This is how Dakar 2026 breaks down in all categories after Stage 6. A last-minute penalty eliminated Shalayna’s options. Al-Attiyah, extremist leader in the first week of the auto

Only one stage left to finish week 1 dakar rally And after the marathon stage no one could relax. This stage 6 was one of the most difficult stages according to the organization itself, and without a doubt it may have meant the before and after of the toughest rally in the world. With a 326km timed route and 589km of connections to reach Riyadh, this Friday was a very complex day.

In the bike category, Daniel Saunders gave a recital Despite opening the track on more than half of the planned route. He dealt a huge blow to the authority and was able to keep the rally on track and retain his championship, but the whole situation changed when he was given a six-minute penalty for exceeding the speed limit in a section.

Regarding the car category, Nasser Al-Attiyah wins the 6th stage and finishes as the strongest in the first week There were important differences from Lategan, who entered as interim leader on the final day before the break. Currently, a Qatari of Dacian origin commands the general classification. Nani Roma named Ford’s best Spaniard. Catalan is third, just over nine minutes away. Carlos Sainz I am in 4th place, just under 12 minutes away from Al Attiyah.

The best performances of Spaniards in the general classification are: Pau Navarro. Catalan is Jan Rosa As a co-pilot, Challenger division leader After the problems his great rival Seadan was having.

Hail – Riyadh, 915 km. Special 326km

Classification Stage 6 – Motorcycles

1. Ricky Brabec (USA/Honda) 3:41’33”

2. Tosha Chalayna (ESP/Honda) 1 minute 14 seconds

3. Daniel Saunders (AUS/KTM) 1 minute 17 seconds

4. Schuyler Howes (USA/Honda) 4’03”

5. Adrian Van Beveren (FRA/Honda) 5’21”

6. Luciano Benavidez (ARG/KTM) 5’37”

7. Michael Docherty (RSA/KTM) 9’33” (Rally 2)

8. Toni Mulek (SLO/KTM) 12’06” (Rally 2)

9. Nacho Cornejo (CHL/Hero) 12’29”

10. Ross Branch (BOT/Hero) 13’34”

15. Edgar Canet (ESP/KTM) 18’21”

27. Josep Pedro (ESP/Husqvarna) 36’49” (Original: MOTUL)

28. Arnau Jed (ESP/KTM) 37’47”

39. Javi Vega (ESP/Kobe) 1:01’40” (Original: MOTUL)

56. Iñigo Zardoja (ESP/KTM) 1:42’33”

57. Carlos Lopez (ESP/KTM) 1:43’08”

64. Joao Carles Guillen (ESP/Husqvarna) 1:54’19”

67. Rashid Alual (ESP/Husqvarna) 2:02’56” (Original: MOTUL)

79. Mario Garrido (ESP/GasGas) 2:12’58”

86. Borja Perez (ESP/Husqvarna) 2:41’29”

Juancar Torres during the race (ESP/Husqvarna)

Fernando Dominguez (ESP/KTM) during the race

General classification – motorcycle

1. Daniel Saunders (AUS/KTM) 24:41’10”

2. Ricky Brabec (USA/Honda) 45 inch

3. Luciano Benavidez (ARG/KTM) 19’15”

4. Tosha Chalayna (ESP/Honda) 11’56”

5. Nacho Cornejo (CHL/Hero) 29’50”

6. Skyler Howes (USA/Honda) 32’03”

7. Adrian van Beveren (France/Honda) 56’35”

8. Bradley Cox (RSA/Sharco) 1:25’28”

9. Preston Campbell (USA/Honda) 1:31’04”

10. Ross Branch (BOT/Hero) 1:36’10”

19. Arnau Jed (ESP/KTM) 3:53”38

23. Josep Pedro (ESP/Husqvarna) 4:16’05”

26. Javi Vega (ESP/Kobe) 4:55’07” (Original: MOTUL)

53. Iñigo Zardoya (ESP/KTM) 10:11’20”

55. Carlos Lopez (ESP/KTM) 10:22’11”

59. Edgar Canet (ESP/KTM) 10:57’27”

65. João Carles Guillen (ESP/Husqvarna) 11:40′ 54”

71. Mario Garrido (ESP/GasGas) 13:17’55”

74. Rashid Alual (ESP/Husqvarna) 13:34’32” (Original by MOTUL)

75. Borja Perez (ESP/Husqvarna) 13:49’20”

Ricardo Lastra (ESP/KTM) abandons stage 2

Lorenzo Santorino (ESP/Sherco) abandons stage 2

Classification Stage 6 – CARS

1. Nasser Al Attiyah / F. Larquin (QAT/Dacia) 3:38’28”

2. Sébastien Loeb / E. Boulanger (FRA/Dacia) 2’58”

3. Seth Quintero / A. Short (USA/Toyota) 3’19”

4. Toby Price / Armand Monleon (AUS-ESP/Toyota) 4’19”

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

6. Nani Roma / Alex Haro (ESP/Ford) 5’36”

7. Carlos Sainz / Lucas Cruz (ESP/Ford) 6’33”

8. Mathieu Serradri / L. Minaudier (FRA/Century) 7’06”

9. Guy Botterill /Oriol Mena (RSA-ESP/Toyota) 7’08”

10. Erik Goczal / S. Gospodarchik (POL/Toyota) 7’19”

11. Mitch Guthrie Jr. / K. Walch (USA/Ford) 8’43”

12. Henk Lategan/B. Cummings (RSA/Toyota) 9’27”

13. Matthias Ekström / E. Bergqvist (SUE/Ford) 9’50”

15. Cristina Gutierrez / Pablo Moreno (ESP/Dacia) 12’33”

16. Lucas Moraes / D. Zenz (ALE/Dacia) 12’52”

17. Michal Gokzal / Diego Ortega (POL-ESP/Toyota) 13’16”

twenty three. Lia Sanz / M. Gerini (ESP/Ebro) 21’36”

30. Nandu Jubany/Mark Sola (ESP/Optimus) 33’27”

42. Maria Gameiro/Rosa Romero (POR-ESP/Mini) 46’08”

56. Jordi Taurus/Santi Costa (ESP/Optimus) 2:12’57”

Isidor Esteve / Chema Villalobos (ESP/Toyota) Waived

General classification – CARS

1. Nasser Al Attiyah / F. Larquin (QAT/Dacia) 24:28’29”

2. Henk Lategan/B. Cummings (RSA/Toyota) 6’10”

3. Nani Roma / Alex Haro (ESP/Ford) 9’13”

4. Carlos Sainz / Lucas Cruz (ESP/Ford) 11’49”

5. Matthias Ekström / E. Bergqvist (SUE/Ford) 12’11”

6. Sébastien Loeb / E. Boulanger (FRA/Dacia) 17’36”

7. Mitch Guthrie Jr. / K. Walch (USA/Ford) 21’49”

8. Mathieu Serradri / L. Minaudier (FRA/Century) 23’29”

9. Erik Goczal / Szymon Gospodarchik (POL/Toyota) 24’40”

10. Lucas Moraes / D. Zenz (ALE/Dacia) 26’46”

13. Cristina Gutierrez / Pablo Moreno (ESP/Dacia) 33’15”

15. Toby Price/Armand Monleon (AUS-ESP/Toyota) 39’02”

17. Guy Botterill /oriol mena (RSA-ESP/Toyota) 1:03’06”

18. Lia Sanz / M. Gerini (ESP/Ebro) 1:04’31”

22. Michal Gokzal / Diego Ortega (POL-ESP/Toyota) 1:24’12”

36. Maria Gameiro/Rosa Romero (POR-ESP/Mini) 5:22’40”

50. Jordi Taurus/Santi Costa (ESP/Optimus) 9:06’59”

55. Nandu Jubany/Mark Sola (ESP/Optimus) 12:29:34

Isidor Esteve/Chema Villalobos (ESP/Toyota) withdraws from Stage 6

Jesus Calleja/Eduardo Blanco (ESP/Santana) withdraws from stage 5

Classification Stage 6 – Challenger

1. Ignacio Casale / C. Sachs (CHL/Taurus) 3:58’57”

2. Dania Achille / S. Delaunay (SAU/Taurus) 38 inches

3. Kevin Benavidez / L. Sistana (ARG/Taurus) 1 minute 40 seconds

4. Nicolas Cabiliaso/V. Pertegarini (ARG/Taurus) 4’15”

5. Puck Klassen / A. Sanz (PB-ARG/GrallyTeam) 6’06”

6. Pau Navarro/Yan Rosa (ESP/Taurus) 7’43”

8. Oscar Lal/F. Acosta (ESP/Taurus) 16’08”

20. Yasir Seyerdan/X. Flick (SAU/Taurus) 49’47”

twenty four. Joan Font/Adria Guillem (ESP/BRP) 1:08’06”

General classification – Challenger

1. Pau Navarro/Gian Rosa (ESP/Taurus) 26:46’17”

2. Nicolas Cabiliaso/V. Pertegarini (ARG/Taurus) 4’57”

3. Lucas Del Rio/B. Jacomy (CHL/Taurus) 25’54”

4. Yasir Seiadan/X. Flick (SAU/Taurus) 46’30”

5. David Gill/S. Cesana (ARG/Taurus) 1:23’39”

twenty five. Joan Font/Adria Guillem (ESP/BRP) 8:34’02”

26. Oscar Lal/F.Acosta (ESP/Taurus) 8:47’54”

Classification Stage 6 – SSV:

1. Xavier de Soultrait/M. Bonnet (FRA/Polaris) 3:59’53”

2. Kyle Cheney/J. Argbright (USA/BRP) 2’07”

3. Carlos López / A. Leon (CHL/BRP) 2’34”

4. Gonzalo Guerreiro / M. Justo (POR/Polaris) 3’41”

5. João Monteiro/N.More (POR/BRP) 4’50”

24. Josep Me Cami/Christian Cami (ESP/BRP Can-Am) 1:29’17”

28. Joan Piferer/Xavi Blanco (ESP/BRP) 2:17’45”

Sebastian Guayasamin/Pol Ross (ECU/ESP/Polaris)

Domingo Roman/Oscar Bravo (ESP/Polaris)

Carlos Santaolalla/Alan Sol (ESP/BRP Can-Am)

General classification – SSV

1. Brock Hager/M. Eddy (USA/Polaris) 26:56’33”

2. Xavier de Soultrait/M. Bonnet (FRA/Polaris) 32’20”

3. Kyle Cheney/J. Argbright (USA/BRP) 53’18”

4. João Monteiro/N.More (POR/BRP) 57’59”

5. Gonzalo Guerreiro / M. Justo (POR/Polaris) 1:16.36

17. Joan Piferer/Xavi Blanco (ESP/BRP) 6:16’42”

22. Josep Me Cami / Cristian Cami (ESP/BRP Can-Am) 11:01’06”

Sebastian Guayasamin/Pol Ross (ECU/ESP/Polaris)

Domingo Roman/Oscar Bravo (ESP/Polaris)

Carlos Santaolalla/Alan Sol (ESP/BRP Can-Am)

Gerard Fares/Toni Wingat (ESP/BRP) abandons stage 4

Classification Stage 6 – Track:

1. Ales Lopre/D. Kripal/J. Stross (RCH/RCH/RCH-Iveco) 4:10’50”

2. Vaidotas Zala/P. Fiusa/M. Van Grool (LIT/POR/PB-Iveco) 1 minute 58 seconds

3. Mitchell van den Brink/B. van Geen/J. van de Pol (PB/PB/PB-MM Technology) 2’46”

4. Richard de Groot/J. Halsebosch/M. Van Rooy (PB/PB/PB-MM Technology) 43’06”

5. Gerd Husink / H. Kupfer / M. Kress (PB/PB/ALE-Renault) 45’56”

6. Martin Mack/F. Tomasek/D. Svanda (RCH/RCH/RCH-MM Technology) 46’39”

Alberto Herrero/P. Oliveira/Mario Rodriguez (ESP/MOZ/ESP-Scania)

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

Jordi Esteve/Kiko Pardo/Jordi Puyol (ESP/ESP/ESP-DAF)

Dave Ingels/J. Shotanus/David Lopez (BÉL/PB/ESP-MAN)

Pol Tibau/Daniel Vaz/David Nadal (ESP/ESP/ESP-Iveco)

Jesus Borrero/Emilio Fiz/Alberto Fiz (ESP/ESP/ESP-MAN)

Javier Herrero/Jose M. Casas/Alfonso Herrero (ESP/ESP/ESP-Iveco)

General classification – Tracks:

1. Mitchell van den Brink/B. van Geen/J. van de Pol (PB/PB/PB-MM Technology) 28:04’08”

2. Martin Mack/F. Tomasek/D. Svanda (RCH/RCH/RCH-MM Technology) 35’24”

3. Ales Lopre/D. Kripalu/J. Stross (RCH/RCH/RCH-Iveco) 46’10”

4. Vaidotas Zala/P. Fiuza/M. Van Grool (LIT/POR/PB-Iveco) 46’19”

5. Richard de Groot/J. Halsebosch/M. Van Rooy (PB/PB/PB-MM Technology) 1:48’25”

Manuel Bolero/Ch. Gottlib/Adrián López (ESP/BÉL/ESP-Iveco) 13:20’41”

Alberto Herrero/P. Oliveira/Mario Rodriguez (ESP/MOZ/ESP-Scania) 13:51’01”

Jordi Esteve/Cuico Pardo/Jordi Puyol (ESP/ESP/ESP-DAF) 15:08’52”

Dave Ingels/J. Shotanus/David Lopez (BÉL/PB/ESP-MAN)

Pol Tibau/Daniel Vaz/David Nadal (ESP/ESP/ESP-Iveco)

Jesus Borrero/Emilio Fiz/Alberto Fiz (ESP/ESP/ESP-MAN)

Javier Herrero/Jose M. Casas/Alfonso Herrero (ESP/ESP/ESP-Iveco)

Alberto Alonso/Gustavo Ibeas/Raul Arteaga (ESP/ESP/ESP-MAN)

Francesc Estelle/Javier Jacoste/Gerard Rivas (ESP/ESP/ESP-MAN) (Dakar experience/return to racing)