Toby Price rides through 'pain and torture' to Dakar Rally victory

  • Australian suffering from broken wrist during race
  • Nasser Al-Attiyah wins car category for the third time

Dealing with a broken wrist and punishing conditions in the Peruvian desert, Australia’s Toby Price defied the odds to secure victory in the 2019 Dakar Rally and win a second motorcycling crown in the gruelling endurance race.

Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiyah became a three times winner in the car category, taking no risks on the last stage to Lima and finishing with a 46-minute lead, while Russian Eduard Nikolaev secured his third successive Dakar title, and fourth in total, in the truck category with Kamaz.

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