Australia's hopes of grabbing a stage victory in the motorbike race at the Dakar Rally are looking increasingly forlorn as the Monster Energy Hondas, led by American Ricky Brabec, continue to dominate in the Saudi Arabian desert.
On Wednesday's 10th stage, a 371km route around AlUla, Brabec led home his teammates, Chilean Nacho Cornejo and Frenchman Adrien Van Beveren in a dominant 1-2-3, with only Australian Daniel Sanders, on his GasGas, getting close to the trio.
Sanders came home fourth on the stage, a creditable 47 seconds behind Brabec, who edged his teammate Cornejo by just two seconds to take his first stage victory of the race and increase his overall lead over Hero's Ross Branch to 10 minutes 54 seconds.
