India, Jan. 17 -- While the results in Bikes category seem to be more or less confirmed, it's the Cars category that'll witness a nail-biting finish in the shortened final stage of the 2020 Dakar Rally on Friday.

The penultimate stage of the 2020 Dakar Rally has more or less sealed the fate of this year's competitors as the final, title-deciding stage of the event has been reduced to just 166km (from the original 244km) distance due to ongoing construction of gas pipelines in the region.

2020 Dakar Rally Stage 11 Route Map

Running back to Haradh from Shubaytah, the 379km Special Stage witnessed strong competition between Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's Pablo Quintanilla and Red Bull KTM rider Matthias Walkner. The duo secured the top two spo...