Stage 11 - Dakar 2025: Tosha Schareina & Sara Price take category stage wins

With the three-hour fog delayed and course shortened (by more than half) stage victory, his first of this Dakar, Schareina pulled to within nine minutes of the overall Dakar leader, Daniel Sanders (KTM), with one stage remaining (Friday’s Stage 12). However, due to the radical shortening of Stage 11, Schareina (and others) didn’t have as much of a chance to make up time on the lead bike. And given that, the chances are even more distant that Schareina can make up anything in Dakar’s shortest stage (Friday’s Stage 12), which is pretty much considered a quick victory lap through a section of the Empty Quarter desert and back to the bivouac in Shubaytah.

“I’m happy. I’ve been racing the Dakar for three years now, and today I’m battling for overall victory," said Schareina. "This morning, all the riders agreed, apart from two of them, to stop after the refueling point for safety reasons, especially visibility in the dunes, because it would be late when we got to them. It could have been detrimental to me, but I already calculated yesterday that I would have needed to start two positions further back to be able to hope to catch Daniel Sanders."

Looking back to an earlier Dakar stage – Stage 3 to be specific – Sanders, who looked to have placed 22^nd, received what could best be described as a questionable call by race officials when, after claiming that he had a “faulty” navigational tablet, Sanders was gifted back some five minutes of time. This, while none of the many other racers (who were having similar issues with the new tablets) received any time back. Sanders’ lead over Schareina, which would have been less that two minutes at the time, was recalculated by race officials, negating the poor finish and returning momentum to the KTM racer.

From there Sanders would lead the rest of the way, through Stage 11 – and with a nine minute lead heading into Stage 12’s victory lap.

Placing 2^nd on Stage 11, and in 3^rd place in the overall standings behind his teammate Schareina, was Adrien Van Beveren. The Monster Energy/Honda HRC Rally racer from France heads into the final stage with a six-plus minute lead over KTM’s Luciano Benavides for the third and final Dakar podium spot. Monster Energy’s Ricky Brabec (Honda HRC Rally) would place 4^th on Stage 11 behind Benavides, while Jose “Nacho” Cornejo (Hero Motosports, fueled by Monster Energy) rounded out the top five in 5^th.

After the motorcycles had finishes, Monster Energy received some excellent news late in the day from the SSV class when Price and Berriman rolled into the Shubaytah bivouac as the top side-by-side finisher in Stage 11. The win for Price was her second of the 2025 Dakar. And though her overall position (28^th) isn’t anywhere near what she’d hoped for, the MXer-turned-off roader overcame a ton of adversity during her two week racing adventure in Dakar.

“This is going to be a Dakar to remember. It’s had a lot of ups and downs, a lot more downs than ups,” said Price. “Last year it was just so consistent, we had a lot of ups and one down. So, this is going to be one to remember. Obviously, I’m out of the overall standings but we’re making the most out of it, every stage and every day. We’re not giving up. I think that’s important and it’s really cool to show that to other people."

It’s all come down to Stage 12 – the final stage of the 2025 Dakar Rally, Round One of the ’25 FIM World Rally-Raid Championship. One last Special (61 km), one last Liaison (70 km), before wrapping up 13 days of absolutely grueling conditions and racing right in the middle of the Subaytah bivouac. Celebration and awards to follow for some, while others are already starting to plan for better results in 2026. Either way, the ’25 Dakar will now be in the record books.

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Said Van Beveren: “Today was good. I was a bit frustrated because I wanted to go out and win the stage, but it’s part of it. We made the best of it. I was pushing a lot. At kilometer 40, I jumped a really big dune and had a big crash. But I was OK. Arrived OK and we checked the bike and we are fine to go for tomorrow.”

Said Brabec: “Day 11. One more day to go. It’s been an eventful Dakar. A lot of ups, a lot of downs. But overall I’m happy the team and happy with the riding. Today was all sand dunes. Did what we could. Looking at the results I probably shouldn’t have stopped yesterday, but it’s Dakar, and I tried everything I could to make a final push today. It’s not over yet. We have a Special tomorrow, so we’ll see what happens. This is my tenth Dakar, overall I’m happy, and we’ll keep fighting through the end.”

Said Skyler Howes (6^th on Stage 11): “Today was a shortened day. Woke up at 4 o’clock in the morning to sit out in the fog. Couldn’t see a thing on the Liaison this morning. So they cut the Special down to 150 kilometers (from more than 300 km) today, so more or less there was nothing I could do to gain any time. So I rode normal, nice and slow. The refueling zone was the finish – and that was it. The end of the day.”

Stage 11 Notes:

“We’ve got 66 kilometers tomorrow and all we’re going to do is ride around in a big group and that’ll be the end of it.” – Howes on Dakar’s final Stage 12 on Friday.
When Howes said earlier he rode “normal, nice and slow,” he then also added “But I did throw some No-Footers for the helicopters.”
“Good time to just chill with my teammates, the other riders from other brands. My friends.” – Schareina hanging out at the fog delayed start.
“Happy for the win today and happy to be here at the finish line first.” - Schareina
Monster Energy’s Joe Parsons, despite the tablet controversy, was pleased with the Honda HRC Rally team’s effort, saying: “Two on the box, four in the top six. Boys did a good job. Honda HRC provided us with reliable equipment. We continue to battle. Next round – Abu Dhabi.”
Heavy fog that enveloped Shubaytah and the Empty Quarter desert delayed the motorcycle division start from 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. And this led to race officials to cut the Special segment from 300 km down to 150 km.

Monster Energy Dakar Stage 11 Motorcycle Results

Place/Name/Team/Time

1^st – Tosha Schareina (Monster Energy/Honda)
02:12:04

3^rd – Adrien Van Beveren (Monster Energy/Honda)
02:13:01 (- minus 00:00:57)

4^th – Ricky Brabec (Monster Energy/Honda)
02:15:52 (- minus 00:03:48)

5^th – Jose “Nacho” Cornejo (Hero/Monster Energy)
02:18:06 (- minus 00:06:02)

Monster Energy Dakar Motorcycle Standings (after Stage 11)

Place/Name/Team/Time

2^nd – Tosha Schareina (Monster Energy/Honda)
52:13:34 (- minus 00:09:00)

3^rd– Adrien Van Beveren (Monster Energy/Honda)
52:29:24 (- minus 00:15:50)

5^th – Ricky Brabec (Monster Energy/Honda)
52:42:09 (- minus 00:28:35)

Monster Energy Dakar SSV Class

Stage 11 SSV Results

1^st – Sara Price (Can-Am Factory Team)
04:35:06 (- minus 00:01:25)

Overall

28^th – Sara Price (Can-Am Factory Team)
137:57:526 (- minus 79:52:58)

Up next…

It’s all come down to Stage 12 – the final stage of the 2025 Dakar Rally, Round One of the ’25 FIM World Rally-Raid Championship. One last Special (61 km), one last Liaison (70 km), before wrapping up 13 days of absolutely grueling conditions and racing right in the middle of the Subaytah bivouac. Celebration and awards to follow for some, while others are already starting to plan for better results in 2026. Either way, the ’25 Dakar will now be in the record books.

For more information, including “Live” timing and scoring, visit www.dakar.com