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Australia’s Toby Price wins stage three of the Dakar Rally, moving up to fourth in the bike category
Australian Toby Price has won the third stage of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia as American Skyler Howes took the overall lead in the motorbike category.
Key points:
- Toby Price has bounced back to restore his hopes of winning the bike class
- Stage winners have to “open the road” by riding out first in the following stage
- The race ends on January 15 and Price says it will go down to the wire
Two times champion Price, who also won Sunday’s opening stage but started the day 29th after struggling on Monday, beat Argentine rider Kevin Benavides by a minute and 16 seconds after the 403km loop around Wadi Ad-Dawasir.
Price said navigating the course had been a challenge, but so far his Red Bull KTM bike had been holding up in the off-road, endurance…
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