Daniel Sanders put in a dominant performance on his factory KTM to claim a maiden victory in the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia. In one of the most one-sided bikes contests in recent history, Sanders led the bikes category from start-to-finish in the two-week marathon,

Stage 1 of the 47th edition of the Dakar rally saw KTM rider Daniel Sanders claim his second stage victory of the race. In the cars category, Toyotas Seth QUintero pushed ahead at the end to claim todays stage.

Spanish rider Tosha Schareina won a fog-shortened penultimate bike stage of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia on Thursday while Daniel Sanders remained on course to become the second Australian to win the category.