Video highlights from day one at the 2022 Dakar Rally checks in with the bikes and their navigation problems, some tricky rock sections and catches just how fast the top boys are hauling through the Saudi desert...

Read Enduro21’s daily Dakar notebook for more insight into the opening stage including rider quotes: 2022 Dakar Rally Notebook: “I’m speechless” to “my rally is over” – highs and lows of stage 1

Or view the results: 2022 Dakar Rally Results: Daniel Sanders and Pablo Quintanilla set the pace on stage 1

 

Photo Credit: ASO | Charley Lopez