In an exceptionally close finish to Dakar2023's bikes contest, KTM's kmbenavides edges out Toby Price to score his second crown by just 43 seconds:
Argentina's Benavides went into the 14th and final stage of the Saudi Arabian event 12 seconds behind Price, but won the 136km test stage by 55 seconds from his rival to clinch a second title to add to theHusqvarna's Skyler Howes, who had led the contest heading into the rest day, finished third, five minutes and four seconds behind.
The Australian, who was aiming for a third Dakar crown, kept the lead by the most slender of margins heading into Sunday's final showdown as Benavides took his first stage win of the rally in Stage 13. Sanders was handed a three-minute penalty on the final stage but this didn't affect his overall finishing position of seventh, while Honda's Jose Ignacio Cornejo was the final rider to finish within an hour of the leader.
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