Klein finished with his first win and the lead and Barreda came in sick

He surprised everyone by debuting in the Dakar on motorcycles at the age of 20, finishing in the 9th last position, as the best Dakar rookie on two wheels. And now, a year later, Mason Klein He was old when he arrived at the AlUla bivouac. His ‘childish’ face is deceiving. It’s fast, very fast, and navigates well. After being among the best all day in stage 1, second time was the charm for him. The North American achieved victory on Monday in the second stage of the Dakarthe first special victory for a young man who went to Dakar to do great things, and who, at the moment, leads the general motorcycle classification.

the one with the team BAS World KTM He gave yet another reason for the official teams to bet on him in the near future after mastering a really complicated stage, with many stones, many methods and with traps on all sides. Klein overcome in the fight for victory Bühler (2nd in 1’09”) and hello (3rd in 1’13”), incl Ross branch in fourth place at 1’58”.

Barreda, 3rd overall but sick

The Spanish Joan Barreda he managed to solve a difficult ballot for him on a good note, finishing in 6th place in 2’32”, although he reached the finish line painfully from a blow to his right leg. “It was one of the most difficult stages I remember,” said the man from Castellón, who had to go to the doctor to check the condition of his foot.

Joan had already warned MD after the first episode that this Monday’s special would be very difficult for her. He does not like rocky terrain and warns that this day will be “the stage over the rocks of Dakar”. He set himself the goal to spend the day without problems, focus on his own navigation, make as few mistakes as possible to get through this day and think about better days after reducing his losses.

However, this is not a completely clean day for White Towerbecause when he reached the finish line, he emphasized the pain he felt in his right leg as a result of a blow, something for which he had to go to the doctor to check his condition in the next few days.

In terms of time, the Spaniard fulfilled the goal of remaining among the best in the general classification, 3rd, 3’03” behind the new leader, Mason Kleinattached to other favorites like kevin benavides (2nd, 3’25” behind Klein) and Price (3rd, 1’41” behind the leader). His overalls are just behind him kevin benavides and another of the great aspirants, daniel sanders. The Australian was unable to win stage 1 due to a late penalty for exceeding the speed limits at one point. It looked like he would achieve this on Monday when he took the lead at the last checkpoint before the finish line. But when it comes to al’ula, the glory has escaped him. Sanders was 5th in 2’55”, followed by Brabec, Howes, Quintanilla, Walkner and Bühlerwhich closes the Top-10 where the difference between 1st and 10th is only 8’34”. Nobody made a big difference in the first two stages and everything is still open with a world to go: 12 more special also to choose the winner of the Dakar 2023 in motorcycles.

What a day for Lorenzo Santolino

Lawrence Santolino he brings out his ‘endurera’ quality to excel at the stones he finds along the way in this stage 2, of ‘Sea Camp’ at AlUla. the pilot of Guijuelowho paid on the first day for going too far at the front after a bad prologue, finished in 7th position on stage 2 just behind Barreda3’10” from the best day. Lawrence He remains in any match, in 13th position at 10’18”.