Dakar Rally 2020

Mishal Alghuneim during stage 6 of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

SMX Racing's Romain Dutu is carried to a helicopter on a stretcher after crashing his quad as Team Can Am Martinez' Leonardo Martinez drives past during stage 6. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Kamaz-Master's Andrey Karginov, Andrey Mokeev and Igor Leonov during stage 6. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

SRT Racing's Mathieu Serradori and Fabian Lurquin during stage 6. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Gas Gas Factory Team's Laia Sanz during stage 6. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Bahrain JCW X-Raid Team's Stephane Peterhansel and Paulo Fiuza during stage 6. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

HT Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing's Paul Spierings during stage 6. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Keepower Motorsports MD's Pascal Thomasse and Christophe Crespo during stage 5. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Fn Speed Team's Jaume Betriu during stage 4. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

A spectator looks on during stage 4. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Overdrive Toyota's Erik Van Loon and Sebastien Delaunay during stage 3. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

HTM Factory Team's Mario Patrao during stage 3. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

General view during stage 3. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Mechanics clear a vehicle during stage 3. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Instaforex Loprais Praga's Ales Loprais, Petr Pokora and Khalid Alkendi during stage 3. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

The car of team RD Limited driven by France's Romain Dumas and Alexandre Winocq is seen on fire during stage 1. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing's Pablo Quintanilla in action during stage two. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Firemen Dakar Team truck driven by Richard De Groot and Van Den Elshout Raph in action during stage two. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

General view of a camel herd during stage two. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

SRT Racing car driven by Jean Remy Bergounhe and Jean Brucy in action during stage two. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Duust Rally Team's Francisco Arredondo and Eduardo Iglesias Sanchez in action during stage two. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

General view of a truck and a helicopter during stage two. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Paco Gomez's Mauricio Javier Gomez rides past a camel herd during stage two. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

General view of a car in action during stage two. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Abu Dhabi Racing car driven by Sheikh Khalid bin Faisal bin Sultan Al Qassimi and Xavier Panseri in action during stage two. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Slovnaft Rally Team's Stefan Svitko in action during stage two. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

.General view of a competitor in action during stage one. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Sonik Team ridden by Poland's Rafal Sonik in action during stage one. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Team HT Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing ridden by Netherlands' Paul Spierings in action during stage one. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Team MP-SPORTS driven by Czech Republic's Martin Prokop and Viktor Chytka in action during stage one. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Monster Energy Honda Team's Aaron Mare in action during stage one. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed