Broken collarbone can’t stop Sanders at Dakar Stage 10

2026 Dakar Rally

Stage 10 – Bisha (Marathon) to Bisha

Adrien Van Beveren has claimed the 2026 Dakar Rally Stage 10 win, with a disastrous crash for Australia’s Daniel Sanders early on seeing him quickly back on the bike, but obviously struggling for the pace that’s come so naturally to him, so far. Thankfully the day was relatively short with a 371 km special, and 47 km liaison.

A 15th place finish, 27m50s off the lead, saw Sanders plummet through the provisional standings to fourth, 17m37s off a leading Ricky Brabec with Luciano Benavides nipping at his heels just 56-seconds off.

Sanders crashed at km 138, having started the day in the overall lead, with helicopter footage showing him being assisted by Ricky Brabec, but clearly struggling with a shoulder injury, and favouring just one arm. By the 163 km time check Sanders had lost his overall lead, and it would only get worse from there.

Sanders would be checked by the medical team at the neutralisation, confirming trauma to his left shoulder, which he later explained to be a likely broken collarbone and sternum in a post-race interview.

Daniel Sanders

Daniel Sanders

“It looks like for sure a snapped collarbone, at the refuel we checked it. At 140 km/h I went over a dune and it was pretty scary, nearly landing on Tosha, we all missed it, but I got up and knew the collarbone was broken and also the sternum. I’ve broken this as well, so there’s no power. So it wasn’t nice in the dunes at all.

“We’ll go back to the team and re-evaluate the injuries and the situation and see if its safe to continue I guess. I want to continue, I wouldn’t finish today if I didn’t want to continue, so yea, it is what it is. I’ve just done 150 km in the sand dunes, it shouldn’t be too bad [to continue], it should all be rocks now, so I should be able to stand up and cruise along. If it was sand dunes it would be tough, but we’re done with the dunes, on the gravel roads its a little bit easier, but we’ll see. We don’t – quit, mum and dad didn’t raise no quitter, so I’m not pulling out now. Until someone else tells me to pull out, or they drag me out of the race, I’m not stopping.”

Tosha Schareina had been opening the stage solo prior to this, but was quickly caught by Sanders and Michael Docherty, who started three and six-minutes behind him.

Soon after we’d see Van Beveren joining Schareina, Docherty and Brabec opening the way, with riders who had stopped to assist downed riders to be refunded time lost. That would include Schareina and Brabec, as well as Edgar Canet.

The final tally for the stage saw Van Beveren  3m49s ahead of Brabec, and 4m04s clear of Benavides. Skyler Howes fourth  (+4m51s) and Ignacio Cornejo rounding out the top five for Hero. Rally2 riders Michael Docherty and Toni Mulec notably held sixth and seventh for the stage, followed by Schareina, Lucci and Ventura.

While still provisional the overall standings now see Brabec leading, Benavides just 56-seconds off, and then a significant gap back to Schareina and Sanders at 15m43s and 17m37s respectively.

Howes rounds out the top five, but is almost 39-minutes off the leader, with Van Beveren trailing by 58m25s in sixth. He’s followed by Cornejo (1h01m31s), Ranch (2h21m29s), Campbell (2h28m15s) and Mulec (2h31m38s).

2026 Dakar Rally Stage 10 Results

1. A. VAN BEVEREN 4:15:43
2. R. BRABEC +3m49
3. L. BENAVIDES +4m04
4. S. HOWES +4m51
5. I. CORNEJO +6m34
6. M. DOCHERTY +9m31
7. T. MULEC +10m24
8. T. SCHAREINA +10m28
9. P. LUCCI +15m04
10. M. VENTURA +19m52
    …15. D. SANDERS +27m50

2026 Dakar Rally Standings after Stage 10

1. R. BRABEC 41h35m13
2. L. BENAVIDES +00m56
3. T. SCHAREINA +15m43
4. D. SANDERS +17m37
5. S. HOWES +38m53
6. A. VAN BEVEREN +58m25
7. I. CORNEJO +1h01m31
8. R. BRANCH +2h21m29
9. P. CAMPBELL +2h28m15
10. T. MULEC +2h31m38

2026 Dakar Rally Route/Schedule

2026 Dakar Rally route

2026 Dakar Rally Route/Schedule