I got tired. He was talking to Spanish newspapers after getting off him Audi RS Q e-Tron, but he did it in a lower voice than on other days. His result was impressive considering that after winning stage 1, he had the difficult task of opening the track first starting this Monday, with all his rivals looking to reduce time in the general classification. But he retained the lead and one of his great rivals, Loeb, he was practically eliminated after suffering three holes (he was 1 hour and 21 minutes away overall). He should be happy, but tiredness prevented him from showing it. He had no strength left. At the age of 60, he removed himself again. He did it in stage 1 pushing to the maximum, with a devilish rhythm. And this time, he gave everything to the second special but in the opposite way, exhausting himself in the psychological stage where the key to success lies in knowing how to go slowly because of the many stones, stones and dirt roads that are there for a large part of the 430 timed km that will take them from ‘Sea Camp’ a Alula.
Provisional classification stage 2
(Sea Cap-Alula: 589 kms. / Special 447 kms.)
1. Nasser Al Attiyah-M. Baumel (Qat-Fra/Toyota) 5:00’26”
2. Erik Van Loon-S. Delaunay (PB-Fra/Toyota) at 00’14”
3. Carlos Sainz-L. Cruz (ESP/Audi) at 5’05”
4. Matthieu Serradori-L. Minaudier (Fra/Century) in 11’29”
5. Lionel Baud-R. Boulanger (Fra/Toyota) at 13’00”
6. Giniel De Villiers-D. Murphy (RSA/Toyota) in 13’12”
7. Simon Vitse-F. Lefebvre (Fra/MD) at 14’30”
8. Martin Prokop-V. Chytka (Che/Ford) in 19’15”
9. Juan Cruz-D. Oliveras (Arg-Esp/Toyota) in 22’27”
10. Pascal Thomasse-G. Dubuy (Fra/MD) in 25’06”
14. Carlos Checa-M. Solà (ESP/Astara) in 31’45”
16. Stephane Peterhansel-E. Boulanger (Fra/Audi) in 32’22”
31. Orlando Newfoundland-A. Haro (Arg-ESP/Prodrive) in 1:06’33”
32. Sebastien Loeb-F. Lurquin (Fra/Prodrive) in 1:26’38”
Carlos give up 5 minutes with the Al Attiyah, who started from far back because of the 7 minutes he lost in a bad first day for the Qatari, pushed on with his Toyota to win the stage and finish second overall, just 2 minutes and 12 seconds behind the man from Madrid . Before the start of Dakar, Al-Atiyah He denied to MD that his face in this edition was with Sainz. Two days were enough to remove his reason. The two have been stuck in the classification, while the rival that he said should be measured, Sebastien Loeb, he was not in any match when he punctured 3 times and ran out of spare tire, had to advance at a slow pace to reach the bivouac, lost by 1 hour and 26 minutes (he was 1h and 21 minutes overall). “It seems that it will be between Carlos and me. Loeb? Recovering an hour is not easy,” said Nasser yesterday. Had to straighten out.
Carlos gave time about Al Attiyah, that he has a duty or the need to attack more. But the Qatari has to open the track this Tuesday in stage 3 and that could mean lost time. Carlos will start at the back and control his opponent after the second special determined by the Spaniard “one of the hardest I’ve done in Dakar”. In fact, Loeb, arriving at the camp, told his team that his whole body was hurting, with rocks like soccer balls and with climbs that looked more like a test. Even though he continued to puncture tires at 10% of his possibilities, at 60 km/h, in a straight line, without sudden movements. It was a real bloodbath.
The smart way he approached such a difficult stage, knowing that he had more to lose than to gain, allowed him to maintain the overall lead on a day when too much ambition could have been a disaster. Loeb knows this well. And Carlos’s knowledge is even more remarkable when you see that ‘Monsieur Dakar’, Stephen peterhansel, ended up suffering and giving up for more than half an hour. This stage 2 is like a small field where Leagues are won, one of those places where you have to suffer and get out alive to win. Carlos and his co-pilot Lucas Cruz They cannot celebrate another stage of victory, but they can continue to fight for everything, in the best possible position, while many of their rivals fall into a day of pure resistance and head. Carlos has to break a rock now. The rings did not fall off. Quite the opposite.
General Classification after stage 2
Temporarily
1. Carlos Sainz-Lucas Cruz (ESP/Audi) 8:34’26”
2. Nasser Al Attiyah-M. Baumel (Qat-Fra/Toyota) at 2’12”
3. Matthieu Serradori-L. Minaudier (Fra/Century) in 24’55”
4. Simon Vitse-F. Lefebvre (Fra/MD) at 25’40”
5. Giniel De Villiers-D. Murphy (RSA/Toyota) in 26’38”
6. Yazeed Al Rajhi-D. Von Zitzewitz (Sau/Ale) in 27’59”
7. Brian Baragwanath-L. Cremer (RSA/Century) at 32″13
8. Martin Prokop-V. Chytka (Che/Ford) in 35’24”
9. Stephane Peterhansel-E. Boulanger (Fra/Audi) in 36’08”
10. Henk Lategan-B. Cummings (RSA/Toyota) in 39’52”
18. Juan Cruz-D. Oliveras (Arg-Esp/Toyota) in 59’51”
20. Orlando Newfoundland-A. Haro (Arg-ESP/Prodrive) in 1:08’33”
26. Carlos Checa-Marc Solà (ESP/Astara) in 1:19’02”
27. Sebastien Loeb-F. Lurquin (Fra/Prodrive) in 1:21’43”
Carlos Checa shines; problems for Laia when she was 11
Laia Sanz is living a magical day. On a very difficult day, the pilot of Corbera de Llobregat he shows his stamina and skill behind the wheel of his two-wheel drive team Astara. He did it with the 11th best time at the checkpoints of kilometers 230 and 269. He passed the 12th at kilometer 304. He could have chosen a huge result. But there he suffered some kind of trouble unknown to this day, which forced him to stop for more than an hour.
Source: La Verdad
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