The breakdown in all categories for Dakar 2026 after stage 2 is as follows: Canet gives lead to Saunders

Stage 2 of the Dakar 2026 Rally saw a change of leaders in both the two-wheeler and four-wheeler categories (final), resulting in several changes in the top 10 positions in each. daniel sandersDefending two-wheeled champion La Garriga opened the course with La Garriga with a stage win, replaced teammate Edgar Canet at the front of the Rally GP, and led the rally by 30 inches. The Toyoya float was led by stage winner Set Quintero. Nasser Al Attiyah He is a new leader with only 7 inches compared to the American.

The bikes behind the two KTMs exchanging positions had two Honda Brabecs in 2 minutes 18 seconds, Chalayna in 4 minutes 41 seconds, and Ross Black in 7 minutes 46 seconds, completing the top five in just over 7 minutes. Howes, sporting a mustache, moved up three places to seventh.

In the autos, Toyota reversed the standings on display, but legend Al Attiyah became the new leader with just 7 inches separating him from stage winner Quintero. The problem for Spain’s two richest men was to judge Ford and Qatar’s times, with Sainz finishing 10th and 11th overall with a time of 6 minutes 35 seconds and Roma 7 minutes 14 seconds. Ekstrom was the best Michigan player with a time of 4:04. Seb Loeb recovered his time in Dacia Al Attiyah by 1 minute 57 seconds from his teammate.

Yanbu-Arula, 504 km. Special 400km:

Stage 2 motorcycle classification:

1. Daniel Saunders (AUS/KTM) 4:13’37”

2. Edgar Canet (ESP/KTM) 1 minute 35 seconds

3. Ricky Brabec (USA/Honda) 1 minute 46 seconds

4. Skyler Howes (USA/Honda) 3’15”

5. Tosha Chalayna (ESP/Honda) 3’34”

6. Martin Ventura (POR/Honda) 3’53”

7. Ross Branch (BOT/Hero) 3’56”

8. Michael Docherty (RSA/KTM) 5’48”

9. Luciano Benavidez (ARG/KTM) 7’11”

10. Adrian Van Beveren (France/Honda) 8’58”

11. Nacho Cornejo (CHL/Hero) 9’49”

30. Arnau Jed (ESP/KTM) 38’06”

35. Josep Pedro (ESP/Husqvarna) 47’36”

36. Javi Vega (ESP/Kobe) 48’21”

65. Iñigo Zardoja (ESP/KTM) 1:45’40”

73. Carlos Lopez (ESP/KTM) 1:58’04”

75. Joao Carles Guillen (Electronic/Husqvarna) 2:00’15”

79. Borja Perez (ESP/Husqvarna) 2:04’18”

82. Mario Garrido (ESP/GasGas) 2:09’27”

90. Rashid Alual (ESP/Husqvarna) 2:21’25”

95. Juancar Torres (ESP/Husqvarna) 2:31’03”

96. Fernando Dominguez (ESPKTM) 2:35’44”

Ricardo Lastra (ESP/KTM) retires

Lorenzo Santorino (ESP/Sherco) retires

General motorcycle classification stage 2:

1. Daniel Saunders (AUS/KTM) 7:42’24”

2. Edgar Canet (ESP/KTM) 30 inch

3. Ricky Brabec (USA/Honda) 2’18”

4. Tosha Chalayna (ESP/Honda) 4’41”

5. Ross Branch (BOT/Hero) 7’46”

6. Luciano Benavidez (ARG/KTM) 10’04”

7. Skyler Howes (USA/Honda) 12’37”

8. Nacho Cornejo (CHL/Hero) 13’37”

9. Michael Docherty (RSA/KTM) 14’00”

10. Adrian van Beveren (France/Honda) 14’09”

11. Martin Ventura (POR/Honda) 14’19”

29. Arnau Jed (ESP/KTM) 1:13’44”

35. Javi Vega (ESP/Kobe) 1:29’39”

37. Josep Pedro (ESP/Husqvarna) 1:31’52”

61. Carlos Lopez (ESP/KTM) 3:24’00”

65. Iñigo Zardoya (ESP/KTM) 3:30’20”

71. Joao Carles Guillen (E/Husqvarna) 3:36’09”

84. Mario Garrido (ESP/GasGas) 4:20’21”

86. Borja Perez (ESP/Husqvarna) 4:32’23”

90 Juancar Torres (ESP/Husqvarna) 4;42’51”

91. Rashid Alual (ESP/Husqvarna) 4:44’50”

97. Fernando Dominguez (ESP/KTM) 5:08’05”

Ricardo Lastra (ESP/KTM) abandons stage 2

Lorenzo Santorino (ESP/Sherco) abandons stage 2

Stage 2 vehicle classification:

1. Seth Quintero/A. Short (USA/Toyota) 3:57’16”

2. Henk Lategan/B. Cummings (RSA/Toyota) 1’42”

3. Yazeed Al Rajhi/T. Gottschalk (SAU/Toyota) 1’56”

4. Toby Price/Armando Monleon (AUS-ESP/Toyota) 4’36”

5. João Ferreira/Palmeiro (POR/Toyota) 4’56”

6. Simon Witse/M. Delfino (FRA/Optimus) 5’46”

7. Sébastien Loeb / E. Boulanger (FRA/Dacia) 6’07”

8. Nasser Al Attiyah / F. Larquin (QAT/Dacia) 6’31”

9. Michal Goczal / Diego Ortega (POL-ESP/Toyota) 6’42”

10. Saad Valiawa/F. Casale (RSA/Toyota) 7’30”

11. Eric Goczal / S. Gospodarchyk (POL/Toyota) 7’37”

12. Guillaume de Moebius / M. Baumel (BEL/Mini) 8’20”

13. Matthias Ekström / E. Bergqvist (SUE/Ford) 9’27”

16. Carlos Sainz / Lucas Cruz (ESP/Ford) 11’42”

17. Nani Roma / Alex Haro (ESP/Ford) 11 minutes 48 seconds

19. Cristina Gutierrez / Pablo Moreno (ESP/Dacia) 12’45”

21. Laia Sanz / M. Gerini (ESP/Ebro) 13’59”

31. Nandu Jubany/Marc Sola (ESP/Optimus) 31’46”

37. Guy Botterill/Oriol Mena (RSA-ESP/Toyota) 37’54”

39. Isidor Esteve / Chema Villalobos (ESP/Toyota) 44’41”

47. Jesus Calleja/Eduardo Blanco (ESP/Santana) 55’20”

54. Jordi Taurus/Santi Costa (ESP/Optimus) 1:11’52”

55. Maria Gameiro/Rosa Romero (POR-ESP/Mini) 1:18’26”

70. Pedro Peñate / Daniel Mesa (ESP/Century) 29:32’44”

General classification vehicle stage 2:

1. Nasser Al Attiyah / F. Larquin (QAT/Dacia) 7:12’16”

2. Seth Quintero/A. Short (USA/Toyota) 7 inch

3. Guillaume de Moebius / M. Baumel (BEL/Mini) 1 minute 09 seconds

4. Henk Lategan/B. Cummings (RSA/Toyota) 1 minute 28 seconds

5. Sébastien Loeb / E. Boulanger (FRA/Dacia) 1 minute 57 seconds

6. João Ferreira/Palmeiro (POR/Toyota) 2’01”

7. Toby Price/Armando Monleon (AUS-ESP/Toyota) 2’42”

8. Matthias Ekström / E. Bergqvist (SUE/Ford) 4’04”

9. Saad Valiawa/F. Casale (RSA/Toyota) 4’34”

10. Carlos Sainz / Lucas Cruz (ESP/Ford) 6’35”

11. Nani Roma / Alex Haro (ESP/Ford) 7’14”

12. Martin Prokop / V. Chitka (CHE/Ford) 8’31”

15. Cristina Gutierrez / Pablo Moreno (ESP/Dacia) 10’34”

18. Michal Goczal / Diego Ortega (POL-ESP/Toyota) 12’09”

22. Laia Sanz / M. Gerini (ESP/Ebro) 23’14”

25. Guy Botterill/Oriol Mena (RSA-ESP/Toyota) 32’46”

35. Nandu Jubany/Marc Sola (ESP/Optimus) 55’47”

37. Isidor Esteve / Chema Villalobos (ESP/Toyota) 58’55”

45. Jesus Calleja/Eduardo Blanco (ESP/Santana) 1:22’39”

51. Maria Gameiro/Rosa Romero (POR-ESP/Mini) 2:04’44”

52. Jordi Taurus/Santi Costa (ESP/Optimus) 2:05’31”

69. Pedro Peñate / Daniel Mesa (ESP/Century) 31’43″45

Challenger stage 2 classification

1. Lucas Del Rio/B. Jacomy (CHL/Taurus) 4’26″49

2. Yasir Seiadan/X. Flick (SAU/Taurus) 2’40”

3. Puck Klaasen/Sants (PB/Grally Team) 3’57”

4. David Zille/Cesana (ARG/Taurus) 9’24”

5. Pau Navarro/Yan Rosa (ESP/Taurus) 11’11”

6. Absuraziz Al-Kuwari/Dupre (QAT/Taurus) 12’11”

21. Joan Font/Adria Guillem (ESP/BRP) 1:20’09”

33. Oscar Lal/Fernando Acosta (ESP/Taurus) 3:50’44”

General Stage 2 Challenger

1. David Gill/Cesana (ARG/Taurus) 8:09’03”

2. Yasir Seyerdan/X. Flick (SAU/Taurus) 1’58”

3. Lucas Del Rio/B. Jacomy (CHL/Taurus) 2’22”

4. Pau Navarro/Yan Rosa (ESP/Taurus) 6’37”

5. Absuraziz Al Kuwari/Dupre (QAT/Taurus) 8’17”

23. Joan Font/Adria Guillem (ESP/BRP) 2:31’38”

29. Oscar Lal/Fernando Acosta (ESP/Taurus) 3:56’46”

SSV stage 2 classification:

1. Gonzalo Guerreiro/Justo (POR/Polaris) 4:42’45”

2. Florent Weissard/Rey (FRA/Polaris) 1 minute 02 seconds

3. Xavier de Soultrait/Bonnet (FRA/Polaris) 1 minute 46 seconds

4. Lopez/Leon Vest (CHL/BRP) 5’15”

5. Brock Hegar/Eddie (USA/Polaris) 5’20”

6. Kyle Cheney/Argbright (USA/BRP) 8’33”

10. Gerard Fares/Toni Wingat (ESP/BRP) 18’04”

16. Joan Piferer/Xavi Blanco (ESP/BRP) 32’40”

31. Josep Me Cami/Christian Cami (ESP/BRP Can-Am) 1:33’22”

34. Domingo Roman/Oscar Bravo (ESP/Polaris) 1:47’30”

37. Carlos Santaolalla/Alan Sol (ESP/BRP Can-Am) 2:42’06”

General stage 2 SSV

1. Xavier de Soultrait/Bonnet (FRA/Polaris) 8:23’16”

2. Gonzalo Guerreiro/Justo (POR/Polaris) 2’47”

3. Brock Hegar/Eddie (USA/Polaris) 7’22”

4. Lopez/Leon Best (CHL/BRP) 7’31”

5. Kyle Cheney/Argbright (USA/BRP) 14’49”

11. Gerard Fares/Toni Wingat (ESP/BRP) 37’02”

16. Joan Piferer/Xavi Blanco (ESP/BRP) 57’08”

31. Josep Me Cami/Christian Cami (ESP/BRP Can-Am) 3:47’26”

33. Carlos Santaolalla/Alan Sol (ESP/BRP Can-Am) 4:05’20”

36. Domingo Roman/Oscar Bravo (ESP/Polaris) 6:14’44”

Classification stage 2 track:

1. Gerd Husink / H. Kupfer / M. Kress (PB/PB/ALE-Renault) 4:42’45”

2.Vaidtas Zara/P. Fiuza/M. Van Gloor (LIT/POR/PB-Iveco) 32″

3. Martin Mack/F. Tomasek/D. Svanda (RCH/RCH/RCH-MM Technology) 1’09”

4. Mitchell van den Brink/B. van Geen/J. van de Pol (PB/PB/PB-MM Technology) 3’11”

5. Ales Lopre/D. Kripalu/J. Stross (RCH/RCH/RCH-Iveco) 12’50”

6. Richard de Groot/J. Halsebosch/M. Van Rooy (PB/PB/PB-MM Technology) 15’14”

20. Manuel Bolero/Charlie Gotlib/Adrián López (ESP/BÉL/ESP-Iveco) 2:51’18”

22. Pol Tibau/Daniel Vaz/David Nadal (ESP/ESP/ESP-Iveco) 3:05’53”

25. Alberto Herrero/P. Oliveira/Mario Rodriguez (ESP/MOZ/ESP-Scania) 3:26’23”

26. Dave Ingels/J. Shotanus/David Lopez (BÉL/PB/ESP-MAN) 3:34’33”

27. Jordi Esteve/Cuico Pardo/Jordi Puyol (ESP/ESP/ESP-DAF) 3:37’59”

28. Jesús Bolero/Emilio Fiz/Alberto Fiz (ESP/ESP/ESP-MAN) 4:06’35”

32. Francesc Estelle/Javier Jacoste/Gerard Rivas (ESP/ESP/ESP-MAN) 25:02’15”

39. Alberto Alonso/Gustavo Ibeas/Raul Arteaga (ESP/ESP/ESP-MAN) 36:17’15”

40. Javier Herrero/Jose M. Casas/Alfonso Herrero (ESP/ESP/ESP-Iveco) at 36:47″15

Manuel Bolero/Ch. Gottlib/Adrien López (ESP/BÉL/ESP-Iveco)

General stage 2 track

1. Mitchell van den Brink/B. van Geen/J. van de Pol (PB/PB/PB-MM Technology) 8:29’58”

2. Vaidotas Zala/P. Fiusa/M. Van Grool (LIT/POR/PB-Iveco) 3’06”

3. Martin Mack/F. Tomasek/D. Svanda (RCH/RCH/RCH-MM Technology) 3’30”

4. Ales Lopre/D. Kripal/J. Stross (RCH/RCH/RCH-Iveco) 7’52”

5. Richard de Groot/J. Halsebosch/M. Van Rooy (PB/PB/PB-MM Technology) 21’39”

6. Gerd Husink / H. Kupfer / M. Kress (PB/PB/ALE-Renault) 33’15”

20. Manuel Bolero/Charlie Gotlib/Adrián López (ESP/BÉL/ESP-Iveco) 4:08’29”

22. Jordi Esteve/Cuico Pardo/Jordi Puyol (ESP/ESP/ESP-DAF) 4:50’20”

23. Pol Tibau/Daniel Vaz/David Nadal (ESP/ESP/ESP-Iveco) 4:53’50”

24. Alberto Herrero/P. Oliveira/Mario Rodriguez (ESP/MOZ/ESP-Scania) 5:07’45”

25. Jesús Bolero/Emilio Fiz/Alberto Fiz (ESP/ESP/ESP-MAN) 5:17’00”

27. Dave Ingels/J. Shotanus/David Lopez (BÉL/PB/ESP-MAN) 5:39’56”

32. Alberto Alonso/Gustavo Ibeaz/Raul Arteaga (ESP/ESP/ESP-MAN) 41:43’40”

34. Javier Herrero/Jose M. Casas/Alfonso Herrero (ESP/ESP/ESP-Iveco) 42:02″46

36. Francesc Estelle/Javier Jacoste/Gerard Rivas (ESP/ESP/ESP-MAN) 59’15″02 (Dakar Experience/Return to Race)

Manuel Bolero/Ch. Gottlib/Adrien López (ESP/BÉL/ESP-Iveco)