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Off-road racers compete in the grueling Dakar Rally

Off-road racers compete in the grueling Dakar Rally

Czech's biker Martin Michek competes during the Stage 10 of the Dakar Rally 2022 between Wadi Ad Dawasir and Bisha in Saudi Arabia, on January 12, 2022. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 7 - Riyadh to Al Dawadimi, Saudi Arabia - January 9, 2022 Toyota Gazoo Racing's Nasser Al-Attiya and co-driver Matthieu Baumel in action during stage 7 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 7 - Riyadh to Al Dawadimi, Saudi Arabia - January 9, 2022 General view during stage 7 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 7 - Riyadh to Al Dawadimi, Saudi Arabia - January 9, 2022 Orion - Moto Racing Group's Martin Michek in action during stage 7 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 7 - Riyadh to Al Dawadimi, Saudi Arabia - January 9, 2022 General view during stage 7 with a spectator using a mobile phone in the foreground REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 7 - Riyadh to Al Dawadimi, Saudi Arabia - January 9, 2022 Century Racing's Marcelo Tiglia Gastaldi and co-driver Cadu Sachs in action during stage 7 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 7 - Riyadh to Al Dawadimi, Saudi Arabia - January 9, 2022 Alex Feliu Competicion's Alex Feliu in action during stage 7 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 9 - Wadi Ad Dawasir to Wadi Ad Dawasir, Saudi Arabia - January 11, 2022 Red Bull Ktm Factory Racing's Matthias Walkner in action during Stage 9 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 10 - Wadi Ad Dawasir to Bisha, Saudi Arabia - January 12, 2022 Monster Energy Yamaha Rally Team's Adrien Van Beveren in action during stage 10 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 8 - Al Dawadimi to Wadi Ad Dawasir, Saudi Arabia - January 10, 2022 Kamaz - Master's Anton Shibalov and co-drivers Dmitrii Nikitin and Ivan Tatarinov and Kamaz - Master's Eduard Nikolaev and co-drivers Evgenii Iakovlev and Vladimir Rybakov in action during stage 8 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Swedish driver Mattias Ekstrom and his co-driver Emil Bergkvist compete during the Stage 9 of the Dakar 2022 around Wadi Ad Dawasir in Saudi Arabia, on January 11, 2022. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 7 - Riyadh to Al Dawadimi, Saudi Arabia - January 9, 2022 Overdrive Toyota's Ronan Chabot and co-driver Gilles Pillot in action during stage 7 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 9 - Wadi Ad Dawasir to Wadi Ad Dawasir, Saudi Arabia - January 11, 2022 Toyota Gazoo Racing's Nasser Al-Attiya and co-driver Matthieu Baumel in action during Stage 9 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 8 - Al Dawadimi to Wadi Ad Dawasir, Saudi Arabia - January 10, 2022 Toyota Gazoo Racing's Nasser Al-Attiya and co-driver Matthieu Baumel in action during stage 8 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 9 - Wadi Ad Dawasir to Wadi Ad Dawasir, Saudi Arabia - January 11, 2022 Baic Orv's Guoyu Zhang and co-driver Hongyu Pan in action during Stage 9 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 8 - Al Dawadimi to Wadi Ad Dawasir, Saudi Arabia - January 10, 2022 Sherco Factory's Lorenzo Santolino in action during stage 8 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 10 - Wadi Ad Dawasir to Bisha, Saudi Arabia - January 12, 2022 Toyota Gazoo Racing's Henk Lategan and co-driver Brett Cummings in action during stage 10 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 10 - Wadi Ad Dawasir to Bisha, Saudi Arabia - January 12, 2022 General view during stage 10 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 10 - Wadi Ad Dawasir to Bisha, Saudi Arabia - January 12, 2022 General view during stage 10 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 10 - Wadi Ad Dawasir to Bisha, Saudi Arabia - January 12, 2022 Century Racing's Brian Baragwanath and co-driver Leonard Cremer in action during stage 10 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Toyota's driver Yazeed Al Rajhi of Saudi Arabia and co-driver Britain's Michael Orr compete during the Stage 10 of the Dakar Rally 2022 between Wadi Ad Dawasir and Bisha in Saudi Arabia, on January 12, 2022. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)

Dutch truck driver Gert Huzink and co-drivers Rob Buursen and Martin Roesink compete during the Stage 9 of the Dakar 2022 around Wadi Ad Dawasir in Saudi Arabia, on January 11, 2022. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 8 - Al Dawadimi to Wadi Ad Dawasir, Saudi Arabia - January 10, 2022 Overdrive Toyota's Erik Van Loon and co-driver Sebastien Delaunay in action during stage 8 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 10 - Wadi Ad Dawasir to Bisha, Saudi Arabia - January 12, 2022 Shatti's Abdullah Al Shatti in action during stage 10 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 7 - Riyadh to Al Dawadimi, Saudi Arabia - January 9, 2022 Hero Motosports Team Rally's Joaquim Rodrigues in action during stage 7 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 8 - Al Dawadimi to Wadi Ad Dawasir, Saudi Arabia - January 10, 2022 Kamaz - Master's Dmitry Sotnikov and co-drivers Ruslan Akhmadeev and Ilgiz Akhmetzianov in action during stage 8 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 7 - Riyadh to Al Dawadimi, Saudi Arabia - January 9, 2022 Kamaz - Master's Anton Shibalov and co-drivers Dmitrii Nikitin and Ivan Tatarinov in action during stage 7 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 9 - Wadi Ad Dawasir to Wadi Ad Dawasir, Saudi Arabia - January 11, 2022 Riwald Dakar Team's Gert Huzink and co-drivers Rob Buursen and Martin Roesink in action during Stage 9 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 8 - Al Dawadimi to Wadi Ad Dawasir, Saudi Arabia - January 10, 2022 Monster Energy Yamaha Rally Team's Adrien Van Beveren in action during stage 8 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 9 - Wadi Ad Dawasir to Wadi Ad Dawasir, Saudi Arabia - January 11, 2022 Team Dumontier Racing's Romain Dumontier in action during Stage 9 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 9 - Wadi Ad Dawasir to Wadi Ad Dawasir, Saudi Arabia - January 11, 2022 Team Dumontier Racing's Romain Dumontier in action during Stage 9 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 10 - Wadi Ad Dawasir to Bisha, Saudi Arabia - January 12, 2022 Bas Dakar Ktm Racing Team's Wiljan Van Wikselaar in action during stage 10 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 10 - Wadi Ad Dawasir to Bisha, Saudi Arabia - January 12, 2022 Bas Dakar Ktm Racing Team's Wiljan Van Wikselaar in action during stage 10 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 10 - Wadi Ad Dawasir to Bisha, Saudi Arabia - January 12, 2022 Bas Dakar Ktm Racing Team's Wiljan Van Wikselaar in action during stage 10 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Updated 12 January 2022 19:26

January 12, 2022 19:08

Scenes from the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia, one of the most famous off-road races in the world.