Sam Sunderland celebrates his second Dakar title
Heading into the 44th Dakar we saw a number of changes in the rider lineups of some of the key teams battling out for Dakar glory . KTM was clearly going with strength in numbers having signed reigning champion Kevin Benavides away from the Honda team and also had former MotoGP rider Danilo Petrucci join its ranks alongside former winners Toby Price and Matthias Walkner . The fledgling GasGas team drew up
It wasn ’ t to be Toby Price ’ s year , the Aussie coming 10th overall
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