The 42nd edition of the world's biggest cross-country rally, the 2020 Dakar Rally, kicked off with the first of 12 stages run between Jeddah and Al Wajh, in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. The first stage saw surprise results, with established veterans struggling, and unlikely names taking top honours. Here's everything that happened in the opening 433km stage, out of which 319kms were timed special stages:
Cars
In the car category, we saw a surprise challenger take first blood as Vaidotas Zala, the Lithuanian racer representing the Agrorodeo Dakar team, piloting an X-Raid Mini took his maiden stage win. This stage win also makes Zala the first driver to win a Dakar stage in a four-wheel-drive in 4th with the second Toyota of Bernhard ten Brinke taking 5th. Two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso was the third-best Toyota, finishing 11th in his Dakar debut.
Bikes
The 2020 Dakar Rally turned out to be a positive one for, with Price's teammate Matthias Walkner rounding off the top three. While this is a strong start for Price, there are still 11 more stages to go.
Trucks
Heading towards bigger machinery, Anton Shibalov lead the way for Kamaz to top the opening stage for Truck class. Following him was Siarhei Viazovich for Maz and Janus van Kaster of De Rooy Iveco rounding off the top three. Dmitry Sotnikov wound up being the second-best Kamaz in 4th.
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