Overview
- Ricky Brabec won Stage 12 from Al Henakiyah to Yanbu (311 km) to take a 3 minutes 20 seconds overall lead over Luciano Benavides in motos.
- He executed a calculated start-order strategy to avoid opening the route and capitalized on following visible lines to gain time.
- Tosha Schareina finished third on the stage and effectively secured third place overall in the bikes category.
- Nasser Al-Attiyah captured the cars stage, stretched his lead over Nani Roma to about 15 minutes, and notched his 50th Dakar stage win.
- Kevin Benavides won the Challenger class stage as Argentine crews filled multiple podium positions in the category.