American Ricky Brabec (Honda) took his second victory this Friday Dakar He defeated Botswanan Ross Branch (Hero), who came second in the two-week adventure in which he tamed the desert, and became the king of rallies once again, eliminating his rivals one by one.
Winning the first rally in Saudi Arabia in 2020, Brabec won by more than ten minutes ahead of Branch, who challenged the Honda bikes and beat Spaniard Tosha Schareina (Honda), Chilean Nacho Cornejo (Honda) and Frenchman Adrian. van Beveren (Honda), but was unable to do the same against the Californian motorcyclist, who was leading throughout the second week.
Thus, the general classification podium will take place this Friday, with Brabec first, Branch second and French Adrien van Beveren (Honda) thirdDespite the Frenchman’s attempts to change his position for the Botswanan in the final stage.
But despite recovering by almost three minutes in the stage, Branch’s opening of the track earned the African a one-second bonus for every kilometer of first place, giving him almost three minutes, just over a minute from second in Botswana. One and a half inches above the Frenchman.