On Stage 8 of #Dakar2024 the 2023 winner Kevin Benavides took the victory, whilst it is still close in the overall with Ricky Brabec increasing his lead from one second to 42 seconds from Ross Branch.

After the disappointment yesterday of dropping out of contention to win this year's Dakar Mattias Ekström responded well to win Stage 8. Ekström's teammate Carlos Sainz made progress overall, increasing his lead at the top of the rankings to 24'47".
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