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You are here: Home1 / MotorBugs Blog2 / Motorsports News3 / Dakar Rally 20214 / Dakar Rally 2021. Sam Sunderland roars back to set up Dakar title charge...

Dakar Rally 2021. Sam Sunderland roars back to set up Dakar title charge on final stage.

Nasser Al-Attiyah and Matthieu Baumel

Nasser Al-Attiyah and Matthieu Baumel in the Toyota Hilux of the Toyota Gazoo Racing during the 11th stage of the Dakar 2021 between Al-‘Ula and Yanbu, in Saudi Arabia on January 14, 2021. // Eric Vargiolu / DPPI / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202101140094 // Usage for editorial use only //

Andrey Karginov

Andrey Karginov (RUS) for KAMAZ Master races during stage 11 of Rally Dakar 2021 from Alula to Yanbu, Saudi Arabia on January 14, 2021. // Flavien Duhamel/Red Bull Content Pool // SI202101140066 // Usage for editorial use only //

Stephane Peterhansel and Edouard Boulanger

Stephane Peterhansel and Edouard Boulanger in the Mini Buggy of the X-Raid Mini JCW Team during the 11th stage of the Dakar 2021 between Al-‘Ula and Yanbu, in Saudi Arabia on January 14, 2021. // Eric Vargiolu / DPPI / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202101140112 // Usage for editorial use only //

Matthias Walkner

Matthias Walkner of the Red Bull KTM Factory Team during the 11th stage of the Dakar 2021 between Al-‘Ula and Yanbu, in Saudi Arabia on January 14, 2021. // Eric Vargiolu / DPPI / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202101140091 // Usage for editorial use only //

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Sam Sunderland of the Red Bull KTM Factory Team during the 11th stage of the Dakar 2021 between Al-‘Ula and Yanbu, in Saudi Arabia on January 14, 2021.

Daniel Sanders

Daniel Sanders on his KTM Factory Team during the 11th stage of the Dakar 2021 between Al-‘Ula and Yanbu, in Saudi Arabia on January 14, 2021. // Eric Vargiolu / DPPI / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202101140086 // Usage for editorial use only //

British biker Sam Sunderland produced a superb ride on Thursday’s Stage 11 to give himself a chance of victory on today’s final 2021 Dakar Rally stage as Nasser Al-Attiyah reduced Stéphane Peterhansel’s car lead and teenager Seth Quintero won another stage in Saudi Arabia.

2017 champion Sunderland has kept plugging away at Argentine Kevin Benavides’ overall bike lead and he won today’s stage to cut the deficit to just 4m 12s.

– Sunderland, 31, who drew level with Benavides overall at one point, revealed: “I knew that today was one of my last chances to try to win. I gave my all, all day. I didn’t manage to take quite enough time, but I’m happy.”

– Australian rookie Daniel Sanders finished fourth with 2018 champion Matthias Walkner fifth, Slovakian Stefan Svitko eighth, Spaniard Laia Sanz 19th and France’s Camille Chapeliere 29th heading to the last stage.

– Sanders, 26, who could still claim a podium spot, added: “It was a really cool stage, my favourite one so far. There was lots of variety and it was really difficult. I’m in a good position on my first Dakar.”

Qatar’s Al-Attiyah, who won the opening prologue, has now added a fifth stage win to his 2021 tally nevertheless he still remains 15m 05s behind Peterhansel in his quest for a fourth Dakar title.

– Peterhansel finished second to boost his chance of a record 14th title, while reigning champion Carlos Sainz was third including an extra blast of desert sun when the roof of his MINI Buggy was removed.

– Al-Attiyah, 50, explained: “I’m really happy to be here on day 11 without any technical problems with the car. There’s still one stage to go and we will see what the next day brings.”

In the Lightweight Vehicle category, rookie Quintero powered to another stage victory by an impressive 12m 13s margin over Chilean Chaleco Lopez – who extended his overall lead – as Quintero’s fellow Red Bull Off-Road Junior Team driver Cristina Gutiérrez of Spain finished 30 minutes back on the day.

– American Quintero, 18, said: “Today went absolutely amazing. Our plan was to pick cars off all day and run smooth and that’s exactly what we did. We end up as the first over the line and the first on time. It blows my mind how well this Red Bull Off-Road Junior Team works.”

Finally in the truck category, Russian Anton Shibalov grabbed his second stage victory with a 4m 13s gap to compatriot Ayrat Mardeev with Andrey Karginov fourth and Dmitry Sotnikov fifth as Sotnikov holds a huge 39m 58s advantage over Shibalov overall.

Friday’s Stage 12 will see the convoy battle across 225 km of special stage from Yanbu to Jeddah where this year’s edition will finish on the shore of the Red Sea.

Overall standings after Stage 11

Car
1. Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA) X-Raid Mini 42h 09m 26s
2. Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT) Toyota Gazoo +00h 15m 05s
3. Carlos Sainz (ESP) X-Raid Mini +01h 04m 14s

Bike
1. Kevin Benavides (ARG) Honda 45h 01m 44s
2. Sam Sunderland (GBR) Red Bull KTM +00h 4m 12s
3. Ricky Brabec (USA) Honda +00h 07 m13s

Truck
1. Dmitry Sotnikov (RUS) Kamaz Master 45h 51m 33s
2. Anton Shibalov (RUS) Kamaz Master +00h 39m 58s
3. Ayrat Mardeev (RUS) Kamaz Master +01h 11m 30s

Lightweight vehicle
1. F Lopez (CHL) Can-Am 50h 49m 48s
2. Austin Jones (USA) Can-Am +00h 18m 24s
3. Aron Domzala (POL) Can-Am +00h 54m 16s

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