Australian motorcyclist Daniel Sanders has taken a major step towards winning the Dakar Rally, emerging victorious on the brutal seventh stage to match the achievement of the compatriot he hopes to emulate as champion.
The 30-year-old Red Bull KTM rider Sanders, who's dominated the two-week race from the opening prologue in Saudi Arabia, opened up his biggest lead yet - 15 minutes 33 seconds - as he took victory on the tough 412km circuit around Al Duwadimi.
It was 'Chucky's' fifth stage win in the 2025 edition, a feat that matches his friend and former teammate Toby Price, the only ever Australian winner of the Dakar who also won five specials in 2016, when he took the first of his two title wins.
