A total of 310 vehicles lined up on the start line of the 2021 Dakar; 108 bikes, 67 cars, 58 UTVs, 42 trucks, 26 classics and 21 quads. By the Rest Day 68 of had already retired. At the end of the 7646km loop from Jeddah and back — including 4767km of timed special stages — 104 race vehicles dropped out before the finish.
Toby Price had a tough race. Toby never seems to do things the easy way but there’s hardly a situation where you can count him out. His tyre basically exploded with no chance of changing it for another entire stage. That’s the end of the show for most, but not for Price. He ripped out the zip-ties and in full bush-mechanic style, secured the rubber as best he could and amazingly, he made it through the next stage with a single tie still doing its best to keep the tyre on the rim. But then things got even worse with a big crash in
