Overview
- Mitch Guthrie leads the Ultimate overall after Al-Ula on 11h27m20s, with Martin Prokop 26 seconds back and Mattias Ekström 1m08s behind.
- Daniel Sanders retains the motos lead at 12h12m31s after Tosha Schareina won the stage ahead of Ricky Brabec.
- Yasir Seaidan moves into the Challenger lead as Puck Klaassen won the stage to become the fifth woman to take a Dakar stage victory.
- Ford Raptor entries now hold the top five positions in the Ultimate classification, while Nasser Al-Attiyah dropped to 10th overall.
- Mitchel Van Den Brink extended his advantage in trucks, and Brock Heger assumed the SSV lead heading into the Marathon leg.