Dakar Rally: Ricky Brabec takes overall victory, Kevin Benavides the stage
During the last stages we saw the American Ricky Brabec (HRC Honda) increasingly distance himself from his companions and today the confirmation came: The fast guy from California won the 2024 edition of the Dakar Rally. It is already the second time that he has won the mother of all rallies. The Argentinian Kevin Benavides (last year's overall winner) won the last stage.
Brabec didn't let his head fool anymore today and rode a flawless stage and let the others pull the chestnuts out of the fire. Botswanan Ross Branch (Hero) was allowed to open the debates today, he was second in the rankings and had to count on serious mistakes from Brabec to have a chance of winning the final. They did not come and so Branch had to be satisfied with ninth place in the stage and second place in the final standings.
It was defending champion Kevin Benavides who took his KTM buddy Toby Price in his wake to set a good pace in this short stage. Price came second ahead of the other Benavides. Adrien Van Beveren was also well on his way today and came in fourth.
The Belgians
Today Jérôme “I do everything myself” Martiny finished 32nd in the stage and ended up in P25 in the final standings. In the ranking “without assistance” he finished second after the Austrian Tobias Ebster. Joris Van Dyck (49th today) finishes his first Dakar in 52nd. Pierre Saeys also took part in the legendary rally for the first time and was able to finish it well in P62. A fourth Belgian was Gwen Backx. Unfortunately he had to leave the rally after a crash in stage 7. Hopefully he will make another attempt next year.
This Dakar Rally is over and was a big party for HRC Honda. The factory team takes a second victory (they also won with Brabec in 2020) and thus trumps all the other factory teams for a second time. They were also collectively the strongest with podium places for Jose Cornejo, Van Beveren and Brabec himself. Indian brand Hero has shown that they will be taken into account in the future. They finished second in the final standings with Ross Branch almost 11 minutes behind the winner.
Result stage 12
1- |
047 – K. BENAVIDES (ARG)
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KTM | 450 RALLY FACTORY
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1h48m40s | + 00: 00: 00 | –:–:– |
2- |
002 – T.PRICE (AUS)
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KTM | 450 RALLY FACTORY
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1h49m40s | + 00: 01: 00 | –:–:– |
3- |
001 – L. BENAVIDES (ARG)
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HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY FACTORY
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1h49m54s | + 00: 01: 14 | + 00: 01: 00 |
4- |
042 – A. VAN BEVEREN (FRA)
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HONDA | CRF 450 RALLY
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1h50m05s | + 00: 01: 25 | –:–:– |
5- |
041 – D. LLANOS (ARG)
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KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA
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1h51m54s | + 00: 03: 14 | –:–:– |
6- |
016 – R. DUMONTIER (FRA)
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HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY REPLICA
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1h52m03s | + 00: 03: 23 | –:–:– |
7- |
009 – R. BRABEC (USA)
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HONDA | CRF 450 RALLY
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1h52m11s | + 00: 03: 31 | –:–:– |
8- |
028 – M. IMPORTS (FRA)
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KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA
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1h52m16s | + 00: 03: 36 | –:–:– |
9- |
046 – R. BRANCH (BWA)
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HERO | 450 RALLY
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1h52m42s | + 00: 04: 02 | –:–:– |
10- |
020 – H. NOAH (IN)
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Sherco | 450 SEF RALLY
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1h52m59s | + 00: 04: 19 | –:–:– |
32- |
037 – J. MARTINY (BEL)
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HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY REPLICA
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2h07m20s | + 00: 18: 40 | –:–:– |
49- |
120 – J. VAN DYCK (BEL)
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HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY REPLICA
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2h25m23s | + 00: 36: 43 | –:–:– |
71- |
138 – P. SAEYS (BEL)
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HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY REPLICA
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2h41m51s | + 00: 53: 11 | + 00: 02: 00 |
Final score
1 | 009 – R. BRABEC (USA) | HONDA | CRF 450 RALLY | 51h30m08s | + 00: 00: 00 |
2 | 046 – R. BRANCH (BWA) | HERO | 450 RALLY | 51h41m01s | + 00: 10: 53 |
3 | 042 – A. VAN BEVEREN (FRA) | HONDA | CRF 450 RALLY | 51h42m33s | + 00: 12: 25 |
4 | 047 – K. BENAVIDES (ARG) | KTM | 450 RALLY FACTORY | 52h08m56s | + 00: 38: 48 |
5 | 002 – T.PRICE (AUS) | KTM | 450 RALLY FACTORY | 52h15m36s | + 00: 45: 28 |
6 | 011 – J. CORNEJO FLORIMO (CHL) | HONDA | CRF 450 RALLY | 52h16m46s | + 00: 46: 38 |
7 | 001 – L. BENAVIDES (ARG) | HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY FACTORY | 52h23m39s | + 00: 53: 31 |
8 | 005 – D. SANDERS (AUS) | GAS GAS | 450 RALLY FACTORY | 52h44m40s | + 01: 14: 32 |
9 | 142 – S.SVITKO (SVK) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 53h26m36s | + 01: 56: 28 |
10 | 023 – M. MICHEK (CZE) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 54h18m57s | + 02: 48: 49 |
11 | 020 – H. NOAH (IN) | SHERCO | 450 SEF RALLY | 54h24m44s | + 02: 54: 36 |
12 | 016 – R. DUMONTIER (FRA) | HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 54h29m41s | + 02: 59: 33 |
13 | 018 – B. COX (ZAF) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 54h31m12s | + 03: 01: 04 |
14 | 076 – J. LEPAN (FRA) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 54h43m07s | + 03: 12: 59 |
15 | 024 – T. MULEC (SVN) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 54h53m29s | + 03: 23: 21 |
16 | 028 – M. IMPORTS (FRA) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 54h56m38s | + 03: 26: 30 |
17 | 007 – P. QUINTANILLA (CHL) | HONDA | CRF 450 RALLY | 57h06m47s | + 05: 36: 39 |
18 | 030 – A. MAY (PRT) | YAMAHA | WR 450 RALLY | 57h48m33s | + 06: 18: 25 |
19 | 041 – D. LLANOS (ARG) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 57h58m46s | + 06: 28: 38 |
20 | 096 – T. EBSTER (AUT) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 58h17m00s | + 06: 46: 52 |
21 | 073 – C. MOORE (ZAF) | HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 58h35m08s | + 07: 05: 00 |
22 | 043 – M. ENGEL (CZE) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 58h56m58s | + 07: 26: 50 |
23 | 034 – E. GYENES (ROU) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 59h02m11s | + 07: 32: 03 |
24 | 026 – K. DABROWSKI (POL) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 59h30m02s | + 07: 59: 54 |
25 | 037 – J. MARTINY (BEL) | HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 60h22m22s | + 08: 52: 14 |
26 | 039 – B. MELOT (FRA) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 60h34m20s | + 09: 04: 12 |
27 | 033 – J. BRABEC (CZE) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 61h00m08s | + 09: 30: 00 |
28 | 140 – B. SANTOS (PRT) | HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 61h12m16s | + 09: 42: 08 |
29 | 036 – M. PATRAO (PRT) | HONDA | HONDA CRF 450 RS2 RALLY | 61h22m55s | + 09: 52: 47 |
30 | 086 – C. AUTUMN (FRA) | GAS-GAS | 450 RALLY | 62h45m13s | + 11: 15: 05 |
31 | 062 – J. MIROIR (FRA) | FANTIC | XEF 450 RALLY FACTORY | 62h52m59s | + 11: 22: 51 |
32 | 103 – A. THIXTON (SWE) | HUSQVARNA | FR450RALLY | 63h21m19s | + 11: 51: 11 |
33 | 106 – J. BAS (FRA) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 63h57m58s | + 12: 27: 50 |
34 | 082 – A. MARTIN GARCIA (ESP) | HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 64h21m17s | + 12: 51: 09 |
35 | 115 – J. PEDRO SUBIRATS (ESP) | RIEJU | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 65h32m59s | + 14: 02: 51 |
36 | 105 – J. DALBEC (FRA) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 65h40m32s | + 14: 10: 24 |
37 | 148 – T. DE GAVARDO (CHL) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 66h15m13s | + 14: 45: 05 |
38 | 099 – J.Rostan (ARG) | GAS GAS | 450 | 66h21m17s | + 14: 51: 09 |
39 | 053 – T. KONGSHOJ (DNK) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 67h16m55s | + 15: 46: 47 |
40 | 061 – D. PABISKA (CZE) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 67h21m38s | + 15: 51: 30 |
41 | 101 – M. PROKES (CZE) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 67h21m52s | + 15: 51: 44 |
42 | 147 – M. GIRARD (FRA) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 67h53m45s | + 16: 23: 37 |
43 | 097 – J. PUGA (ECU) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 68h13m21s | + 16: 43: 13 |
44 | 112 – G. MEONI (ITA) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 68h52m40s | + 17: 22: 32 |
45 | 110 – J. DANIELS (GBR) | FANTIC | XEF 450 RALLY FACTORY | 69h45m02s | + 18: 14: 54 |
46 | 093 – D. MCBRIDE (GBR) | HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 69h57m42s | + 18: 27: 34 |
47 | 081 – F.XIANGLIANG (CHN) | KOVE | 450 RALLY | 70h03m55s | + 18: 33: 47 |
48 | 104 – J. GERBER (FRA) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 70h12m19s | + 18: 42: 11 |
49 | 087 – L. PODMOL (CZE) | HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 71h37m07s | + 20: 06: 59 |
50 | 075 – S. MIN (CHN) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 73h13m01s | + 21: 42: 53 |
51 | 102 – B. TABIN (POL) | HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 73h18m11s | + 21: 48: 03 |
52 | 120 – J. VAN DYCK (BEL) | HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 74h28m50s | + 22: 58: 42 |
53 | 094 – O. O'KELLY (IRL) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 75h07m28s | + 23: 37: 20 |
54 | 065 – G. CHOLLET (FRA) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 76h18m17s | + 24: 48: 09 |
55 | 066 – Y.IKEMACHI (JPN) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 76h21m48s | + 24: 51: 40 |
56 | 127 – R. VENTER (ZAF) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 77h02m24s | + 25: 32: 16 |
57 | 100 – S. GREGORY (ZAF) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 77h12m48s | + 25: 42: 40 |
58 | 032 – K. MC COY (USA) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 78h09m34s | + 26: 39: 26 |
59 | 080 – A. AZINHAIS (PRT) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 78h24m10s | + 26: 54: 02 |
60 | 083 – F. DOMAS (FRA) | GAS GAS | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 78h32m34s | + 27: 02: 26 |
61 | 064 – R. DUCHENE (FRA) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 78h35m57s | + 27: 05: 49 |
62 | 138 – P. SAEYS (BEL) | HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 78h42m08s | + 27: 12: 00 |
63 | 132 – A. BEAUCOUD (FRA) | HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 78h44m25s | + 27: 14: 17 |
64 | 131 – A. FABRE (FRA) | KTM | 450 EXC | 78h49m55s | + 27: 19: 47 |
65 | 090 – L. D'ABBADIE (FRA) | HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 79h09m30s | + 27: 39: 22 |
66 | 084 – INTERNAL T. (ITA) | GAS GAS | 450 | 79h28m17s | + 27: 58: 09 |
67 | 113 – S. URQUIA (ARG) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 81h19m36s | + 29: 49: 28 |
68 | 141 – V. BIAU (FRA) | HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 81h53m57s | + 30: 23: 49 |
69 | 136 – W. CARR (USA) | HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 82h02m46s | + 30: 32: 38 |
70 | 128 – M. BIANUCCI (FRA) | HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 82h08m43s | + 30: 38: 35 |
71 | 038 – E. IGLESIAS SANCHEZ (ESP) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 83h40m19s | + 32: 10: 11 |
72 | 145 – G. CHULUUN (MNG) | HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 84h11m19s | + 32: 41: 11 |
73 | 085 – T. BETHYS (FRA) | HONDA | CRF 450 RALLY | 86h20m49s | + 34: 50: 41 |
74 | 107 – V. BOUDROS (GRC) | HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 91h44m37s | + 40: 14: 29 |
75 | 049 – C. ZACCHETTI (ITA) | KOVE | 450 RALLY | 91h58m40s | + 40: 28: 32 |
76 | 129 – S. HERBET (FRA) | HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 92h15m27s | + 40: 45: 19 |
77 | 067 – J. MEDINA SALAZAR (CHL) × | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 93h35m20s | + 42: 05: 12 |
78 | 126 – M. GARRIDO (ESP) × | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 99h34m34s | + 48: 04: 26 |
79 | 122 – A. ALMOGHEERA (OR) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 102h39m52s | + 51: 09: 44 |
80 | 051 – R. AL-LAL LAHADIL (ESP) × | HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 103h16m18s | + 51: 46: 10 |
81 | 143 – H. GUERRERO (MEX) × | HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 104h10m20s | + 52: 40: 12 |
82 | 021 – J. ARGUBRIGHT (USA) × | HONDA | CRF 450 RALLY RS2 | 106h55m18s | + 55: 25: 10 |
83 | 079 – A. BARATIN (FRA) | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 110h30m53s | + 59: 00: 45 |
84 | 146 – G. NACHMANI (PRT) × | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 116h11m38s | + 64: 41: 30 |
85 | 070 – D. DRDAJ (CZE) × | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 119h42m17s | + 68: 12: 09 |
86 | 057 – T. MONTANARI (ITA) × | FANTIC | XEF 450 RALLY FACTORY | 122h38m19s | + 71: 08: 11 |
87 | 121 – J. SIMONIN (FRA) × | HUSQVARNA | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 123h59m27s | + 72: 29: 19 |
88 | 045 – S. SUNIER (CHN) × | KOVE | 450 RALLY | 134h57m24s | + 83: 27: 16 |
89 | 144 – F. VON THUENGEN (URY) × | HUSQVARNA | FR450 RALLY | 175h49m34s | + 124: 19: 26 |
90 | 029 – N. THERIC (FRA) × | KOVE | 450 RALLY | 177h29m19s | + 125: 59: 11 |
91 | 109 – M. AOULAD ALI (MAR) × | KTM | 450 EXC | 194h20m43s | + 142: 50: 35 |
92 | 130 – J. CAMPOS DONO (ESP) × | KTM | 450 RALLY REPLICA | 196h25m45s | + 144: 55: 37 |
Photos: HRC Honda and ASO
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