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ROUND 1 / JANUARY 3-17, 2025 BISHA TO SHUBAYTAH, SAUDI ARABIA OFF-ROAD I FIM WORLD RALLY-RAID CHAMPIONSHIP / DAKAR RALLY P74 "The rally might not have been how I wanted it to go, but I'll be back stronger and more deter - mined than ever." The only other American re- maining in the 2025 Dakar Rally, Jacob Argubright, has suffered a myriad of mechanical problems on his privateer Honda but has managed to stay in the top 25, as he sits 23rd at the time of writing. Stage Seven marked a second Dakar retirement in a row for Mason Klein on the factory Kove entry. After an engine change on Stage Five, he dropped over nine hours from Sanders, and a snapped crankshaft on Stage Seven made any hopes of mak - ing the finish null and void. "At about 300 kilometers in, my engine let go. I'm absolutely gutted, especially as it's the same day it happened last year," Klein wrote. "It's tough to put into words how disappointing this feels, knowing how much hard work, preparation and heart it takes into getting here. In the Rally 2 class, 19-year- old Edgar Canet (KTM) has been lighting up the category by taking podiums in the overall Rally GP category, let alone in Rally 2. In his first Dakar, the off- road Spanish wonderkid holds a massive 31-minute, 11-second lead over Austrian Tobias Ebster (KTM) and Romain Dumontier (Honda) with three stages left to run. CN OVERALL (After Stage 8) 1. Daniel Sanders (KTM) 44:26:52 2. Tosha Schareina (Hon) +11:03 3. Adrien Van Beveren (Hon) +21:31 4. Luciano Benavides (KTM) +30:48 5. Ricky Brabec (USA) (Hon) +30:56 6. Skyler Howes (USA) (Hon) +37:03 23. Jacob Argubright (USA) (Hon) +04:54:53 Daniel Jager receives medical attention from the Dakar support staff after crashing on Stage Eight, spelling the end of his rally. Tosha Schareina is refusing to let Sanders get away and is still firmly within a chance of the win.