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Ross Branch of Botswana was handsomely rewarded for stopping to help a stricken rider by emerging as the winner of the opening stage of the Dakar Rally on Saturday. Branch was leading when he jumped off his bike to help rival Tosha Schareina after the Spaniard's race-ending crash. The 37-year-old, in his sixth Dakar currently held in Saudi Arabia, eventually remounted to cross the line only 16th. But the Hero factory rider got the 25 minutes he had spent helping Schareina deducted from his time, catapulting him into the early race lead by almost a dozen minutes from USA’s Ricky Brabec. Photo Getty Images