Dakar: Last year's winner withdraws from the race.
This Dakar served as yet another reminder to Yazeed Al-Rajhi of the fickleness of sporting fortune. In 2025 he became the first representative of Saudi Arabia to win the legendary rally-raid, and today the Toyota factory driver retired from the race.
At the 234th kilometer of the fourth, and longest, marathon stage, the Toyota Hilux GR race SUV carrying number 201 stopped and was unable to continue. According to preliminary information, Al-Rajhi and his German co-driver Timo Gottschalk ran into an age-old problem — they punctured three tires while having only two spares.
The feature of the marathon stage is that crews are prohibited from receiving outside assistance. However, Al-Rajhi has a theoretical chance to remain among the competitors and reach the bivouac, but only after the stage is over. In any case, crew No. 201 has already been excluded from the overall classification.
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