Tosha Chalayna gained her second consecutive stage on Wednesday and can lead Ricky Brabec within the RallyGP class of the 2026 Dakar Rally.
Chalayna gained Stage 3 on Tuesday, closing the hole on Daniel Saunders within the general Dakar standings regardless of the crash. On Wednesday, Saunders gained by six seconds over Brabec within the first half of the two-day marathon stage, however Saunders completed fifth, simply 2 minutes and 37 seconds off the Spaniard’s profitable tempo.
The distinction between the winner, Shalayna, and second place Brabec was 6 seconds, that means that her teammates had the identical time on the prime of the general standings. Within the fourth stage, Shalayna improved her time and took the lead.
HRC’s third rider, Skyler Howes, set the third quickest time on Stage 4, making Honda 1-2-3 for the stage and receiving a two-minute penalty, leaving him seventh general, 14 minutes behind the lead.
On the finish of the fourth stage, Saunders was in third place general, with a distinction of 1 minute and 24 seconds from the chief. Teammate Edgar Canet stays fourth general, greater than 11 minutes adrift of the chief, with the 20-year-old ending the fourth stage eighth quickest. Luciano Benavides completes the KTM 3-4-5 within the general standings, with a spot of slightly below two minutes from Kane and 13 minutes from the lead.
Herro had his finest efficiency of the rally thus far within the fourth stage, due to Ross Department’s fourth quickest time. The Botswana is presently sixth general, 50 seconds behind Benavidez.
Within the Final class, there was a fair greater change in Stage 4. After Stage 3, Ford held the highest 5 place, however Toyota’s Henk Lategan now led Dacia’s Nasser Al Attiyah by practically 4 minutes, with Lategan beating Al Attiyah in Stage 4 with a 7’03”.
For the main Ford, Matthias Ekström was in third place, 13 minutes behind the lead. Carlos Sainz was an additional 2’53” behind in fourth place.
Century’s Matthew Serradri completed within the prime 5, 16 minutes and 53 seconds behind the chief.
Mitch Guthrie took the lead for the primary time in his profession with a stage win on Tuesday, however dropped 43 minutes on Wednesday, dropping him to thirteenth general, practically half-hour behind Lategan.
In the course of the first and second half of the marathon stage, nobody aside from the rider and driver is allowed to work on the machine, and in a single day bivouacs are very barebones. The marathon will probably be accomplished on Thursday with a particular distance of 356km from AlUla to Hail.
