After winning the BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal, Stéphane Peterhansel was handed a €500 fine by the FIA because he didn't have the homologation form for his Defender.
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Missed last week's BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal? Check out our archive of stories here!
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After going three years without a World Rally-Raid Championship win, Sébastien Loeb has now won two of the last three races.
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With his collarbone healed, reigning champion Daniel Sanders fought off Tosha Schareina to win the Rally-Raid Portugal for the second year in a row.
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Bruno Santos not only led the Portugal Rally2 overall from Stage 1 to finish, but was oftentimes as fast as RallyGP riders.
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Stéphane Peterhansel held off Dakar winner Rokas Baciuška to win the BP UItimate Rally-Raid Portugal's Stock class, and Defender was more than pleased seeing the T2 cars keep pace with T1.
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Exiled from Dakar, the Quad class began its 2026 World Rally-Raid Championship season in Portugal. CFMOTOs dominated with Antanas Kanopkinas and Adomas Gančierius, but Alexis Varagne had his time to shine too.
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After mechanical issues knocked him out in 2025, Gonçalo Amaral returned to the BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal with a vengeance as he won all but one stage in Rally3.
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Miguel Barbosa didn't win any stages in Portugal, but his Polaris RZR's consistency was key to holding off the Can-Am Mavericks for the SSV overall.
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Luís Cidade was routinely the fastest of the five Road to Dakar entrants in Portugal, but a Stage 2 DNF opened the door for Andréa Deldossi to punch his 2027 Dakar Rally ticket.
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After being the 40th-fastest bike in the 2025 Rally-Raid Portugal, Pedro Bianchi Prata's electric motorcycle was 31st at this year's race.
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DAKAR RALLY 𝕏🔁 @OfficialW2RC@twitter.com:
Watch now! 🎥 Highlights STAGE 5 🍿
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For the first time since the final day of the 2025 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, a CFMOTO didn't win a Quad stage as Alexis Varagne closed out Portugal on top.
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DAKAR RALLY 𝕏🔁 @OfficialW2RC@twitter.com:
🇵🇹🏆 Back-to-back wins in Portugal for Chucky! 2025–2026 🏆🏆
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*Subject to the official publication of the results by the FIM
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DAKAR RALLY 𝕏🔁 @OfficialW2RC@twitter.com:
👑 LOEB AND BOULANGER, KINGS OF PORTUGAL 🇵🇹
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*Subject to the official publication of the results by the FIA
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Steven Rotsaert, who was 31st overall entering the final stage, has been disqualified from the BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal for leaving the route to refuel at a nearby out-of-bounds station.
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Sébastien Loeb domina in Portogallo e vola in testa al mondiale. Successo storico per Dacia e per Daniel Sanders.
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Dernière journée du Rallye Raid du Portugal, normalement une formalité. 100km de spéciale autour de Loulé avant le grand final de l'arrivée!
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La 4ème étape nous approche de la fin et si Daniel Sanders conserve la tête, c'est Tosha Schareina qui remporte l'étape pour revenir à 1min25 du leader!
Journée un peu plus difficile en Rally 2 pour Bruno Santos, 4ème du jour. Martim Ventura en profite et revient a 9min.
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Stage 3 of the BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal went past a Parthenon-style building in Spain that's actually the Partenón de Don Benito, a monument dedicated to recycling and made from irrigation tubes.
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The legendary Stéphane Peterhansel is only one day away from scoring his first overall win as a Stock driver, but Rokas Baciuška is rapidly closing the gap.
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Lucas Del Rio was given a suspended DSQ and a 30-minute penalty for Stage 3 after he opened the pouch contianing his cell phone mid-stage.
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4ème journée du Rallye Raid du Portugal, 317km de spéciale de Badajoz à Loulé, les pilote quittent l'Espagne pour revenir au Portugal avant l'arrivée demain!
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3ème journée du Rallye-Raid du Portugal et Daniel Sanders en remportant cette étape creuse son avance sur Tosha Schareina à 3min!
Bruno Santos intouchable en Rally 2 monte même en 2ème position toutes catégories sur la journée et conserve sa 3ème place à 5min de Sanders!
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3ème journée, une boucle autour de Badajoz de 296km. Au programme, certainement moins de boue, mais toujours une végétation dense qui pourrait piéger les équipages.
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2ème journée avec une météo plus clémente mais pas de repos pour autant!
Tosha Schareina remporte la spéciale en moto devant la Rally 2 de Bruno Santos!
Au général, l'espagnol revient à 1min de Daniel Sanders tandis que Santos creuse l'écart en Rally 2.
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Like they do at the Baja Portalegre 500, the Portuguese Army's Mechanized Brigade brought their Leopard 2A6, M109, and M113 to Stage 2 of the BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal.
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Bruno Santos nearly became just the fourth Rally2 rider to win a stage overall in the W2RC era, but lost out on Thursday by just 2 seconds to Tosha Schareina.
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2ème journée du rallye, les pilotes prennent la direction de l'Espagne dans une longue spéciale de 377km entre Grândola et Badajoz.
Stage 1 of the BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal looked more like a slip 'n slide as everyone drifted through the mud and into thre trees.
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