The Fenek Rally in November enjoyed one of its most stacked fields to date. Besides the return of names like defending Moto winner Tom Deest, new faces included Dakar Rally veterans Tomás de Gavardo, Jordi Esteve, and CS Santosh.

De Gavardo dominated the race from start to finish. Save for the Prologue, he won all five stages in the MT1 class and cleared Deest by nearly 49 minutes. Sara García, another Dakar alumna, was third in her maiden Fenek Rally.

Toni Vingut had a tough race as mechanical issues dropped him in an early hole, though he finished strong by placing third in T3. He is a longtime Quad rider who switched to driving after the class was removed from the Dakar program.

Vingut and de Gavardo were using Fenek to further hone their desert skills ahead of the 2026 Dakar Rally. Esteve had also encouraged Vingut to sign up and learn the environment before he returns to the navigator’s seat alongside Gerard Farrés.

Santosh arrived in Erfoud with a Himalayan 450. While not 2026, Royal Enfield has been prepping for a future run at Dakar and Fenek was the historic company’s maiden desert rally. He won the first stage in MT2 before finishing second in class behind Jaime Ros.

“The last time I won a trophy was 15 years ago,” Santosh commented. “Winning this trophy in Morocco is the first page of the next chapter.”

A month after winning the Pionniers Classic, Rémy Chapot and his BMC buggy won in T1. After finishing third in T1 to begin the race, Chapot swept the rest of the rally.

Luís Recuenco won Stage 1 in T3 but had to bow out after suffering terminal damage to the damper rods.

The race spanned five legs and over 1,400 kilometers with 921 being timed. The Kasbah Hotel Chergui was the main bivouac, meaning every stage was in essence a loop in Erfoud’s desert, so as to save time and effort by not having to travel long distances.

2026 will see two Fenek Rallies, one in the spring on May 22–31 and the fall edition on September 11–20.

Moto

MT1

Finish	Number	Rider	Team	Total Time	Margin
1	119	Tomás de Gavardo	Club Aventura Touareg	14:46:49	Leader
2	101	Tom Deest	Pays Basque Aventures	15:35:40	+ 48:51
3	108	Sara García	GPR Sport	15:59:30	+ 1:12:41
4	141	Sébastien Vry	StageMoto	17:42:25	+ 2:55:36
5	137	Yaroslav Greshchishin	Sand is in Your Hand	17:50:46	+ 3:03:57
6	120	Maxime Leproust	Team Leproust	18:01:11	+ 3:14:22
7	164	Geoffroy Lemercier	Geoff’road	18:03:37	+ 3:16:48
8	127	Ricardo Iglesias	Ricardo Iglesias	18:15:57	+ 3:29:08
9	110	Remco van Rijbroek	RS Rally Sport	18:17:58	+ 3:31:09
10	124	Thomas Robineau	Team Robineau	9:08:54	+ 4:22:05
11	104	Philippe Mogeny	Karapat Racing Team	19:41:24	+ 4:54:35
12	134	Lionel Vericel	Angaje	19:54:20	+ 5:07:31
13	188	Alexandre Torrao	Braaiworks	19:57:20	+ 5:10:31
14	111	Gunter Sannen	Rally Team Celsa	20:59:22	+ 6:12:33
15	125	David Adrià	Club Aventura Touareg	21:04:09	+ 6:17:20
16	121	Benjamin Bolling	Team Abloc	21:17:54	+ 6:31:05
17	123	Maxime Chaillon	Maxime Chaillon	21:32:08	+ 6:45:19
18	133	Jeff Chetail	Angaje	21:38:38	+ 6:51:49
19	122	Lucas Doury	Lucadventure	22:15:05	+ 7:28:16
20	113	Marschal Mogeny	Karapat Racing Team	22:20:40	+ 7:33:51
21	112	Beatriz Diez Roman	Club Aventura Touareg	27:39:18	+ 12:52:29
22	138	Angel Bellmunt	Angel Bellmunt Farre	27;43:55	+ 12:57:06
23	126	André Jean-Paul	RT Biosourcing	29:06:08	+ 14:19:19
24	107	Philippe Pourtier	Pourtier Philippe	52:03:44	+ 37:16:55
25	130	Jordi Planella de Rubinat	JBBS Racing	56:41;%3	+ 41:55:04
26	103	Eric De Castro	Rico	78:15:44	+ 63:28:55
27	114	Anthony Jeangrand	Off Road Team Maichois	98:07:15	+ 83:20:26
28	105	Patrice Boch	Karapat Racing Team	99:34:09	+ 84:47:20
29	102	Remy Menginette	Rem’Rally Team	124:29:26	+ 109:42:37

MT2

Finish	Number	Rider	Team	Total Time	Margin
1	117	Jaime Ros	Dirt Wheels	20:25:01	Leader
2	118	CS Santosh	Himalayan Rally Adventure	20:47:16	+ 22:15
3	132	Antonio Ubis Díaz	Club Aventura Touareg	22:24:51	+ 1:59:50
4	140	Mark Anthony Frater	Club Aventura Touareg	24:51:39	+ 4:26:38
5	116	Jesús Osborne	Dirt Wheels	25:53:24	+ 5:28:23
6	136	Roe Herms	Malaga Xtreme	27:43:28	+ 7:18:27
7	115	Manuel “Murchi” García Vitoria	Club Aventura Touareg	27:50:53	+ 7:25:52
8	139	Jordi Munner	Munner Team	32:33:53	+ 12:08:52
9	128	Vittorio Magnano	Beyond the borders	130:52:55	+ 110:27:54

Auto

T1

Finish	Number	Driver	Navigator	Team	Total Time	Margin
1	214	Rémy Chapot	Bruno Larroquet	Team Chap’s	+ 24:49:36	Leader
2	209	John Hardy	Gary Osborne	Excite Rally Raid	+ 43:00:17	+ 18:10:41

T2

Finish	Number	Driver	Navigator	Team	Total Time	Margin
1	217	Matias Rodriguez	Sandra Guasch	Gaaas! Ibiza Team	23:11:13	Leader
2	201	Jonathan Deru	Anatole Fremont	Gekkoil	23:16:19	+ 5:06
3	213	Ismael Sánchez	Nicanor Fco Villar Altarejos	SRT Desert Cruiser	23:52:00	+ 40:47
4	210	Baldomero Rodiles	Antonio Tortosa	Dirt Wheels	24:25:12	+ 1:13:59
5	212	Eduardo Crooke	Rafael Francisco Cotta Crooke	Dirt Wheels	26:58:36	+ 3:47:23
6	219	Armando Leon	Sergio López	Team Big Elephant	43:36:03	+ 20:24:50
7	215	Jack Wicklow	Nicholas Finlay	Peake Motorsport	45:18:07	22:06:54
8	204	Bas van der Steen	Adelmar Gerrit Hendrik Nieuwenhuis	RS Rally Sport	45:32:58	+ 22:21:45
9	208	Pablo Aviles	Francisco Paradas	Dirt Wheels	56:31:52	+ 33:20:39
10	206	Jose Guerra	Xavi Ribas	RDLuna Raid Team	75:10:29	+ 51;59:16
11	222	Rafael López	Gerard Ribas	Federación Andaluza de Automovilismo	107:44:48	+ 83:44:35
12	211	Luis Casas López	Ignacio Murube Fernandez	Overlimit	125:14:34	+ 102:03:21
DNF	203	Frits Hogen Esch	Gijs van Baarda	Hilversum Rally Team	DNF	N/A
DNF	207	Albert Salam	Juan Guerra	Dalom Motor	DNF	N/A
DNF	216	Manel Gimeno	Carles Barange	More Mud	DNF	N/A

T3

Finish	Number	Driver	Navigator	Team	Total Time	Margin
1	317	Adrien Leyreloup	Patrick Jimbert	Touriste	16:04:20	Leader
2	304	Raf Henri Herman	Daniel Camara	GPR Sport	17:44:11	+ 1:39:51
3	301	Franck Boulay	Patrick Debaussage	Fesh Fesh	18:59:47	+ 2:55:27
4	308	Joseph Luchetti	Adrien Merceron	Team Chap’s	23:02:48	+ 6:58:28
5	303	David Bord	Laura Bord	Bord	23:49:55	+ 7:45:35
6	309	Jordi Esteve	Quico Pardo	QJ Racing Trucks	25:49:41	+ 9;45:21
7	302	Loïc Frébourg	Fabrice Molitor	Fesh Fesh	30:32:15	+ 14:27:55
8	313	Jean-Marc Brion	Clément Artaud	Team Aube Rhone	32:12:31	+ 16:08:11
9	310	Theo Derix	Janiek Derix	Team Derix DSP	53:48:10	+ 37:43:50
10	316	Jorge Pujol	Pol Pujol	Pujolets	90:00:00	+ 73:55:40
11	307	Mickaël Schiefer	Geoffroy Noel de Berlin	4K Racing	97:26:53	+ 81:2:33
12	312	Felix Plaza	Mario Plaza	Bemar Team	98:10:18	+ 82:05:58
13	306	Dominique Mary	Philippe Perez	Fesh Fesh	101:15:56	+ 85:11:36
14	305	Pierre-Auguste Mary	Jeremy Aparicio	Fesh Fesh	105:23:53	+ 89:19:33
15	311	Toni Vingut	Eduardo Iglesias	Visit Sant Antoni	124:32:01	+ 108:27:41
16	318	Enrique Martínez	Pascal de Jesus	Xurro’s	131:19:46	+ 115:15:26
DNF	314	Luís Recuenco	Fausto Mota	GPR Sport	DNF	N/A

T4

Finish	Number	Driver	Navigator	Team	Total Time	Margin
1	403	Eric Rohner	Diego Terre	Más Vale Tarde	17:45:47	Leader
2	411	Carlos Guillen	José Manuel Mata	BSP Racing Team	18:44:35	+ 58:48
3	406	Andrew Wicklow	Simon Armstrong	Peake Motorsport	29:28:29	+ 11:42:42
4	410	Jordi Grau	Luis Alberto Ideate	Bridas	35:27:08	+ 17:41:21
5	401	David Bernard Fletcher	Laura Harris	Team Unique Racing	49:36:57	+ 31:51:10
6	402	Philon Parpottas	Bowy Odink	Buzz Racing	72:33:27	+ 54:47:40
7	412	Jaume Marcos	Zetta Marcos	Panteras Team	74:46:21	+ 57:00:34
8	409	Eduard Aragon	Alejandro Aragon	Vheills Xtreme	74:51:39	+ 57:05:52
9	408	Raul Morote	German Gumper	Team Marsella	108:07:40	+ 90:21:53
10	405	Dominique Salignat	Pierre Ragot	Team Aube Rhone	124:40:42	+ 106:54:55

Overland

Finish	Number	Driver	Navigator	Team	Total Points	Margin
1	603	Lorenzo Mas	Juan Canamasas	Penya lriki	708	Leader
2	602	Filippo Franzini		Motor Team Il Birrone	703	– 5
3	701	Paco Lopez	José Antonio Lopez	LM	682	– 26
4	601	Pedro Garcia Andres	Jose Carlos Prats	PGA Verticalidad	598	– 110
NC	106	Rubén Gonzalez		BRT Competición	NC	N/A
NC	109	José Moliner		La109	NC	N/A
NC	129	Marcus Harry Gregory		Moteros de Lleida	NC	N/A
NC	202	Josep Badia	Luis Roqué	BTM	NC	N/A
NC	205	Ignacio Berenguer	Laura Fernandez	HDJ Vision	NC	N/A
NC	404	Andre Trilling	Jolanda de Jong	Dutch Driving Team	NC	N/A
NC	413	Florent Delahaye	Maximilien Defraeye	Delahaye Racing Team	NC	N/A

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Text contribution credit: Thomas Pfister