Dakar 2023, stage 4: Loeb wins and Carlos Sainz is 3rd

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He was almost destined for success, just like him Sebastien Loeb He was reluctant to admit he was struggling after being more than an hour and 20 off the lead due to three punctures he suffered on the rocks of stage 2 and after losing half an hour on Wednesday. Two days after that second day to forget the rocks, the Frenchman got his revenge and added his first joy to Dakar, who captured the victory in stage 4, and he had no power steering at the end, which scared him. He did it on a day that didn’t have much history among the great favorites, including Carlos Sainz in third position, without suffering problems beyond a puncture, but only able to cut 16 seconds Al Attiyah. The Qatari continued to lead with an 18-minute lead Al-Rajhi and Peterhansel and with a margin of 32’55 over Carlos Sainz.

The Spaniard continued to attack, but in this first phase of greater popularity for the sands, leaving behind the complex and rocky paths of the previous days, he already warned that it would be more difficult to make a change. He continued to attack, but from a rearward position due to his classification the day before, something that could have harmed him due to how destroyed and crushed the terrain was by the passage of the other pilots who had started earlier on the sand wet from yesterday’s heavy rain.

“It was quite a tough and tiring stage. The track had a lot of ruts from the cars that passed in front and it was very steep. We had a puncture before the first neutralization (before km 211) and then we rode a tires a little low pressure”said Lucas Cruz, Sainz’s co-driver, arriving at the bivouac.

Loeb won with a 13-second advantage over Peterhansel and 1’50 over Carlos Sainz who gave up almost 4 minutes when he passed the checkpoint at kilometer 178. From then on, Loeb was in time to reach the final goal of the stage 4. (on a total of 425 km of special), lost by 1’50 compared to the 9-time world rally champion. 2’06” he entered Al Attiyahcontrolling his advantage over what is now his main rival in the general classification, peterhansel. The Frenchman started the day 20’45” behind and finished 18’18” behind leader Nasser on a day where the main surprise was the returned to the Orlando Newfoundland bivouac when he had only done 20 kilometers due to a lumbar ailment resulting from a landing after a jump made in the previous stage that had slowed him down.

This Thursday, on stage 5, at Carlos Sainz He had no choice but to continue the attack. By trying, he won’t know, as he said Tuesday, that with this do-it-all approach “you also buy tickets so that more things happen to you.” “We’ll try and it’s not for us,” he said after Tuesday’s problems. And he will continue like this in a 373-kilometer journey, knowing that many things can happen in this Dakar.

Good stage for Laia Sanz

Laia Sanz (Astara Team) continued to climb the starting positions after his odyssey on the second day due to mechanical problems suffered by his car, and after a good stage 3, he had a very good day on stage 4: he finished in th -20 positions at 45’09 “of the best. For his part, Carlos Checa (Astara Team) finished 28th in 56’46” and 20th overall. Isidre Esteve the day ended at plaza 32.

Sorting stage 4, cars

Temporarily

1. (FRA) SEBASTIEN LOEB
(BEL) FABIAN LURQUIN
BAHRAIN RAID EXTREME
04H 11’34”

2. (FRA) STEPHANE PETERHANSEL
(FRA) EDOUARD BOULANGER
TEAM AUDI SPORTS
+ 00H 00′ 13”

3. (ENG) CARLOS SAINZ
(ENG) LUCAS CRUZ
TEAM AUDI SPORTS
+00H 01’50”

4. (QAT) NASSER AL-ATTIYAH
(FRA) MATHIEU BAUMEL
TOYOTA GAZOO RACE
+00H 02’06”

5. (SAU) YAZEED AL RAJHI
(DEU) DIRK VON ZITZEWITZ
OVERDRIVE RACING
+00H 07’04”

6. (ZAF) HENK LATEGAN
(ZAF) BRETT CUMMINGS
TOYOTA GAZOO RACE
+00H 07’23”

7. (SWE) MATTIAS EKSTROM
(SWE) EMIL BERGKVIST
TEAM AUDI SPORTS
+ 00H 10′ 45′

20. (ENG) LAIA SANZ
(ITA) MAURIZIO GERINI
ASTARA TEAM

+00H 45’09”
The
28. (ENG) CARLOS CHECA
(ENG) MARC SOLA TERRADELLAS
ASTARA TEAM

+00H 56′ 46”
The
32. (ENG) ISIDRE ESTEVE PUJOL
(ENG) JOSÉ MARIA VILLALOBOS VALCARCEL
REPSOL TOYOTA RALLY TEAM

01H 08′ 46”

General classification, cars

Temporarily

1. (QAT) NASSER AL-ATTIYAH
(FRA) MATHIEU BAUMEL
TOYOTA GAZOO RACE

2. (SAU) YAZEED AL RAJHI
(DEU) DIRK VON ZITZEWITZ
OVERDRIVE RACING
+00H 18’18”

3. (FRA) STEPHANE PETERHANSEL
(FRA) EDOUARD BOULANGER
TEAM AUDI SPORTS
+00H 18′ 52”

4. (ENG) CARLOS SAINZ
(ENG) LUCAS CRUZ
TEAM AUDI SPORTS
+00H 32′ 55”

5. (ZAF) HENK LATEGAN
(ZAF) BRETT CUMMINGS
TOYOTA GAZOO RACE
+ 00H 45′ 25”

6. (BRA) LUCAS MORAES
(DEU) TIMO GOTTSCHALK
OVERDRIVE RACING
+00H 45′ 27”

7. (ZAF) GINIEL DE VILLIERS
(ZAF) DENNIS MURPHY
TOYOTA GAZOO RACE
+00H 46′ 13”

8. (SWE) MATTIAS EKSTROM
(SWE) EMIL BERGKVIST
TEAM AUDI SPORTS
+00H 50’00”

9. (CZE) MARTIN PROKOP
(CZE) VIKTOR CHYTKA
ORLEN BENZINA TEAM
+ 01H 14′ 43”

10. (NLD) ERIK VAN LOON
(FRA) SEBASTIEN DELAUNAY
OVERDRIVE RACING
+ 01H 15′ 40”
The
14. (FRA) SEBASTIEN LOEB
(BEL) FABIAN LURQUIN
BAHRAIN RAID EXTREME
+ 01H 33′ 43”
The
22. (ENG) CARLOS CZECH
(ENG) MARC SOLA TERRADELLAS
ASTARA TEAM
+ 02H 19′ 14”
The
29. (ENG) ISIDRE ESTEVE PUJOL
(ENG) JOSÉ MARIA VILLALOBOS VALCARCEL
REPSOL TOYOTA RALLY TEAM
+ 02H 58′ 34”

The
(ENG) LAIA SANZ
(ITA) MAURIZIO GERINI
ASTARA TEAM 24H 28′ 04”
+ 07H 53′ 51”

Source: La Verdad

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