Australian motorcyclist Daniel Sanders has again made a superb start in his bid to win the Dakar Rally, powering into pole position after the prologue of the great race in the Saudi Arabian desert.
The 30-year-old from the Yarra Valley is now Australia's biggest hope for success in the brutally tough two-week event, with two-time bike winner Toby Price having moved from two wheels to four in a bid to take the car classification.
While Price and fellow former bike star Sam Sunderland teamed up with an excellent 12th-place finish on debut, Sanders demonstrated why he could be the one to emulate his old friend as he led the way in the bike classification at the start of his fifth Dakar outing on Friday.
