Dakar 2026 Prologue Stage Results

The prologue stage of the 2026 Dakar rally saw Edgar Canet become the youngest-ever stage winner at the Dakar, leading a KTM 1-2-4, while Mattias Ekstrom took the stage win in the car's category, leading a Ford 1-2, as the 48th edition of the world's toughest rally-raid kicked off in the Saudi Arabia in the city of Yanbu on the Red Sea coast.