seventh in Stage Two moved
him up to fifth in the overall, 7:46
off Sanders.
Rounding out the top 10 after
Stage Two is Luciano Benavides
(KTM), Howes, Jose Ignacio
Cornejo Florimo (Hero), Rally2
class leader Michael Docherty
(KTM) and the fourth factory
Honda of Adrien Van Beveren.
American Mason Klein is com
-
peting for the Chinese manufac-
turer Hero and finished Stage
Two in 14th and lies 26th overall.
Klein's compatriot Brandon
Krause (KTM) came home 33rd
on Stage 2 and lies 34th overall.
In the Rally2 division, South
African Docherty leads the way
from Portuguese rookie Martin
Ventura (Honda) who sensation
-
ally took the Stage Two win, with
Austria's Tobias Ebster (KTM)
third.
Making his debut on the
Dakar Rally in the Rally2 class
is Californian Preston Camp
-
bell (Honda). Son of legendary
off-road racer Johnny Campbell,
Preston claimed fourth place on
the Prologue, seventh on Stage
One and an impressive third on
Stage Two to sit fourth in Rally2
and 16th in the overall stand
-
ings.
"My first two stages went
pretty good. Yesterday I learned
a lot, and today I improved, so
I was happier with how I rode
throughout the long stage, and
it went pretty well," Campbell
said after Stage Two. "I felt good
and comfortable on the rocks.
I caught some dust early on,
which was the hardest part of to
-
day, just to push and get through
it, but also try not to crash."
Stage Three of the 2026 Dakar
Rally begins on January 6.
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2026 Dakar Rally Results
After Stage 2 (Top 5)
1. Daniel Sanders (KTM) 07:42:24
2. Edgar Canet (KTM) +0:30
3. Ricky Brabec (Hon) +02:18
4. Tosha Schareina (Hon) +04:41
5. Ross Branch (Hero) +07:46
WIND
IN THE
P28
Preston Campbell
has acquitted himself
well to the challenges
of the Dakar so far
and lies fourth overall
in the Rally2 division.
