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Dakar Rally 2026: Prologue stage with Carlos Sainz, Edgar Canet, Tosha Chareina, Nani Roma and Laia Sanz | Overview and classification of motorcycles, cars and trucks
Dakar Rally ’26 Prologue Stage
And here is the live stream of the prologue stage of Dakar 2026. We return this Saturday with stage 1, a 518km and 305km special.
Dakar Rally ’26 Prologue Stage. The Car Chronicle
Ekström won the prologue with his car, Carlos Sainz finished 7th.
Dakar Rally ’26 Prologue Stage: Statement by Edgar Canet
“The prologue is over. I am very happy with the pace. I am very confident in KTM and I followed 100 percent as indicated in the roadbook without taking any unnecessary risks. We went fast and felt very good… It was the best way to start the 2026 Dakar Rally. We set the best time, but as everyone knows, this is a very long time and it’s only the beginning. Now we are already in the top category and our competitors are tough and experienced. But now I’m happy with what we achieved and we are fast and that’s good.”
Dakar Rally ’26 Prologue Stage. Laia and Isidor Esteve finish
Laia Sanz was defeated at the finish line with her Ekstrom 46 inches, closing in on the provisional top 20. Isidore Esteve lost 1 minute 13 seconds.
Dakar Rally ’26 Prologue Stage. Christina ends
Christina Gutierrez had just reached the finish line, finishing 26 inches behind Ekstrom (preliminary 14th place) and with a better time than teammate Seb Loeb, who was provisionally 16th place with 34 inches.
Dakar Rally ’26 Prologue Stage. Sainz and Roma finish
On a day that does not count towards this rating, two of Spain’s greatest assets made an intellectual prelude. Carlos Sainz is now in 8th place after giving up 15 inches to Ekström, while Nani Roma is 11th with 18 inches.
Dakar Rally ’26 Prologue Stage.
Ekström’s time at the front of the prologue remained unchanged, as did the top five with Gasly, Moebius, Al Attiyah at 8 inches and Quintero at 14 inches. Defending champion Al Rajhi was sixth with 14 inches.
Dakar Rally ’26 Prologue Stage. Ekström, best time
swede Matthias EkströmFord, who had already recorded the Prologue of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia in 2023 and 2024, also won the Prologue in Yanbu in 2026, with Ford completing the 22km in 10:48.7, 8 inches ahead of teammate Gasly and eight inches ahead of Mobius and five-time champion Al Attiyah. Carlos Sainz finished 7th with 15 inches. Note that these differences do not count toward the general classification established at the end of Stage 1.
MD Chronicle of Special Envy Fabio Marchi
Edgar Canet’s Star Start: Wins the Prologue, wins his first Dakar stage, and becomes the first leader in the motorcycle category
Dakar Rally ’26 Prologue Stage. Al-Attiyah Interim Leader
5-time Dakar Champion Nasser Al Attiyah He started second and was already in the lead at the finish line with a time of 1 minute 56.6 seconds and 26 inches ahead of his Dacia teammate and Rally Raid champion. Lucas Moraes.
Dakar Rally ’26 Prologue Stage. the car is leaving
Lucas Moraes and Nasser Al Attiyah’s Dasia leaves first by car (Ultimate). In the automotive category, three different drivers have won the Saudi Prologue. Nasser Al Attiyah won in 2021 and 2022, Matthias Ekström won in 2023 and 2024, and Henk Lategan won last year.
Dakar Rally ’26 Prologue Stage. Edgar Cannet signs up for Prologue on a motorcycle
Confirmed. In his debut race in the RallyGP category, the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing driver edgar canet Won the prologue stage of the Bike Dakar in Yanbu with a 3-inch lead over the reigning champion. daniel sanders 5 inches more than the two-time Dakar Champion (2020 and 2024) ricky brabec (sling). Tosha Chalayna was seventh with 23 inches. Canet becomes the first leader of the Dakar ’26 Rally.
Dakar Rally ’26 Prologue Stage. Edgar Canet beats Brabec
Watch out, the motorcycle Dakar winner has just arrived. ricky brabec Kane then held a 5-inch lead in the prologue. Only two favorites remain to enter: Shalayna and Sanders.
Dakar Rally ’26 Prologue Stage. Edgar Canet remains interim leader
The GP Rally begins and Edgar Canet stays at the front of the prologue, 11 inches ahead of Luciano Benavidez, 16 inches ahead of Ross Branch and 19 inches ahead of Doherty, leading to first Rally 2. Van Beveren rounded out the top five with 24 inches, and Howes was sixth with 32 inches. Lauren Santorino placed 19th with a time of 1:07.
Dakar Rally ’26 Prologue Stage. Edgar Canet, Interim Motorcycle Leader
2025 Rally 2 winner and current Rally GP driver Edgar Canet; He just set his best time in the prologue, a time of 11’31″9. Tosha Shalayna and Daniel Saunders They will be the last on the bikes to leave before the cars enter the track.
Dakar Rally ’26 Prologue Stage
Everyone in Rally2 had already reached the finish line, with the South African athlete having the best time. michael docherty He beat Austria’s Tobias Ebster and Poland’s Konrad Dabrowski by 11 minutes, 50.1 seconds and 26 inches, and beat American Preston Campbell by 30 inches. Josep PedroSvitko, the best Spaniard, dropped to provisional 21st place with a time of 1 minute 19 seconds. Czech Stefan Svitko started first in RallyGP. The 15 RallyGP drivers will start with a 2 minute difference.
Dakar Rally ’26 Prologue Stage
Josep Pedro Tentatively 11th place, 46 inches behind Guienes. At the end of Rally 2, Arnau Djed was 15th at 1:00 and Javi Vega was 18th at 1:04. Carlos López, Iñigo Zardoya, João Carles Guillén, Fernando Dominguez, Ricardo Lastra, Juancal Torres, Captain Rashid Alualu, Mario Garrido and Borja Perez will soon be on the track. Remember that the general classification includes only prologues.
Dakar Rally ’26 Prologue Stage
Bike prologue leader change. romanian emmanuel guinnessHe is defending his Original by MOTUL title and just set a best time of 12’23″4, beating Gavard by 29 inches.
Dakar Rally ’26 Prologue Stage
In Saudi Dakar, the winners of the two-wheel prologue are Ricky Brabec (2021), Daniel Saunders (2022 and 2025), Toby Price (2023) and Tosha Chalayna (2024). Indeed, Dakar ’25 winner Daniel Saunders will start last. Currently, Rally 2 drivers finish with Tomas de Gabaldo’s first standard time (12’52″3).
Dakar Rally ’26 Prologue Stage
The prologue consists of a 41km first link from the Yanbu bivouac to the start of the 23km special circular route. The first part passes through a gorge, with a difficult section before 10 kilometers, and the rest is open terrain. According to ASO, the track is 69% dirt, 17% sand, and 14% rocky. Once the special is over, it’s another 33 kilometers back to the bivouac.
Dakar Rally ’26 Prologue Stage
The fastest driver will win the right to choose their starting position for Stage 1 during tonight’s ceremony. Whether it’s a motorcycle or a car, the winner will have the privilege of choosing the last. The big difference is that motorbikes already account for some of the times in the general classification today, but car times do not count in the general classification.
Dakar Rally ’26 Prologue Stage
Good morning, Mr. Dakarian. The 2026 Dakar Rally begins this Saturday with the Prologue Stage, the shortest special stage of the rally at 22 kilometers. Tomás de Gabaldo (motorcycle) has the honor of being the first to depart
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Dakar Rally ’26. Stage 1 profile