US Pass World KTM team rider Mason Klein set the best time among the participants in the second stage of the motorcycle category of the Saudi-Dakar 2023 rally, which started today from Yanbu to Al-Ula. Time penalty as a result of speeding in some sections of the race The American won his first victory in a time of 5 hours 23 minutes and 4 seconds, ahead of the rider of the German team “Hero Motor Sports” Sebastian Buhler, with a lead of one minute and 9 seconds, and American Husqvarna team driver Skylar Howes finished third, a minute and 13 seconds behind the leader.
Botswana’s Hero Motorsports rider Ross Branch finished in fourth place ahead of Australian Red Bull KTM rider Toby Price in fifth and Spain’s Monser Energy JP. Juan Barreda was in sixth place and Spanish Scerco rider Lorenzo Santonello finished seventh, Argentinean Red Bull KTM rider Kevin Benavidez finished eighth, Red Bull Gasgaz Australian Daniel Sanders dropped to ninth and Red Bull KTM rider finished Austrian Mattias. Walkner entered the top 10 on stage.