With just one-day remaining in the 42nd running of the Dakar Rally, Monster Energy Yamaha Rally Team riders Jamie McCanney and Franco Caimi recorded their best team results of the event so far, with each placing inside the top-10 in the motorcycle class aboard their WR450F rally machines. Finishing the two-day marathon stage in style, Dakar rookie Jamie McCanney continued his good form and secured his best result of the rally to date in sixth. Just one position behind, Franco completed today’s 744-kilometre stage in seventh.
Starting from the remote bivouac in Shubaytah, like all competitors Jamie and Franco competed in today’s stage on the exact same bikes on which they completed stage 10. With outside assistance forbidden during the two-day marathon stage, each rider worked on their own bikes ahead of the start, riding today’s stage on the same tyres used on stage 10.
