Saudi rider Al-Rajhi is a champion of the Dubai Desert Rally
Today, Saturday, Saudi rider Yazid Al-Rajhi was crowned champion of the Dubai Desert Rally for the first time, and the motorcycle category (FEM) resulted in the British UAE-based cyclist Sam Smith winning the title of this category, while Emirati cyclist Mansour Al-Suwaidi won the title A four-wheel quad bike class on board a Yamaha quad bike.
A press release said: “Al-Rajhi won the title of the second round of the World Cup of Desert Rally Championships for cars with British navigator Michael Or in a Toyota Hilux Overdrive, 33 minutes and 49 seconds ahead of the nearest competitor of the UAE Sheikh Abdullah Al Qasimi and his German navigator Dirk von Zeitzevitz in the Abu Dhabi Racing Peugeot car. 3008 DKR ».
And after Al-Rajhi dominated the first part of the rally with a difference of 21 minutes, he continued to dominate the lead through the second division, the stage of the Arab Automobile Company Nissan, which has a distance of 194 km and was set up in the Al Qudra desert in Dubai.
Al-Qasimi snatched second place from Saudi Yasser bin Saedan and his navigator Alex Cosmish, after he collided with Saeedan's mini John Cooper Works Rally, which finished third.
Frenchman Pierre Chaumet and his navigator Louis Menaudier came in fourth place with the BH Sport Zephyr, and thus took the title of the T3 class for Al-Baghi cars.
Pavel Lebedev and Kirill Chopin came fifth with a car, whether Maverick's mother, to win the T4 title.
Emirati cyclist Mansour Al Suwaidi won the four-wheel-drive quad bike category on the Yamaha Drada Quads, 4 hours and 18 minutes ahead of Saudi cyclist Haitham Al-Tuwaijri on a Yamaha bike.
Dubai - Emirates Today
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