It’s a tall order to expect Aussie riders to win Dakar. The toughest dirt bike race in the world is a reality that most of us can barely stretch our minds to. Yet somehow, two knockabout blokes from Australia carried the hopes of a nation into the 46th running of the Dakar back in January, this year.
Toby Price is a two-time winner of the famous race and is perhaps most likely to do well when he is considered far from in-form. Although aging in terms of a worldclass dirt bike racer, Price was entering his 10th Dakar and as any wise onlooker would know, you can never count Price out of the game.
On the other end of the scale is Daniel Sanders. The young rally gun with blistering speed has been plagued by injury in recent times. The past two
