian Matthias Walkner.
Only 40 / o after a crash Danilo Petrucci, who had won yesterday's stage.
Among the cars Orlando Terranova (BRX) won ahead of Mattias Ekstrom (Audi) and Yazeed Al Rahji (Toyota), who climbed to second place in the general classification 50 minutes behind his teammate Nasser Al-Attiyah.
Sebastian Loeb remains in third place with the BRX.