Romain Dumontier had all of the momentum getting into the 2024 Dakar Rally because the defending Rally2 winner and World Rally-Raid Champion. Harith Noah had different plans.
Dumontier’s quest for a repeat started on a powerful observe when he gained the Prologue earlier than taking the general lead in Stage #2 and held it till a poor Chrono Stage by which he ran out of gas on the primary day and completed twelfth dropped him all the way down to second. Nonetheless, Jean-Loup Lepan acquired a penalty the next day for lacking a waypoint that allowed Dumontier to inherit the lead.
When the rally entered its ultimate three days, Dumontier’s benefit solely continued to develop into the double digits. Noah, the Stage #8 winner, was third and trailed Dumontier by over eleven minutes after the ninth.
Because it turned out, Noah had Dumontier proper the place he needed him. A dominant Stage #10 win propelled him previous Lepan for second whereas Dumontier missed the stage podium after breaking a swingarm axle bolt simply thirty kilometres from the end, slicing the hole between one another to 4:31. Noah then completed runner-up to Bradley Cox in Stage #11 whereas Dumontier struggled to a fifth after a tough day by which he punctured each tyres initially of the stage then crashed into rocks within the closing sixty kilometres, forcing him to trip with a damaged rib and no brakes. Dumontier completed fifth, shedding the result in Noah.
Getting into the ultimate day, Dumontier wanted to make up six minutes to beat Noah. Though he completed forward of Noah with a runner-up effort to Noah’s fifth, Noah—whose Stage #12 time was apparently an identical to Cox’s—was solely fifty-six seconds slower than Dumontier and secured the victory. His time was eleventh greatest amongst all bikes no matter class, 5:47 behind the RallyGP bike of Martin Michek.
Noah is the primary Indian to win a Dakar Rally total, whereas he scored the maiden triumph for Sherco. Though clearly a second to cherish perpetually, he admitted he didn’t count on it to be so profitable.
“I had no expectations after I arrived. I needed to only trip my bike with out actually wanting on the outcomes,” Noah defined. “I began to be very shocked by my place throughout Stage #10, after I did the fifth greatest time of the particular. I don’t actually know what occurred throughout that week, I felt good and the bike ran completely. I hope that my victory will persuade many younger individuals to hitch the rally. I didn’t think about after I was a toddler that I’d come to the Dakar, that I’d first end twentieth, and now eleventh.”
Regardless of settling for second, Dumontier exits the Dakar because the World Rally-Raid Championship factors chief as Noah shouldn’t be registered for the championship. Noah and tenth-placed Milan Engel are the one riders within the Rally2 high ten who aren’t racing for factors.
“I attempted not to surrender regardless of the challenges I confronted: a gas breakdown that price me virtually one hour, minor accidents, and different small mechanical points that price me treasured minutes right here and there. However it’s the Dakar, something can occur and we all know it, and that’s why I by no means wish to reveal my ambitions an excessive amount of earlier than the beginning of this race,” commented Dumontier.
Mário Patrão completed seventeenth and clinched the Veteran’s Trophy for riders over the age of forty-five. On the alternative excessive, Konrad Dąbrowski was twelfth to say the Junior Trophy for these twenty-five and below; Dąbrowski made his Dakar return after lacking the 2023 race resulting from appendicitis. Enduro World Enduro Champion Jane Daniels duelled Yael Kadshai for the Girls’s Trophy and gained by default as she reached the end whereas Kadshai retired after 9 levels.
Regardless of racing with out help from groups, Tobias Ebster gained Stage #5 en path to ending eighth total and topping the Authentic by Motul (often known as Malle Moto) subcategory. His effort earned him Rookie honours. Benjamin Melot and Javi Vega have been additionally solo riders, however weren’t scored in Authentic by Motul as they have been now not eligible for the amateur-only division.
Rally2 total outcomes
FinishNumberRiderTeamTimeMargin120Harith Noah*Sherco TVS Rally Manufacturing unit Team54:24:44Leader216Romain DumontierTeam Dumontier Racing54:29:41+ 4:57318Bradley CoxBAS World KTM Racing Team54:31:12+ 6:28476Jean-Loup LepanDUUST Rally Team54:43:07+ 18:23524Toni MulecBAS World KTM Racing Team54:53:29+ 28:45628Mathieu DovèzeBAS World KTM Racing Team54:56:36+ 31:45741Diego LlanosXraids Experience57:58:46+ 3:34:02896Tobias Ebster #†Kini Rally Racing Team58:17:00+ 3:52:16973Charan MooreHT Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing58:35:08+ 4:10:241043Milan Engel*Orion – Moto Racing Group58:56:58+ 4:32:141134Emanuel Gyenes* #Autonet Bike Team59:02:11+ 4:37:271226Konrad DąbrowskiDUUST Rally Team59:30:02+ 5:05:181337Jérôme Martiny* #Anquety Motorsport60:22:22+ 5:57:381439Benjamin Melot* #Staff Esprit KTM60:34:20+ 6:09:361533Jan BrabecStrojrent Racing61:00:08+ 6:35:2416140Bruno Santos* †Xraids Experience61:12:16+ 6:47:321736Mário Patrão*Crédito Agrícola61:22:55+ 6:58:111886Charlie HerbstTeam All Tracks62:45:13+ 8:20:291962Jeremy Miroir* †Fantic Rally Team62:52:59+ 8:28:1520103Ashley Thixton* †HT Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing63:21:19+ 8:56:3521106Jérôme Bas* †Common Ride63:57:58+ 9:33:142282Albert Martin* #Pedrega Team64:21:17+ 9:56:3323115Josep Pedró Subirats* †ALL1 Dakar65:32:59+ 11:08:1524105Julien Dalbec* †Nomade Racing65:40:32+ 11:15:4825148Tomás de Gavardo*BAS World KTM Racing Team66:15:13+ 11:50:292699Juan Santiago Rostan* †Xraids Experience66:21:17+ 11:56:332753Thomas Kongshøj*Joyride Race Service67:16:55+ 12:52:112861David Pabiška* #SP Moto Bohemia67:21:38+ 12:56:5429101Martin Prokeš*Orion – Moto Racing Group67:21:52+ 12:57:0830147Mathieu Girard* †Nomade Racing67:53:45+ 13:29:013197Juan Puga* #JP1 Kews Dakar Rally Team68:13:21+ 13:48:3732112Gioele Meoni* † #Dakar4Dakar68:52:40+ 14:27:5633110Jane Daniels* †Fantic Rally Team69:45:02+ 15:20:183493David McBrideVendetta Racing UAE69:57:42+ 15:32:583581Fang Xiangling* †Kove Moto70:03:55+ 15:39:1136104Jérémie Gerber* #†To Fortunate Drive Racing70:12:19+ 15:47:353787Libor Podmol* #Podmol Dakar Team71:37:07+ 17:12:233875Zhang Min*Wu Pu Da Hai Dao Rally Team73:13:01+ 18:48:1739102Bartłomiej Tabin* †Orion – Moto Racing Group73:18:11+ 18:53:2740117Josep Martí Suñer* †ALL1 Dakar74:0124+ 19:36:4041120Joris Van Dyck* †HT Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing74:28:50+ 20:04:064294Oran O’Kelly †Vendetta Racing UAE75:07:2820:42:444365Guillaume Chollet*Xraids Experience76:18:17+ 21:53:334466Yoshio Ikemachi*BAS World KTM Racing Team76:21:48+ 21:57:0445127Ronald Venter* †Nomade Racing77:02:24+ 22:37:4046100Stuart Gregory* #Stuart Gregory77:12:48+ 22:48:044732Kyle McCoy* #American Rally Originals78:09:34+ 23:44:504880Alexandre Azinhais*Membership Aventura Touareg78:24:10+ 23:59:264983Fabien Domas*Nomade Racing78:32:34+ 24:07:505064Romain Duchêne* #†Staff GP Motors78:35:57+ 24:11:1351138Pierre Saeys* †HT Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing78:42:08+ 24:17:2452132Andy Beaucoud* #†Staff RAF78:44:25+ 24:19:4153131Anthony Fabre* #†Staff RAF78:49:55+ 24:25:115490Loïs d’Abbadie*Nomade Racing79:09:30+ 24:44:465584Tiziano Internó* #Rally POV79:28:17+ 25:03:3356119Javier Amat de Caralt* †ALL1 Dakar81:03:17+ 26:38:3357113Sebastián UrquíaXraids Experience81:19:36+ 26:54:5258141Vincent Biau* #†VB × Kray&Co81:53:57+ 27:29:1359136Weston Carr* †HT Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing82:02:46+ 27:38:0260128Max Bianucci* †Nomade Racing82:08:43+ 27:43:5961114Carlos Llibre* †ALL1 Dakar83:05:20+ 28:40:366238Eduardo Iglesias Sánchez*Staff Benergy Monforte Rally83:40:29+ 29:15:4563145Ganzorig Chuluun* †HT Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing84:11:19+ 29:46:356485Thierry Béthys* #TB Racing86:20:49+ 31:36:0565107Vasileios Boudros* #DNA Filters – Enduro Greece91:44:37+ 37:19:536649Cesare Zacchetti* #Kove Italia91:58:40+ 37:33:5667129Sébastien Herbet †Staff Dumontier Racing92:15:27+ 37:50:436867John Medina Salazar*Xraids Experience93:35:20+ 39:10:366940Javi Vega* #Pont Grup Yamaha99:06:13+ 44:41:2970126Mario Garrido* †Pedrega Team99:34:34+ 45:09:5071122Abdulhalim Al-Mogheera* #†Haleem102:39:52+ 48:15:087251Rachid Al-Lal LahadilMelilla Ciudad del Deporte103:16:18+ 48:51:3473143Hector Guerrero* †Pedrega Team104:10:20+ 49:45:367421Jacob Argubright*DUUST Rally Team106:55:18+ 52:30:347579Amaury Baratin* #Horizon Moto 95110:30:53+ 56:06:0976146Gad Nachmani* †Membership Aventura Touareg116:11:38+ 61:45:547770Dušan Drdaj* †Orion – Moto Racing Group119:42:17+ 65:17:337857Tommaso Montanari*Fantic Rally Team122:38:19+ 68:13:3579121James Simonin* †Nomade Racing123:59:27+ 69:34:438045Sunier*Kove Moto135:41:54+ 81:17:1081144Fabián von Thuengen* †HT Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing175:49:34+ 121:24:508229Neels Theric*Kove Moto177:29:19+ 123:04:3583109Mohamed Aoulad Ali*Membership Aventura Touareg194:20:43+ 139:55:5984130Javier Campos †Joyrace196:25:45+ 142:01:01DNF17Paolo LucciBAS World KTM Racing TeamDNFN/ADNF22Michael DochertyBAS World KTM Racing TeamDNFN/ADNF56Simon Marčič* #JP1 Kews Dakar Rally TeamDNFN/ADNF59Francisco ArredondoBAS World KTM Racing TeamDNFN/ADNF60Xavier Flick*Kove MotoDNFN/ADNF63Jaromír Romančík* †Orion – Moto Racing GroupDNFN/ADNF69Cesar Rojo*BAS World KTM Racing TeamDNFN/ADNF71Francesco Catanese*TuttogruDNFN/ADNF72Philippe Gendron*Nomade RacingDNFN/ADNF74Michael Jacobi* #Comas Moto / Môle Agri ForestDNFN/ADNF78Zhao Hongyi*Wu Pu Da Hai Dao Rally TeamDNFN/ADNF89Ardit Kurtaj* †HT Rally Raid Husqvarna RacingDNFN/ADNF92David MabbsVendetta Racing UAEDNFN/ADNF95Dominique Cizeau Girault* †Xraids ExperienceDNFN/ADNF108Ashish Raorane*Xraids ExperienceDNFN/ADNF111Yael Kadshai* †Nomade RacingDNFN/ADNF116Xavier Pes Bosck* †ALL1 DakarDNFN/ADNF118Fernando Conde Targa* †ALL1 DakarDNFN/ADNF123Fabio Lottero* †Touareg Ibiza – Evissa EsportsDNFN/ADNF124Kerim Fitz-Gerald †BAS World KTM Racing TeamDNFN/ADNF125Iader Giraldi* #ZerantaDNFN/ADNF133Bruno Leblanc* #†Un Dakar Pour De L’espoirDNFN/ADNF134Isaac Feliu* #TwinTrail Racing TeamDNFN/ADNF135Carles Falcón* #TwinTrail Racing TeamDNFN/ADNF137Gwen Backx* †HT Rally Raid Husqvarna RacingDNFN/ADNF139Modestas Siliūnas* †AG Dakar SchoolDNFN/A* – Not competing in World Rally-Raid ChampionshipBold – Junior TrophyItalics – Veteran TrophyUnderscore – Girls’s Trophy† – Rookie# – Authentic by Motul (Malle Moto)